http://www.punkplanet.com/taxonomy/term/416/0 en http://www.punkplanet.com/chicago_underground_library/blog/the_nation_william_buckley_this_must_be_serious <p><A href="http://action.freepress.net/campaign/postal"> <IMG src="http://www.freepress.net/postal/images/promo_independent.jpg" width="150" height="200" alt=" Stop the Post Office" border="0" /></a></p> <p>From The Nation: America's founders understood the First Amendment would be worth little without a postal system that encouraged broad public participation in America's "marketplace of ideas." Thomas Jefferson called for a postal service that allowed ideas to "penetrate the whole mass of the people." Along with James Madison, he paved the way for a system that gave low-cost mailing incentives to small publications.</p> <p><a href="http://www.punkplanet.com/chicago_underground_library/blog/the_nation_william_buckley_this_must_be_serious">read more</a></p> http://www.punkplanet.com/chicago_underground_library/blog/the_nation_william_buckley_this_must_be_serious#comment corporate first amendment Free Press post office small press the nation Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:27:35 -0400 Chicago Underground Library 1790 at http://www.punkplanet.com