Quote Originally Posted by coqauvin View Post

On a completely limited note, this legislation is only valid in Kansas, so it's not exactly a threat to the federal right to free expression.
The U.S. Constitution trumps any state laws. A state can try to make a law restricting free speech, but it can be overturned by higher courts. Kansas couldn't, for example, enforce a law where newspaper publishers were put into Kansas prison for truthfully writing about how the police chief's daughter does coke in the waffle house bathroom.

Atmoscheer, I realize you're trolling me but you obviously haven't read much on the subject. The idea of a gold standard is not to burn our paper dollars and start carrying around gold chunks and jewelers eye loupes, the idea is to have paper money like we have now, except it is actually backed by something, held in reserve in vaults, to make it tough for the money supply to be expanded by simply printing more money. Gold has been the traditional "something" through time, hence the call by some for a return to the gold standard.