Nada y Todo

It looks like the good ol’ democrats are rallying the troops to push a new fairness doctrine upon radio broadcasters to silence disent from the Obama “motherland”.  Senator Debbie Stabenow has this gem to say:

“I think it’s absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it’s called the Fairness Standard, whether it’s called something else – I absolutely think it’s time to be bringing accountability to the airwaves. I mean, our new president has talked rightly about accountability and transparency. You know, that we all have to step up and be responsible. And, I think in this case, there needs to be some accountability and standards put in place.”

God forbid we practice free speech and capialism in this country.  Oh wait, capitalism has already gone away with the nationalization of our banks, guess it’s time to piss all over the 1st Amendment also.   Ms. Stabenow was asked whether we would see hearings this year in regards to the “fairness” doctrine and answered, “I have already had some discussions with colleagues and, you know, I feel like that’s gonna happen. Yep.”

It’s a shame when legislators can’t sit back and allow the free market to regulate it’s self.  What’s the big deal anyways about talk radio?  Is it the fact that the “progressive” radio stations fail, NPR for instance, or is it the fact that conservative talk radio stations profit from producing an enteraining show that listeners follow?    Apparently according to a 2007 report “”The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio,” the problem is as follows:

Our conclusion is that the gap between conservative and progressive talk radio is the result of multiple structural problems in the U.S. regulatory system, particularly the complete breakdown of the public trustee concept of broadcast, the elimination of clear public interest requirements for broadcasting, and the relaxation of ownership rules including the requirement of local participation in management.”

Keep in mind these are not public broadcasting stations that host the “right wing radio”, they’re private coorporations.

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Check out what our friends in New Hampshire have to say

Read it all, you won’t regret it.

I was hoping we could get something like that into the legislature.

Edit: Apparently several other states have similar legislation. I believe there are 8: Arizona, Hawaii, Montana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Washington.

This is what White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs had to say about it.

“I do believe that there will be people in districts all over the country that will wonder why, when there’s a good bill to get the economy moving again, why we still seem to be playing political gotcha,” Gibbs said.

First of all, thank god someone is doing their jobs protecting the tax payers from corrupt tyrants.

Second, wtf is this “political gotcha”. What exactly are the dems trying to put over on us that the republicans are getting them on? I smell a rat, and I don’t like it one bit.

MoveOn has plans to start an ad campaign to squelch political dissent to the Democrats plans.

I have to say I respect the Republicans for finally taking a stand on something. Of course the Dems don’t need the Republican vote to pass a damned thing, so what does it matter.  We are going to see a huge propaganda campaign against any politician that doesn’t tow the party line.  I’m furious.

The perfect storm is here, batten down the hatches.

Source: GOP defies Obama overtures.

Here’s a nice little video of Ron Paul on MSNBC this morning talking about the economy in real terms, not some fantasy economy.

Is always a pleasure to watch Ron Paul on the 24 Hour News Networks. They react like common sense is crazy talk.

Instead of attending his impeachment trial, Governor Blagojevich was in NY appearing on a few talk shows: “Good Morning America”, “The View”, and “Larry King Live”.
The reasoning behind this little maneuver is that the Governor won’t get a fair impeachment hearing in the state of Illinois. He is probably right.
Not to cast doubt on any of Blago’s wrong doing, but there are much worse criminals in IL government than Blago. I would like to see the trials happen in a setting that provides the best chance for indictment of the real king pins of Illinois government corruption.

The governor is no choir boy, but the real monsters are hiding behind indignation and the huge stink being made about his crimes.

Source:Impeachment trial to proceed without Ill. governor