First They Came for Rush and Lou Dobbs

The American Spectator ^ | Jeffery Lord

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....First they came for Rush Limbaugh and Lou Dobbs.

And the Catholic bishops did not speak out.

Now they are coming for the Catholic bishops.

Who will speak out now?

Not, alas, the United Church of Christ.

Let's go back into recent history -- 2009 to be exact.

It was a story that involved the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in a blatant, full-on attack on the right of free speech and a free press -- the First Amendment. As I wrote here, here, here, here, here, and here three years ago, the Catholic bishops had managed to get their denomination involved in the leadership of a group calling themselves So We Might See.

What was So We Might See? It was presented by one of its prime sponsors, the United Church of Christ (alas my own denomination, of which more in a bit) as a group of the lofty like-minded religious simply concerned with violence in the media. Specifically, seven major denominations were involved. They were listed by the group as the United Church of Christ, U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, the Islamic Society of North America, United Methodist Communications, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and "several other faith groups."

In fact, under the guise of stamping out "hate speech," this instantly emerged as an effort -- partially funded by a $40,000 grant from the George Soros funded Media Democracy Fund -- to intimidate conservatives in the media through the Federal Communications Commission, when not getting them off the air completely....

[wita]

IOW’s certain Christian groups got exactly what they deserved?

[wita]

oooooops seems there is a certain non christian group therein.

[Robert Drobot]

They failed to mention that FOX’s FreedomWatch with Judge Andrew Napolitano has been canceled. So much for the fair-and-balanced drivel.

[drbuzzard]

>They failed to mention that FOX’s FreedomWatch with Judge Andrew Napolitano has been canceled. So much for the fair-and-balanced drivel.

You know, they could just be cancelling it due to crap ratings...
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/declining-ratings-could-put-judge-andrew-napolitano%E2%80%99s-fox-news-future-in-jeopardy/

I tried to watch the show myself, but it failed to impress me at all. Seemed targeted at the Ron Paul crowd.

[Night Hides Not]

Fox Business Channel often changes their lineup. It keeps things from getting stale. No doubt ratings were a factor, too.

The Saturday shows on FBN would be far superior if they limited the talking heads to three. Most of the time, they're shouting over each other's comments.

Finally, a note to Roger Ailes: every time that smarmy, whiny beyotch named Sally Kohn appears, I change the channel.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This excellent Jeffrey Lord piece is about much more than Fox News and Rush Limbaugh.

Worth a look and full read.

The comments at the source are extremely insightful too.

[Dudoight]

Brilliant! Well done!

[massgopguy]

UCC owns Christ Church Hospital in Oak Lawn IL where the Live Birth Abortions were taking place.

[FourPeas]

Definitely worth the click.

History repeats itself when we don’t learn from it.

[rdb3]

You know, they could just be cancelling it due to crap ratings... http://www.mediaite.com/tv/declining-ratings-could-put-judge-andrew-napolitano%E2%80%99s-fox-news-future-in-jeopardy/

I tried to watch the show myself, but it failed to impress me at all. Seemed targeted at the Ron Paul crowd.

Exactly.

25 years ago, we had Ronald Reagan, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope.
Today we have Obama, no cash, and no hope!

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings.

How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).

And finally, this, dedicated to the one and only rdb2, whose eyes are growing dim.

Either way, the violin is sweet yet LETHAL.

Do it!

[Buckeye McFrog]

both Rush and Dobbs have spoken out in defense of the Church

[jersey117]

a note to Roger Ailes: every time that smarmy, whiny beyotch named Sally Kohn appears, I change the channel.

Ditto that!!!!

[Tex-Con-Man]

Between this and The Daily Caller series on Media Matters, there seems to be a conservative effort to shine the light on, among others, the literally maniacal David Brock.

And even Alan Dershowitz is warning the Dems to get disentangled from MM.

Very interesting article.

[stockpirate]

IMHO - the battle lines are being drawn, we are now seeing the fruits of years of socialist labor in our country. This is the left’s final push to take over completely and rule with an iron fist.

They are already looting our wealth at an incredible rate, via, taxes, oil policy, trade policy and bailouts to everyone but the taxpayer.

Soon the health care bill will be in place, they will have the power to withdraw funds from everyone’s savings and checking accounts as well as 401K’s.

In the middle of all of this Americans will do what they do best, NOTHING.

[Dudoight]

You gotta be kidding me. I can’t imagine this from a Christian entity.