Posted on 11/05/2007 8:30:49 AM PST by Trueblackman
New Cable TV Vouchers Ban FOX News
Democrats' hard-fought battle to provide cable television to welfare recipients hit another snag yesterday when Republicans found a newly inserted provision that specifically excludes FOX News Channel from programming options. "This clause was not in this bill last week," said Rep. Jim Clements (R-CO) "I don't know whether someone thought they could slip this by us, or what, but this is getting to be a bit much." The affected bill, a 3.5 billion dollar spending measure that proponents say is necessary to educate potential voters before the 2008 elections, has met with great resistance from conservative legislators on both sides of the aisle who portray it as just one more unnecessary entitlement tacked onto an already over-burdoned welfare system. "The Federal Government is not obliged to provide people the ability to watch Sponge Bob Square Pants." Said Rep. Mitch Weyland (R-NM), "This whole idea was bad from the beginning... it's a waste of taxpayer dollars." "Contrary to what my friend from New Mexico thinks, this is not about entertainment. It's about education.," said Warren Billingsley, Democrat from Buffalo, New York, and co-sponsor of the 'Voter Education and Inclusion Act.' Billingsley claims that without cable television, an irreplaceable source of political info and events, millions of voters nationwide will be disenfranchised from the process. "We need to move beyond this notion that only the very rich should have access to the political process," he said. "We want the American people, all of the American people, to have the proper information before heading to the polls in 2008." Asked why language was inserted to specifically bar FOX News Channel from programming, he replied, "FOX News isn't a source of proper information."
Well, at least we know where he stands--together with the rest of the Democrats.
Sometimes this sort of irritation is worthwhile, just to expose the bias of others.
Give that man a hand.
They're studying Putin's methods as we speak.
.....Why do I have this sudden desire to tune into PBS?
When Hill is president, Billingsly will be Minister of Disinformation.
Like the good little Stalinists they are, they feel compelled to suppress or purge dissent.
WHAT?! I hope Fox picks this up. Talk about blatant censorship and free speech violations. Billingsley gets to decide what information the "poor" should get? OMG!
This should be headlines!
The article fails to mention that President Bush was already agreed to sign the bill.
Moreover, the article has another mistake. It is not 3 billion for free cable but actually 3 trillion dollars for Free Cable to the Poor.
I wonder how they define ‘proper information’? Never mind, we all know.
They wish to ban Fox, because then “the poor” will KNOW the truth, and the truth will set them.........ON FIRE!............
WHAT!!!!! They want me to pay for cable TV for non-achievers when I don’t even buy cable for myself????????? Time to write my congresswoman. What is the number of this stinking bill?
See post 50. It is fun playing with the people who could not figure this out.
They should give them free Playboy channel........It’s more difficult to type with one hand............
Have any of you noticed that if you have Dish Network they do not offer Fox News Channel on all of their plans?
I was surprised about this but then again, they do not offer CNN or MSNBC for their family programming just FNC.
Doesn't the Constitution set as one of the enumerated powers of Congress, "to provide television, radio and other entertainment services for free to people who will vote for Socialists." I know it's in there somewhere.
We've clearly entered the Bread and Circuses phase.
Why indeed? I have always joked with my kids that we are the only family in existence without cable TV (by choice, might I add). Apparently, it's not a joke anymore.
I suppose we should make sure they all have government TVs so they can utilize their government Cable Services. Don’t stop there. We need to make sure they all get the NY Times every morning on their governemnt subsidized door steps. Wait! There’s more. We need to make sure they have government computers and radios....All this to influence their vote.
If you don’t think they know they have a liberal media in their pockets, this is the proof.
“Why are we paying for any cable TV for the “poor” in the first place?”
Because they got used to watching their favorite shows while they were in prison. Is this a great country or what?!
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