BTTT and ping!
Remember: The only truly free speech is regulated, approved and sanctioned by our government.
Have a nice day. :D
He’s ducking the issue with plausible deniability.
He didn’t answer your question, did he?
Sounds like some fence sitting to me. Like trying to be on both sides of the fence at the same time. Just voting to not fund the Fairness Doctrine isn’t exactly voting to not reinstate it.
I have an R Congressman who is great, but I have a D Senator who when I email him he sends a response that is nowhere near what I asked about.
His responses usually look like:
"Thanks for your letter. (insert liberal giberish here) Would you like to Donate?
He's not endorsing Obama...but he will vote for him.
And IMO, it appeared by his reply to you...that he's weaseling on the Fairness Doctrine vote.
Is this Boren David Boren’s son?
The good people of Oklahoma and several other southern and western states need to stop electing these so-called independent or conservative Dems, or Dems. with famous family names. Whatever they are, they still go to DC and caucus with Reid and Pelosi, thus giving the Dems. more members and helping them gain and hold onto majorities in both houses of Congress.
A vote to send any Dem. to Washington is a vote for Reid, Pelosi, Obama, Clinton, Kennedy, Shumer and all the rest. No way around that fact.
We are going to lose big in the November elections. The only way to keep things from going all the way to the left is to write letters! The fools in Congress are useless tools of the left, but they can’t ignore piles of letters.
Get ready to write letters (on paper) to the birdbrains in Congress.
“balance the right of a free press with the need for honest and balanced information.”
No, the first amendment needs NOTHING to balance it. It is written as an absolute and should be an absolute. NO WORDS should ever be controlled by the state in any manner. Unfortunately, the first has been sodomized by various courts in America and is little more than a symbol today.
The fairness doctrine and the net neutrality laws give the government far too much power over can be made to finance opposing opinions. More government intrusion is the one single thing this country needs the least.
And yes I think you should be able to yell “FIRE” in a packed movie theatre without fear of criminal liability. The state is not our nanny. However, yelling “FIRE” in a packed movie theatre should open you up to various civil lawsuits if property or persons are harmed, so it really isn’t a smart thing to do.
Below is the form for the answer you received:
Dear _____
Thank you for contacting me about the ______. It is always helpful for me to hear from my fellow Oklahomans about issues that are important to them, and I appreciate the opportunity to respond on this important issue.
[Insert a paragraph or two on the relevant issue here.]
Finally, and most importantly, I will continue to keep your views in mind as Congress considers future legislation related to the _______.
Again, thank you for contacting me about this important issue. If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Respectfully Yours,
Dan Boren Member of Congress