Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Freedom of Speech

In 1942 inspired by a speech by President Roosevelt, Norman Rockwell made a series of paintings focusing on our civil liberties that too many Americans in 2007 take for granted.

It is being reported in Iran---that 3 Iranian student leaders have been handed jail terms of up to three years in prison on vague charges of insulting Islam and its Clerics.

Since Fascist Ahmadinejad assumed office in 2005 Iranians have been silenced by their government as it attempts to silence dissent.