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What a sad, bad idea. I don’t know what supporters of this fairness doctrine are thinking. It’s probably a shot at Fox News, but it’s like going about fixing the wrong problem.

Dems hate Fox News. I hate it too, sort of. I think their political commentary is totally biased to the right, more than most of the political commentary on CNN and MSNBC are biased to the left (yes, you read me right). But I think Fox has the glitz/salesmanship thing down. I do like some of their coverage because I think they get pretty pretty good interviews, but point is most Dems hate Fox News, and I’m thinking the idea behind the this new fairness doctrine push is to force conservative radio and Fox News to change — to sort of ruin them.

It’s unwise, anti-capitalist logic. Fox and conservative radio succeed because people listen and watch, so the ad dollars are there. There’s a market for their drivel (no offense), and if there’s a market for it, so be it. That’s the American way.
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I’m lookin’ forward to it.

“I think that al Qaeda have really worn out their welcome.”

Yeah, right....

I’m more liberal than most here, but I was totally against this immigration bill. It was broken. They should have started over from the start. I thought everyone who supported it was wrong including Kennedy, Bush, etc.

But I’m NOT against it because it granted amnesty. I think amnesty to some degree is a necessary evil. Doesn’t mean I think everyone here illegally now gets a free ride, but 12 million-whatever illegals is too many people to deport without causing worse problems.

The bill was 799 pages too long but still didn’t do enough to punish employers hiring illegals and didn’t do away with guest worker/indentured servitude status. I don’t agree that a wall and more security along the border will keep everyone out. That has to be part of it, but without brutally severe penalties against law-breaking employers it won’t work. Make it tougher to earn a living here, and that would do more to force people here illegally to leave than any wall could do. People are smart. They’ll figure out how to get here if they know there’s a job waiting for them.

Either someone gets on the books as a citizen, stays under a temporary work visa, or goes home. Just my opinion.

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