Posted on 02/27/2009 4:51:44 PM PST by chessplayer
Yesterday by a whopping 87-11 vote, the Senate added as a rider to the passed DC voting rights bill the Broadcaster Freedom Act (BFA). The BFA, if also passed by the House and signed by the President, would kill once and for all the Censorship Doctrine -- also mis-known as the "Fairness" Doctrine.
Much Conservative celebration ensued. However, the revelry is misplaced and premature. It means only that the Left means to destroy Conservative and Christian talk radio by other means.
Because another rider was added via a party-line 57-41 vote. Written by Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, S.160's Purpose is "To encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership, and to ensure that the public airwaves are used in the public interest."
And how stupid is DeMint not to know this? Or if he did know it, why not mention it? Talk radio hosts have been saying all along they’re going to be silenced by this type of thing, not by the Fairness Doctrine, per se.
There should be a ten year moratorium on an legislation suggested by or introduced by any member of the Illinois congressional group as it now stands.
Which is the whole point of the Repubican exercise.
The dems have overplayed their hand, and they will have their law slapped right down by SCOTUS.
SCOTUS, yeah right. That will work.
I hope you aren’t surprised when it does.
The time to fight is now, not after.
Remember campaign finance reform ....
Nope. BO will do this by executive order like a good dictator should. The politboro will affirm, the “judges” won’t dare to object because there will be the Biden test...that will give him the cover. It won’t be long now.
President Obonehead. I like it... (c)2009 Gargantua.
;-/
Thank you for the cheerful news. However, it is necessary. I don’t want to bet on how long it will be before Obama’s true nature comes out.
Sorry that is the reality of the oections consequences. which obvioulsy neither of us like in the least.
I am all for fighting, but that will be BY helping Rush to Set up shop in the Dominican Republic, from whence his broadcasts will happen in the future, if necessary.
All part of the fight. Plans are now likely being laid.
I doubt Rush goes to anywhere. He will be on Internet, the goal is to get him off the AM band.
“The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.” — Karl Marx
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Senator Dick Durbin takes it in the back door
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