tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post8461527736418712571..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Happy Birthday AmericaLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-47810243380164495942008-07-05T01:39:00.000-04:002008-07-05T01:39:00.000-04:00As to UM Students, there is always Adam Prentice.h...As to UM Students, there is always Adam Prentice.<BR/><BR/>http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~ed/prentice.html<BR/><BR/>Yes, I had a police scanner on that night. And yes, I grew up (on the ocean) listening to the radio in my sleep. And I refer to this as a murder...because I know what really happened.<BR/><BR/>EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-85367316173192893872008-07-05T01:05:00.000-04:002008-07-05T01:05:00.000-04:00Interesting. Can you tell us more about how these...Interesting. Can you tell us more about how these UM students do not have free speech?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-78914379326491603442008-07-05T00:44:00.000-04:002008-07-05T00:44:00.000-04:00Larry, et al ---I am probably glad that the first ...Larry, et al ---<BR/><BR/>I am probably glad that the first attempt got crunched because I might have put stuff I ought not on the web.<BR/><BR/>There really is no difference between Amherst and China. Some can speak freely and most can not. <BR/><BR/>In Amherst, it is the UM students who are silenced - I am in a different situation because (a) I have *national* backup and (b) I had to use it a decade ago....<BR/><BR/>But be very careful about saying that folk have free speech in Amherst because a lot of technical Amherst residents (UM kids) simply don't....<BR/><BR/>Ed Cutting, MEd, CAGSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-85529635972286059432008-07-04T22:58:00.000-04:002008-07-04T22:58:00.000-04:00We can be proud of our country and at the same tim...We can be proud of our country and at the same time, we can recognize that we have a long way to go... to create a more perfect union. <BR/><BR/>Our Independence from the monarchy was a big step forward and it merits a great celebration. We have a republic, if we can keep it. <BR/><BR/>Next let's see if we can get our surveillance agencies to agree to FISA court oversight including obtaining warrants and thorough minimization procedures, and also agree that anyone who broke the law in the past by conducting un-warranted surveillance on Americans, without a FISA court order, ought to be subject to the full consequences, under the law.<BR/><BR/>If not a nation of laws, then we are lost and we will never be better than countries who make no pretense about respecting the rights of citizens. <BR/><BR/>Happy Independence Day Larry and congratulations on the new addition to the Kelley family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com