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Saturday February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009 President B.H. Obama has thrown down the gauntlet to the “special interests” as he calls the insurance companies, and today asked Congress to ignore their pleas and I guess money that they use to get their way. So he can have his socialized medicine. He reminded all that he campaigned on the promise to deliver medical care for all. and he is bound and very determined to get his way. I have no doubt he will find a willing Congress to give him his socialized medicine despite the fact that in doing so he will destroy the best medical system in the World. If you doubt me, spend and hour in the waiting room of the Mayo clinic and listen to all the foreign languages spoken. People from every where come to the USA for medical care, but they won’t if he does to medicine what the government has done to the Postal Service and the IRS! There are not many people I know who have experienced socialized medicine in a life threatening situation. I am one who has! So I have republished a blog I posted in 2006 that explain the horrors of “free” medical care.I put free in quotes, because even when socialized medicine is passed it will no be free. You taxpayers will pay for the “crap”" that is passed off as medicine for all! NOT ONLY DOES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HEALTH CARE RIGHTS, BUT THIS INITIATIVE IS NOTHING MORE THAN BLATANT SOCIALISM WHICH WOULD ROB FROM THE “HAVES” TO PAY FOR THE “HAVE NOTS”. THIS IS NOTHING MORE OR LESS BUT WHAT THE GREAT SENATOR FROM NEW YORK, HILLARY CLINTON, TRIED TO DO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THE FIRST YEAR HER HUSBAND WAS PRESIDENT. XXX I USUALLY DON’T WRITE ABOUT MYSELF IN THESE FLEDGLING ATTEMPTS TO BE A BLOGGER. BUT THIS SUBJECT IS SOMETHING I CAN WRITE ABOUT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. A YEAR AGO THIS PAST MAY MY WIFE AND MY YOUNGEST SON WERE IN ROME FOR OUR 32 ND ANNIVERSARY WHEN I AWOKE IN A HOTEL ROOM AROUND 5AM WITH THE DREADED ELEPHANT SITTING ON MY CHEST! YES, IT WAS A HEART ATTACK! I WAS SCARED AS HELL! XXX IN ITALY THEY HAVE TOTAL SOCIALIZED MEDICINE—EVEN FOR VISITORS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES. KIND OF LIKE OUR MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR ILLEGAL MEXICANS. I DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL I CHECKED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL 4 DAYS LATER TO FLY HOME FOR DEFINITIVE TREATMENT OF MY HEART. BUT AT ANY RATE AN AMBULANCE FINALLY CAME TO OUR HOTEL AROUND 7:30 AND TOOK ME TO A LARGE HOSPITAL NEAR THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. THE RIDE ITSELF WAS AN EXPERIENCE. SIRENS BLARING AND WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC I WAS LUCKY I WAS STRAPPED IN. WHEN I GOT TO SAN JACQUIMO HOSPITAL I WAS ROLLED INTO A HALLWAY WHERE I WAITED FOR 50 MIN. OR SO, WHEN A NURSE WHO COULDN’T SPEAK ENGLISH TRIED TO GET MY HISTORY,ETC. FROM A MAN WHO SPEAKS SPANISH FAIRLY WELL BUT KNEW ONLY A FEW WORDS OF ITALIAN. AFTER SOME TIME THEY GAVE ME A SHOT THAT RELIEVED MY PAIN,DREW BLOOD AND ROLLED ME BACK OUT INTO THE HALLWAY WITH DOZENS OF OTHER PATIENTS. FINALLY A DOCTOR CAME TO TELL ME IN FAIRLY GOOD ENGLISH THAT, YES, I HAD A HEART ATTACK. HE TOLD ME THE CARDIAC CARE WARD WAS FULL, BUT HE WOULD TRY AND GET ME A BED IN THE SURGICAL WARD.THE CARDIAC WARD HAS FOUR BEDS! XXX SOME HOURS LATER I WAS TRANSPORTED TO A ROOM THAT HAD TO BE UNLOCKED BEFORE THEY COULD ROLL ME IN, AND WAS LOCKED AS SOON AS I ENTERED. HAVING OVER 30 YEARS AS AN ORAL SURGEON ON THE STAFFS OF TWO HOSPITALS I WAS SUDDENLY TRANSPORTED INTO THIRD WORLD MEDICINE! INSIDE THE ROOM WERE FOUR BEDS THREE OF WHICH WERE OCCUPIED BY MAJOR SURGERY POST OPERATIVE PATIENTS. ONE LADY HAD A MASTECTOMY, ONE MAN HAD A THROAT OPERATION, AND THE THIRD WAS A LADY WHO HAD SOME TYPE OF ABDOMINAL SURGERY. I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITHOUT A HEALING, OPEN WOUND. XXX THE FIRST THING I NOTICED BEFORE THEY RAMMED A TOO LARGE CATHETER WITHOUT LUBRICATION UP MY URETHRA ,THAT MADE ME BLEED FOR TWO DAYS, WAS THAT THERE WAS JUST ONE WINDOW IN THE ROOM AND IT WAS WIDE OPEN WITH NO SCREEN ON IT! THIS WAS A ROOM FOR SURGERY PATIENTS HOPING TO RECOVER AND THE FLYS WERE MERRILY FLYING IN AND OUT OF THE WINDOW. XXX AFTER THE IVs WERE INSERTED I WAS AWARE THAT ALL THE DRESSINGS REMOVED FROM THE SURGERY PATIENTS WERE BEING PLACED IN AN OPEN BOX LINED WITH A PLASTIC BAG ABOUT 4 FEET FROM MY BED NEXT TO THE LOCKED DOOR. THE IV THAT WAS PUT IN HAD PUNCTURED MY VEIN WALL, AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER MY RIGHT FOREARM WAS SWOLLEN AND HURT LIKE BLAZES. SINCE NO ONE IN THE ROOM COULD UNDERSTAND A WORD OF ENGLISH. I YELLED THE UNIVERSAL DISTRESS, “HELP” AS LOUD AS I COULD. IF I HAD KNOWN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO “JUST GEORGE”, AS THEY LEARNED TO CALL ME, WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A PIN CUSHION FOR TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE I THOUGHT WERE NURSES. I MIGHT HAVE SAID NOTHING EVEN THOUGH I KNEW IT WASN’T INSERTED CORRECTLY. IF I KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO JAB ME SO MANY TIMES WITH LARGE NEEDLES(nine times unsuccessfully). FINALLY AFTER RIPPING UP MY VEINS IN BOTH FOREARMS THEY CALLED A FEMALE DOCTOR TO HELP. SHE SPOKE ENGLISH AND HAD THE IV IN MY HAND ON THE FIRST TRY. NICE LADY, BUT I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN. XXX SINCE THERE WAS NO IV INSERTED FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS THEY STARTED TO STICK ME IN THE BELLY WITH INJECTABLE HEPARIN . I VAGUELY REMEMBER 8 OR TEN JABS IN THE BELLY WHICH MADE MY STOMACH LOOK LIKE I WENT TEN ROUNDS WITH “JOE LOW BLOW” BOXER! AT DINNER TIME I LEARNED THAT THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED NEITHER FOOD NOR WATER, NOR TOILET PRODUCTS SUCH AS SOAP AND TOOTHBRUSH. THEY EXPECTED THE RELATIVES OF THE PATIENTS TO BRING IN THE FOOD,ETC. THE ONLY THING THEY PROVIDED THREE TIMES A DAY WAS A GRUEL LIKE WATERED DOWN SOUP AND 3 “ZWIEBACK” TYPE CRACKERS. I LOST 12 POUND IN FOUR DAYS! XXX FINALLY ON THE MORNING OF THE THIRD DAY I WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CARDIAC CARE UNIT. IT WAS LIKE GETTING BACK TO THE 21ST CENTURY! THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THEY ONLY HAD FOUR BEDS! IN THIS LARGE VERY STERILE LOOKING ROOM WITH THE NURSES STATION BEHIND A DOOR AND LARGE WINDOWS WITH NO CALL BUTTON AT ANY BED. YOU WERE ON YOUR OWN. XXX THE REAL CLOSE CALL CAME LATER THAT DAY. I HAD BEEN PUT ON AN IV DRIP OF NITROGLYCERIN AND AN IV WITH SOME NARCOTIC FOR PAIN. THERE WAS A VERY NICE CARDIOLOGIST WHO COULD SPEAK ENGLISH WELL ENOUGH FOR ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM, BUT HE ONLY CAME IN ONCE A DAY. THE PROBLEM DEVELOPED WHEN I TOLD HIM I WAS STILL HAVING SOME CHEST PAIN. HE ORDERED A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NARCOTIC AND NITROGLYCERIN DRIP. THE DRUGS MADE MY SLEEPY AND I DRIFTED OFF TO SLEEP FOR HE FIRST TIME IN THREE DAYS. I WAS TOO SCARED TO FALL ASLEEP IN THE SURGERY ROOM AS THE STAFF SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME DAY AND NIGHT BEHIND A CLOSED DOOR JUST OUTSIDE THE WARD. AT NIGHT THE “HANK-PANKY GOING ON COULD WAKE THE DEAD! XXX WHILE I WAS SLEEPING, THE SHIFTS CHANGED, AND APPARENTLY THE “NURSE” WHO HAD INCREASED MY IV DRIP HAD NOT MADE A NOTE IN MY CHART. SO WHEN THE NEW CREW CAME IN THEY INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF NARCOTIC AN NITRO DRIP. A SHORT TIME LATER WHEN I AWOKE LUCKILY, I BEGAN TO GO BLIND. EVERYTHING GREW BLACK, AND I THOUGHT I WAS DYING! APPARENTLY MY BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED TO 50/30 AND ALL I COULD DO WAS WAVE MY HANDS AND TRY TO YELL HELP. LUCKY FOR ME A NEW NIGHT DOCTOR WAS IN THE NURSES STATION AND SAW ME WAVING FRANTICALLY. HE CAME AND AFTER CHECKING MY BLOOD PRESSURE HAD THE NURSING STAFF RAISE THE FOOT OF MY BED SO HIGH I SLIPPED UP TO THE BEDSTEAD, BUT IT SAVED MY LIFE ALONG WITH THE IV INJECTIONS OF MEDS. HE GAVE ME TO RAISE MY BLOOD PRESSURE. THAT WAS AS CLOSE AS I HAD EVER COME TO HAVING A STROKE. XXX ON THE FOuRTH DAY MY WIFE, MY SON AND I DECIDED THIS HOSPITAL WAS DANGEROUS TO MY HEALTH AND MADE UP OUR MINDS TO FLY BACK TO THE U.S. I TOLD THE DOCTOR WHO SPOKE ENGLISH THAT I WANTED TO GO HOME BUT HE INSISTED I MUST STAY AND HAVE A HEART CATHETERIZING IN THE MORNING. I ASKED HIM IF I WAS IN A PRISON OR COULD I SIGN MYSELF OUT AGAINST HIS ADVICE. AFTER A LENGTHY TALK WITH HIS SUPERIORS HE BROUGHT ME THE RELEASE PAPERS TO SIGN. FOR ALL I KNOW THEY COULD BE A DEATH WARRANT OR DEED TO MY HOUSE AS THEY WERE IN ITALIAN. I SIGNED THE PAPERS AND TOOK A CAB TO THE HOTEL. THE NEXT DAY WE FLEW HOME IN A 747 WITH NITRO PATCHES CHANGED EVERY FOUR HOURS AND ROOM ENOUGH FOR ME TO LAY DOWN AND SLEEP MOST OF THE 10 HOUR FLIGHT. THUS ENDED MY EXPERIENCE WITH TOTALLY SOCIALIZED MEDICINE. SOME PEOPLE RAVE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN COUNTRIES WITH SOCIALIZED MEDICINE. BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET THE NIGHTMARE THAT WAS MINE ALL FOR FREE. IT DID NOT COST A CENT! Caps are for emphasis not shouting!! | | | |
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Friday February 27, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009 SUBSTITUTING MONEY FOR WEAPONS Everyone on the planet understands we are in the midst of a World wide recession, and more spectacular "the worst recession since the Great Depression" according to the President. Instead of cutting welfare spending( it is presently 12.3% of GDP) and reducing the size of the government work force, Obama has determined that it would be more fair to eliminate the tax deduction for charity and the interest on your house if you and your spouse make over $250,000. He also has promised to stop spending money for "cold war" defense projects. That sounds good, but some of the weapons that he and his minions plan to stop are the f-22 fighter jet that would replace the F-18 that is over 20 years old, and reduce the number of nuclear submarines that protect US from nuclear subs of enemies like Communist China, Russia and any other rogue country that decides to pose a threat to the USA. Despite the economy problems, apparently the President feels that we can buy our safety through Foreign Aid, because despite his economic crisis,he plans to increase the amount of taxpayers money that will be sent to foreign countries. The following is a quote from the Internet site of the Jerusalem Post. "The budget, according to the text put out Thursday by the Office of Budget Management, "puts the United States on a path to double foreign assistance. By increasing foreign assistance, the United States will reach out to the global community and renew its role as a leader in global development and diplomacy." One Capitol Hill staffer who deals with these issues expressed relief that the administration wasn't "scapegoating" foreign aid as has happened in the past during times of economic trouble. Sounds to me as though Secretary Clinton is getting more money to distribute around the world to buy friends while the military gets the short end of the stick! It appears to me that our new President and the Democrat controlled Congress is waging economic war against the American taxpayers. It started with President Bush and TARP, but has morphed into a 3 trillion dollar spending spree that will drain the monetary reserves to the point where if a foreign government decides to try to destroy our banking and economic systems, by setting up several multi- million dollar overseas hedge funds, and acting together they could dump U.S. stocks by targeting key U.S. companies, that predictably will cause panic within the stockholders. Taking this point further, since the government has already(in 2001) pumped billions into the banking system to bolster the faltering New York banks. And now that they have spent trillions on numerous "bail outs" with uncertain and unreported results. If the stock market continues to free fall,banks are unable to jump in and help prop up the market! In the case of CITI bank the government now owns 40% of the stock, and the plans Obama has for National Health Insurance and his version of FDR's welfare employment program make the ability of the new owners to help doubtful,and noted Economists estimate that the present debt(Deficit)already held by the taxpaying public is 59% of GDP. The road ahead is filled with either more taxes from the middle class including taking away tax deductions or printing more worthless money that will ignite ferocious inflation and devaluation of the money we now have! When President Obama said the other day that the "day of reckoning has come". I wonder if he meant as the Thesaurus defines reckoning as "settlement,debt due and score". That now is the time to punish those Americans who have been successful to satisfy his radical left anarchists who hate the "RIC"" and want redistribution of wealth. If so, he has made a good start in satisfying their "blood lust"! Tags: FORIEGN AID welfare OPINIONS budget Taxes | | | |
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Tuesday February 24, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 A CRISIS IS COMING EXPRESS FOR YOU FROM WASHINGTON DC President R.Reagan said, “This is the issue: whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them for ourselves. … Somewhere a perversion has taken place. Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation of government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.† And it appears that President Obama his pulling hard on the fabric of freedom that we hold so dear. His Federally mandated confiscation and redistribution of more than $ 1.3 trillion to be spent over the next 10 years, and may grow to 3 trillion if he keeps pending like a drunken sailor! Will certainly devalue the dollar and cause rapid out of control inflation. It could get so bad that even the Communist Chinese will not buy our T- Bonds. Between Japan and China we have outstanding $1.27 trillion in debt before Hillary went with hat in hand to Beijing to ask them to buy more. She never broached the subject of their air pollution(the worst in he world) or the horrible human rights record. It was as though she went to visit a friend not a Communist enemy who would like to bury us both economically and militarily. And not be out done in the spending frenzy. The U.S. Congress is proceeding with plans to spend even more of the taxpayers money on their personal favorite, themselves and their voters. The irony of it all is that on the day the President held a “fiscal responsibility…nbsp; summit at the White House — the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee released an omnibus budget measure designed to finance the dozens of federal agencies whose 2009 budgets were not approved in the last Congress.(they held this back just on the chance that Bush might have used his veto pen,which he seldom used). True to Democratic rhetoric heard throughout the Bush years, the legislation would provide significant new funds to many domestic programs…US Rep. David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who heads the House Appropriations Committee, said in a news release Monday, “Congress…today presents a bill that will keep the government running and finish last year’s business. This bill works in harmony with the economic recovery package, making investments that address the country’s immediate needs while investing in our long term economic strength.…nbsp; Much of that spending is directed toward programs important to higher education.The legislation would provide an extra $347 million in funds for the Pell Grant Program for low-income students, an increase paid for in large part by taking money that the Bush administration proposed directing toward the Academic Competitiveness and Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant Programs that have gone underutilized by colleges. Note: They are taking the money from areas where American students fall behind many Asian and European Countries, and giving it to students who will never attain the excellence we need in our schools and Universities. Just a few of he programs that will receive multi-millions of dollars that I feel has nothing to do with stimulating the “Countries Immediate Needs†, and everything to do with strengthening the Democrat voter base, are listed below. Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities $23,158,000 Strengthening Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions $11,579,000 Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities $ 238,095,000 Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions $58,500,000 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement $8,577,000 Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions $93,256,000 Strengthening Asian American and Pacific Islander-serving Institutions $2,500,000 Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Voc-Tech Institutions $7,773,000 I am all for education, but could this not wait until the taxpayer can breath again when and if the economy rights itself. Obama and Congress are doing everything they can to destroy it despite the Pious Platitudes! Uploaded Images | | | |
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Monday February 23, 2009
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.…nbsp; —Ronald Reagan First it was the Global Warming warning from “alGoreites” that caused normally rational people to believe that man is destroying the planet because we use fossil fuels. As a result we are in the desperate position that relies on Countries for our economic life blood(crude oil) that basically do not like us. Even though we have enough oil off shore in the Dakotas and the ANWAR region of Alaska to provide the fuel that drives not only our economy but our military,and our defense. While we beg Communist China to buy more of our treasury bonds.Secretary Clinton just left Beijing after trying to talk a reluctant communist country to help support Obama’s $787 billion stimulus Bill! One of the worst air polluters in the whole World is busy making deals in Africa to drill for more oil to run the economic giant that already holds 696.2 billion dollars of our T- Bonds! Which brings me to the second fear tactic that has been perpetrated on the American public. President Obama is flying all over the Country crying Crisis and predicting a worst depression than the USA had in the 1930s if we do not spend more billions on his “rescue” package. This is a bold face lie and the facts prove that what he is doing is paying back those who got him elected, and laying the ground work for more government employees that will be dependent on the welfare state for their livelihood. Thus guaranteeing his voting base and the Congressional Democrats for years to come. The stimulus is costing approximately $3000 per American,and yet Obama and the Democrats are crying crisis about an economy that so far has only dropped by $120 per person. Perhaps the economy has more to fall, but it doesn’t make sense to spend billions of dollars in order to rescue a few auto industries and some banks that due to total mismanagement are failing. Only a few people pointed out last year that chaos for the finance industry does not necessarily mean tragedy for the economy as a whole, so that bailouts and stimulus packages are worth far less than their price tag. Now we know: the economy as a whole continued to maintain high levels of production production and spending. Although the economy should be closely watched in 2009, taxpayers would be better served if their representatives would discern hype from real disaster, and thereby better protect taxpayer wallets from the alarmists. In plain English: adjusted for inflation, total spending in the United States economy was about one percent lower in October-December than it was July-September. (The fourth quarter performance would have to repeat itself three more times – for a full year – in order for real GDP to actually fall the 3.8 percent in the headline.) None of us likes to see our purchasing power fall, but it helps to put the one percent drop in perspective. That drop was pretty similar to what happened during the 1990 recession. Real spending has so far done much better than the 1981-82 recession, when it fell three times as much. The Great Depression of the 1930s was far worse. Another way to understand the headline: spending fell $120 per person.The Bureau of Economic Analysis showed recently that so far this recession is mild by historical standards. Nevertheless, President Obama’s fear-mongering continues.How else would he be able to spend so much money that we do not have to further his welfare state! This despite the fact that a survey of 47 professional forecasters released by the National Association of Business Economists on Monday predicted the recession-hit economy would begin to recover in the second half of this year, returning to a potential growth trend in 2010. Perhaps the real problem Obama and his “One World” supporters are worried about is the financial crisis in Europe more than what is happening here at home. During the past weekend two cheer leaders for Obama’s “spendulus ” Bill, Billionaire and Socialist George Soros(the bank roller for Obama’s election campaign) said the economic World turbulence is actually more severe than during the Great Depression, comparing the current situation to the demise of the Soviet Union. He said the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September marked a turning point in the functioning of the market system. “We witnessed the collapse of the financial system,” Soros said at a Columbia University dinner. “It was placed on life support, and it’s still on life support. There’s no sign that we are anywhere near a bottom.” He was joined by another Obama advisor Paul Volker,former Federal Reserve chairman who is now a top adviser to President Barack Obama. Volcker said industrial production around the world was declining even more rapidly than in the United States, which is itself under severe strain. “I don’t remember any time, maybe even in the Great Depression, when things went down quite so fast, quite so uniformly around the world,” Volcker said. Volker is old enough(81 years old) and supposedly smart enough to know the history of recessions since the Great Depression, but if you are a wealthy elitist who thinks he knows what is best for us “ordinary” folks. Then he might think bankrupting this Country by spending money we do not have, and will have to borrow from Japan and Communist China is a good way for our Republic to go! | | | |
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Friday February 20, 2009
Feb. 20th, 2009 | 12:29 pm Posted by Jax Hawk on Friday, February 20, 2009 12:29:45 PM Not since Joseph Goebbels controlled the German thought and speech process in Hitler's Germany, has a threat to dissenting speech been manifested as is the attempt to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine. To refresh your memory about Mr. Goebbels, after the Nazis rose to power in 1933, he was appointed propaganda minister. One of his first acts was the burning of books rejected by the Nazis. He proceeded to gain full control of every outlet of information in Germany. Following his appointment, his attacks on German Jews, beginning with the boycott of 1933, became ever fiercer and culminated in the Kristallnacht in 1938, the first open and unrestrained pogrom unleashed by the Nazis. Now substitute the word "Jews" with the word "Conservatives" and you can see the similarity if the Fairness Doctrine is re-instated under this present administration. “With the stink of public corruption blanketing Washington, with our elected officials passing the single largest spending bill in our nation’s history without even reading or debating it, with the increasing nationalization of our financial institutions, with almost dictatorial control of Congress by one political party, and with increasing signs we are becoming a socialistic country, Americans need more dynamic talk show hosts like Savage, not less,” said Thompson, the president of the Thomas More Law Center. Conservative talk-radio hosts such as Dr. Savage have been so effective in rallying public outcry against many aspects of the liberal agenda that Democrat politicians have increasingly called for a return to the “Fairness Doctrine,” Orwellian- speak for censorship. Thompson commented, “If the Doctrine is so fair, why are the liberals limiting it only to radio? Why not television, the Internet, and all the print media?” The Fairness Doctrine, first introduced in 1949, required radio stations to broadcast opposing views on any matter of public importance they discussed. However, in 1987, President Reagan directed that it be abandoned. Since then, Democrats have made several unsuccessful attempts to reinstate the Doctrine. With total Democrat control of the federal government, the Fairness Doctrine can be re instituted by a regulation of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or by Congressional enactment. Whatever form its reinstatement may take, any limitation on the Free Speech rights of Michael Savage will result in an immediate legal action. The U. S. Supreme Court would most likely find any reinstatement of the Doctrine unconstitutional. A regulation of speech motivated by nothing more than a desire by the Democrats to silence political opposition on controversial issues of public interest is the purest example of a law abridging the freedom of speech. Such action is the hallmark of totalitarian governments, not a free society. ”Source: The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes America’s Christian heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life. It supports a strong national defense and an independent and sovereign United States of America. And if you doubt the Leftists, that control the power structure in Washington, have already started the march to thought and speech control. Just consider for one moment the controlled press conference that the President had recently. The lack of substantive questions by any member of the Press , and the failure to address any questions that had not been pre-planned should show the lack of openness in this new administration. Or consider the fact that for the first time since WWII, a Bill was pushed through Congress without any public hearings,no amendments allowed, and no document presented to the Senate before they voted to pass this almost one trillion dollar spending Bill! Not only do we not know for certain where Obama was born, because the birth certificate is doubted by many as being authentic, and I have a question that begs to be answered. Did Barack Hussein Obama register for the draft as is required by Federal Law of all 18 year old men, born in the USA? If he did , why don't his people show his draft card to prove he is a real American, native born? Posted by bill at 13:30:45 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) | | | | |
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