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FTA: O'Leary disagrees.

"It's hard to imagine President Obama nominating a more dangerous candidate for regulatory czar than Cass Sunstein," he says. "Not only is Sunstein an animal-rights radical, but he also seems to have a serious problem with our First Amendment rights. Sunstein has advocated everything from regulating the content of personal e-mail communications, to forcing nonprofit groups to publish information on their websites that is counter to their beliefs and mission. Of course, none of this should be surprising from a man who has said that 'limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government.' If it were up to Obama and Sunstein, everything we read online – right down to our personal e-mail communications – would have to be inspected and approved by the federal government."

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FTA: Sunstein's nomination to the powerful new position will require Senate approval. He is almost certain to face other questions about his well-documented controversial views:

* In a 2007 speech at Harvard he called for banning hunting in the U.S.

* In his book "Radicals in Robes," he wrote: "[A]lmost all gun control legislation is constitutionally fine. And if the Court is right, then fundamentalism does not justify the view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms."

* In his 2004 book, "Animal Rights," he wrote: "Animals should be permitted to bring suit, with human beings as their representatives …"

* In "Animal Rights: A Very Short Primer," he wrote "[T]here should be extensive regulation of the use of animals in entertainment, in scientific experiments, and in agriculture."

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And I'm certain the DailyKooks and MoveOn-into-oblivion will be just delighted to provide links to opposing opinions won't they?

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Hold on there zippy, we've been at war for the last 8 years. We've heard nothing but hate for President Bush and every GOP member of congress. You've called them Nazis, Fascists, or some other form of freedom restricting dictatorship. Now when your own party is being questioned using the same methods you used to attack us, you're trying to restrict free speech. When you look at the rise of folks like Lenin, Mussolini or Hitler, it remarkably reflects the rise of the "new" DNC under President Obama.

This is a free speech issue and you will have a fight in the courts for years if you try this.

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jeez, meso.

i figure that you'd be one of the first to complain if free speech rights are under fire.

let me guess.

you LIKE this turn of events? 8-x

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