Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative sanctions

americablog.blogspot.com ^ | September 07, 2006 | John in DC

[queenkathy]

"Stabenow may lose her election over this."

From your mouth---to God's ears...AMEN

[kanawa]

How's the wind, Tim?

[Fudd Fan]

the FBI was aggressively going after Microsoft with MUCH more aggression than they ever went after sleeper cells in this country

Excellent point! That was the beginning of the Clinton recession, going after Microsoft.

[maica]

They are the party of feelings, and yet they feel no shame when they blatantly change their official title in this way. They really choke when they say "minority" and of course the reporters who follow them are complicit in this change.

Imagine the howls of outrage, the jokes on Leno, the Daily Show, etc if the situation was reversed and Republicans tried to avoid using the word 'minority' (if pubbies were in the minority.)

They have such contempt for the 'rules' of Congress, that they have changed everything to a 60-vote majority. They are despicable. David Limbaugh's new book is a must read, if we have the stomach for it.

[Peach]

They aren't going to open a link and it's a limited number of characters we can send in that e-mail link for ABC, but I'll try to condense it down and do it.

[alnick]

Paging the ACLU, Hello, are you there??? Hello....

Off topic, but speaking of the ACLU, I've been seeing Harold Ford (D - Tenn.) running his ads with the phrase that someone should put God first. I wasn't paying attention to the ad, but that phrase, "putting God first," jumped out at me. The ACLU doesn't seem to mind when a democrat invokes the name of God in a campaign ad.

[okie01]

...some people at ABC have decided that Hillery will take down the Dem party in her quest for power, and want to torpedo her before she gets a chance

A not unlikely speculation, in my opinion.

[mystery-ak]

I just checked out the thread that Peach linked...that is what Sean was playing today...he has a copy of the audio and maybe the video....

[DAC22]

As I have said on previous threads, it isn't about if, but when the RATS have there next Wellstone moment before this next election.

This is the moment, if the Repubs have the guts to exploit it.

[jrooney]

Worth a fourth post -

"To all you anti-Bush freepers that want to PUNISH THE GOP by staying home in November, THIS IS JUST A TASTE of the power abuses that will occur if the donks win power. Has 5 years erased your memory of the Clintons and what power abuses they wielded? Wake Up!"

[F.J. Mitchell]

LOL! That depends upon what one's definition of work "IS".

[Peach]

Thanks, Mo1!

[hoosiermama]

BUMP to the list!

[xzins]

I don't think I've ever seen such a flagrant violation of the first amendment.

You are correct. This is a violation because this is members of Congress threatening an organization with law if they don't change their speech/message.

This is not you or me threatening NOT to listen to the Ditzie Chicks.

"Congress shall make no law" is the point of the 1st amendment, and these congresscritters failed miserably.

Is it possible to have the SCOTUS rule on a "threat" intended to stifle free speech or does it have to be a finished law?

[antceecee]

I agree. The people at ABC and Disney didn't just have an epiphany and decide to go more to the right. This could very well be an attempt to shoot down Hitlery's chances in '08

[blue-duncan]

I might be wrong but I think I remember them refusing to watch Moore's Farenheit 9/11 at the Democrat Convention and writing a similar letter to the networks and Direct TV when Moore tried to show it the night before the election in 2004. I'm pretty sure they did.

[small voice in the wilderness]

that he was told showed him refusing to authorize an attack on Osama bin Laden despite the request from CIA officials

My guess is clinton administration went into one of their famous *talk/vent/exchange ideas/dialogue/guess/second guess* meetings until OBL was gone. That's how they got around actually DOING anything. They spent so frickin' much time TALKING about what to do. And that was their plan, too.

[mystery-ak]

Hannity on this story now

[xzins]

I agree. Not enough time, and not big enough pants.

[SE Mom]

Thanks:) Have fun with the little ones!