http://floridapundit.com The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts. - Edmund Burke Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-new-political-correctness-gone-amok-cnn-apologizes-for-using-the-term-crosshairs/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-new-political-correctness-gone-amok-cnn-apologizes-for-using-the-term-crosshairs/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:33:38 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5375 In the wake of the media’s hysteria about the imaginary and now completely discredited connection between political speech using war analogies and the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, CNN has provided a great example of the nuttiness that has gripped much of the media and the Left. Watch CNN’s John King’s bizarre apology: CNN’s [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-new-political-correctness-gone-amok-cnn-apologizes-for-using-the-term-crosshairs/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-liberals-real-argument-to-their-opponents-in-the-wake-of-tuscon-shut-up/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-liberals-real-argument-to-their-opponents-in-the-wake-of-tuscon-shut-up/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:37:14 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5334 The Daily Caller reminded us today of something Florida Pundit posted in October, 2009 (The Left’s Argument: Shut Up) that is very relevant today given the reaction of many liberals to the tragedy in Tuscon: Having run out of arguments for their discredited positions, liberals are desperate in their desire to silence their opponents. There [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/the-liberals-real-argument-to-their-opponents-in-the-wake-of-tuscon-shut-up/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/thomas-sowell-on-the-slow-economic-recovery-and-lack-of-jobs/ http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/thomas-sowell-on-the-slow-economic-recovery-and-lack-of-jobs/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:42:31 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5329 Florida Pundit is getting tired of the relentless attempts to link the violent actions of a schizophrenic to Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, talk radio, the Tea Party movement and Fox News. The ghouls on the left are desperately grasping at anything that will distract the American public from the destructiveness of their policies. So we [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2011/01/thomas-sowell-on-the-slow-economic-recovery-and-lack-of-jobs/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/christmas-and-political-correctness-the-12-days-of-winter/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/christmas-and-political-correctness-the-12-days-of-winter/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:03:44 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5230 Via Hot Air, a little parody on political correctness and Christmas:]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/12/christmas-and-political-correctness-the-12-days-of-winter/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/dem-senator-attacks-free-speech-wants-to-shut-down-fox-news-and-msnbc/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/dem-senator-attacks-free-speech-wants-to-shut-down-fox-news-and-msnbc/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:15:36 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=5042 In a rare glimpse into the intolerance of the Left, Senator Nelson Rockefeller showed his utter contempt for free speech (via Hot Air): There’s a little bug inside of me which wants to get the F.C.C. to say to Fox and to MSNBC, “Out. Off. End. Goodbye.” Fortunately, the FCC does not have any authority [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/11/dem-senator-attacks-free-speech-wants-to-shut-down-fox-news-and-msnbc/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/the-juan-williams-firing-time-to-stop-tax-payer-funding-of-npr/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/the-juan-williams-firing-time-to-stop-tax-payer-funding-of-npr/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:57:42 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4620 On Wednesday, National Public Radio (NPR) fired liberal commentator Juan Williams for a statement he made on Fox News about his reaction when he sees Muslims on airplanes. Williams has been a commentator on Fox News since 1997. He is liked by everyone who works with him whether they agree with him or not. While [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/10/the-juan-williams-firing-time-to-stop-tax-payer-funding-of-npr/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/bizarre-double-standard-condemning-book-burning-without-condemning-murderous-islamic-reaction/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/bizarre-double-standard-condemning-book-burning-without-condemning-murderous-islamic-reaction/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:58:01 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4040 Florida Pundit wrote three days ago that while we condemn the planned burning of Korans by a crazy Gainesville pastor, at the time no one was pointing out that the reaction of Muslim leaders across the world inciting people to threaten violence and death to Americans was by far the worse offense. Today, the story [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/bizarre-double-standard-condemning-book-burning-without-condemning-murderous-islamic-reaction/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/islams-unacceptable-reaction-to-one-mans-dumb-stunt/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/islams-unacceptable-reaction-to-one-mans-dumb-stunt/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:48:59 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=4002 Sometimes bizarre events are triggered close to home. Terry Jones, a preacher at a small church in Gainesville, has announced plans to burn copies of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on Sept. 11, the ninth anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. Florida Pundit does not support burning of books. It is a [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/09/islams-unacceptable-reaction-to-one-mans-dumb-stunt/feed/ 1 http://floridapundit.com/2010/07/obama-administration-suspends-free-speech-to-hide-failure-and-incompetence-in-dealing-with-gulf-oil-spill/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/07/obama-administration-suspends-free-speech-to-hide-failure-and-incompetence-in-dealing-with-gulf-oil-spill/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:27:11 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=3664 CNN’s Anderson Cooper reports that the federal government is now restricting access to media covering the damage from the Gulf oil spill. Apparently, free speech now has to be suspended so that the government can manage perceptions about the damage from the oil spill. What are they trying to hide? Anderson Cooper shows pictures of [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/07/obama-administration-suspends-free-speech-to-hide-failure-and-incompetence-in-dealing-with-gulf-oil-spill/feed/ 4 http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/supreme-court-nominee-kagan-its-fine-if-the-law-bans-books-because-government-wont-really-enforce-it/ http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/supreme-court-nominee-kagan-its-fine-if-the-law-bans-books-because-government-wont-really-enforce-it/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:28:06 +0000 Florida Pundit http://floridapundit.com/?p=3584 The nomination hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan have started today. Expect endless speeches by senators, but don’t expect senators to ask the interesting questions George Will suggests. Here is a revealing exchange on free speech and the government’s power to regulate it in which Solicitor General Kagan representing the Obama administration argued in [...]]]> http://floridapundit.com/2010/06/supreme-court-nominee-kagan-its-fine-if-the-law-bans-books-because-government-wont-really-enforce-it/feed/ 2