Tuesday, February 24, 2009

'Fairness' or Censorship?

The First Amendment and its Dismantlers

Rush Limbaugh Writes in the Wall Street Journal [click to read] about new efforts to silence differing opinions on the government licensed media. I Have Written Before About Why the 'Fairness' Doctrine Isnt! [click to read].

"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." -- Amendment I, US Constitution

It's clear that the founders of our Nation felt it necessary to explicitly protect public dialogue. It is also clear that certain public officials feel it necessary to squelch such dialogue. That is a dangerous precident. Here's a Petition Being Circulated by World Net Daily [click to sign] that addresses the 'Fairness' Doctrine. It's time to exercise this right or lose it for a long time...

ht/Lynn

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