FNC’s Beck: They’re Going to Silence Voices Like Mine, Bill O’Reilly, Rush

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Call it an ominous warning, but Fox News Channel afternoon host and ratings sensation Glenn Beck on Wednesday cautioned viewers that government is strengthening its grip of power and is not going to stop at the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Beck declared on his May 6 broadcast the government is out of control, noting that Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests were a weekly occurrence, including efforts to make the TARP bailout more transparent earlier this year from the Treasury Department.

"We've got a government out of control and I'm telling you, it is up to you to control it," Beck said. "These stories of corruption and abuse of power, I'm going to continue to bring them to you as long as I possibly can, and everybody else on this network is dedicated. But it seems like every week this network is filing another Freedom of Information Act request. Even with all the resources of Fox, the truth still can't be fully exposed without you. I ask you, please - help us. Meet us here every day. Tell all of your friends what you learn here. Spread it. E-mail me. Tell me what I'm missing. We will do the best we can to provide you with the information, but it is a little overwhelming."

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Beck encouraged his viewers to use word-of-mouth to rein the government back in and implored viewers not to pick based on party affiliation.

"And after we provide it to you, it is up to you to use your voice," Beck said. "They can move mountains. Tell your friends, spread the word - because despite the talk of all the change that we have heard over the past couple of years from both parties, that is the last thing they actually want to do."

Beck, never one to pull any punches when it comes to these sort of pleas, warned the consequences of not speaking out would not allow for a change of course and eventually could lead to the "silencing" of himself, "The O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly and conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh.

"The status quo is what gives them their status. It is what brings them to power and self-importance," Beck said. "Use your voice while you still have it. I tell you, with everything in me, I think they are going to silence voices like mine and Bill O'Reilly and Rush [Limbaugh] and everybody else - they will silence us. They can't let us continue to speak out. When the government is trying to influence what kind of syrup a restaurant uses, do you really think they're going to have a problem regulating opinion? Please."

As has previously been explained, all the signs of the current federal government attempting to bolster its power have been coming on a daily basis, but these actions are occurring with regular frequency, not allowing for time to react.

"America, we are in the middle of a power grab," Beck said. "It is happening - it seems rapid, but it is happening at a speed that you can't take a step back, but you have to. You have to look at the big picture. There is so much stuff coming at us every single day that the big stories from weeks ago - I mean, are we even talking about them anymore?"

Beck referred to the government stranglehold on corporate America, which has seen former General Motors (NYSE:GM) CEO Rick Wagoner forced out at President Barack Obama's behest and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in charge of Chrysler.

"It gets hard to keep things in perspective and we risk missing what is really going on," Beck continued. "What is this country going to look like in five years? You know, some hostile takeovers aren't noticed until it is far too late. We live in a time when the government is firing presidents of banks and auto company CEOs and bankrupting us, when the government is empowering unions with your tax dollars."

He also noted that lawmakers are insisting on oversight, but as Beck pointed out, seven out of 10 lawmakers skipped a House Oversight Subcommittee meeting concerning oversight for the $787-billion stimulus passed earlier this year. And, he noted a report, which Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is leaning heavily on International House of Pancakes restaurant owners to serve maple syrup in the state of New York.

"When going to college means the government will own your child from cradle to grave," Beck said. "When everyone on Capitol Hill is screaming, ‘We need oversight,' and then they don't even show up for the meetings. When you have a senator - which actually happened yesterday, Sen. Chuck Schumer went out yesterday and started talking - I'm not kidding you - what kind of syrup IHOP should use. What? Something ain't right."

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What is this supposed

What is this supposed "silencing" fear based on? 

The growth of government

The growth of government power is the way I interpreted.

Probably has to do with the

Probably has to do with the outright thuggery shown by this administration.  Threatening businesses and the like.  The libtards and their loyal minions in the press try to shut down dissent each and every day.

that and the fact

that he contends that Obama is making a power grab.  a contention i for one agree with.  beck's interviews yesterday and today were awesome!  his segment with art laffer was, no pun intended, laughable....not at beck and laffer, but the way they were discussing issues.  art looked like he was wayyyyy confused.

also his interview yesterday with NV secy state regarding acorn and then w/acorn spokesman today.....TOTALLY ROCKED!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_k63fBRTUs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if1au_coAic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPwp3Xc7vNQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_k63fBRTUs

 

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Glenn Beck...

 is fricken awesome. I used to listen to his radio show when I was stationed in Hampton Roads. Now I live in Connectictu so his show isn't on here.

But he gives it to you straight. I am trying to get my lib wife to listen to him. She will give it a try...just because he gives facts and not opinions....but I don't think she will notice. She things GMA is a great news source as well as MSNBC and CNN....yuk.

 

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter” - Thomas Jefferson

Navybuckeye, beck rush

Navybuckeye, beck rush schnitt hannity, stream live on 610 wiod out of miami, beck is on at 9am est

Beck streamed at 9am

My hometown station streams it here: http://wmmbam.com/main.html

Only two forms of government? Find out why... http://www.flixxy.co...

Oh now come on boa...I know

Oh now come on boa...I know you understand this.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=95615

 

and this... http://bertlasagna.blogtownhall.com/

and this....http://www.shotinthedark.info/wp/?cat=65

this...http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93966

I have two others that are much better in so many ways, but I can't find them, but I would think you will get the drift.

Gotta' run for a bit...catch up later.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

I'm aware that people are

I'm aware that people are terrified of the Fairness Doctrine, but this all seems overdone. Not that I would EVER accuse of Beck overdoing something...

Dissenting voices aren't going to be silenced. This isn't the USSR.

Getting too darn close to

Getting too darn close to the USSR for my taste.  I watched Beck today and he sees the dimocrats using our tax money (all of ours) to fund dimocrat front groups such as ACORN to help win elections.  Most people watch the drive-by media and owe it to us to report fairly and let the American public make informed decisions.  

I spent years defending our constitution and this group of pampered brats are using the constitution as toilet paper.  They are suppose to represent ALL OF US, not just their party.  What a shameful political party the dimocrats have become.  Where is the Sam Nunn, Moynihan, et al of this age?  These type of honorable people have been run off by the far left in the media and their party. 

God help us all!!

bal

"Dissenting voices aren't going to be silenced. This isn't the USSR."

Not yet.

But they're coming for us, bal.... THEY'RE COMING!!!! Socialism is on the MARCH!!... TIME TO AMMO-UP !!!!! 

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NOTE: to any/all Soros/MediaMatters/DKos libs infiltrating our beloved NB, the above was purely for entertainment purposes, to get a chuckle out of balboa.... will he chuckle? Stay tuned... :)

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You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!

 

Hey! It's my second-favorite

Hey! It's my second-favorite scare tactic of the right! The Socialists are coming! The Socialists are coming!

;-) 

Ummm Uhhhh Ummm There Are Here Balboa

 Ummm Uhhhh Ummm They Are Here Balboa

_______ Him and the Unicorn he rode in on

"Dissenting voices aren't

"Dissenting voices aren't going to be silenced. This isn't the USSR."

Hmmm....sorry Balboa, dissenting voices ARE being silenced!

Have you been sleeping the past few weeks with the whole Miss California thing?  What do you call what the left is doing to care, BUT an attempt to shame her into silence!

 

What do you call what Democrats did to Joe the Plumber, but make every effort to silence him into silence. In fact, President Obama and VP Biden joined in this attempt.

What the left in America is doing today is the same things that the Nazis did in the 1930s to silence the opposition. Shame them publicly, throw tantrums when anti-Nazi speakers spoke, slander them in the media, speak in half-truths.

The sad part is that many Germans, much like you, NEVER saw or believed that their Germany would turn into what it turned under Hilter.

Similar things happened in Russia right before the Bolshevik Revolution.

What do you call the Hate Speech and Crime laws that have been passed in some States of the Union and which the Federal government is trying to pass, eh? 

An attempt to silence anyone who is against homosexuality, against free bees for minoriteis, against Affermative Action, etc, etc, all masked in this "feel" good law. What can you call this other than the THOUGHT police! eh? 

How do you justify laws that will punish someone not only for the crime they committed, but also adding a charge that will claim that the Attorney General's office knows the thinking behind the reason why the crime was committed, eh?  and no, it is not like proving pre-meditated murder. The law is only for crimes against homosexuals and minorities.

So, say that someone steals a car from a homosexual, right?  The State Attorney's office or the USA Attorney's office will be able to add a charge of Hate Crime to the crime. 

The Thought Police is here. Speech is already being controlled.

I see it every day where I work. If you aren't in with Obama, you aren't cool, hip, well informed, you are shunned, you aren't given tenure, you aren't given privilages, you aren't promoted, you aren't invited to parties, etc, etc, etc.

Sorry Balboa, get out of your pretend box where you always defend everything the left spews out and start living in the real world.

You are right, this is not the Soviet Union, but we are already being silenced. If you oppose what pop-culture, the media and the left deems moral and appropiate, God help you and your children.

Reading up on your history, Balboa, would make you see how wrong you are.

 

Liberallies is

Liberallies is right.

 See what they do to regular citizens.

But has she been shamed into

But has she been shamed into silence? Nope. She spoke up about the pics. This hysteria is just too much for me.

Balboa, Hmmm....you do

Balboa,

Hmmm....you do know that there are countless groups that have removed their support for her because of the "scandelous" pictures, right?

You also do know that countless of Americans who think like Miss California are being taught a lesson by the left....

the lesson and message being....

"If you dare speak out against Liberal "values", you can be sure that we will dig and dig and dig into your past to make sure you are embarrassed into silence!"

Yes, she along with anyone that has a real questionable past is being shamed into silence.

Get a clue pal. Individuals like you are the ones that have allowed countless of horrors to happen through out history. No, not because you supported it, but because of your lukewarmness.

Truly pathetic Balboa.

And let us talk about Joe the Plumber, he is considered an idiot by many so called main stream Americans, why?  because the left and the media demonized the guy! So, while he can talk...no one is listening because the left and the media destroyed his character. This is not silencing him? Please!

You never did address what happened here in Chicago at a local radio stations where diversity was forced upon a radio station. Forced upon by the left. This is how the Fairness Doctrine will come back.

Don't worry, many honest, good, decent Jews also said that the hysteria about the Nazis was too much for them. Their beautiful Germany would never betray them. 

 

Balboa, What do you stand

Balboa,

What do you stand for? eh?

The only thing that you seem to stand for is yourself. You don't care about right issues, you don't care about left issues.

You excuse every single deporable action by the left, yet you claim that the right is full of hysteria.

What do you stand for?

I kid you not, you remind me of those Germans that while they did not support in any way, shape or form what the Nazis did, they did not have the balls to stand up against them. Disgustin, truly disgusting.

It is the type of human being that watches the world disintigrate around them, but has his ears, eyes and mouth covered, not by an outside force, but out cowardness.

It is individuals like you, more than anything else, that are the real problem in America. Selfish fools that only care about themselves.

Here is a saying for you.

"All that is needed for evil to succeed is for enough good men to do nothing"

Ponder upon this while you excuse the lefts disgusting behavior and you claim that the right is full of hysteria.

 

  What do you stand for?

 

What do you stand for? eh?

The only thing that you seem to stand for is yourself. You don't care about right issues, you don't care about left issues.

You excuse every single deporable action by the left, yet you claim that the right is full of hysteria.

Baloney. I've voiced my displeasure with nut-bags on the left, too. I stand for a world where everything isn't boiled down to right vs. left because it's rarely that simple. 

I kid you not, you remind me of those Germans that while they did not support in any way, shape or form what the Nazis did, they did not have the balls to stand up against them. Disgustin, truly disgusting.

That's stupid. You're just mad because I won't agree with your stance and become hysterical, too.  

 

Hmmm....you do know that


Hmmm....you do know that there are countless groups that have removed their support for her because of the "scandelous" pictures, right?

That's her fault. There are rules for being in those pageants.


And let us talk about Joe the Plumber, he is considered an idiot by many so called main stream Americans, why? 

 

Because he asked one question and then was turned into some kind of symbol by the right? Because he's trying to get a lifetime out of fame out of one moment? And I still see him yappin', so I don't think he's been silenced in any way. 

 


You never did address what happened here in Chicago at a local radio stations where diversity was forced upon a radio station. 
 

 

I don't know what happened. 

I don't know what

I don't know what happened. 

 May 7, 2009 - 12:45 ET by balboa

EXACLTY Balboa...you don't care enough to know what happened.

You made my point for me.

 

As for Joe the Plumber...

Are you saying that Joe the Plumber deserved to get his life scrutinized like no other American, that he deserved that Democrat politicians put all his dirt out for everyone to see because the right supposedly made him a symbol? 

Is this how you excuse the amoral and illegal behavior of the media and the Democrat party in Ohio? WOW!!!!!!

You know you are lying! Joe the Plumber was demonized because he made Obama vulnarable and the left became very afraid of him.

Maybe you can explain why the media and the left went after Sarah Palin's down syndrome baby. Hmmmm....did the right make the baby some type of heroe too?

How about Sarah Palin's daughter. The left and the media went after her too. Hmmm...did the right make her a hero too?

A Candidate is fair game, but funny enough, the media and the left went crazy, nuts, theys tarted foaming at the mouth when anyone dared go near Obama's daughters and his wife. Yet these same people had no problem attacking Sarah Palin's family.

Care to explain the hypocrisy? Oh wait...it is just hysteria, right Balboa?

It is not about agreeing or disagreeing with me. I have debated you countless of times, as Futbolisgreat, and I know that you only stand for your selfish life and you excuse every single deporable act by the left and you love to claim that the right is full of hysteria.

gugh...no one is afraid of

gugh...no one is afraid of Joe the Plumber. 

I don't excuse "every deplorable act."

Just as I didn't believe Bush was destroying the Constitution, I don't believe Obama is either. 

 

Explain away Balboa....

 if there was no fear of Joe...then why did the left and the media pick apart his life after asking a simple question?

 Why break the law and release private information about him?

 Why at every chance put him down?

Why not engage in the conversation of his question?

Why attack Palin's daughter and then go irate when someone would mention Obambi's wife?

When you can anser the above questions with a dignified answer and not one of opinion then maybe you can earn some credibility.

 

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”  - Thomas Jefferson

Balboa,    I love how

Balboa,

 

 I love how you always choose to answer 1/16 of the questions.

 

Why did the media and the left go after Sarah Palin's kids? after an innocent baby and after the then 17 year old daughter? yet if the right dare breath the wrong way towards the Obama girls, the left and the media went crazy.

What do you call this, eh?  but hypocrisy AND intimidation.

And once again, if Joe the Plumber did not scare the left, why did government official who belong to the Democrat party break the law and release all type of information to the media and left wing attack groups!!!!!

be the man you refuse to be and answer the freaking questions. Stop with your cowardly one liners that do not answer anything, but justify in your head your warped beliefs.

 

How can you sit there and justify the attacks on Sarah Palin's kids?eh? How? how dare you?! how dare you stay silent when innocent children are attack and how dare you excuse the Democrat party's deporable behavior, which actually includes Presdient Obama.

Grow a pair, be the man you refuse to be and face the TRUTH!

Well gosh that wasn't

Well gosh that wasn't hysterical at all...

And why do you care what I think if I'm so "warped"? Why should I answer someone who loves, loves to insult me? Then you can simply shoot down all my answers regardless of their merit and we'll get nowhere.

 

Balboa....   So, with

Balboa....

 

So, with your silence you defend the media and all the Liberals who attacked Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin's kids.

Thanks Balboa, it is always nice to see what a coward you are.

I don't insult you Balboa, I speak the truth about you. There is a huge difference.

Maybe if you stood for something, maybe if you wouldn't be so a hypocrite about your outrage, I would have a lot more respect for you.

If you were to come in here and say, "Gee Fut, the Democrats did very wrong, it was digusting how they went after Sarah Palin's family. However, I still believe that there is some level of hysteria surrounding Conservatives." Believe me Balboa, I would have a lot more respect for you.

You have refused to condemn the attacks on Joe the Plumber and on Sarah Palin's kid. You have excused the former, blaiming the attacks on Right wingers for making Joe some type of hero and you have stayed silent on Palin's kid. YOU tell me what that says about you. When will the party that you love to defend and the media that you love to defend do anything wrong in your eyes.

I have ZERO doubt that if the same type of vile, digusting, evil, demeaning attacks that the left-guided by the Democrat party launched against Palin's kids and against Joe were done by the Republican party, you would be the first one in line condemning the Republican party. It is your obvious hypocrisy in this matter that is truly outstanding and shameful.

 

Actually, bal, the socialsts aren't coming, neither are the...

...statists, as the latter are already here:

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·  The Fascist concept
of statism which holds that "basic concept that sovereignty is vested not
in the people but in the national state, and that all individuals and
associations exist only to enhance the power, the prestige, and the well-being
of the state. The fascist concept of statism repudiates individualism and
exalts the nation as an organic body headed by the Supreme Leader and nurtured
by unity, force, and discipline."[3]

-Dave

The statists aren't coming, they are already here.

MrS... Don't forget...Keep

MrS...

Don't forget...Keep your powder dry!

It's a conspiracy I tell ya'...a conspiracy!

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Yea ok

 
I'm aware that people are terrified of the Fairness Doctrine, but this all seems overdone.

 After all, we didnt have much to say anyway?

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Leave it to balboa to mock

Leave it to balboa to mock conservatives for expressing concern that the current administration and the Congress will try to stifle opposing viewpoints, even as the president has openly called for Republicans to "stop listening to Rush Limbaugh."  Limbaugh is a private citizen, not a politician; he's not running for anything.  It is unprecedented for a sitting president to single out a private citizen in this manner.  If Bush did it, rest assured balboa and his liberal pals would be in an uproar.  But Bush had more class than to do something like that, more class and more decorum.  Secondly, we have attempts by Obama to discredit FOX News, the tea party paticipants, and others who openly disagree with him.  Note, it is not just Obama's minions who do this; it is Obama himself who regularly attacks those who do not agree with him in his speeches.  He truly feels it is inappropriate to disagree with him.  This is not done haphazardly.  There is a purpose to regularly calling out FOX, Limbaugh and others; they need to be discredited and marginalized.  And once that happens, it is that much easier for them to be ignored altogether.  Notice that people like Obama will never specifically point out what Limbaugh and others have said that is incorrect; he will not debate the issues.  He will attack on generalities.  Obama loves MSNBC but thinks FOX is terrible.  Now, balboa, why exactly is that?  What is the difference between FOX News and MSNBC?  Hmmmmm.

 

The most successful war America has ever waged is quickly becoming President Obama's war on capitalism.

No it isn't

"It is unprecedented for a sitting president to single out a private citizen in this manner."

No, it isn't.  Clinton also singled out Rush.  But Bush, big government social conservative that he is, did not single out publicly individual citizens.  

"This isn't the USSR"  yet.

"This isn't the USSR"  yet.

"Dissenting voices aren't

"Dissenting voices aren't going to be silenced. This isn't the USSR"

Dissent is already being silenced.  One case in point: The Obama administration's criminal intimidation of Chrysler creditor Perella-Weinberg to SHUT UP and take the offer.

The USSR isn't even the USSR anymore, but Putin is sure as H***  a despot.   Think despotism has not taken root here?  Think again.

Ummm

Am I the only one scared utterly sh!tless about the "fairness" docterine??

I don't know how we can stop it. If The Messiah wasn't even aware of the tea parties (yeah right) then what makes anyone think the government will respond when conservatives rise up?

I am willing to do whatever; I just don't know what whatever is.

The media reaction to the

The media reaction to the Tea Parties shows they truly know what they are doing and are afraid of the sleeping beast.  The reaction by the Faker in Chief to the Tea Parties is particularly interesting.  We are in the majority, not a kook fringe as the drive-by are trying to portray us.

srq... You're dead on the

srq...

You're dead on the money...and the silent majority is rising, they have had their fill...it is time to make our mark.

Our congress-critters haven't for the most part, and the big-wigs still do not get it...we have no choice if we want to remain free...they have done enough damage already, we cannot take anymore.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

BT, we need to make it real for them too ...

we in the silent majority would never behave like the fringe left.

We are coming to the point that we will have to in order to protect our freedoms. 

I am not talking violence. Rather, mass demonstration in such a massive presence to the point that we shut down D.C., NYC, and other major cities for a day, two days, three days, until we  are heard.

For example. Can you imagine if Washington D.C. was shut down the first Tuesday of October by three million tea baggers  demonstrating that we are committed to the rule of law.

We can't stop with the tea parties. We have to scare them even more.

Because they are afraid of the truth.

I think that is what Beck is saying.

Bulls-Eye lr... ...and I

Bulls-Eye lr...

...and I see others with the same thoughts on other sites too....so this is a good thing...people have had it...in masses...we have to have masses...numbers matter. 

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Just as we were told the president 'was unaware' of the Tea

Parties, I am sure he was also just as 'unaware' of the upcoming protest in DC - by people of color, for heaven's sake!!  Why else would he all of a sudden have a change of heart re: the school voucher program and make a mid-day announcement that he was going to allow those already in the program to remain until graduation!  He still plans to deny the opportunity for any new students. 

I also think that mother and daughter on Fox this morning telling their story about losing the scholarship may have gotten his attention - thanks Mom and daughter for being brave enough to go public and thanks FOX for giving them that opportunity!!!

These are kids, some of whom are attending the same school as his two daughters, and yet he had no second thoughts whatsoever about throwing them under the bus right alongside his 'typical white person' grandmother.

How our Congressional members could vote to deny this program is beyond my comprehension.  I guess 99.999% of Congressmen & women's school-age children attend private schools, NOT the DC school system.  Yet they saw no problem with throwing out the funding for a SUCCESSFUL program to help raise children out of poverty by giving them an opportunity to learn.

Just more from the DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO gang in Congress!!

In my humble opinion, they could take the HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars allocated to ACORN and redirect it to the program with no loss to America!

This comment comes from a proud RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

CC... I saw that

CC... I saw that today..isn't it lovely he had the heart to let the kids finish the schooling until they graduate but not allow any to enroll/....we can't have any educated inner-school kids that have a brain, the Dem's don't like that...they won't get votes when they grow up ...that is the whole reason they detest Charter Schools, or any voucher programs for the inner-city kids....and the Unions back them...got to have their support/contributions...at the expense of the children, that they all use in every campaign...the phony bunch of ba$tards.

Fox has done a good job of having on different families regarding this over the last few months now and then.

Just like O not making tomorrow a National Day of Prayer Day...I'm not explaining that correctly, I am in a hurry, but he isn't inviting any ministers etc to the WH tomorrow...he prays privately dontcha know... as if Pres. Bush didn't.

People need to wake up....and quickly.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

CapeConservative - You shouldn't be surprised that Democrats

in Congress want to deny vouchers, specifically to minority students.

If the democrats permit school voucher programs then it has a direct impact on:

1) teachers unions who oppose vouchers.

2) the level of education of primarily black minority students.

If students attend schools supported by vouchers then they will receive a much better education. Minorities who are better educated get better paying jobs and don't need the handouts of democrats. Moreover, educated black people think for themselves, and are more likely not to vote in tandem with the majority of black voters.

Democrats and liberals don't care about the pliteof minority and poor people. Does Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton care about black people? Hell No! They would be out of a job if blacks were self-supporting, prosperous, educated, and independent.

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“Understand something about liberalism.  They never stop until they get what they want, and when they get what they want, it's never enough.  That's why it's a constant thing to have to oppose them.  You can't join forces with them, you can't moderate them, you can't slow them down by joining them, you can't make them like you and have them change their agenda.  They have to be stopped.” ~ Rush Limbaugh

You must be the most blind

You must be the most blind person on planet earth.

What is this fear based on?

One example of what this fear is based on is a beauty queen who is relentlessly beaten up over an opinion that she was asked for. Liberals are feeling empowered now that they have their community organizer in chief and conservatives know it. It's time to fight back before it is too late.

Balboa Troll

Well it appears that Balboa has decided to be a troll on this website now too.  Don't you have anything better to do?

It's based on

The FCC started hearings this week on changing the rules for broadcasters. It's very real.

Local content is the canard they are flying. Whatever local content means.

Free speech is free speech. And offensive speech is exactly what was meant by the First amendment. You don't think they wrote the free speech amendment to protect PC speech do you.

Hey 10...thanks for the

Hey 10...thanks for the info...I didn't know they started the hearings...they have all seats on the FCC filled now don't they? They guy O-Team wanted to head it is dangerous...I do have a link somewhere I was looking for all about this for boa above before I had to leave...I just cannot find it.

It is so spooky what they are doing...truly.

The side to side vote they had in the senate with Durbin/DeMint I think is was on this...was for a reason...both passed....which made me ill that Durbin's did, but I knew it would...it was and is big trouble....as it was intended to be.

I will try to catch some of the hearings on C-SPAN if I can.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Is this what you are looking for?

Tell you what: when Rush and

Tell you what: when Rush and Beck et al get forced off the air as a direct result of Obama, I will issue a big ol' mea culpa. 

But it ain't gonna happen. 

balboa

No what is and will happen is the msm the propaganda arm of the WH will attack and smear them.The msm will come out with half truths and false reports against them.Dear Leader will mention them in distain and his attack dogs will do the dirty work.When they arent tea bagging him.

Your favorite song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54tjbgJmLFg

typical lib....

of course after teh fact you will be outraged. Sure.

You will not be outraged until you see the unintended side affect of it causing liberal point of views to be silenced as well. Then  you will scream this is unfair...typical lib bs.

Wake the heck up and start thinking for yourself. I usually don't respond to your postings. They usually only contains some half assed support of some lib policy. You never provide facts, you never have any substance. You only give your point of view and when people post links to facts, you ignore them. 

This is exaclty why we are in the trouble we are in today...must be some class I skipped in college....

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter” - Thomas Jefferson

Oh, just a few little things....

The un-fairness doctrine, the Napolitano "enemies of the state" report, the banning of Michael Savage from the U.K., speech codes that have been in place at universities for years, the entire p.c. movement, the Obama proposal of a "civilian" militia, so-called "hate" crimes laws, etc.

But I guess it's all OK, right?  Nothing to worry about...we can trust our leaders....

Silencing

The fear of being silenced is based on the left's (not just this administration) seek and destroy mentality for those who disagree with them.  Witness the unlawful release of financial information on "Joe the Plummer", the recent release of photographs of Miss California (how come they weren't released BEFORE she came out as against gay marriage).  Countless other attacks on the rights of individuals who dare to speak their own minds.  I remember when our new fearless leader came to the city that I work in.  I shared an elevator ride with a young woman and her 5 or 6 year old son.  Both were carrying Obama signs, and other paraphenalia.  She asked me if I was going to the rally, I said no, I was going to work..  She asked if I was going to vote for B.O.. I said I wasn't sure because I didn't know enough about him to make an informed opinion.  That was when I was slapped, and called a "racist bastard" in front of her child.  This is the kind of mentality the left has reduced itself to using.  I also had my job threatened when I voiced disagreements with B.O. and his campaign (racist that I am, I voted for Alan Keyes)...  The left will not tolerate disagreement, and will seek to destroy all who do not convert. (Kind of like the portion of the Koran that says to convert infidels "By feww will or by the sword..."

gob... That woman slapped

gob...

That woman slapped you in the elevator...should have pulled a Gomer Pyle "Citizens Arrest....Citiznes Arrrest!"

Seriously though, I agree with all your sentiments in your post.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Keyes

is awesome.  He should be our president. 

 

I'm only sorry you didn't slap her with an assault charge and get the local media to highlight the aggression of Obama supporters.  This is exactly the sort of story that needs to get out.

I am very sick of watching leftists demean, assault, threaten, etc without being held accountable.  But, what do expect from the MSM?  

 If Obama succeeds, liberty fails.  I'm for the success of liberty.

Won't that...

Won't that piss off Media Matters and Keith Olbermann? Lol!

balboa,  of course they

balboa,

 of course they will not do it at once...but Obama himself has already gone after Limbaugh, the msm and Dems (same thing) already blamed recent shootings on talk radio, Napoliatano (sp) is warning againt "right wing" groups...

see a pattern there?

Hey is Limbaugh still on the

Hey is Limbaugh still on the air? He is? Hm...

I don't see anything other than the right using fear to motivate people for the mid-term elections. 

Would you be happy or upset

Would you be happy or upset if the democrats forced Limbaugh off the radio?

MrSnuggles... He will say it

MrSnuggles...

He will say it matters neither way to him.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

I would not be happy to see

I would not be happy to see Democrats forcing him off the air. As much as he annoys me, he doesn't deserve that.

It isn't that he does not

It isn't that he does not deserve it, its that he has the God given right to his free speech, and the radio stations have their God given right to put on the air whoever they want on the air.

That's basically what I

That's basically what I meant. He doesn't deserve to be forced off the air by Democrats because that would be contradictory to free speech.

You really think the

You really think the democrats and the far left give a crap about free speech? We already know how they feel about the freedom of religion and the right to bear arms, what makes you think they won't attempt to trample speech as well? They already do their darndest with political correctness and "speech codes" on college campuses.

Balboa, Balboa, Great

Balboa, Balboa,

Great "logic" there.....AFTER, they are silenced, then you'll stand up to the Obama administration....geez...where have we seen that type of mentality before?  yeah...hmmm...let me thing?

That's right, countless Jews in Nazi Germany who said, AFTER they come up and round us up, we'll stand up against the Nazis.  The problem was....there was NO one left to stand up for them.

Balboa, please, oh please! as much as you have irritated me for years on this site, for YOUR own good, read up on history.

Funny, people who claimed to be middle of the road individuals also said it was all fear monguering, the Nazis would never round up the Jews. They even said it after the Jews were put into the Ghettos!!!!

The silencing of Limbaugh, Hannity, Ingraham, etc is coming, not through the Fairness Doctrine, but what the left is calling Diversity on the Air!

This has already happened in a few counties, and states, where radio stations were forced to put on Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, etc. diversity of skin was forced upon the radio stations. Of course, diversity of thought was left on the curb.

Don't believe me Balboa, do your research. It is here, it is already happening.

People like you, lukewarm individuals like you who claim everything the Right says is fear monguering is the REAL problem in America. True, you are not too far to the left, no way are you a radical from the left, but you center left and like so many center left, you tend to dismiss many of the things the Right says as fear monguering, however, you don't mind giving credence to left wing fear monguering.

Do tell Balboa, what do you call what is happening to Miss California?  Is the left not doing everything in their power to silence her and all those that dare make a stand against homosexual marriage in public?  Rationalize this for me, will you? 

The left is teaching a lesson to prominent Right wingers who dare speak out....the message from the left being...."You speak out against Liberal "values" and you are toast. We will shame into silence. So, you better shut-up and don't say a word!"

Tell me this is not happening in America. and I dare you, I dare you to claim that the Right wing does the same thing to left wingers who speak out against Right wing values. You better be able to back it up.

Not lukewarm; rational. We

Not lukewarm; rational.

We are not in any way coming anywhere close to conditions in Nazi Germany. That's hysterical nonsense.

Balboa,You are FAR from

Balboa,

You are FAR from rational. You are lukewarm.

You didn't answer, Balboa...you claim we are no where near Nazi Germany...

then explain what the left did to Joe the Plumber? Government officials from the Democrat party went after his records and leaked them to the media. The media was more than willing to trash him.

What was the message that was sent, Balboa?

Explain what the left is doing to Miss California?

Explain what the left in California did to countless of citizens who donated money so that gay marriage was not made legal. Eh?  Anyone tha donated for the Proposition taht would outlaw gay marriage has been personally demonized and attacked by left wing groups!!!

EXPLAIN WHAT THE MESSAGE IS!

AND STOP HIDING BEHIND YOUR ONE LINERS!

or are you too afraid to look the truth in the eye?!

If we all have the right to speak freely, why is it that Consevatives that speak loud and are heard by the media are demonized. Their character destroyed and made fun of by pop-culture, eh?

answer the questions, Balboa!

Read up on your history, honestly! I have read enough WWII novels and history to know how you think. Many Jews, many, many Jews thought just like you.

You might want to look into the case in California of a waitress who donated $10 to stop homosexual marriages....see what the left in America did to her, her family not for speaking otu in public, but for donating a mere $10 to a right wing cause.

Look at the case of restaurant owners who did the same, see what the left did to their restaurants.

You are living in a pretend world! take your head out of the sand, uncover your ears! open your eyes and maybe you'll start speaking for the freedom of speech that we are loosing.

by the way, care to address the Hate Speech and Crime laws that some states have already adopted and which our Congress is trying to make into Federal laws? What do you think these are for? eh?

In Canada, to give you an example, ministers have been banned for life from ever publicly speaking against homosexuality. I guess this is what you want, since you can't believe this would ever happen in the USA. Funny, my Canadian friend from Canada said that his parents never believed that a minister would ever be forced to keep his mouth shut, since Canada supposedly enjoys Freedom of Speech too.

Now, will you answer the questions....or will you coward away and stick your head back in the sand?

Hmmm...interesting, I see you also did not address the Diversity Action, which is Obama's Fairness Doctrine version. This Diversity Action has already forced radio stations to adopt a government mandated programs, diversity of skin, not thought. C'mon Balboa, explain this away.

:)

I think there are too many who simply can't conceive of an America turned tyranny.  This is America, after all.  That automatically means free.  I am concerned that there will not be enough who stand up against this wave because of the delusion they labor under.

Is this you?

gopsteve

Btw, is there a precedent of a President (sorry for that tongue-twister :p) actually calling out a political-leaning TV/radio personality the way Obama did? And quite nonchalantly, as I recall, too, which is all the more frightening... he really thinks he "owns the joint", the way he talks sometimes.

Anyway, I can't think of one. 

You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!

 

MrShy - you forget - he reminds us often that 'He Won!"

therefore he really does feel as though he 'owns the joint' - however...

We Tea Partiers sent him our 'reminder' that NO he doesn't!!  He may have fooled a lot of liberals and ignorant voters and raised a lot of illegal funds, but he has NOT fooled almost fifty percent of the American voters!!!! 

This comment comes from a proud RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

The message this

The message this administration is using is that if you disagree and try to fight them, you will be ruined, publicly and every other way that they can. The Chicago Way...

Just ask the non-tarp lenders of Chrysler....the " 'One' does not stand with them". Wonder what he said privately to Emanuel and his thugs?

Bush Redux? Or Clinton Mark II?

Isn't this exactly what the liberals were accusing the Bush administration of doing, attempting to silence dissent? What's next, claiming that the Obama administration is randomly sampling internet sites, telephone conversations, and e-mails, like the Clinton administration was accused of doing 10 years ago?

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

balboa- You are a hoot! 

balboa-

You are a hoot!  Thanks for the laughs!  When you see Rahm at ballet practice please tell him "Hello" for me.  Thanks!

You're Welcome, but I'm not balboa.

You're Welcome, but I'm not baloa.

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

Cobraman-  I know.

Cobraman-

 I know.

We all make mistakes

You posted a responce to me, not balboa, but we all make mistakes.

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

This is what Rush calls:

This is what Rush calls: "Thugocracy"

Folks, one thing we have in our favor, is that these Leftists are scared Sh--less of us (real Conservatives!)! Doubt me? Why are they still going after Palin, Jindal, Rush, Beck, De Mint etc.? Because they see how the conservative message presented by these folks is responded to! Rush has over 20 million listeners weekly (probably much higher now!), Palin drew many thousands to McRINO's rallies, Jindal transformed the Democrat LA! etc.

They know that conservative arguments always win. They must try and silence us...it's their only chance! Fear is causing them to act irrationally. Irrational people do foolish, foolish things! The Leftists simply have not considered the ramifications of their actions should they lose their power. Obama is a fraud, and is as fake as those Styrofoam Pillars!

These Leftists simply have NO clue as to the hornets nest they'll stir-up if they try and silence talk radio!!

 

 

Sven

Methinks you heard THIS today, LOL.

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

Blonde, Youthinks

Blonde,

Youthinks correct! ;-)

Everytime I hear the media bring Palin up, my first reaction is: "Palin's been out of the picture for months, and you're still trying to trash her....?"

Their responses indicate only one thing, abject fear.

 

Love the freedom Glenn now has to be Glenn!

You are the best, Mr. Beck!!! 

This comment comes from a proud RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

Beck is pretty good at the big picture stuff lately

I'm sure that FOX is getting some pretty hard scoldings at the WH press briefings. I bet it's not long until they are passed over for questions and then some excuse will be found on why their seat needs to be given to some other media organization.

I'm pretty sure that this warning didn't materialize out of thin air.

Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!

www.loyaltoliberty.com

laugh while you can

You'll find that everything that Beck says is sourced and linked.

I am truly sorry that so many of you at NB just don't "get it."

Many of you laugh as if this is some hysterical "joke" that is going to be "set right" in the national mid-term election coming up in 2010.

No, it isn't.

Glenn Beck is right. The statists are going to silence dissent, and not just on the airwaves, but on the internet as well.

The repubes are essentially AWOL, and even if they weren't, they cannot stop this from happening.

Hell, they cannot even so much as put up and anthill's worth of a speed bumb to even slow it down.

By the elections of 2010, it will be too late to reverse any of this.

-Dave

The statists aren't coming, they are already here.

RD Helm, I am afraid that

RD Helm,

I am afraid that you might be right....by 2010, even if Republicans get control of one of the houses back...it might be too late.

But you know what....many, many Conservatives have as much fault on what is going on in America as all those that voted for Obama.

I personally know face to face, live, and on the internet that refused to vote for McCain/Palin because they either did not like both or one of the people in the ticket.

There are two States that Obama won thanks to a bunch of Republicans voting for a third candidate!

Now, these are the same people that are screaming bloody murder, that we must stand up to Obama, etc, etc, etc.!!!

I am sorry, if you are a Conservative and you did not vote or you voted for an idiot like Bob Barr (is this his name), then you are as guilty about Obama being elected and what is happening to america as any one else that actually voted for Obama!

I am sick and tired of Americans that allow the opposition to win and then start crying and screaming when American values are being trashed, destroyed, etc.

I know way too many republicans in Illinios that joined in the trashing of Palin, that voted for Obama, that did not vote at all or that voted for the Third party idiot. These Republicans are as guilty of what is going on today in America as anyone that voted for Obama!

WAKE up Conservatives!

In fact, this site was full of people that claim they were not going to vote in the Presidential election because they hated McCAin and Obama. Now, and I am not going t name any names since we all knwo who they are, they are some of the loudest voices against Obama. Oh please give me a break!

 

Liberallies,

What they aren't getting is that ACORN is now working feverishly, through "voter registration drives," to ensure that the democrats maintain their congressional majority in 2010.

They have also been handed control of the census, and once they have finished "adjusting" the numbers (and this census will probably be concluded far faster than any other in history) democrat-controlled state houses all over this country are going to put redistricting on the legislative fast track.

As a result, the elections of 2012 will not only re-elect Barack Hussein Obama to the White House, but they will hand him a defeat-proof statist congress, as well.

All the "Tea Parties" in the world will not change this.

-Dave

The statists aren't coming, they are already here.

Get what? Fear?

Get what? Fear? Do you really believe that Obama has the power to stop people like Rush from giving out his message? I've heard claims like that ever since I was a kid in the 60's yet I've NEVER seen anyone actually stopped in their first amendment rights to freedom of expression. No voices were silenced, no messages were repressed.

Even during the "fairness doctrine" days of the 70's and 80's conservative voices were heard country wide. How else did Reagan get elected, if the liberals who were in charge in those days took away our right to speak out? The "fairness doctrine" didn't stop conservatives last time, and there's too much opposition nowadays for Obama to reinstate it again.

With the internet, widely available to anyone with access to a public library, private newspapers being able to be printed out on my home pc and printer, cellphones, home made banners, posters, bumper stickers, and the rest of the modern communication possibilities available today, that type of repression would be impossible. Obama would have to take away everything, from PC's to cellphones, to text messages, to pens and paper itself, in order to achieve that type of control over modern communications. Do you really believe he and the rest of the liberals can actually do that?

I don't think that's possible anymore. We're no longer limited to just a few tv and radio stations and a few national and local newspapers and magazines. There are hundreds of venues available to each and every one of us to express our ideas and opinions. The genie is out of the bottle, so to speak, and there's no use trying to put the stopper back on. So excuse me if I don't "get it" and fall into the trap of fear that the liberals were promoting during the Bush administration. It didn't scare me then, and it's not going to scare me now.

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

Cobraman, Please give the

Cobraman,

Please give the names of all the prominent Conservative radio personalities that were heard during the Fairness Doctrine...which ran a lot longer than your dates. it was actually implemented back in the 1930s.

Regardless, name all the prominent Conservatives that were the radio voice for the Conservative cause.

Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock....

Maybe you can answer the questions that Balboa is so afraid to answer.

What is the left message when they go after people like Joe the Plumber, Miss California, private citizens in California who dared give donations for the proposition to stop gay marriage, eh? 

Are you here and now claiming that the left in America doesn't shame people into silence? that it doesn't intimidate people into silence? that it doesn't ridiculue people into silence?

The message from the left, Hollywood, the media, pop-culture, and anything that is controlled by the left is clear, "You dare speak out against Liberal values, and your days are number. We will go after you, your family, your character, etc, etc.!"

Shoot, even President Obama made fun of Joe the Plumber!

but oh, not of course not, this is not an attempt to silence the Right.

Hmmm...maybe you can explain the Hate Speech and Crime laws that already exist in some States of the Union and which our "lovely" Congress is attempting to make into Federal laws. the protected groups under these laws are groups that the left deems worthry of protection, homosexuals, blacks, women, hispanic, etc. Hmmmm...no protection against military personnel, no protection against Christians. Hmmm...funny, only groups that the left considers worthy of protection. Oh, no, no of course Cobraman, what are we talking about, the left loves Freedom of Speech, right? (sarcasm off)

Yep...the 1st and 2nd

Yep...the 1st and 2nd Amendment are being stripped from us piece-meal if they can do this when nobody is looking in various forms... that they can use and implement this control over us...it is the agenda...and they can count on the msm to remain silent as they do so, thank God for the internet...for now that is, and if anybody thinks they are not trying to stifle us one way or the other via the internet with their tactics...they don't understand what all is in the works with this administration...fear is a great tactic if their laws don't make it in the meantime.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

What do you make of Schweitzer's

signing of the Montana gun legislation?  Do you think he is actually up to fighting for state's rights here?  Or is this just playing to the crowd?

Re Montana

Not sure many people are aware of that, it bears watching. It's almost certain to hit the Supreme Court, in fact maybe that is what they want. We need to post some article links on it.

Actually

that is exactly the purpose... if the federal government denies our state's right to pursue this, the stated intent is to take it all the way up to the supreme court.  I'm trying to feel out what this does and doesn't say about Schweitzer.  How much is to get reelected by a populace that absolutely will not stand for having their guns taken away?  How much is because he has actual concern for state's rights?  And how far in other directions will he be willing to go to assert state's rights? 

"I've heard claims like

"I've heard claims like that ever since I was a kid in the 60's yet I've
NEVER seen anyone actually stopped in their first amendment rights to
freedom of expression. No voices were silenced, no messages were
repressed."

I was a kid in the '60s as well, and all these years the only talk of censorship has been by the Communists saying that the Conservatives/Republicans would do it, most recently under Adolf Bush.

That has come to nothing...because it was propaganda and they were lying. It was actually they, the Leftists, all along who seek to control expression and thinking in all facets of society.  

In order to have a progressive Socialist society the forces of Reaction must be silenced in every way from executing the Czar and his family to streamlining all press/media outlets into a sewer draining all the way from the Central Party Apparatus downward to the Proletariat.

It's in the best interest of the People, and this is, after all, the social evolution of all Humanity we're talking about here.

You have to think like these guys in order to get them.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

Cobraman,

In just the last 107 days, Obama's statist handlers have managed to rape the taxpayers for $14 trillion, gone far to nationalize this nation's financial institutions (including banks) have taken over two of our three automakers, and have paved the way for a government takeover of our nation's health care system.

To this point, no one has successfully stopped them, much less slowed them down.

To think the statists will not be equally successful at intimidating radio stations all over America into dropping the syndicated radio shows of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Neal Boortz and Michael Savage is pure folly.

The statists have easily achieved every goal they have set for themselves so far, and I see nothing on the horizon that will alter this trend.

-And they will be coming after the internet soon after, too.

The statists aren't coming, they are already here.

 

yea , Dave, the internet ain't green, kill a coal plant, click

off goes the internet..

Google better get off shore with some recycled oil supertanker or two, jammed to the gunnels with servers N' such.

Power up with a few of these,Whatever size needed   to power it all , International waters you know. 

Without any code, one can be built in 40-50 months.

Google has the cash, launch satellites, sell solar powered receivers N' transmitters.

Google has the opportunity be the beast of sorts. They have the cash. la de da, think of all the jobs.....

Reagan VS 0bama

Dave, Two points: 1. As

Dave,

Two points:

1. As Rush so brilliantly pointed out, the only ones who can stop Obama are the ChiComs! They are the only ones who can fund his asperations! If they don't fund it (buy our debt), this entire socialist utopia will come crashing down...it is unsustainable!

2. To this point, no one has successfully stopped them, much less slowed them down. Dave agreed, but this was one of the reasons that the Tea Parties were so successful (in the sense that they were a grassroots uprising!). We saw that many of our elected officials were doing nothing, so we did something! Now, I know from a previous post that you don't really see any usefulness in these Tea Parties, but many of us do. Even Obama, at his press conference a few days ago, appeared aggitated with the Tea Parties and those who attended them. He knows that there is an uprising across the country, of those who are opposed to this Statist/Socialist control of our private sector...and it scares the Statists bigtime! If we take your attititude, that Tea Parties, and other such things are of "no value", and "won't change anything" (paraphrasing), then we've already lost, because we're playing right into the Statists hands...they want us thinking it's hopeless!

No, we must be vigiliant and fight these attacks on our freedoms every opportunity we can. One of the most valuable things I took away from attending my Tea Party, was being with like-minded folks! This was uplifting and encouraging! We knew that together, WAshington would hear our voices. Now, will they listen? Who knows, but at least they know that there is a large contingent ready to fight this assault on our freedoms!

Truth always wins...always!

ucw & sven,

LOL-I am literally fighting my nads off, but until many of the dumbMasses pull their heads out of the proverbial sand, and that includes a surprising number of "conservatives," I honestly do not know what more I can do.

-Dave

The statists aren't coming, they are already here.

day by day Dave,

Share your views,,Keep up the GOOD fight..

Reagan VS 0bama

"Get what? Fear? Do you

"Get what? Fear? Do you really believe that Obama has the power to stop people like Rush from giving out his message? I've heard claims like that ever since I was a kid in the 60's yet I've NEVER seen anyone actually stopped in their first amendment rights to freedom of expression. No voices were silenced, no messages were repressed."

Newsflash: it's not the 60's anymore.

By the way, McCain-Feingold says "hi".

ckc,

"Newsflash: it's not the 60's anymore."

Bingo, and then some times 100.

This is a (sadly) vastly different America than the one that existed nearly 50 years ago.

-Dave

The statists aren't coming, they are already here.

Fear? No, not yet, but it is coming

"Do you really believe that Obama has the power to stop people like Rush from giving out his message?"

Four months ago, did you think Obama would have taken over our nation's banks, along with 2 of the 3 automakers in this country in 107 days?

-Dave

The statists aren't coming, they are already here.

How not to be silenced

If the fairness doctrine were to ever be reinstated, the best way to combat it would be to defy it. Ignore it.  Massive  disobedience would be the only way to defeat it.

"Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink."  P.J.O'Rourke

Then Why Are Current Censorship Acts Targeting The LEFT?

Think about it. In the last two weeks the Supreme Court has issued declarations that strengthen the power to censor things that the left particularly care about (and to an extent, so do I): profanity and nudity. Those are supposed to be protected by the First Amendment, but there has not been as much of an outcry here as with the so-called threat of a Fairness Doctrine. And guess what? Did you know that particular censorship applies to live news broadcasts, even when an accident or disaster happens? When the incident involving the photo-op of the stand-by Air Force One, over the site of the World Trade Center, occurred, the news broadcasters had to bleep out some of the reactions that eyewitnesses made because they were "offensive". I would find it more offensive to see the image of an airplane flying over Ground Zero than I would hearing a passerby exclaiming, "Oh sh*t, we're being attacked again!"

You know President Obama isn't stupid. He would veto any attempt to bring back the Fairness Doctrine that came across his desk because he knows what kind of legal headaches that will cause. I'm convinced he has been advised about the realities of many of the things he has on the table. He's not going to strip away the second amendment rights of gun owners because he knows the realities of what that would do. He's not going to prosecute lawyers working for the Bush administration because they recommended enhanced interrogation techniques, not torture. The worst that has come out of it is that he has shamed the Bush Administration by saying that waterboarding is torture. I disagree, knowing the truth that it's just wrapping a combatant's head in a wet cloth and splashing water on them, but he did it as a minor concession to his base. Hopefully, that's as far as it will go because I would not support criminal prosecutions of people who were trying to protect us.

Operation Black Moon

OPERATION BLACK MOON

This is an idea that has been rolling around in my little B-B brain inside my boxcar skull since the April 15th Tea Parties. I am frustrated that at the end of the Tea Parties no actual actions were taken and no course of future action seems to be on the horizon other than more Tea Parties on July 4th. I fully support the Tea Parties, i think they are important and i will attend the next one when it happens. In the meantime i would like for all Tea Party supporters to join in a movement within and as part of the Tea Party movement, nationwide, that will run from June 4th thru July 4th that i have dubbed Operation Black Moon. Which will be a 30-31 day blackout of all major media, the operative slogan will be "Moon the Media" and "There is a Black Moon Rising". No tv., no movies, no newspapers, no magazines. The exceptions will be Fox News and other decent broadcast such as CBN etc. etc.. And of course your local news etc.. Plus we can monitor the news via the internet on sights such as NB and others that are appropiate. During this period would be a good time to make friends, have cook-outs, play dominoes, cards, spades, 42, monopoly, ya-hoo, play golf, hunt, fish, spend time with family, you get the picture.

It has long been my contention that the best way to return to fair, balanced, un-biased and honest news, and to persuade the msm to turn away from their liberal bias, the promotion of their liberal agenda, their arrogant and open support of liberal socialist polititions, judges and gov. officials, is to ATTACK the msm. During this blackout period e-mail the sponsors of the major nets and tell them you are part of Operation Black Moon and tell them why, e-mail the nets themselves and call for the firing of the talking heads, the producers and the ceo's and tell them why. Remind them we expect fair, balanced, un-biased, and truthfull news coverage and that character assasinations such as the hatchet job the media did on the Palins, Prejean, Bush, Rove, Cheny and too many others, will not be tolerated. This is not gov. censorship, nor censorship from a political party, but censorship of the marketplace by a free people who only ask that the media be honest and decent, fair and factual. E-mail your senators and representatives and tell them you support Operation Black Moon and suggest that a Black Moon could also rise over the next election and tell them why.

I would like to see bumperstickers/magnetic stickers/ signs etc. carrying the "Moon the Media" and "Their is a Black Moon Rising" slogans depicting a black moon with a pair of buttcheeks shining down to emphasize the point. I'm sure there are graphic artist who can do the artwork and come up with something kicky that would make the point. I would invite any and all Tea Party organizers, conservative and patriotic webbsites, webbhost, conservative political activist organizations, and any other patriots who agree that the liberal media has done the country a disservice, to take this idea, and run with it. Add to it, improve it, and clarify it more so than i have outlined here. I invite all who read this message and who agree we need to take action to join in mooning the media and let them know that there is a Black Moon Rising and that they [the media] will not see the light of day untill and unless they bring us the news of our country in a fair, unbiased, balanced, and truthfull way, with prejudice towards none.

Remember, only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier

Glenn Beck is almost as big

Glenn Beck is almost as big of a douchenozzle as Keith Olbermann. The guy makes my skin crawl. I honestly hope they silence his voice (lest he gets upset about his hemmorhoids again) - he's got no justification to consider himself in the same league as Limbaugh or O'Reilly.

He has been under just as

He has been under just as fierce an assault as Limbaugh and the rest.

United we Stand...or do we

United we Stand...or do we stand for nothing?

I like/dislike Beck

I like/dislike Beck alternately every day/hour/segment. yes, he has a tendency to get rather overwrought and borderline hysterical in tone - but his heart's in the right place overall. My biggest objection is when he sometimes stretches a little too far in blaming Republicans equally as the Democrats for the mess we're in. 

Republicans, at their worst, are culpable, but Democrats at their best are guilty as sin.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

HM... He most certainly

HM...

He most certainly does...have you seen his ratings?

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Liberals Want Freedom of Speech

Liberals want 1st Amendment Rights for everyone, as long as the 'Free Speech' always agrees with Liberal 'Feelings' and NO Liberal is offended.

Freedom of Speech to a Liberal, is to narrow the range of thought and speech.

Crimes at one time were actions, now crimes are not only actions, but speech and even thoughts.

Liberals want people prosecuted not only for an action, but what was being said and what was the person thinking.

Penalties for an action, could be less than the penalties for the words and thoughts during the action.

2009 = 1984 by George Orwell, 'Speech Crimes' and 'Thought Crimes', unless one uses "Liberal Speak".

Constituion is DEAD

 

Face it the Constitution is dead....the Republic is destroyed.

 

The Federal Governmnet has ZERO LIMITS on its powers at this point, there is NOTHING that they do not think they are in their power to do.

 

 

The only thing that makes them pause a tiny bit is that the general uninformed public does know a little about the first 5 amemendments, and so they have to be sneaky and carefull when they take more of those rights away.

 

Outside of the first 5 amendments, there is totally nothing in the constition that the federal government does not choose to ignore when it wants to.

 

 The Republic is dead, the states are redundant, and its time to eliminate all state governments and just send all the money to DC.

 

 

Glenn Beck is fearless

Glenn Beck is not afraid to take on the lies of the 0bama administration, Acorn and the unions.  Yesterday he was fair and balanced as well as restrained and had a guest who represented Acorn.  He ended up tossing this felon out of the studio based on comments made accusing Beck of being racist because he has had the courage to take on 0bama's lies.

The FCC is currently (Thursday morning May 7) holding a hearing that will discuss diversity.  This is a back door approach to the Fairness (actually unfair) Doctrine that is intended to reduce or eliminate any conservative talk radio.  Beck has been great on discussing these topics.  Keep up the great job, Glenn.

 

Paranoid teabaggers

Have you rethuglicans ever heard Obama mention anything similar to the fairness doctrine since the election? Fox news and talk radio are just using this paranoia to their advantage to like their pockets with cash and it seems to be working for them.

paranoia

My question for you is this:

If it comes to fruition and is not in actuality paranoia... will you begin to consider the warnings about the restriction of our freedoms that has been creeping up on us over the last 16 years?  Or, were you just popping on to drop an insult?

At what point will you listen with an open mind?  The president is firing heads of private companies.  How far does it have to go before you, and lurkers like you, will listen?  

 

Yes, I included Bush in that.  He is a big government person and did further the march away from our constitutional rights.

Patriot Act

Do you know that in accordance with the Patriot Act that was signed by Bush, you can be arrested in your home and be labelled an enemy combatant and put in Jail without due process or any rights whatsoever. You freedom was taken away a long time ago.

well my my

Thank you so much for bringing those newfangled things like "facts" and "news" to us knuckledraggers! I'd heard of this mythical PATRIOT Act before, but I had no idea what it was.

Since you're so full of information, perhaps you can explain why dozens of Democrats voted for the act's renewal in 2006, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Harry Reid. Every single politician in DC is out to take away our rights. Blaming Bush isn't going to cut it anymore.

well then

Haliburton!!

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts 

tonyrich300

Ummm....

"Yes, I included Bush in that.  He is a big government person and did further the march away from our constitutional rights.
"

Not to be snarky... but did you read my whole post?  Yes, I'm aware of that.  I liked some things about Bush.  I disliked a lot of things about him.  The erosion of our rights is specifically one of them.  I voted for him because I had no better options that had a chance of winning and the options that would have won would have been much worse.  Same reason I voted for McCain, who I have little respect for.  God grant us a real choice next time around instead of two versions of the same end with one just moving faster.

If Obama succeeds, liberty fails.  I'm for the success of liberty.

justme - I'm curious as to what constitutional rights of yours

were eroded under President Bush? What was the specific impact on your life due to this erosion? 

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“The Democrats live in a world of fakery, fraudulent phoniness.  We live in a world of reality." ~ Rush Limbaugh

tr... O doesn't have to

tr...

O doesn't have to say one word about this, he has others doing it for him.

Do not think for one minute it he does not support silencing the right.

Be careful what you wish for...your side of the aisle will not be in power forever.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

tonyrich...please take your filthy trash-talking to HuffPo or

Moveon!   I lived my entire life without hearing or knowing the definition of your subject line.  I guess you think you are being 'cute' but I consider it highly OFFENSIVE!  Are you trying to be an Olbermann or Garafolo???  

How about doing a little editing - it does NOT meet Newsbusters standards! 

This comment comes from a proud RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

In Regards to tonyrich300 and Huff-Po...

Well, Cape Conservative...it might just be a coincidence, but it might be that ol' tonyrich300 is from Huff-Po....

Is this the same "tonyrich300?"   Inquiring minds want to know...

How about it tonyrich300?  Are you here to say worthless things or do you want to contribute something?

Here is a typical topical  gem by the tonyrich300 at Huff-Po:

Torture Prevented Los Angeles Terrorist Attack? No.

Why do republican teabaggers lie all the time? Can't the argue using facts?

posted Apr 23, 2009 at 22:05:46

Must you use the term "teabaggers?" Or do I have the wrong tonyrich300?

"You can have Peace or you can have Freedom; just don't count on having both at the same time." - R.A.H

 "I'll take the harsh reality of liberty over the illusion of security...every time!" -me

Rex - Thanks for doing the dirty work for me - as with his

favorite word that I had never heard until last month, I also am a HuffPo/MoveOn virgin and intend to remain one. 

It's all I can do to walk by when the honeydipper truck is operating in a neighbor's yard...no way do I want to contaminate my pc or my mind with the hate-filled garbage that I see clips of from these sites.  I just wish the nasty posters would stay there in the slime and not contaminate NB with their filth ;-)

This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise known as a RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

CC

I have lived an interesting life, and thought I was somewhat worldly.

Until the last month or so, I had no idea what the word meant and now I wish I could burn it out of my brain.

Disgusting is such an inadequate word. 

Once again the Leftists show that they have about as much class as a school house in the summer. 

"You can have Peace or you can have Freedom; just don't count on having both at the same time." - R.A.H

 "I'll take the harsh reality of liberty over the illusion of security...every time!" -me

Hey, Rex/CC~

I popped over to this blog to check something out and came across this post...and being that I don't have any background on this topic or know what word you are talking about, I will do what my brother (so maturely) did when he didn't want to hear something when we were growing up:

[covering his ears]: "My country, 'tis of thee...sweet land of liberty...of thee I sing..."

I can tell this is not a word picture I want in my head, so I'm now hurrying off the page (picture me as a cartoon figure running on a loop, cloud of dirt at my feet...but at least I'm not singing!).

;) Have a good night, guys.

 

ever heard Obama mention

ever heard Obama mention anything similar to the censorship doctrine since the election?

Yes. Many times. His teleprompter told him to.

Tell me parasite, who do you exploit and live off? Is it still mommy and daddy? Or the state? Turning tricks in the Castro?

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell
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Diversity Czars at FCC

Concerns Raised Over Makeup of Diversity Committee at FCC: http://www.foxnews.com

"The FCC's acting chairman, Michael Copps, stressed the importance of confronting what he called the "sad truth ... that the diversity of this great nation is not reflected in the ownership of its media and telecommunications facilities" in an April statement as he announced the new committee."

Rush Limbaugh should be on this committee to add a small measure of ideological balance.