What does the First Amendment to the United States Constitution say?

According to Wikipedia, it says this:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.[1]

I can’t understand how people can say that the Constitution is of supreme importance, but there should be restrictions on where mosques are built. I can understand people who don’t respect the Constitution saying that, but not those that do.

Maybe the CEO of Google is just stupid

I am going to start to track this. A number of statements Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, has said recently that are just dumb. For example, this one: Google CEO Suggests You Change Your Name to Escape His Permanent Record. Yes folks, Google shouldn’t have to change anything. The onus is on YOU to change your name to make a break from your past. I don’t even feel like arguing this, it is such a dumb idea.

Here’s my prediction: Eric Schmidt will be out of a job in three years, and Google will be on the decline. But in the meantime, if you feel like talking his ideas seriously, by all means go to this article.

I think Schmidt should focus on other things, like why Google, which apparently has all these smart people with lots of spare time to come up with new ideas, keep coming out with such duds instead.