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| Bloomberg Steps On It |
| 2005-02-23 |
| New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is defending letters sent to an Iraq-bound GI by a sixth-grade class in Brooklyn that trashed America's military heros as war criminals. Asked about the letters on Tuesday, the liberal Republican explained, "Well, look, we have freedom of speech and you certainly cannot go around censoring what people want to write..." Bloomberg argued that the GIs would actually appreciate the derogatory screeds, explaining, "Most of them believe that the freedoms that we have, like the freedoms to write critical letters, are protected by them putting their lives at risk..." |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 Steps on it . . . . . . and promptly shoots himself in the foot. Only question is whether that will be enough for the soldiers these travesties went to. |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2005-02-23 10:22:48 PM |