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Independence Day _149 words

In the United States, which happens to be where I live, today is Independence Day, when we commemorate America's freedom from colonization by England. I think today-especially in 2010-we need to remember to commemorate our Constitution, which guarantees us freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Yes, Gentle Readers, freedom of speech, which includes the right of volunteers, clean-up workers, and media personnel neither swayed by political concerns nor in the pay of private corporations, to report the truth, to speak of the accurate facts, to tell the American public and our global neighbors EXACTLY WHAT IS OCCURRING IN THE GULF.





If you have been keeping up with the situation, you will know already that media personnel have been turned aside from certain locations in the Gulf Region, and forbidden to photograph, videotape or report.





Our American Constitution guarantees FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Need I say more?





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