{"id":30344,"date":"2012-09-25T17:12:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T23:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/25\/the-defense-of-free-speech-in-the-us-and-the-world.html"},"modified":"2012-09-25T17:12:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T23:12:36","slug":"the-defense-of-free-speech-in-the-us-and-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/25\/the-defense-of-free-speech-in-the-us-and-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"The defense of Free Speech, in the US and the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ken at Popehat is no Obama fan, but while I don&#39;t completely agree with all of his criticisms here, his review of Obama&#39;s speech to the UN today is a good one.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.popehat.com\/2012\/09\/25\/president-obamas-speech-to-the-united-nations-and-the-defense-of-free-speech\/'>President Obama&#39;s Speech To The United Nations And The Defense of Free Speech | Popehat<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToday President Obama gave a speech to the United Nations in which he discussed the murder of Chris Stephens, the nature of America&#39;s defense of free speech,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/g1sxiGJGZHK' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken at Popehat is no Obama fan, but while I don&#39;t completely agree with all of his criticisms here, his review of Obama&#39;s speech to the UN today is a good one. 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