Re: Gonzales Memo 10/23/2009 page 24.
"First Amendment speech and press rights may
also be subordinated to the overriding need to
wage war successfully."
Due to the fundamental nature of free speech
and my right to write, I consider that it would be
an act of patriotism to disobey any agent of my
government when faced with that agent's
attempt to curtail those rights.
If I can't type,
I will tap my toes
a diddy bop
of freedom.
If you tape my mouth,
I will sign with my hands
and it will be my banner
of freedom.
If no one will take my cause
I will walk with the ghost
of Thomas Paine, a companion
to freedom.
If professional journalists
do not call to account
the militia will blog and tweet
in freedom.
Due to the fundamental nature
of free speech to the maintenance
of any government of the people,
I write.
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