Is Free Speech Free If You Have to Tell the Government?

I saw this article come through on Twitter and almost dropped my daily dose of caffeine.

You have to read about a lawsuit to protect your rights when talking to your neighbor......

Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Americans’ Right To Most-Basic Political Speech: Talking to Their Neighbors
John Kramer

Washingtonians from both sides of the political spectrum filed a lawsuit today to stop their state from monitoring, collecting and publicly disseminating information about the political activities of private citizens who do nothing more than urge their fellow citizens to take political action.  They seek to vindicate the belief that if the First Amendment protects anything, it protects the right of all Americans to speak to one another about the issues affecting their lives without having to first register with the government.........http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3316&Itemid=165

HT to Conservative Gal

Will Wind Power Plant Kill Endangered Species?

Guess it was a matter of time before the green vs. green battle started in the court system. A lawsuit has been filed saying that wind turbines on a wind farm will kill an already endangered species. Here's more to read.....

Environmentalists divided over wind farm, endangered bats
by Maria Glod

Workers atop mountain ridges are putting together 389-foot windmills with massive blades that will turn Appalachian breezes into energy. Retiree David Cowan is fighting to stop them.

Because of the bats....http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/21/AR2009102101282.html

Who is Showing and Who is Telling?

There has been a flutter of new activity regarding the ongoing saga of where Obama was born. Was he a natural born American citizen at birth?

In the event you've missed some of these stories in the last day or so, I thought I'd give you the links so you can read about it.

Is this birth certificate the best candidate to be authentic?

If it is authentic, what happens next? I just don't see Obama stepping down, and I don't see Congress removing him from power.

Is this really smoking gun of Obama's Kenyan birth?
California attorney Orly Taitz, who has filed a number of lawsuits demanding proof of Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president, has released a copy of what purports to be a Kenyan certification of birth and has filed a new motion in U.S. District Court for its authentication....http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=105764

Attempt to vett the Kenyan birth certificate.
You will note that my take on this is verify. Trust and verify doesn't work with an issue with such an extensive history of fraud and forgery. .....http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2009/08/attempt-to-vett-kenyan-birth.html

Free Republic: Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate Surfaces?
Free Republic has an astonishing story to perk up your Monday morning. It appears they may have, indeed, found the Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate: "If you note the date on the Certified Copy,...http://jdlong.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/free-republic-obama-kenyan-birth-certificate-surfaces/