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Beers with our Founding Fathers

government, we personally endorse our free exercise. If it is your

government and your public property, you can both peacefully
assemble and include your own recognized religious beliefs. There

is no encroachment on another; it is absurd to think otherwise. To
oppose this is to stand for hypocrisy by encroaching on the First

Amendment rights of others.
Freedom of the Press

The Freedom of the Press is not a stream of media – it is an
extension of our Freedom of Speech. The ‘Press’ being a collective

of more than one person to disseminate information and opinion –
investigative journalism and opinion editorials (op-eds); or even

advertorials – those pieces which provide opinion in an editorial
format to promote products or services. Sadly, these have all

become interwoven. If it is not spin and bias, it is misinformation.
The Federalist Papers and Anti-Federalist Papers were both op-eds,

personal opinions with a purpose to influence. Neither was
investigative journalism. Since the time of written history – the

accuracy of the written word, even those in this work – can and
should be questioned. In math, did you believe the teacher when

both 2x2 and 2+2 equaled four? Or every multiple of five ends in
five or zero? No, you had to see it for yourself – write it down and

solve it. Why then, do we pick up the written word of another and
hold it as gospel? What accuracy is within that, the most published

and read book in history? People communicate and do so with a

purpose. I have a purpose in this work – this was fully disclosed
before being purchased. The intent is to provoke, possibly influence

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