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Memphis, Tennessee: Media reform sounds like a good cause. But the gathering here of more than 2,000 activists turned out to be an effort to push the Democratic Party further to the left and get more "progressive" voices in the media, while proposing to use the power of the federal government to silence conservatives. In short, triumphant liberals now want to consolidate and expand their power. Several speakers, including Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Maurice Hinchey, declared that they think Congress should use a new federal “fairness doctrine” to target conservative speech on television and radio.But while conservatives are not...

You only need listen to the first 4 or 5 minutes to grasp what's going on -- and what YOU need to do. http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Focus_on_the_Family/Default.asp You can find YOUR senators' email addys here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm If you want to CALL, their office numbers are also listed here. EMAIL AND CALL (you surely have some free LD minutes you can devote to saving your First Amendment rights?). Let's put the com system up there into MELT-DOWN -- while it's still legal to do so! And if this post "annoyed" you because you don't really care about this "political stuff," YOU are a big...

A prominent Christian leader whose radio and magazine outreaches are solidly in support of biblically-based marriages – and keeps in touch with millions of constituents daily – says he cannot consider Arizona Sen. John McCain a viable candidate for president. "Speaking as a private individual, I would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances," said James Dobson, founder of the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family as well as the Focus Action cultural action organization set up specifically to provide a platform for informing and rallying constituents. Dobson, who always is careful to note that he's not speaking for...

Silencing conservatives on the airwaves A final thought for this week is a personal one. I've been the target, as have a number of other conservative talk-radio hosts, of an effort by liberal bloggers to get me fired for engaging in what these far-left activists are calling "hate speech." The move by liberal activists to silence conservative radio hosts comes after the failure of the left-wing Air America radio network. Given that liberalism couldn't compete and win in the marketplace of ideas, liberals now want to silence conservative radio hosts. One anonymous online blogger compiled audio clips edited to make...

Fax your senators a prewritten message that you support the amendment to strike Section 220 of S. 1. A legislative fix was offered today that could kill an onerous measure in the Senate that threatens the right of citizens to influence their lawmakers. It all depends on how the votes line up next week. The lobbying-reform bill numbered S. 1 contains a provision -- Section 220 -- that would require grassroots organizations and churches to file federal reports on communications that urge people to speak out on public-policy issues. Tens of thousands of phone calls, faxes and e-mails in opposition...

AFA ActionAlert January 11, 2006 Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and friends. Senate Tired of Your E-mails, Phone Calls; Expected to Pass Bill that Will Keep You From Getting Needed Information. Dear Beverly, Without a doubt, this could be the most important letter I have written you. The U.S. Senate is poised to pass Senate Bill 1 (Section 220), which would effectively keep AFA and every other pro-family organization in America from providing you information on bills in Congress. Under...