Sorry, I must jump in here and bust some myths. America is not the idea of "America" anymore. In a recent ranking of which countries that have the most Free Speech by "Reporters Without Borders." The ranking are based on the following criteria: "The index was drawn up by asking journalists, researchers and legal experts to answer 50 questions about the whole range of press freedom violations (such as murders or arrests of journalists, censorship, pressure, state monopolies in various fields, punishment of press law offences and regulation of the media). The final list includes 139 countries. The others were not included in the absence of reliable information." Finland ranked number 1. Germany is number 7. America is number 17. How sad for the country that invented Free Speech. You can see all the rankings here: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/freedom_of_press.htm bB