Freedom of speech and the liberty to express your beliefs and opinions are in danger of disappearing in the age of the nut job (a.k.a. Barack Hussein Obama) due to his administration doing everything it can do to make sure that any message counter to his demagoguery cannot be spoken or written. The U.S. House of Representatives committee denied a provision to a bill that would have prevented the Fairness Doctrine from being restored. But not only that, the Democrats blocked a vote in the House on the amendment to stop the doctrine. To put it bluntly, the U.S. House, the representative of the people are representing the nut job, not the electorate.

The Fairness Doctrine reared its ugly head in 1949 when the FCC required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was (in the Commission's view) honest, equitable and balanced. It required that some air time be used to present  views on controversial public matters and to use air time for the opposite views of the controversial matters. It didn’t require equal time, but now plans are being made to morph the requirement into the broadcasters business and more.

Congress is prevented by the Constitution from impinging on free speech. Amendment I of the Bill of Rights says, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The Fairness Doctrine or any such law is an impingement on free speech. Congress, through the FCC, is going to require radio stations, and the internet to meet certain governmentally approved speech parameters. The FCC was originally created to allocate broadcast frequencies so that those who wanted to broadcast could have reserved   channels to do so. But now it is becoming the police force to punish those who persist in speaking politically incorrect speech, which is nothing more than censorship of speech and the foundation for totalitarianism.

Major broadcast companies, especially those involved in televison, are dominating the news and do not present any opposition to the nut job. Under the proposed regulations or the implementation of some form of the Fairness Doctrine, the major networks will not be required to present opposite view points. Why? They are the shills for the nut job and will continue to paint him in every color but red, all  with his blessing. Are those harsh words? Yes, and anyone who cares about the truth will investigate the fact that what you just read is true.

With the regulation of the radio stations which present views opposite of the nut job and his lackies, and the eventual regulation of the internet, we will be well on the way to managed news and a dictatorship. Every nation in the world since the inception of the broadcast medium has stifled free speech by taking over the airwaves and the opposition press. If anyone thinks that can’t happen here or that it isn’t happening, they aren’t paying attention to the events in Congress and the White House.

People who preach the gospel on the street are being targeted and arrested for speaking out on homsexuality and other problems confronting this nation. Religious broadcasting will be shut down by the ideology being pushed by the ungodly crowd in Washington. They will not give up until all opposition is silenced and that is without a doubt what they intend. Perpetuity in office and complete management of our lives is their goal. In Sorting It Out, the stifling of free speech is only the beginning of the misery they plan.

07-16-2009 DEC