Entries in the Category "Constitutional Issues"
Democrats want to suspend freedom of speech!
The “Fairness Doctrine” is being pushed around the country by Democratic Party operatives. What exactly is the fairness doctrine? It sounds pretty good right? We’re just going to institute some fairness into something. It is anything but that. The “Fairness Doctrine” calls for a regulation on the radio stations that would regulate what opinions can be discussed on the radio. They would require a balance of liberal and conservative talk shows. Despite digesting that much of the bill, many still support it. They are dead wrong. Let me remind you of the first amendment:
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.
How would the “Fairness Doctrine” not violate that part of the constitution? You cannot restrict free speech in this country. It is guaranteed by our constitution. If Barack Obama tries to push this as his operatives are implying that he will… there will be an outrage. If it passes… radio stations will go bankrupt. They have tried introducing liberal talk radio shows… but they have all failed. They do not make as much advertising revenue as conservative shows. Radio stations are already going bankrupt around the country. Clear channel has laid off thousands of employees. Why would in institute a constitution violating law that would make it worse for them?
Barack Obama and his socialist comrades in congress are endangering everything that this country was founded on. They are bringing about fear. They already used that fear to pass an 800 billion dollar “Stimulus Package” that really is just a power grab designed to give money to all of the liberal special interest groups. They are also taking steps to make the people dependent on them by expanding government welfare. Obama and his socialist comrades are expanding the government workforce to try and secure their majority. Now that they have flooded their supporters with tons of money... they are trying to suppress all critics by getting rid of freedom of speech even though it is guaranteed in our constitution. This sounds a lot more like the USSR than the United States of America. If we continue down this path, we will no longer be the USA… we will be the USSA.
Update:
Obama felt the political pressure and backed off this issue for now. We must watch for this issue to resurface.