Simpson vs. the Constitution
It should come as no big surprise that "we the people" have a more ready kowledge of Homer and his clan, or the other things we see on TV, than we have about our constitutional rights or the workings of our government. If you put it on prime time TV, on coffee mugs, bumper stickers and T-shirts, the average Joes of the world would be as familiar with the five guarantees of the first amendment as they are with the words to the Gilligans' Island theme song. Oh ... but then the average Joe would also recognize when he's being screwed by 911 hysteria and might recognize the smoke and mirrors show that is Homeland Security ... and that might not work out so smooth for the folks in charge. Hmmmm? They better be careful before they antagonize the average American into educating themselves about what's really going on.
If the government was truly concerned about Americans understanding their first amendment rights, they would have put a Superbowl commercial together with some sexy chick cooing "freedom of religion, speech and press, right to assembly and petition" and trust me, a lot more of "we the people" would have been able to quote their first amendment guarantees without a problem.
Sheesh!
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