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Individual liberty anywhere is a threat to the Progressive-Collectivist Cause everywhere.
President Obama signed the START nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia this morning.(from blogs.abcnews.com)
Despite the great attention the president has devoted to this treaty -- and the vast coverage of the treaty negotiations by the media -- the White House refused to allow reporters or TV cameras in the room. Still photographers were the only representatives of the free press permitted to record the historic moment.
The White House Correspondents Association protested the White House’s decision to refuse to permit reporters access to the event, in addition to the dearth of press briefings since the crisis in Egypt began to unfold, a crisis in which President Obama continues to celebrate the great freedoms and openness enjoyed in this country.
The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax (1913)
The Communist Party of Vietnam is established (1930)
b: Gertrude Stein (1874); d: Woodrow Wilson (1924), Buddy Holly, Roger Peterson, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson (1959)