Lonewolf Diaries: Leftists Hate Your Right to Free Speech
by Steven Crowder
I know, I know, at first glance, the title may seem like I’m blowing things out of proportion. After all, Fox News is an isolated incident, right? Wrong. This is just another leg in a multi-pronged approach from the Obama administration to stifle dissent. (I just used some big words — which is out of character, I know — but go with me on this one.) Am I the only one who sees this as a wind of attacks looking to ultimately culminate into a “Fairness Doctrine” storm?
- “Those forwarding falsehoods against the health care bill” must be reported.
- “’Racists’ must be silenced.”
- “Opinion journalism masquerading as news” must not be given legitimacy, or equal access.
- David Axelrod: “We won’t treat Fox News that way, and you ought not treat them that way.”
This was the administration’s equivalent to the schoolyard bully’s call for a “PILE ON!!”
Now when observed on their own, these incidents would seem inconsequential. When combined, however, one can see a pattern of attack coming from the left that I believe (hopefully, without sounding all crazy and conspiracy theorist-like) will result in the Fairness Doctrine rearing its ugly head again. I spoke about it on “Hannity” a while back, and my opinion has only been reinforced by the most recent relentless (albeit pathetic) attack on the press.
The truth is that this White House does not want to hear ANY voices other than the echo of their own timber. It’s why Obama hasn’t met with Republicans as promised, why they’ve tried to marginalize the Tea Party movement and why they’re attacking Fox News.
This White House, is creating a villain. If they don’t pass their health-care bill, they want to be able to point to the “liars” who spread the “misinformation” that ultimately led to its downfall. Right now, the villain is Fox News. Ultimately however, YOU will be the one who is targeted. Yes folks, in all reality it is “you” who are the “liars.”
Sure, we all know that this administration is systematically attempting to target and silence voices of opposition, but we have to ask ourselves, why?
As approval ratings come in, a realization is becoming painfully clear: Leftists are diametrically opposed to the views of mainstream America. But they can’t change who they are … however, they can change how you perceive them. This is why leftists run as centrists and hide their true identity while conservatives proudly shine a light on what they stand for.
Remember folks, “net neutrality” is just around the corner and the Fairness Doctrine will most likely soon follow. We’ve all got to be aware of what’s being played here. There is some good to come of this: All this fear coming from Washington D.C. means one thing… It means that we’re doing something right. Our voices have become too loud to ignore, and so they’re snapping back. History, however, has taught us that snapping back at the American people…? Not the smartest route.
I genuinely want to know what you folks think. Do you think the backfiring of the White House’s attack on Fox News is a sign of things to come? Do you think they’re going to overplay their hand here and dig their own grave? Did Sean Penn really deserve the Oscar for “Mystic River,” or was it a consolation prize for getting snubbed with “I Am Sam”?
As always, I want to hear from you, because the more we talk, the angrier they get.
Dissent… It’s a good thing.
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After all, Fox News is an isolated incident, right?
What has Fox been prevented from doing?
Right on Steven – as usual you nail it. Your clarity of thought is fantastic for such a young pup. Since the male brain is not fully developed until age 25, always question a young person's age. I digress. You are SPOT ON! The Obama Admin is saying, "Look up here," while the try to pull the rug out from under the American people. I'm not buying ANY of it. They are thieves and thugs. The more people know, the better chance we have. I call Barack Obama, "Jimmy Carter on steroids."
An Oscar for "I Am Sam"?! Are you kidding me? Everyone knows, you never go full-on retard.
Fox News has been prevented from doing nothing except losing ratings. That is not the point.
The point is the PATTERN:
1. The SnitchOnYurNeighbor Web Site.
2. The NEA artist recruitments.
3. The slamming of Fox News.
4. The Humana gag order.
There is more. Ask yourself what types of governments try to control media and thought?
Fox News has been CALLED out by the White House. The White House even tried to exclude them from the W.H. Press Pool interview with one of the EXALTED czars! They almost got away with it until the Pool staged a coup; the W.H. backed down and let Fox News in.
Communist / Fascist / Marxist (no, not Groucho)
I think Repubs are going to RACE to the polls in 2010. BO and company get creepier every day. I think it will backfire them but since BO and company are incapable of self reflection there is a lot more to come.
Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
Remove race and nation from the definition, ultimately it is inconsequential, and what you have is the political ideology of the left/democrats. Obama’s behavior thus far has been that of intimidation, legislative retaliation and an unconstitutional deconstruction of our free market capitalist system. In its place we have ever increasing centralized control from the federal govt, the key component to fascism, with an assault on dissent and opposition, which is required in fascist states to maintain a systematic propagandizing of the populace. This of course is being carried out by the obama's lapdogs in the leftwing media: cnn, msnbc, cbs, abc, nbc.
If the Founding Fathers were alive today they would overthrow this govt. Jefferson himself would’ve hanged Obama for treason and illegitimately usurping power.
"There is some good to come of this: All this fear coming from Washington D.C. means one thing… It means that we’re doing something right."
Your column is on target, and the lifted quote exudes genuine American hope.
And now "net neutrality." I wonder how long all y'all will be able to post?
It has been hindered in going about the lawful business of shining lights into dark corners of no-longer smoke filled rooms, being forced to respond to declarations from the Administration of "Opinion journalism masquerading as news” must not be given legitimacy", an impediment with which the New York Times, for instance, has never had to trouble itself, although staffed with exactly the same kind of polemicists and bloviators.
Um, SubGrav, there was that "banned from the White House press pool" moment, remember? But I'm sure you would have stuck up for them, LOL! Hey, SubGrav, while you're here, maybe you could explain why Chicago LibDems are asking residents to rat out their neighbors on tax cheats, and why HuffPo Lefties are now asking their readers to dig up any dirt they can find on the Chamber of Commerce?
Throw in that flag@whitehouse.gov thing, and it begs a question: are all you Lefties just a bunch of squealing Stalinist Kommissar rats at heart? Don't answer, it's a rhetorical question. Of course you are
I'm not sure if that answers all your questions, Steve C, but I'm sure it explains a lot!
Don't worry, the White House is monitoring us. Can't wait until they show up to arrest me.
The White House even tried to exclude them from the W.H. Press Pool interview with one of the EXALTED czars! They almost got away with it until the Pool staged a coup; the W.H. backed down and let Fox News in.
That's false.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/wh-wer...
dissent will not be tolerated…
That is the coda for this bunch. Disagreement- with The One is apostasy. And the militant tyke, the foul mouthed former ballet dancer rahm Emanuel will engineer a smackdown of all who cross them.
Like Sean Connery's Jimmy Malone said- "It's the Chicago way"…
As residents of the aforementioned metropolis we apologize deeply for what we have wrought upon an unsuspecting public…
This administrations conduct has been childish and petty.
Prepare to deploy the ATOMIC WEDGIE!!
Hey Steven, I heard Sean Hannity mention your name today.
of course the left hates your right to free speech. what can't be converted, must be controlled.
the fairness doctrine, will be a step to control what can't be converted.
the people will rise, as they are rising now to take back what is theirs.
when something is outlawed, people will find a way to get it, and a new black market will arise. which will be capitalism at it's best, providing what people want, without the interference of the government. America at it's best.
the spineless sheep will be led to their slaughter, becoming ever more dependent on the government teat. whatever will they do when the milk dries up?
Negative, Ghostrider. Try: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/24/fox-ex...
Oh, wait. Fox MUST be lying. Yeah, that's it. They are lying. Wait, all of their noses look bigger. I have some swamp land for sale; looks good on paper… Send me your money; I know JUST the investment. Under Bernie Madoff's name; don't worry, he's not running the place any more.
the "thumbs down troll" must be back..I put them back though.
You kind of have to feel sorry for people who get a "secret" pleasure out of something so petty as thumbing someone down on a blog. 
No worries — they can think what they want. Just don't EVER try to make me think differently. I have a brain, and I'm not afraid to use it.
"This is why leftists run as centrists "
While this is true, a lot of Republicans also run as conservatives and move to the left once elected. Imagine how much better off we'd be if the Democrats remained centrists and the Republicans remained conservatives.
but one branch of government has sat back and let the other two go wrecklesly out of control. when is the judicial branch going to wake up, and slap down the other two? come on walter williams always points out all of the unconstitutional spending, now we see the overbearing attempts from the executive. when are they going to reinforce the constitution?
He was acting in that movie?
Oh, wait. Fox MUST be lying.
Guy, they've had their lawyers argue in court that FCC guidelines on accuracy in news are non-binding.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Akre
Left: "Of course we support the First Amendment and the right to free speech. Except, of course, hate speech."
Right: "What is hate speech?"
Left: "Whatever we say it is."
Guyette, if you have evidence that suggests that Fox News is NOT being truthful, by all means, produce it. Until then, you go ahead and watch MSNBC. I, on the other hand, will watch Fox every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Don't try to serve me Cool Aid; I ain't drinking and never will.
How about: http://www.examiner.com/x-22564-Des-Moines-Conser...
"The Obama administration has used its heaviest hitters to attack Fox News. The President's top two advisors tried to bully ABC and CNN into not following up on stories first reported by Fox. The networks pushed back when the White House tried to exclude Fox from network pool coverage. Then, when the Obama administration lied and claimed they did not try to block FNC, CBS News exposed their fraud."
How about: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zon...
They ALL must be lying. NOT!!!
Guyette, if you have evidence that suggests that Fox News is NOT being truthful, by all means, produce it.
I did that. You want more?
Finally, even liberal CBS went with this: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/evening...
"And the White House has gone beyond words, reports CBS News senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield. Last Sept. 20, the president went on every Sunday news show – except Chris Wallace's show on FOX. And on Thursday, the Treasury Department tried to exclude FOX News from pool coverage of interviews with a key official. It backed down after strong protests from the press."
You did nothing of the kind. CBS, Fox, the Examiner, all reported that what you claim is BS.
Feel free to explain why I should pay attention to the Des Moines Conservative. Did he phone anybody about it?
Are you seriously citing Wikipedia as a reliable source when you're getting into a debate over accuracy? Oh, the irony.
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Of course they're not lying – they work with the information they get, which may be from Fox. But Fox certainly lies. It's what they're there for.
I think this coming Tuesday will foretell a lot about the 2010 Elections, NJ & VA Govenors, along with the NY 23rd all going to Conservatives. Should be a good evening.
Ok, how about Fox News, CBS, and the Baltimore Sun. Want more?
More; the left-wing LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-f...
"On Thursday, the Washington bureau chiefs of the networks balked when the Treasury Department sought to exclude Fox from a series of interviews with executive pay czar Kenneth Feinberg that was being filmed with a pool camera. The bureau chiefs insisted that Fox be included because it was part of the five-network pool, said CBS bureau chief Christopher Isham. "There was no debate," he said."
They reported Fox's claims, which were BS. A few phone calls from real reporters cleared it all up: Fox hadn't requested the interview, guys in the pool crew said they should be included, so they were added to something they'd forgotten to sign up for.
And then they lied about it.
I'm gonna have to come out and say that net neutrality, at least, is a good thing. It's the only way we can keep the internet as we know it–otherwise your ISP might decide to do something like charge you extra for going to sites like Fox News or PJTV, while streaming CNN for free. Keep in mind that Time-Warner OWNS CNN and MSNBC, then guess whose views would be easiest to access if they control all the pipes.
I'm right with you on everything else, though.
I'm not citing Wikipedia as a source, I'm giving you the means to source it. Should I have written "New World Communs. of Tampa, Inc. v. Akre" and told you to go Google it? Because, you know, you can do that if you're able.
You're exactly right — it's getting creepy.
Clincher for me was in June: Obama went out of his way to give total support for the Honduras Marxist dictator wannabe, and Hugo Chavez protege Zelaya, over the constitutional government that threw Zelaya out.
This is the Latin America model… tell the gullible what they want to hear while you confiscate private property and silence critics. It's Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Argentina all over again.
How now Mao?
Yup, even this article is lying, NOT: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/tipping-point-white-ho...
Source for the phone calls you claim? I want verification not someone speculation. Fox News verifies it reporting.
Gee, like your sourcing Fox news about Fox not lying, this article sourcing Fox news is unconvincing.
And of course with the Government involved, nothing could go wrong….right? I've heard this argument eviscerated and can't imagine this Congress passing anything that didn't have some built in bias to the Left. The single most partisan Congress in my lifetime.
"Substance", huh? Please. I can find an article that says anything I want it to on Wikipedia. Let the guy play his ping-pong, Drew; no point arguing on the Internet. At the end of the day we're all still watching Fox, so he loses.
I gave it out as my first link. Enjoy!
One of my problems with net neutrality is who would be controlling it. The FCC has already expressed an interest in the Fairness Doctrine and we've seen what the government think free speech is. These are the people who would be in charge of determining 'neutrality" and I don't for one second believe they wouldn't manipulate the system to shut out people like us. At least the actual ISP's have to consider some level of economic impact in marginalizing certain portions of the internet. The government has no such concern.
Agreed. I'll watch Fox News. I know they are working to get at the truth. The other "news" organizations are Cool Aid drinkers. I have no time for them anymore. Well, maybe CBS; they had the balls to skirt the truth about the Fox press pool fiasco.
Substance Abuser McCheese,
Sir or Ma'am, or being? Whatever… You can also source serious people, who make calls and send reports who will tell you (1) the Earth is flat (2) Al Gore invented the internet (3) 9/11 was all special effects and coverup to trump up a war… But I suspect you already know that, and are a firm believer in all of these "Truths" a on sweet annocent Islamists, and nothing will besmirch your faith in the accuracy of these reports. I'm not going to even try to change your minds.
I think the wornderfulness of America is that you are free to believe all that crap and whatever the voices in your head tell you to believe. And I support that right!
Have a great day!
Again, go back and read the link. It's just false. We've certainly seen news organizations run with that. Find any Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?
So you're quoting a 4 day old report (that just quotes the White House without question) to debunk all the stories from Fox, CBS, and dozens of other sources? You're also ignoring the obvious problem that if it hadn't happened, it would have been the headline story on MSNBC and CNN on every opinion program.
Maybe you should stick to Wikipedia for your "facts."
hey, cutie crowder–
i think the white house is doing magic tricks along the lines of: look here, i am making a coin disappear! (while the other hand is pulling a scarf out of a hat.) in other words: misdirection of the highest order IN ORDER to distract us from noticing while president o and congress try to enact massive, expensive and radical agenda items. health care, cap and trade, etc, etc. when fox publicly exposed wh whack-job associations (ACORN) and radical wh appointees (van jones, dunn, et al) something had to give. enter the great scapegoat: fox news, the only network that shows any real dissent to the president and his agenda. no secret what's going on there…
Im not going silently into tyranny. They can drag me kicking and screaming into that gulag…i mean re-education camp…i mean "volunteer center"…yeaa…
"Talking Points Memo"?? Man, that's your daily affirmations resource so you don't have to overburden your brain with original thought. "Substance"? More like cotton candy.
Drew…his/her link is Talking Points Memo for cripe's sake…substance is a parrot.
There's nothing controversial in this column, Steven. The Dems have already demonized the people who attended Tea Party rallies and town halls. They've called them everything from racists to angry mobs to Nazis (and Nancy Pelosi even cried about how mean everyone was being). Anyone who thinks that they've already gone as far as they are willing to go is just flat out gullible. They are going to try to make people embarrassed to be associated with any group who criticizes this administration. That's why so many on the Left use a derogatory sexual reference to describe them. They're hoping people are so gutless they'll walk away rather than be called names.
“’Racists’ must be silenced.” First of all is this an actual quote from someone, or are you just making it up and putting quotes around it? Secondly, I guess you are defending racists, well, ok at least that's straightforward of you.
“Opinion journalism masquerading as news” must not be given legitimacy.
That seems like a defensible statement to me, are you saying that it is ok to blur the line between opinion and news?
the attack on conservative talk radio happened before the attack on Fox. hell, my young kids were called racists because our family supported McCain, so this sh** has been going on since before the election — and it's personal — I DARE them to try to silence us. The gloves are ALREADY OFF as far as I'm concerned and if my kids are going to be attacked in an Obama-world, then I have nothing to lose personally. And I'm just one citizen who happens to believe that Fox and conservative talk and tea partiers and townhallers can't be wrong about everything — so bring I say bring it on! It only hurts Obama, his creepy web of lefties, and the evil lefty democrats. They are out in 2010 and 2012. OUT!!!!!!!! END OF AN ERROR!! they will forced back to the slimy fringe where they belong. and it will be a LONG time before they fool America again — in fact, I see this as the death of 60s style social justice corruption, the end of the two party system, and definately the end of Marxism in America.
Bravo, Des. Could not have said it any better.
Am I the only one wondering if he actually works for them and is trying to get traffic to the lame web site? There are reasons why I never click on web links from a message board.
Hey, Substance. Why has NOT all the other news agencies (MSNBC, CBS, ABC, CNN) called Fox News out for the "fabrication" and "lie" about how they were excluded from the press pool?
Good observation, Des!
So you're quoting a 4 day old report (that just quotes the White House without question)
You obviously haven't read it. I'm impressed at your faith in the MSM, but you know, sometimes they get it wrong.
OK, so there is one newspaper source listed on that page. However, in this conversation, you have discounted at least 3 of Drew's media sources becuase they could be lying. Why is that one source so reliable? The other two sources on that Wikipedia page are bogus. Jane Akre works at one of the groups linked to while the other is a wiki-style (unreliable) website. Anyway, I fail to see how that fact effects the veracity of the story of Fox being locked out.
CBS is part of the press pool is it not? And they are being beaten miserably in many rating by FOX. Not only does CBS have a vested interest in calling out FOX lies, they would have been in a position to know the truth. If you're saying all of these news organizations are too stupid to do their own reporting, then it seems like you've circled around to the reason FOX is being criticized in the first place. For being independent.
SWAAAUUUK! Read my link! SWAAUUUK! Read my link!
Drew, you're getting into it with the guy from the Monty Python argument sketch. All clear now?
Mystic River was a damn good read…a number of decent actors could have scored the oscar playing Jimmy Markum. Penn just lucked out.
we will need to drag all of them toward the right to restore balance — the current moderate dems should be the extreme left, the middle should be occupied by right leaning dems and left leaning repubs, and the moderate right should be the bulk of the Repubs (center right). and the conservatives should make the true right while "no government" extremists should occupy the fringe right and kooky socialist dems like Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and friends should be the fringe left (and commies like Sean Penn and half of hollywood and most of Obama's advisors should be bannished as traitors and anti-government anarchists from the extreme right should be kept in check as well)
Righto! I want to have an argument. Reply: No you don't!
NoSubNoGrav, Obama is tanking, LibDems are tanking, FOX and Rush's ratings are all up, conservatism is on the rise, and three LibDem candidates are about to get their asses handed to them like hats. Oh, and LibDems are a bunch of crybabies who could dish it out during Bush's term but can't take it now. Oh, and you're all a bunch of squealing Stalinist rats. That's about it
I saw it was four days old and quoted a White House source (along with an "unnamed source" on the inside). The amount of news that has contradicted this since then makes your believing a four day old story a joke. I also noticed you haven't tried to explain why no one on CNN, MSNBC or any other network has claimed they didn't defend Fox in the situation. Funny how the only on the record comment comes from CBS, who backs up Fox's story. Must be some kind of Right-wing conspiracy, I suppose. {sigh}
Whether Fox has or has not been prevented form doing something is beside the point. The point is that this administration KEEPS TRYING to stop people from speaking out.
Fox is the most public example but you have the Fairness Doctrine groupies in the FCC, dissent = racism losers on MSNBC, "people need to quit listening to Rush Limbaugh", the thousands of Tea Partiers who "weren't representative of the American people", and the list goes on.
The active interference in free speech is the problem. I don't care if Obama doesn't want to come on Fox's shows. He, like every other president, has the right to make those decisions, however immature I might think them. However, telling other people that they shouldn't listen to FOX, or Rush, or Humana, or anyone else is the problem. Especially coming as these denouncements did on the heels of several painful blows to Democratic and White House credibility.
Everybody get a short-wave radio. Learn to operate it. We may not have until 2010
Everytime I see "Talking Points…" in a posted web link, yellow post it notes on a run down harvest gold refrigerator in a drafty, roach infested, walk up comes to mind…what's that I hear? Vintage Band Aid greatest hits from a boom box featuring a dual cassette player?
I can see potential for abuse when you put it that way. But as a pure concept, net neutrality is a win for everyone.
It would be interesting if they required everyone to link to a competing viewpoint on their blogs, though. I'd like to see the White House have to link to Al Qaeda so we can consider their opinions more carefully before deciding.
So, yeah, the concept of net neutrality is great. I wouldn't put it past Obama to try to screw it up, though.
They don't need anyone to drive traffic for them. They do news. This site has Victoria Jackson wondering if Obama is Hitler.
Johhny Depp should have won the Oscar for his portrayal of Jack Sparrow. Everybody knows that.
Term Limits —
One term in Office; One term in Jail
Shouting obscenities his neighbors hear as garbled rantings through their paper thin walls, he frantically types in Moveon.org, only to find his CPU is frozen as his cursor spirals round and round, occasionally slowing down as if to taunt him. Damnit, he growls, as spittle lands on his monitor…if only he come up with a retort all his own….
A HAM radio, you mean, right?
Down boy! I have finally admitted to myself that this last year has felt like domestic terrorism — middle America/ middle class have lost our property values… why? because of social engineering like the community reinvestment act which Obama endorsed 100% and perpetuated with his entire being — they bullied banks into making bad loans and that set off the sub-prime and gov't backed mortgage trend. Barney Frank blocked Republican attempts to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — that regulation could have stopped the housing crisis, but now, Barney jokes about it and actually is EXPANDING the very same gov't-back housing program.
I would like heads to roll, but those very heads are in control. They have lined their pockets with money from the corruption and now conveniently blame wall street — it's all a sham. just like Obama. Middle America has lost their jobs on top of the housing crisis and I personally can't take much more of the terror this administration is practicing on the American people. If we can't stop them through elections in 2010 and 2012, I hate to think of what they will do next. I like to think 2010 and 2012 will be the beginning of the end for outdated and corrupt social justice entitlement scams, communism and Marxism, and weak Republicans, maybe even the end of the two-party system in America. Hope and Change we can believe in!!!!
Anyway, I fail to see how that fact effects the veracity of the story of Fox being locked out.
I salute you, for this is indeed correct. The case does, however, establish that Fox will fight for the right to distort news. Yeah, I checked Wikipedia's sourcing and it sucked, but the case is a real one and Jane Akre was fired for not distorting the news.
CBS is part of the press pool is it not? And they are being beaten miserably in many rating by FOX. Not only does CBS have a vested interest in calling out FOX lies, they would have been in a position to know the truth. If you're saying all of these news organizations are too stupid to do their own reporting, then it seems like you've circled around to the reason FOX is being criticized in the first place. For being independent.
Independence I have no problem with. But yeah, I'm pretty sure Jeff Greenfield didn't do his homework. Not everybody does. And the site I linked to has played a pretty important role in the last few years in bringing a lot of things to the attention of the press. Because they follow up.
Simpson's just mad because he hasn't gotten to say HITLER enough lately. He called for his readers to visit my site and give me what for – for which I thank him! – and oddly enough there was no difference whatsoever in my traffic.
Last declassified report and news I heard on it (about 2 years ago) we had found over 500 WMD devices, though no new program stuff. Most were too degraded to use, some were usable in a limitied capacity, and some were still usable at full capacity.
Whether Fox has or has not been prevented form doing something is beside the point. The point is that this administration KEEPS TRYING to stop people from speaking out.
I don't see an example of this. The pool feed issue was one of Fox's own making – and if they ran with it good for them, that's what they do – but again I don't see anyone trying to keep people silent. Even the dreaded Fairness Doctrine – a real long shot – doesn't prevent free speech. Neither does saying that people need to quit listening to this or that.
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Yeah, I remember that. What WMD there was was accounted for by UN agencies in advance of the conflict.
Incidentally, here's a somewhat unclear account of Jane Akre losing her lawsuit because FCC guidelines about not distorting the news weren't interpreted as law.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/15/TampaBay/Report...
"And then I stole all courtesy from heaven,
And dressed myself in such humility
That I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts,
Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths
Even in the presence of the crowned king."
William Shakespeare – King Henry the Fourth
"A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few."
"Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief." Lord Byron
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." Niccolo Machiavelli
Apparently, The Stuttering Stooge is rewriting Machiavelli, "It is better to be feared, if they won't love me."
Jimmy Carter all hopped up on meth maybe?
Until they pry my cold dead fingers from the trigger………er, I mean keyboard.
You are right Steven we need fight the good fight , I would like to ask anyone who disagrees with you if the Germans or Russians knew what Hitler or Stalin were up to. Keep speaking the truth for only when doing so can you truly be free
if your a liberal hippie pro-choice pro-gay marriage person I now what you think
"are you saying that it is OK to blur the line between opinion and news?"
your answer is probebly only if it suits your agenda am I right cupcake
read a couple history books and a biology book, study some theology and philosophy, it will do you some good and then you will be able to come and sit at the adult table,
take care now bye bye then
I'm guessing the only example you will believe is the one that comes for/
(sigh)
"He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own." Elias Lyman Maggon
"As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything." Beaumarchais
"If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero." Voltaire
"Only the suppressed word is dangerous." Ludwig Börne
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!" Samuel Adams
"One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for independence." Charles A. Beard
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And wiki is a valid source?? Only in tardville I guess.
tell us something we don't know!
Then why are you on here?
When Bush was president, dissent was "patriotic".
Now? Not so much.
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Why exactly do you want me to read a biology book?
And which one?
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Sorry guy, but a local station owned by Fox Broadcasting Corporation is not Fox News Channel.
FNC and FBC are two different channels of the Fox Entertainment Group. Each channel has its own management. That is why you see shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy taking pot shots at FNC.
Funny thing is, I came to this thread to agree with your original premise. But, once I opened it, all I could see was you posting your usual misinformed drivel.
So dissent is patriotic now? Can we remember this for when the next republican gets in and the left starts complaining and you all call them Un-American.
He also won for Milk. But who care about the Academy, a bunch of people congratulating their own. Sean Penn is just a great actor in general.
Sometimes I think that they think that Obama was elected King. "You ought not to treat them that way"? Really? What is he, the Minister of Decorum? Issuing "Thou Shalt Not's" from his mountaintop? The more they talk, the madder I get. Others, too, I think. I hope they keep talking, and talking and talking.
"I Am Sam" was about love, and family, and community, and honor, and commitment, and hope, and determination, and personal responsibility. I don't know how it even got made in Hollywood, let alone how it could earn an award.
"Mystic River" was about true Hollywood values. My-best-friend's-life-was-destroyed-too-bad-then-something-bad-happened-to-me-so-I-killed-him-then-oops-it-wasn't-really-his-fault-after-all-but-WTF-I'm-still-King-of-the-Neighborhood. Nihilism with a side of total self-absorption. Let's give him an Oscar for that one.
must truly suck to be you
omg, a obama sycophant admitting the obama msm gets it wrong
look out substew mcgrabit – your buddies in nobelbozo wh will get you for your lacking defense of obozo
hey leave obozo alone – he is working on his golf, so he can accept the Masters, PGA, Open, US Open championships
obozo wants to be able to finish 18, so he doesnt entirely embarrass tiger
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Tropic Thunder
Interview the president. Obama refuses to go on FOX News. He says he won't go on FOX for the rest of the year but I bet it will be forever. BO and his staff go around slandering FOX all the time, trying to destroy their credibility. Therefore, they are prevented from equal treatment.
Perhaps you were unaware that the left already branded dissent as patriotic with their incessant rantings about Bush Jr. Now they already try to call conservatives "un-American" for criticizing this socialist movement in America.
…or perhaps you're just stupid…
“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds” `Samuel Adams
"Let us disappoint the Men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this Country" ~John Adams
Mystic River was an overrated peice of crap
you mean other than trying to block them from a news conference? Or not allowing admin officials to give interviews to Fox? trying to get the other networks to not cooperate with them? trying to intimidate them from covering the news? Do you not follow whats happening out there?
This overt attack on Fox News by the Obamasky thugs just might be a pre-emptive strike against something Fox is working on that just might be the biggest news story of the year. I wonder why they(the Obamasky thugs) are so worried?
[...] Leftists Hate Your Right To Free Speech [...]
Oh great satan
another good post, but why remove race from the definition? If you expand your view of race to beyond a simple color line, the leftists worldview sees their enlightened elitist selves as the natural inheriters of the earth…. and then there's the rest of us.
In their minds, this is the rise of the homo sapiens and the dissapearance of Neanderthals. Conservatives, like their Neanderthal ancestors, will shortly be weeded out to make room for their GLORIOUS UTOPIA of unicorns and sunshine. The only question is how to expidite that exit in the most efficient way possible. Modern socialists are much too dainty and evolved to get their hands dirty, and tend to shrink from violence…unless they can get some else to do the dirty work.
In addition, many people confuse the emphasis on the modern soveriegn nation state as proof that they can't possibly be fascists. Again, their limited logical abilities cannot see that a New World Order is just like any another nation state. Just of enormous scale.
Open your definitions, and they are but fascists of another name.
Like all totalitarian regimes, they will present a gogeyman to blame for their failures.. The Soviets had "counterrevolutionaries". ChiComs had "intellectuals" Nazis had Juzs, Orwell illustrated this quite well. Remember, cattle go to the slaughter because they don't know that's what it is. Do you think the government controlled MSM will be telling anyone what is happening? How many people actually thought, "gee, that's alot of trains carrying people THAT way, but no one ever comes back THIS way". Or, "DEAR LEADER collectivized all those farms and villages, just where did all those people go?"
What do you think they will call us?
Could we please get an ignore feature on this site?
Getting mauled by your own dog, is never much fun. These are the rules defined by the left for forty years. Yell, scream, cry, stomp your feet, roll around in the floor, and like a bad parental units, we’ve eventually indulged their bad behavior, to shut them the hell up. Now through incrementallism here we are, the spoiled brats are in charge, as was promised forty years ago. Remain vigilant America, it’s a long way to 11/10.
The progressive's lurch to the left has been exposed and the redistributor-in-chief doesn't like it so he's called upon his lackeys, minions, hatchet-men, defilers, suck ups and butt boys to do their voodoo, a la Saul Alinsky, to do damage to the nay sayers.
Nothing. And they won't be, because over have the country watches them instead of the liberal megaphones on the other channels.
Palms at it again. facts be damned.
Ever going to answer the MSNBC outright smearing LIE that town hall protestors are armed RACIST thugs? here's the links again. MSNBC declares armed WHITE RACISTS at town hall meeting-by showing a cropped video of a BLACK man carrying a gun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI
and here is the REAL video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7syx26QtQIM&fe...
No one is defending racism, but you're either FOR free speech for EVERYONE, or your postion will NOT support free speech for ANYONE.
So far, nearly everything FOX has said can be backed up with reasonable evidence. And most charges against them amount to nit picky inconsequential gaffs and an occasional questionable edit. Show me an OUTRIGHT MATERIAL FACT LIE and maybe I'll give you a tip of the hat.
and so it was- it must be because Hillary said so…
It's non-stop laffs.
Sorry guy, but a local station owned by Fox Broadcasting Corporation is not Fox News Channel.
Read the article. Fox network attorneys were involved.
Well, if the (R) keep trying to advance RINO candidates, you will see the vote splinter and (D) win and hold spots. Newt is wrong, and as long as the rest of the (R) continues like this, the left will continue to push its agenda.
When the SC let the car sales go through, I knew we were trully *uck**. Declined to review a gov action that is contrary to established law and presedent. Looks like the aluminum hat club is right.
Fox's viewership is about 2.25 million in evening prime time. In other words, almost all of the country has better things to do. There's an idea out there – which I don't personally buy – that the administration's tough talk on Fox is a push to have conservatives further marginalize themselves:
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/10/27/what-obamas...
So what? Is this an argument for affirmative action?
45 years to be exact. Now here are words of wisdom from the last GREAT AMERICAN PRESIDENT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXBswFfh6AY&fe...
More like controlled substance.
Wikipedia is not a valid source for info. If you did not know, I could whip up an article on WIkipedia about whatver I want, post a link and call it truth. No "Substance" there.
Don't even try it! Dissention to you guys was when people on your side wished Bush dead. When your side went after his family. You guys went after him personally and HID behind this dissention charade. 99% of the people on our side are dissenting against Obama because of his policies. We aren't wishing him dead or going after him personally. Sure there are a minority that are, but that's what they are – A minority. So when the next Republican president is elected, I'm sure your side will be wishing him or her dead, and really mean it.
Good morning Red Carolina and Robobbob. RC, we have to pray that the 52% that voted for this socialist economic illiterate will have two moments of sobriety in 2010 and 2012. They need to redeem themselves for their childish vote in 2008. They need to be reminded this isn't American Idol, this is the the presidency of the United States.
Robobbob, I agree with your sentiments. Many dismissed the notion of a New World Order, chalked it up to a paranoid fringe, but low and behold, just recently Prime Minister Gordon Brown openly spoke of the New World Order and its inevitability.
"Open your definitions, and they are but fascists of another name." Well said.
Let them try it. That is when the guns come out. Even the military will be on our side
I think your second theory is correct.
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Obama and his leftist cult of malcontents don't have the belly for blood. This is all nonsense talk. We will vote out these insane old hippies in congress who are playing extortionist with our money. That will make the Apollo a lame duck President and we will impeach his ass and this time he will go to jail for subversion and taking the oath under false pretense. Lets see if his civilian army of kids will come out of the woodwork and die on their swords for their phony Emperor.
There a scant few things in this world that I can depend upon; nothing smells better than chicken on the BBQ, watermelon Jolly Ranchers are the best hard candies money can buy, and Sundays aren't complete without a pot of coffee and a box of Entenmenn's chocolate-covered donuts.
However, I can now depend upon the left doing everything in it's power to shoot dissent in the head, burn down it's house and urinate on the ashes. Attempt to put forth a conservative worldview, and you're sure to attract the attention of a few thoroughly repugnant little sh*ts who will do everything in their power to shut you down. Their fevered egos and delusions of moral superiority simply cannot allow them to suffer anything short of utter compliance. There was a term bandied about once a few years ago, "dhimmitude," that came to describe the left's uber-submission to the likes of al-Queda and CAIR. That term has all but dropped off the face of the blogosphere, but with the election of the Resurrected Son of God (aka "Black Jesus" h/t Norman Lear of "Good Times"), I fear it was dismissed prematurely.
A few years ago, I would occasionally encounter the odd troll who'd do little more than snark and snipe, full of sound and fury, but signifying abject stupidity. However, we're now being led by the Lord of Hosts, who's made it abundantly clear that not only can He change water into atrocious foreign policy and feed the multitudes with welfare, He is also quite capable of nailing all you evil Pharisees to the same cross He so lovingly subjected Himself to for our sins.
Dangerous times, indeed, my fellow Philistines. Rest assured, though, this Nobel Prize-winning underachiever is really nothing short of a self-involved bullsh*t artist who's losing credibility faster than Geraldo Rivera in the basement of a Chicago hotel.
The mad dog leftist malcontents HATE conservatives christian. This is a DEEP hatred for us and what we represent. They HATE America and they want to give America it's comeuppance. They are pushing hate speech in a country that has free speech, they don't want us to have any opinion or access to power, This cult of fascist hippies and their offspring are going to pass every leftist wet dream they can before this clown's term is over. This is all going to come crashing down. These malcontents are far from invincible in their attempt to play nazis they will over play their hand one last time and we will see the end of liberalism, commie loving moochers, slackers, free loaders, haters of America all the scum that crawled out of the mud in Woodstock are going to crash and burn.
Well , first of all I think plenty of folks on this website (not talking about you personally) ARE defending racism. When I read comments (on a previous thread) about how it would have a good idea to send all the blacks back to Africa , and that "civilized folks are growing tired of the negritude in this culture" , then I assume I'm dealing with racists.
I can see how the MSNBC video is misleading, ok that was bad reporting, I agree with you. I think that there were in fact a couple folks with guns at the Arizona event,not just the one guy, but I could be remembering wrong.
I am absolutely for free speech.
Yeah, but the problem here brother/sister, is that the administration, even the president himself, is trying to discredit Fox as a news agency. That doesn't come across weird to you? Dangerous? And I don't mean conspiracy theory-dangerous here, I mean just-common-sense-why-in-the-world-is-the-president-taking-time-to-get-ornery-with-a-news-agency dangerous. The administration should be above that kind of playground scrap.
The don't actually have to have been prevented from doing anything. It is the White House's willingness to prevent them from doing things which is troubling. In its nine months this administration has failed to engage in any meaningful policy discussion with any critic. Instead, it threatens, belittles, and demonizes those who hold differing views, or offer alternative solutions.
And no, Fox is not an isolated incident. Rick Santelli was first accused of being ignorant, and most recently of being a threat to the physical safety of either Mr. Gibbs or the President. His "crime"? Disagreeing with the massive bailouts which this administration hands out like Halloween candy.
We have a right to expect better from the man who swore to protect and defend the Constitution.
Here are some cases of Fox stretching the truth:
http://mediamatters.org/research/200910130047
More lies. No one cares what you say or think unless you lie. Death Panels. Obama a Kenyan. Nazis. Marxists. The list is too long. Conservatives have proved they have no concern for truth. Weapons of mass destruction. You haven't recognized the truth in so long your party is disintegrating around your bad attitudes. So now what passes for "conservative" thought is just entertainment. We're no longer laughing with you, we're laughing at you. If you all don't understand the issues, how about doing some research before copping Glenn Beck's nonsense. Your side gives Doublespeak a whole new life of its own.
Can you BELIEVE this? Cause I can. We are "lying"…Ha-Ha. Yup. We are crazy lunatics who have no idea on how to run our lives so lets let the government do it for us… I dont think so. I wont stop watching fox news and listening to the REAL people who care about the United States. We salute you Steven, and Big hollywood!
You go Red Carolin!!! How dare anyone call your children racist! Just because people have different views does not mean we shame them into silence. Huzzah to you!
Substance, I gave up reading the replies at the 30 or so mark, because I am at work. In respone to your question of "What has Fox been prevented from doing?", I don't think they have been prevented from doing anything, except interviewing the President a few weeks ago when he made the sunday talk show rounds. That is minor to me in that the Pres just ignored a huge audience. So be it. What we conservatives are concerned about is this statement from Axelrod.-"We won’t treat Fox News that way, and you ought not treat them that way.” A top govt offical, an advisor to the President, telling (lecturing) the press how they should view their peers. It just feels wrong, makes it look like they are hiding something. That's not his job. It's our job as viewers and informed citizens. And yes, I am informed. It has been a pleasure…
Actually, net neutrality is different. It is a mandate that all internet data be treated equally so that no one can stifle your data for any reason. Opponents to net neutrality want to, ultimately, slow down or block the competition's servers while at the same time giving priority to servers that pay the ISP money or that the ISP likes. Net neutrality will prevent slowing down high-bandwidth activities like YouTube and Netflix's online movie viewing feature. Since all data is treated the same, it will force ISP and managers of the internet to upgrade to satisfy the new demand. Yes, that will mean some higher costs to subscribe to the internet. But it means that no matter what you do with the internet, nobody can or will attempt to slow it down.
Only lazy telecoms who stand to lose a lot of money are against net neutrality.
Great thread, BHers…keep it up. I am proud to call you my peers…
This is the same idiot who says everyone else spouts talking points. He should call himself Projectus McVomitus.
I didn't see anyone deliberately trying to lie about WMD in Iraq, either. Maybe the intelligence info was not what it would've/could've/should've been, but I doubt there was deliberate deception.
Doesn't stop some people from, oh, I dunno… saying "Bush lied kids died" or making a film called "The Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder".
SMG is another unhinged lunatic, refusing to see what's plainly in front of him and making bogeymen out of the wind.
I didn't see anyone deliberately trying to lie about WMD in Iraq, either. Maybe the intelligence info was not what it would've/could've/should've been, but I doubt there was deliberate deception.
Doesn't stop some people from, oh, I dunno… saying "Bush lied kids died" or making a film called "The Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder". (We won't go into how the "kids" are adults, or how the soldiers in Afghanistan have magically ceased to be political tools now.)
SMG is another unhinged lunatic, refusing to see what's plainly in front of him and making bogeymen out of the wind.
Net Neutrality is much different than what I suspect Obama & his pals will push under the guise of "Net Neutrality," I.E. Big Brother Is Watching Your Twitter Feed. Now for the 2 Minutes of Hate.
"I know, I know, at first glance, the title may seem like I’m blowing things out of proportion."
Not really. No offense, but your title really inspires more of a "well, duh" response.
Personally, I think the problem may be that the Left doesn't really understand the concept of "rights", and confuse the term with "privileges". The latter, of course, can be revoked.
Ya know, if FOX is lying, why doesn't anyone go on FOX and put them in their place?
If this administration really wanted to dispel the lies they'd go on FOX and completely own Hannity, Beck, whomever.
But they don't. I wonder why?
I know why. I'd love to hear your answer though.
Project much, bloomer?
No offense to the 3 Stooges, but that's what you get when you put castro and that che together. So, congratulations to those famous self righteous folks who go to Cuba and Venezuela to glue their lips to the sulfur spewing tail ends of dictators who have and would strip and rip any right of free speech away from every single person who would voice any opposition or contradiction to the socialistic communistic party line. The good news is, is that Cuba and Venezuela are excellent places which are available for those to go who would desire less freedom of speech and for the sake of all decent Americans who love to voice their personal opinions, please so.
Another great analysis Steven…. oh, and could you do another Polosi video?? you look real nice in that dress and wig….. dammit, did I say that out loud, again
What's that smell? Oh, Substance McGravitas posted again.
Never mind.
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HuffPo would like to offer you a position as a blogger.
Sean Penn's best performance was in Fast Times…. but he was playing himself. Otherwise it is a wonder anyone pays him any attention.
Much like "Plan 9 From Outer Space," your post is so completely bereft of anything resembling reason or coherent thought, I feel almost infantile having taken the time to read it.
At some point, your self-loathing and deliberate ignorance are bound to either drop the scales from your eyes or inspire you to stand outside of a polling place dressed in black and wielding a nightstick. My money's on the latter.
I'd pity you, save for the fact that you no doubt richly deserve the diaper rash you're suffering from.
OOOH…why don't you think you're clever! Not. Conservatives have made themselves irrelevant. No one did anything to you, you did it to yourselves. Time to use some of that personal responsbility you all like to brag about.
"This White House, is creating a villain"
Indeed. So did the German Chancellor prior to WWII.
Yeah yeah, I know, but if the left can do it, so can I.
"Guy, they've had their lawyers argue in court that FCC guidelines on accuracy in news are non-binding. "
Of course they are non-binding. If they were, CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC would have been heavily fined out of existence years ago.
No he isn't.
You sure it isn't the Abuse specialist?
If you're going to quote Tropic Thunder then you should quote it correctly. Not that it really matters. The fact that you stoop so low to quote that trash shows your true character. Using the word retard is a slur. Whenever you use it you hurt someone with a developmental disability. Last time I checked that makes you a bully. Nice.
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you don't have to remove it sir! as it says in the definition "..OFTEN race.." meaning not always. and people wanted to call bush a dictator and his administration (not "regime" you dirty hippies) facists, they should really look at washington today. hitler didn't come to power by saying let's start war and suppress the people, first he fed them and claimed his entire campaign was in the name of the greater good. you point out the news networks, nbc's featured in two of them. spot on…and to you mr. crowder as always.
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