Freedom of Speech

I rarely get a chance to look at everyone's blogs but sometimes I get a spare moment, although rare, to take a peek. Mikebspetpeeves.blogspot.com had an interesting discussion going on about welfare. I think some of the people posting got a little heated in their opinions but my thought on the subject is thank God we have freedom of speech. No matter what your opinion, no matter how one sided, narrow or twisted, you can speak it loud and clear in the United States of America. One reason I guess my mind is so much on Freedom of Speech these days is the fact that I am studying Business Law and we have been talking about it quite often. I wrote a speech for my Public Speaking Class on the war in Iraq and I went to Mikes web site. There are so many things that perhaps we could not discuss in person and the blogs allow us the freedom to open up a little more than perhaps we would in class. There are things that I hear every day that I don't like, but I would like it even less it we couldn't hear anything at all. One of the reasons I started this blog is because I got sick of hearing negative stuff constantly. I notice there have not been many people to my site and I think it is because I don't have any bad news or hotly debated issues to talk about. Thats okay, because this is my opportunity to think of all that is good in my life and I don't have to share it with anyone to be happy. It would be nice to hear how other people had positive things that happened in their lives, but it is what it is. My life is by no means a bed of roses and I find that if I look hard enough and find something positive to be thankful for it releases my tension, much better than complaining does. Well, its getting late and I have been studying all day so adios.