“Open a notice of inquiry into hate speech in the media.”
The criminalization of conservative speech has been a recurring theme on this blog.
In particular, I’ve spotlighted the efforts of open-borders groups to marginalize, criminalize, and demonize those of us who have raised our voices for years about lax immigration enforcement — and to impose a Fairness Doctrine-style policy on amnesty opponents.
Keep all that in mind as you read this important investigative piece by Jeffrey Lord into collaboration between FCC officials and far Left members of the UCC church on ginning up petition signatures for a federal probe into “hate speech” against “immigrants.”
Lord’s conclusion and wake-up call:
Leading this charge or involved in some capacity are at least one Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, seven national churches, one left-wing billionaire who helps as always with the funding — and last but certainly not least, the White House. Specifically that would be Messrs. Emanuel, Axelrod and Ms. Dunn.
Hello? Is anyone home here? Is the First Amendment — which interestingly protects these very same churches — going to be assaulted like this while everyone just sits by and says nothing?
At a minimum, if you belong to one of these churches — churches that have apparently quite willingly handed themselves over to be political pawns of the FCC and the sentiments as expressed by the White House — this is disgraceful.
Three words seem appropriate: Let us pray.
Because we sure haven’t heard the last of this.
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You mean criminal illegal aliens don’t you? I have no problem with hate speech against criminal activities.
They can take thier investigation and —censored— that it will take a gerbil and a flash light to find it.
Speechless, I’m just speechless…
Liberalism is a religion, a higher calling to its adherents than any devotion to God. A liberal church is a church of liberalism.
Hate Speech against immigrants — What part of “Illegal Alien/Immigrant” do they define as hate speech? They are Criminal Illegal Alien/Immigrants that have broken Federal Law- Period, end of story.
Well if you aren’t, you will be in volation of federal hate crimes regulations.
All the hate speech I hear is emanating from left.
Happy Birthday Michelle and God Bless your parents for a job well done.
Illegal Alien! – Haha I said it.
Hehehehehehe.
Also, on a related note, NumbersUSA has posted a handful of recent articles on how many in Evangelical churches are gearing up to help make another run at Amnesty again. I would venture a guess that this proactive ‘projectionism’ is designed to try and throw those of us opposed back on our heels. However, as poll after poll and recent experience demonstrates, this will be yet another grand waste of time and an argument about something that should not even be an issue.
Roy also points out that not all churches are falling in line with the orders to march in lockstep for another Amnesty.
http://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/october-19-2009/few-evangelical-leaders-defend-pro-amnesty-stance-straw-men-they-say-
Looks like we not only have to fight to take back our country, we have to fight our own churches.
What can we do to avert this? Everything seems inevitably bad with this White House. Besides praying, which is the most powerful tool, I agree, what can be done??
Make it known to any business that hires illegals that you won’t do business with them because they hire illegals.
I’ve gotten rid of two landscapers that hire illegals. I do it myself now.
I’ve told the people who do other seasonal work life gutter cleaning that they could take a hike because they hire illegals.
Report businesses that hire illegals to the IRS.
May it painful for them.
what the?!
Happy Birthday Michelle!
How can a Church join with a President who gave a statement honoring Ramadan, but was silent for the National Day Of Prayer, and who hasn’t gone to Church since winning the Presidency, who supports killing babies, who supports homosexuality?
Who, in short, is so unChristian?
Laodiceans, all.
Indeed. Use IRS Form 3949a if you KNOW (not just think) a business hires/pays illegally. The report can be done anonymously to boot:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f3949a.pdf
2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Praying, getting the word out, and voting are not only all we can do, it’s the best we can do.
Ask Mark Steyn about hate speech and the whole “human rights” racket.
“Illegal aliens”.
There. I said it. I just asserted my first ammendment right. I guess I’ll be joining Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage and Lou Dobbs in the Gulag.
Finishing up the last and small books (letters) of the Bible. Much of what is said there warns ‘us’ to be careful not to follow leaders of the church who are false teachers. Still trying to reckon that with amnesty/criminal activity.
I pray that you’re having a Happy Birthday Michelle. And I hope all your birthday dreams and wishes come true!
Not to change the subject, but ACORN strikes again:
I only wish I was rich enough or won the lottery because this should be billboarded all over. Why no group’s done such really disturbs me.
The WH is encouraged that companies like Target fold like cheap cameras for selling mere illegal space alien Halloween costumes!
These idiots do not have chance one of pulling this off. If we cannot fight this one off, we are pretty inept.
They have 12 months and then game over.
Make it impossible to speak out against illegal ALIENS (uh oh, it’s Siberia for me) and they will have won the war. “See, nobody opposes amnesty Senator, well anyone except those white supremcists.” Screw hate laws and screw the assault on the 1st amendment. I have had it with this governement. All of them. Keep allowing 3rd world mass immigration (legal and illegal) and this country is doomed.
If PelosiReidObama is still in charge tomorrow, we’ll have to think of something else.
Just imagine what legislation they’ll try to pass between Nov 2010 and Jan 2011.
They will to busy packing up their things, waiting for the moving van, if we keep up the good work.
Flyoverman,
Once they lose the House and feel like they have nothing to lose is just when they’ll be the most dangerous.
I shall spew you out of my mouth, because you’re lukewarm….
also, is today Michelle’s birthday?
Unlawful immigrant – Illegal alien
An “immigrant” is defined in the dictionary as someone who has emigrated from their country of origin to a new home. Legally speaking, an Immigrant is someone who has gone through or made efforts to participate in the immigration process.
If someone has violated our laws and that is the sole reason for their being here in the first place, they are not lawful in their presence, and subsequently any and all actions by them are illegal in nature and they are not going through the legal and limited immigration process … they are an ILLEGAL ALIEN.
Scuse me … I am not guilty of driving on a suspended license … I am an undocumented driver.
Scuse me … I am not robbing this bank … I am an undocumented withdrawer of funds
Sounds more than just a little stupid does it not?
The ones who lose their seats may have that desire. Howevwer, there are two factors. Those who engage in “scorched earth” after they are beaten will burn any bridges they may have for future office.
Second there will be a group of Dems who escape being unelected by the skin of their teeth. They will be in no mood to engage in last minute tom foolery.
I also expect the Democrat leadership to be potentially gutted. They incumbents will be too busy infighting.
“Michelle Malkin (born October 20, 1970, née Maglalang) is an American conservative commentator, blogger and author”
If the wiki entry above is true…then
Happy Birthday!! What kinda cake you eating, Michelle?
Maligayang Bati!
Well, great. My BD is in 2 days.
Cool.
She’s a Libra/Year of the Metal Dog
We can call them more accurate names like: Immigration Scofflaws, Foreign National Collaborators.
“Year of the Metal Dog”?
Uh, Golden Retriever?
I’m a Year of the Metal Rat/Libra
If this isn’t Michelle, I don’t know what is!
Wow, on your twenty-second birthday I had a massive barbecue. My home burned down on 20, October 1992. If you would have been there you could have joined us as we had a barbecue to be remembered.
Since you were obviously too busy preparing for your future in life that gave so much more to so many people than my simple barbecue did, I hope that you will allow me to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS MALKIN!
May God grant you many more years here to enrich our lives and help us in our struggles!
Thank you Michelle for all you have done!
Happy Birthday Michelle!
Any public official who violates the first amendment should be removed by application of the second one (if necessary.)
I’ll make them a deal, stop the ILLEGAL immigration and increase the LEGAL immigration. I love our Mexican brothers and sisters, their work ethic, family values, music, food and art, etc. I just want to know who is coming here, that they are not criminals we just sent back, and none of them are Muslim. Oh and I would like them to assimilate our LAWFUL ways. I’ll even learn Spanish to help bridge the gap. What do you say hombre?
Precisely why it is there…
Dittos on the birthday well wishes!
I think Michelle had it right: they are more accurately called INVADERS. You can bet the Poles, French, Czechs, Russians etc., never thought of the German army as “undocumented immigrants”.
Another minor point – according to the article, Rush said “called Mexican immigrants, regardless of legal status, ‘a renegade, potential crime element that is unwilling to work.”
What Rush actually said was clearly in the context of illegal aliens. It’s even portrayed as such on the left-leaning Media Matters.
Yes, I got a screen cap.
I am troubled by Jeffrey Lord’s Article in the American Spectator, it is woven with tangents and tentacles, connecting dots that are a conspiracy theorists worst nightmare, . . . or maybe, best dream.
Lord says in his article -
“Rush Limbaugh, claims this formal petition from American churches to the FCC, is responsible for beating up Mexican men.”
Nope. The petition does not say that. What the petition does say, is the following -
“This incident occurred after radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh called Mexican immigrants, regardless of legal status, “a renegade, potential crime element that is unwilling to work.”
Lord assigns meaning to, and misrepresents, what was actually written. The petition does not say Rush was responsible in any manner for beating up Mexican men, or that he himself has beat up Mexican men. Though Lord goes on at length suggesting in his article that this is what Rush has done, and is doing.
For the record, Rush is not beating anyone up or has advocated beating any one up.
In fact Lord continues in his article -
“There is no record provided that a single kid ever mentioned Rush Limbaugh. Not one. Quite aside from the fact that Rush Limbaugh doesn’t advocate beating up anyone.”
So why does Lord go on and speculate about what he thinks the petition means about Rush? Could Lord be a conspiracy theorists?
Lord says in his article -
“Read the key phrases again. “Open a notice of inquiry into hate speech in the media.” Meaning, church members are being asked to sign on to an already-in-progress petition to the FCC that is opening the door to legal sanctions from the federal government on “hate speech in the media.”"
Lord’s concern is legal sanctions.
The reality is that this has been done already and the petition is an effort to update a previous study.
From the petition -
“On behalf of the So We Might See Coalition, we are supporting the requests of the National Hispanic Media Coalition and urge the Federal Communications Commission to open a notice of inquiry into hate speech in the media, and urge the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) to update its 1993 report, The Role of Telecommunications in Hate Crimes. We are concerned about this issue because of the possible connection between hate speech and violent hate crimes and the lack of information for members of the public concerned about the issue.”
Were there legal sanctions as a result of the 1993 report? Were any media outlets shut down as a result of the 16 year old report?
Is speculating about non existant legal sanctions the domain of conspiracy theorists?
I will grant that many things can, and will, be used for many different reasons, but that does not mean that the thing should not be done, made, or written, because of concern about how it will misused. Yep, kind of like the gun issue. Don’t prohibit them because others misuse them.
Lord says in his article -
“He says: “I am also pushing for a comprehensive FCC evaluation of the state of broadcast journalism.”
“The state of broadcast journalism. Which includes, of course, talk radio.”
“Now, how would one push for such a “comprehensive FCC evaluation” of talk radio?”"
Lord makes the first statement in reference to Commissioner Copp’s speech. Lord then suggests what this includes. And, in the third statement asks how this should be done.
From Commissioner Copps speech -
“I am also pushing for a comprehensive FCC evaluation of the state of broadcast journalism.”
The very next sentences of Commissioner Copp’s speech -
“Study after study tells us that most Americans continue to rely for the bulk of their news on broadcast television and newspapers. We also know these enterprises are under economic strain, partly from the Internet, partly, I suspect, from their own bad decision-making.”
No mention of talk radio, but a specific mention of television and newspapers. Does it take a conspiracy theorist to ignore what is mentioned and talk about what is not mentioned?
From Commissioner Copps Speech -
How does he intend to push for a comprehensive evaluation of broadcast journalism.
“You know, when a license renewal application comes in, maybe—just maybe—your FCC should be asking how that station is serving the interests of its locality. And maybe—just maybe—the answer should determine how we handle that application. Maybe we should be asking how stations are using all that new multi-cast capacity they were clamoring for in the DTV transition—just Doppler radar scopes and syndicated reruns, or new programs reflecting community life? We need a real dialogue about such things.”
Maybe, just maybe? You mean he does not have a formal plan? And, having a dialogue is just absolutely sinister.
Lord says in his article –
“. . . Rush is formally singled out in the petition . . .”
Yep, this is true. The petition does not address anyone else.
Though Lord works into his article the following people and organization – Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Bill O’Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Michael Savage, Michelle Malkin, Dick Morris, Andrew Breitbart, and Fox News.
Commissioner Copp does not mention any individual, or specific organization, in his speech, either. Lord mentions these individuals because links in an email he received, mentions a few of these people. Well actually, only Lou Dobbs is specifically mentioned in one of the links from Lord’s email. No one else is metioned.
Why does Lord mention these additional people? Why does he exclude Ann Coulter?
Lord says in his article -
“An assault by name on some, on others with their names left out, but surely every bit the target as the others.”
Yep, just because you can’t see them does not mean they are not there, or following you. Just because they are not specifically mentioned, does not mean they are not being talked about. Is this conspiracy theorist rationale at it’s best, or what?
Lord’s questions about the linkage between some of the principles in his article do merit further investigation.
And yes, for those who wish to pray, include the conspiracy theorists.
Dear ziggy,
What?
Dear Litty,
What, what?
Oops! I seem to have hit the “strike: tab instead of closing a quote.
So where is our third branch of Government? The Supreme Court sure are a quite bunch isn’t it their jobs to decide if something violates the constitution or our rights…and I don’t weigh in on the constitutionality of what the other two branches of Government are doing…so where is the Supreme Court?
There have been so many actions taken since last September one would think they would have an opinion on a lot of the actions being taken by the executive and legislative branches? Does someone have to file a law suit? What does it take to get them to weigh in?
quiet bunch
We are wasting too much time observing, documenting, and complaining about the tyranny that the Obama regime is perpetrating upon us. The time is NOW for some effective leadership to form an opposition whose goal is to topple the regime, imprison members of the ruling elite and forcibly reassert The Constitution of the United States of America.
If we don’t organize this opposition soon, our rights will be usurped to the point that we will never be able to mount an effective opposition.
Being a strong believer in the 1st amendment I have no trouble calling the illegal Mexicans just what they are…ILLEGAL ALIENS…I am also s strong believer in the 2nd amendment, with a CCPermit here in Orygun.
My post spoke to the conspiracy theories, exaggerrations and mischaracterizations suggested by Lord in his article.
OK. I will address your comments that had nothing to do with what I wrote.
Absolutely, majority rules and the rating system, success and what the people want to listen to, watch and read should be the only arbiter of what appears in the market.
Neither do I. Those are Commissioner Copp’s words. Not mine.
Read the petition. Read Lord’s article. Both are clear as to what each said.
[NOTE: Lord 'implied' far more than the petition did. And, as Rush has said and explained repeatedly many times, there is a difference between 'imply' and 'infer.']