Let us look at a few seemingly small news items that lead us to a big conclusion:
Here is the Democratic plan to eliminate the GOP and thus guarantee one-party rule for decades to come:
The Republican Party already limping after the 2006 and 2008 elections is on the verge of political annihilation if the Democrats have their way.
The Democrats believe in payback big time and they are not going to risk another 1994 Republican Revolution. Instead, they are trying systematically to crush the remnants of the GOP.
Whereas, the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution clearly states: "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";
Whereas, members of Congress are recently on record saying they want to re-impose the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" on U.S. broadcasters, or else accomplish the same goal of censoring talk radio by other means, and thereby establish government and quasi-government watchdogs as the arbiters of "fairness" rather than the free and open marketplace of ideas;
Whereas, the U.S. experimented with the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" for 38 years - from 1949 through 1987 - during which time it was repeatedly used by presidents and other political leaders to muzzle dissent and criticism;
Whereas, the abandonment of the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" in 1987, thanks to President Ronald Reagan, resulted in an unprecedented explosion of new and diverse voices and political speech - starting with Rush Limbaugh - that revitalized the AM radio band and provided Americans with a multitude of alternative viewpoints;
Whereas, talk radio is one of the most crucial components of the free press in America, and is single-handedly responsible for informing tens of millions of Americans about what their government leaders are doing;
Whereas, it is a wholly un-American idea that government should be the watchdog of the press and a policeman of speech, as opposed to the uniquely American ideal of a free people and a free press being the vigilant watchdogs of government;
Whereas, the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" - either under that name, or using a new name and even more devious methods - represents a frontal assault on the First Amendment, and its re-imposition would constitute nothing more nor less than the crippling of America's robust, unfettered, free press:
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“But in the 2002 vote to authorize the use of force in Iraq, the September/October 2008 TARP votes, and now this massive stimulus spending bill, Congress has been rushed into making fork-in-the-road decisions that will affect the country for decades to come.”
I would add the patriot act to that. That bill was pulled off a shelf, probably edited for some stuff at the behest of the bush administration (I suspect gun control clauses were removed), and rammed through.
"But in the 2002 vote to authorize the use of force in Iraq, the September/October 2008 TARP votes, and now this massive stimulus spending bill, Congress has been rushed into making fork-in-the-road decisions that will affect the country for decades to come."
Nothing was "rushed" about going into Iraq. Clinton - YEARS before - had made this official US policy: Regime change if Saddam didn't comply with the UN resolutions that ended the first Iraq war. The actual debate about enforcing UN mandates with US troops went on for months before there was a congressional vote on the issue in 2002.
Can't these useless drive-bys research ANYTHING before they regurgitate the latest crap-of-the-day stories?
Who didn’t see this coming. The infuriating part is that the stupid Republicans have been complicit in their own demise. I could care less if it was just a matter of one more dead party, but it’s the only representation, such as it was, for conservative-minded people, patriots, people who still believe that families are the basic unit of society and that Christianity has been primarily a force for good in the world, that there was. We are now silenced, because the stupid “representatives” of the right cared more about their personal power than they did about the concept of public service. Of course there exceptions of individuals and specific actions, but in the whole it’s true.
George Bush already did that.. because he was "a Unite'er not a Divide'er" unfortunately he united with the democrats.. He did it so well John McLaim was not needed so America elected a REAL democrat.. not one Masked as a republican..
Preliminary talk out of the House about normalizing the immigration status of the 11 million to 20 million illegals now in the country. “
To anyone who can prove to me that the number of illegals is only 20 million, I will finance a nice dinner at Outback.
I lived in So Calif from 1964 to 1993. In the 80’s, the figure of 15-20 million illegals was the number bandied about.
It is evident that the flow of incoming across our southern borders was unfettered for a great number of years, and those who were coming have created ‘anchor babies’ who I don’t believe should be granted that status.
I am convinced the number of illegals is much closer to 50 million.
Anyone want to get an Outback dinner on me?
Or will you be buying mine?
"Let us look at a few seemingly small news items that lead us to a big conclusion: Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., floated the idea, again, of reimposing the Fairness Doctrine; Nancy Pelosi has already supported this move..."
Shouldn't the "Fairness Doctrine" be applied to cable TV news???
And here I've been thinking all this time that Congress was a separate branch of government. I thought guns were BANNED in D.C???
Well, If thats the case, we can take over the demons party.