[Halfmanhalfamazing]

This is incredibly alarming.

[Uncle Ike]

Why draft them, when they volunteered for service years ago??

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Here's the link to the FTC paper(for those who don't want to open the article itself)

http://www.ftc.gov/opp/workshops/news/jun15/docs/new-staff-discussion.pdf

[dalebert]

they have it already

[bike800]

Anybody notice that Obama has introduced the “five pillars” of wall street reform? Mmmmm.....five pillars...where have I heard that term before...five pillars....oh yeah...the five pillars of Islam....

[Just Lori]

Very, very bad, but we’re not going to let it happen.

[sergeantdave]

“transform the news industry from an information product collected by private individuals and entrepreneurs as a service to private buyers, to a government-regulated public utility providing a “public good,” as defined and regulated by government.”

We can call it the Ministry of Truth and Enlightenment. And then erect giant statues of Julius Streicher at the entrance to the NYT building and print Der Stürmer on the masthead.

Great idea.

[major-pelham]

Guess they really are big Mao fans.

[VRW Conspirator]

From the article: Imagine trying to stay informed if there were no source of news other than PBS and NPR.

Been there. The nightly new networks and the large print media was dominated by the left. Then came Rush Limbaugh and later the internet.

[Cloverfarm]

I’m at a loss for words.

When I was a news reporter we got into lots of scrapes and arguments over (wait for it ...) the Open Door or Sunshine laws, allowing public access to most all government meetings but for specific exceptions.

Since not all the public cared to attend various government meetings, we stood in for them. Glad to do it. If necessary we challenged and-or confronted the powers that be.

We can’t have a republic without a free press. *shivers*