The Benevolent Missouri Dictator Aligns with the WHO

"These outside forces use our political structure, corrupting our political leaders to destroy our economy and take away our natural rights." -- David Rice

This is an important article (which is getting attention outside Christian County) that tells the story of how Gov. Parson is allowing a One Health laboratory to be built in Missouri. Horrors will emerge from this lab eventually.

 

 Rice spares no feelings, nor should he:

"Our benevolent and wise dictator Parson and his supermajority Republican politburo have decided that we’re not worth protecting. Parson already demonstrated his lack of care throughout his administration, and every voter who said, “He’s a nice guy. We shouldn’t criticize one of our own,” might as well have been wearing a Red Flag on their lapel."

Republicans in Missouri must wake up now. Read the ARTICLE. Then pay attention to who is running for governor in the August primaries. Another swamp creature will be catastrophic.

(MO) “Republican Reps & Senators have voted into their budget a WHO laboratory—they just decided to call it a different name so the voter doesn’t get upset as they design viruses to cull the population.”

Please read the article below and share it so people know to 👀 ONE HEALTH. https://t.co/F7N1DvBNtA

— Lisa Logan (@iamlisalogan) May 26, 2024

Suppressing Free Speech

 By Gretchen Garrity

"Students who live under a regime of censorship are being taught that freedom of speech and government accountability are disposable values that must give way to 'making the school look good.' The lessons these students learn about the First Amendment--lessons they will carry with them into their adult lives--are that people with power get to control what is said about them, and that viewpoints should be suppressed by the government if they challenge prevailing beliefs. This is not only bad preparation for journalism, it is bad preparation for citizenship."

 In the first chapter of the reference tool, "Law of the Student Press," the editors write about censorship. Their focus is high schools and colleges, but their words apply to the larger world, where censorship is alive and well on social media platforms.

While we tend to think censorship and suppression of free speech is something Google, Mark Zuckerberg and the old Twitter indulges in, the culture of censorship has trickled down to local platforms and activists who routinely suppress and delete articles and writers they find objectionable.

Often, there is back channel chatter that attempts to demean and discredit individuals who say or publish uncomfortable truths. Even elected officials indulge in this behavior. Instead of engaging the public in a spirited debate, or pointing out errors, these individuals subvert free speech in a stealthy background campaign to censor points of view with which they disagree or find inconvenient, and to discourage others from engaging in public discourse.

It points to the larger issue in the Republican Party right now. What is a conservative? What does it mean to be a Republican? What are the values of the individuals who make up the Party? How do those values, or lack of them, affect what happens on the local, state, and national level?

In a 1988 decision that was devastating to the free speech rights of students, the United States Supreme Court ruled that students at a St. Louis, MO high school did not have the right to publish articles the school administration deemed unacceptable. You can read about the ruling HERE.

The editors of the Law of the Student Press had this to say in reference to the ruling:

"A generation's worth of legalized Hazelwood censorship has damaged the learning environment in schools, discouraged young people from meaningfully engaging in civic life, and obstructed the public's access to truthful information. As the director of the University of Arizona's journalism program told a law-school symposium reflecting on the legacy of Hazelwood, 'We are raising a nation of sheep. I don't think it's extreme to say that we risk democracy."

Meanwhile, writers are being called extremist around the state of Missouri and in Christian County. David Rice interviewed Gail Griswold and myself the other day. Judge for yourself who the extremists are:

Censorship within Conservative Grassroots by David Rice

How do Conservative Journalists survive censorship and cancel culture within the conservative movement? I ask Gail Griswold, Local Control, and Gretchen Garrity, Right2WinOzarks. We also laugh a lot.

Read on Substack

It's Not Going Away

David Rice interviews 2024 GOP State Convention delegate, Tony Petrosino, for another perspective about the day. Naturally, more questions are raised. 

For audio or to read, go HERE.

Tony Petrosino--7th Congressional District Delegate by David Rice

Tony shares his experiences with the State Convention and the Floor. He discusses some of the failures of the day.

Read on Substack

"The Cost of Child Porn"

 Here is article 3 of 5 on David Rice's series about child porn: The Cost of Child Porn

From the article:

"One should not be illegal, while the other is legal. We are facing a distinction between virtual and real child porn without a difference for the end consumer and the children being abused. And for the men and women who fall into a child porn fetish, they don’t avoid using real children because the images they find are “virtual” or “drawn.” When children are the target of abuse, whether the image is virtual or real, then why are Supreme Court Justices, Politicians, and pagan parents arguing for the inclusion of child porn in schools and libraries? What is their goal?"

That there has been more than a year of citizens petitioning the Christian County Library to remove access to sexually explicit and age inappropriate materials with NO RESPONSE from the publicly-appointed board of trustees, is problematic to say the least.

It looks like the executive director and other activists within the library system are running the show. If the board of trustees does not respond to the public, then it must be inferred they do not represent the taxpayers.

The Law

 

David Rice is back with the second of five articles, "Why is Child Porn Legal?" dealing with the subject of child porn and how porn has found its way into our schools and libraries. Rice details a recent visit he had with the Christian County Library's Executive Director:

"I recently met with the Executive Director at the Library near my home. I told her the material was illegal. She told me it was legal, and her smug look of satisfaction let me know I was uninformed. That is why I started this series. I dug into the law and discovered she was right. It is legal."

Part two dissects the legalities behind what has happened. Another must read.

Subscribe to David's Substack. Part one is here.