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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] free speech - dissent, suppression coming
  • Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:02:31 -0700 (PDT)

I've been worrying about some of the things in this commentary:

>From today's paper:

excerpt:

"These attempts to shut down political speech have become routine for
liberals. Congressional Democrats sought to reimpose the "fairness doctrine"
on broadcasters, which until it was repealed in the 1980s required equal time
for different points of view.

The motive was plain: to shut down the one conservative-leaning
communications medium, talk radio. Liberal talk-show hosts have mostly failed
to draw audiences, and many liberals can't abide having citizens hear
contrary views.

To their credit, some liberal old-timers - like House Appropriations Chairman
David Obey - voted against the "fairness doctrine," in line with their
longstanding support of free speech.

But you can expect the "fairness doctrine" to get another vote if Barack
Obama wins and Democrats increase their congressional majorities.

Corporate liberals have done their share in shutting down anti-liberal
speech, too. "Saturday Night Live" ran a spoof of the financial crisis that
skewered Democrats like House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank and
liberal contributors Herbert and Marion Sandler, who sold toxic-waste-filled
Golden West to Wachovia Bank for $24 billion.

Kind of surprising, but not for long. The tape of the broadcast disappeared
from NBC's Web site and was replaced with another that omitted the references
to Mr. Frank and the Sandlers. Evidently NBC and its parent, General
Electric, don't want people to hear speech that attacks liberals. "
..........................


http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/13/the-coming-thugocracy/print/







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