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Remember when they said the “Fairness” Doctrine wasn’t coming back?

February 16th, 2009

Nah, me neither. But Captain Ed does, and Erick Erickson knows that gross and unconstitutional restrictions on freedom of speech and dissent are coming back. And if you know anything at all about what usually takes place under socialist regimes such as the junta currently operating in DC, so do you.

Update! I almost forgot to include the money quote — well, one of several, actually — from an unnamed liberal-fascist House Energy and Commerce Committee member:

“We’re at very early stages on this, but the chairman has made it clear that oversight of the Internet is one of his top priorities.”

“This isn’t just about Limbaugh or a local radio host most of us haven’t heard about…Thanks to the stimulus package, we’ve established that broadband networks — the Internet — are critical, national infrastructure. We think that gives us an opening to look at what runs over that critical infrastructure.”

Ahh, those Social Democrats; always looking for “an opening” to expand their authority, cripple their opposition, and subvert the Constitution in the name of the commonweal.

Any of that sound like a good idea to you folks? Hell, I’d posit that the very fact that it sounds good to any ostensible American says a lot about how far Left we’ve been dragged…and none of it good.

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  1. Robohobo
    February 16th, 2009 at 12:25 | #1
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    Time to break out the torches and pitchforks?
  2. molonlabe28
    February 16th, 2009 at 13:49 | #2
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    Let me guess - are national ID cards next? I thought so.
  3. Francis W. Porretto
    February 16th, 2009 at 17:46 | #3
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    That would be well past my personal tipping point. At that point, I unpack my AR and head down to DeeCee to shoot some politicians.

    I'm serious about that. If Washington makes even a gesture in the direction of Internet regulation or censorship, I will take politicians' lives, as great a number as I can manage before they cut me down. I've lived in freedom long enough that I don't care to live under tyranny.

    There is a single bright, free place remaning in the world: the Internet. Even if it's just a gaggle of electrons and photons running hither and thither, it's the last remaining bastion of free speech and free thought. I will exact a blood price for its loss.

    Who's with me? Maybe we can get a discount on bus fare and coffins.

  4. Flu-Bird
    February 16th, 2009 at 21:39 | #4
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    The UNFAIRNESS DOCTRINE UNDER OUR NEW DICTATOR OBAMA
  5. native son
    February 16th, 2009 at 22:45 | #5
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    If there is to be a fairness doctrine will that be applicable to all new events, including presidential news conferences? It seems if a reporter is chosen, by the president, to ask a favorable question from a liberal media, then the same question should be asked from a more conservative reporter. Of course this won't happen and the moniker of Fairness Doctrine is misleading. Fairness already exists. If I watch Fox News and Hannity and desire a different view point it is a simple decision to swith to MSNBC and listen to the hate filled dialougue of Keith Olberman. The fairness will apply to shut up Hannity instead of Olberman. Who is kidding who here? Politics and social issues are broadcast to audiences that have a choice to listen or not listen. Now that Colmes has left Hannity then I don't have the choice to listen to the liberal gibberish and that is a good thing. At one point I had an affinity for Colmes rather than Hannity. That changed as a result of extrinsic sources apart from Hannity and Colmes rather than listening to their competing viewpoints. My change of allegIance came from an an examination of my moral fiber rather than someone influencing me via the media. I finally realized liberals are interested in temporal conditions rather than eternal values. Post me or not, is the individual choice of the person who finances this site. I guess then that should be the choice of privately financed entities that are broadcast on a national basis. Restaurants have the right to serve who they choose shouldn't a network be afforded the same courtesy.
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