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It’s an interesting read.  From the article:

“Our country allows fringe groups like the American Nazi Party to demonstrate, as long as they are peaceful. Americans are permitted to burn the national flag. In 1989, when so-called artist Andres Serrano displayed his work “Piss Christ” — a photo of a crucifix immersed in a bottle of urine — Americans protested peacefully and moved to cut off the federal funding that supported Mr. Serrano. There were no bombings of museums. No one was killed over this work that was deeply offensive to Christians.

Criticism of Islam, however, has led to violence and murder world-wide. Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie over his 1988 book, “The Satanic Verses.” Although Mr. Rushdie has survived, two people associated with the book were stabbed, one fatally. The 2005 Danish editorial cartoons lampooning the prophet Muhammad led to numerous deaths. Dutch director Theodoor van Gogh was killed in 2004, several months after he made the film “Submission,” which described violence against women in Islamic societies. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Dutch member of parliament who wrote the script for “Submission,” received death threats over the film and fled the country for the United States.”

“Religion of peace.” Right…

 Also: “These liberties have been won through centuries of debate, conflict and bloodshed. Radical jihadists want to sacrifice all we have learned by returning to a primitive and intolerant world. While modern society invites such radicals to peacefully exercise their faith, we cannot and will not sacrifice our fundamental freedoms.” That sums it up.

From an article talking about the potential of adjusting anti-trust laws to include net-neutrality.

Representative Steve Chabot, an Ohio Republican, also questioned the need for new net neutrality rules. “The Internet has flourished in a relatively regulation-free environment,” he said. “Legislation is not always the right answer. Competition is.”

From an article that I read recently:

“In inflation-adjusted terms, oil is just short of its historic peak, reached in 1980. That price, $39.50 a barrel, translates to $103.76 in today’s money.”

Wow, in 30ish years, our dollar is worth almost 1/4 of what it used to be worth. This is ridiculous.