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1. #509701
   On October 21st, 2008 at 10:27 pm, Speakup said:

   The fairness will be government mandated.

   And, the daily beatings will continue until morale improves.

2. #509702
   On October 21st, 2008 at 10:28 pm, Flyoverman said:

   I am sorry to be the voice of dissent in this “head for the hills with your guns fest” but you need to understand your oppososition.

   These are the people who botch everything they do. These are the people who cannot manage a restaraunt.

   I remember Clinton’s first 90 days in office. He came into town like gangbusters and fell flat on his face with his gays in the military initiative. His wife’s healthcare plan was the Titanic. This is Slick Willie, Der Schlickmeister, none better. Obama is not weven in Bill’s league.

   Look at Clinton’s major accomplishments; all delivered in a package by Newt’s Republican majority. Until the 1994 elections swept the Dems out of the House everything was a disaster.

   I have every confidence if they get in the Dems will do a Wile E. Coyote and the Acme bomb is going to explode in their faces.

   They are arrogant and ridiculously overconfident. Their ability to do anything does not impress me in the least. I have seen them since the 60’s. They are all show and no go.

   Steady as you go.

3. #509704
   On October 21st, 2008 at 10:32 pm, rightisright said:

   Obamism: Stalinism
   I smell revolt coming…keep your powder dry and stock up on food.

   Lots of talk on Rush, Malzberg and Levin today about the attempt by the libs to bring back ‘The Fairness Doctrine’ if the Zero wins. The virtual end to talk radio and the internet, our only media source to real world out there.Things are looking worse everyday.

   I look at McCain with nothing but disdain, but I will vote for him, in hopes Palin can pound some sense in to his thick liberal head on these issues.

   Yes, it is a LOTE vote, in reality most votes are, depends on how you look at it…rarely is there a(gulp)JFK or a Ron Reagan. but he is the only hope we have…there are no guarantees. I swore up and down on here when McCain was appointed the RNC primary winner I would not vote for him. The further this campaigning goes the more I do not want to see the Zero in Washington anywhere. If we don’t fight and vote we will fight in the end.

   I will not submit, EVER!!

4. #509708
   On October 21st, 2008 at 10:41 pm, kayfromcarroll said:

   On October 21st, 2008 at 5:57 pm, rightwingmom said:

   Wow! To think, I was naive enough to think: if our country goes Marxist, at least we’ll have the internet.

   I guess we can always use homing pigeons.

   Didn’t you hear on the news that Iran is holding several homing pigeons hostage? They are accused of spying!

5. #509711
   On October 21st, 2008 at 10:45 pm, Flyover State said:

   On October 21st, 2008 at 10:28 pm, Flyoverman said:

   These are the people who botch everything they do. These are the people who cannot manage a restaraunt.

   I hope you’re right, but I believe in hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. So just in case the Fairness Doctrine is imposed upon the internet, I suggest this Plan B:

   Start a pro-Obama blog, and make your first blog entry a rant against something that Michelle Malkin blogged about – only, make it fictional. They’ll never know the difference, so it’ll slide right under the radar – but we’ll know we’ve found the right place.

6. #509716
   On October 21st, 2008 at 10:51 pm, SPCOlympics said:

   sonofdy said:
   Well if they deploy me as a guard (assuming I am not with you) I promise to be the crappiest guard in the histry of political oppression.

   I don’t if I could even do that. If this election goes the way we fear, I honestly can’t uphold my oath, at least not the part about obeying orders from the President. Protecting the Constitution yes but if he can stack the Courts, that document will become birdcage liner.

7. #509725
   On October 21st, 2008 at 10:58 pm, Flyoverman said:

   Flyover State,

   Earlier this year I had the privilidge to see the Kiev Symphony. After 70 years of Soviets and three years of Nazis and horror beyond belief in 1992 they formed this Christian based musical miracle as soon as Communism collapsed under the weight of its own decay.

   They now tour the world and help widows and the poor at home in Kiev. If they can overcome the most evil regimes in history, what we have to oppose is a cake walk.

   These overstuffed elites in D.C. and on the coasts think they can have their way with us. Freedom, like life, always finds a way. It is like that pine that seems to grow out of solid rock on a Colorado Mountain.

   Bill Ayers, Obama, and all these other social engineers have no idea how futile their efforts will be. No one ever has or will. God set us free. No person, no nation can ever really take it away. Not tomorrow, not ever.

8. #509731
   On October 21st, 2008 at 11:08 pm, FamilyMan said:

   Flyoverman said: Earlier this year I had the privilidge to see the Kiev Symphony. After 70 years of Soviets and three years of Nazis and horror beyond belief in 1992 they formed this Christian based musical miracle as soon as Communism collapsed under the weight of its own decay.

   A seventeenth century Scotsman’s, Andrew Fletcher’s, observation: “Give me the making of the songs of a nation, and I care not who writes its laws.”

   Lenin’s famous statement that “The cinema must and shall become the foremost cultural weapon of the proletariat”.

9. #509735
   On October 21st, 2008 at 11:13 pm, CleanGuy said:

   Well, the First Amendment lawyers will be ready for this one after they fight the Fairness Doctrine. First they came for our radios, then they came for Fox, then they came for our internet…

10. #509736
    On October 21st, 2008 at 11:17 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    AOL HOT SEAT POLL
    HUFFINGTON POST asks:

    McCain says Obama’s policies amount to “socialism.”
    Your thoughts?

    Current National Results:

    64% McCain’s right
    34% McCain’s wrong
    2% I’m not sure

    National Votes: 237,929

    All 50 states have a majority for “McCain’s right”

    Only Washington, D.C. has a majority for “McCain’s wrong”

11. #509739
    On October 21st, 2008 at 11:21 pm, Flyover State said:

    Flyoverman, that’s very uplifting.

    And so is that poll.

12. #509751
    On October 21st, 2008 at 11:36 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On October 21st, 2008 at 11:21 pm, Flyover State said:
    Flyoverman, that’s very uplifting.

    Thanks. So was the concert.

    I sat there looking at those people, free to express their love of God, finally, after so much.

    I thought back to the Cold War days and my own experiences during it. I realized, those people are free because of us. Those people are free, because of Ronald Reagan’s refusal to back away from what he knew was right. We did a wonderful thing.

    We stood up for freedom and in so doing we stod up for them. They are free, because we stood steadfast against evil. Evil cannot withstand strength.

    Let’s remember that in the days ahead!

13. #509789
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Lots of talk .. about the attempt by the libs to bring back ‘The Fairness Doctrine’ if the Zero wins. The virtual end to talk radio and the internet, our only media source to real world out there.Things are looking worse everyday.

    I am not well versed in the nuances of the Fairness Doctrine, but basically isnt it, that if a public network has one position then it must give equal time to the opposing position?

    Simple enough. Everything moves to satellite or private networks. Or one person says they are a lib and the other a conservative, but a with a wink and a nod, then everyone else knows who to turn to.

    The government does not want to go down the road of locking down the internet. That would be like spaying the Golden Goose – its still alive but aint nothing coming out.

14. #509806
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 am, Truesoldier said:

    Could anyone post the article or at least give the low down. The only network access I have in Iraq is at work and the link is blocked as a “social” site.

15. #509816
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    I think ‘Fair Use’ is about 5 paragraphs. Here’s a few (out of about 15) just to give you an idea of what its about. If I am wrong and am in error, someone please delete this post and slap my wrist.

    BTW its “36 °F / 2.7 °C Light Snow” here at this moment… hows the weather in Iraq?

    The Case Against Senator Obama’s National CTO
    October 21, 2008 – 1:54 am PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins 40 Comments

    I asked the question back in August, and I ask it again now: Why do we need a national CTO? BusinessWeek asks the question today, and everyone and their brother is rushing to weigh in on the answer. Even though pundits back in August erroneously attributed the idea of the creation of a national CTO to both candidates, it is only Senator Obama who’s called for the creation of a national CTO.

    According to BusinessWeek, it appears to be mostly for the purposes of the creation of a nationalized broadband establishment, or at least that’s how they paint it. I’m uncertain if that’s simply the spin that BusinessWeek is putting on the story, or if that’s the actual intention of Obama’s promised cabinet appointment.
    .
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    But Let’s Pretend For a Moment It Is All About Broadband
    For years, already, the major telecommunications firms have been receiving major subsidies to wire up the world. In some instances where the telcos have performed as they have promised, it’s proven to be a boon to the economy. In most of the cases, though, the major telcos have taken the governmental subsidies and done very little to complete the work they were contracted for.

    The first example that springs to mind is the case of AT&T and how they, as Slashdot put it, “Pillaged South Africa’s Economy.”

16. #509820
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 am, RogerCfromSD said:

    Assuming there IS a return to the Fairness Doctrine, and, that even web sites are compelled to abide by it, what will we do?

    Already, the upstream media propagandizes for the socialists. They effectively prevent certain stories from being seen by the multitude of Americans who may not use the Internet as a source of information. If people don’t know about instances of oppression, that oppression will continue unabated.

    So, what will become of free speech after the socialists implement their unconstitutional nonsense?

    Seriously, what is the plan? It’s going to be easier to fight the oppression if we’re pro-active.

17. #509823
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 am, Truesoldier said:

    Rabbidsquirrel,

    Thanks for the info. As for the weather, it is a bit hazy and 72 out at the moment. We had some great thunder storms last night though.

18. #509827
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 am, Truesoldier said:

    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 am, RogerCfromSD said:
    Assuming there IS a return to the Fairness Doctrine, and, that even web sites are compelled to abide by it, what will we do?

    See, I just dont see a return to the fairness doctrine at all especially on the web. It could backfire on the Libs if they did it and I believe they realized it and that is why the talk died out. They realize they have far more to loose as they have a tight grip on the Old Media (and the polls show that the American people realize it). Not to mention could you imagine sites like KOS and DU having to allow equal time on their sites?

19. #509828
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:49 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Seriously, what is the plan? It’s going to be easier to fight the oppression if we’re pro-active.

    Hard to say. The Doctrine would most likely be updated to reflect todays society, so I’m sure a lot of avenues around it would be closed. However there would always be a way to wrap onto the framework in order to meet the letter of the law and avoid the spirit.

    Before these idiots in congress screwed us over regarding the bailout, I would have said the Doctrine could not be put in place in this era. But since they are ignoring the will of the people, who knows what they can push through.

    I dont think they could do it very fast, and if they do, the backlash at the 2010 election will be massive. As it is, the independants will realize within the next year that they shouldnt have been drinking the kool-aid.

    Telling a toddler not to reach up and touch a hot stove is never as effective as letting them touch the red hot coil.

20. #509830
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 am, Truesoldier said:

    72 ?!?!?! Thats freezing!

    At one time, I was in Saudi in January and it was 90. The outdoor pool was closed because it was TOO COLD lol.

21. #509832
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 2:03 am, Truesoldier said:

    It is supposed to warm up to 91 today. As it is I am in the Northern part of Iraq so it does stay a bit cooler here. This summer was really mild. The funny thing is even the locals were making fun of Global Warming saying that they were not used to it being so mild in August (I think it only reached around 115 this August on Average).

22. #509972
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 am, md1964 said:

    We are seeing the Hugo Chavez model for government overthrow, happening right in front of our faces…. and unfortunately, our democratic and Constitutional Rights are going to swept away…”Willingly” if these Marxist are voted in..

23. #509987
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 9:35 am, pdigaudio said:

    Here’s the deal with the (Un)Fairness Doctrine. It passes by wide majorities in the deep blue Congress and Our Lord and Savior signs it into law. Or His FCC reinstitutes it. Either way, it gets litigated all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

    However, as Brian Anderson pointed out the other day in the NY Post, The Messiah plans on requiring an increased amount of local programming, which will cut into the syndicated national radio shows and He plans on creating community boards to monitor programming.

    Now you can guess who will be on those boards. That’s right. Community organizers. Leftwing rabble-rousers. ACORN types. Willing to protest outside of radio stations and harass station management when it comes to license renewal, the period for which Obama wants to shorten from 8 years to 2.

    End result? They don’t need the (Un)Fairness Doctrine to get rid of El Rushbo. Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other national shows will be dumped, as will (here in Wisconsin) local conservative shows such as Charlie Sykes and Mark Belling.

    In their place will be home and garden shows, entertainment, local yakkers who host shows where people call in with puppies for sale or to swap recipes.

    Socialized broadband will extend this to the Internet.

24. #510026
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 am, Truesoldier said:

    pdigaudio,

    great points. That is where I see this going also. Why bother with the (un)fairness doctrine when you can go other avenues that are not as blantantly obvious.

25. #510654
    On October 22nd, 2008 at 1:57 pm, pdigaudio said:

    I have a blogger acquaintance who maintains that Limbaugh, Hannity, et al. belong on Sirius or XM anyway, like Howard Stern, that those who want to listen to them should be forced to pay for it.

    El Rushbo probably won’t lose his influence if he were on Sirius or XM, but losing local talk show hosts would hurt. In southeast Wisconsin, hosts such as Charlie Sykes and Mark Belling are the counter to the liberal lapdogs at the Milwaukee Journal or the Wisconsin State Journal who do nothing but advance the liberal agenda.