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"Net Neutrality"
Beer, Bicycles and the VRWC
2010-03-14 13:11:00
Extraordinarily bad.Why would we trade some dreamed-up "enslavement" to "evil" corporations for true enslavement to the government' Common Cause defines it as, "the principle that Internet users should be able to access any web content they choose, without restrictions or limitations imposed by their Internet Service Provider."I haven't had any problems with my ISP telling me I can't access some content. Have you' But even so, there are no Free Speech rights required of your ISP. The government is required to allow you to speak your mind. FCC control of the internet runs the risk of the r

The FCC Plans Broadband Expansion, or Maybe Broadband Finagling: How Will The Cable Game Be Affected
The Cable Game
2010-03-13 15:46:00
"F.C.C. Plan to Widen Internet Access in U.S. Sets Up Battle"--that's the headline in The New York Times, atop a piece co-authored by a Cable Game fave, Brian Stelter. Indeed, Brian's fingerprints on this story remind us that the Internet has plenty to do with TV. The FCC, of course, is now chaired and controlled by Julius Genachowski, one of Barack Obama's best friends. And so the question: Will all these proposed rules changes, all thousands of pages of them, as they spill out over the next few years, be used to stick it to Fox and Fair & Balanced media in general' And how will other big

Henry Waxman: Leftism Personified
FrontPage Magazine
2010-03-12 13:29:01
Henry Waxman has served in the House of Representatives for the past 36 years. He supports the Fairness Doctrine, Cap-and-Trade, and the implementation of government-run health insurance. Six years ago he facilitated the efforts of Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange, and Code Pink to deliver a combined $600,000 in medical supplies and cash to the families of the terrorist insurgents who were

Will the real responsible media please stand up
Reporters' Roundtable with Hassan Giordano
2010-03-11 11:04:42
Journalistic Integrity Related posts:Md. Democrats Drop the Ball on Repeal Effort Did the MD. GOP Force the Change of Strategy of...Maryland's Fairness Doctrine Bill' House Bill 1182 = Bad News and the END of...Md. Death Penalty debate  UpDate As the Reporters' Roundtable has been the leading media outlet...

Are We Seeing A Change In How News Is Delivered'
Chuck Thinks Right
2010-03-09 21:52:00
For decades Democrats have had a secret weapon in their bid to keep control of the government, the media. Until about the last 5 - 7 years the left almost entirely dominated the media; network, cable, and print. The only real conservative inroad up until the last few years has been talk radio, which is why Obama attempted to shut it down with the "fairness doctrine" when he entered office. The media was not only biased, they were actively carrying water for Democrats, up to and including Dan Rather going as far as using known forgeries of Bush records to try to give John Kerry the 2004 electio

Liberal Fascism Alert: Sean Penn Edition -- By: Kevin D. Williamson
Media Blog - National Review Online
2010-03-09 13:16:02
I note that an earlier subtitle of Jonah's book referenced "the totalitarian temptation ...." Sean Penn is feeling the temptation: First Amendment be damned . . . If Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn had his way, any journalist who called Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a dictator would quickly find himself behind bars. Penn, appearing on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Friday, defended Chavez during a segment in which he detailed his work with the JP Haitian Relief Organization, which he co-founded. "Every day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it, and acc

Message from the Left: SHUT UP
Reaganite Republican
2010-03-07 16:19:47
Andrew Klavan explores the libs' primary policy debate platform... -h/t Ed R-Left, liberals, fairness doctrine, klavan, socialism, shut up

Remember card check'
Fishersville Mike
2010-03-05 22:02:00
Looking through my archives, I remembed that the possible renewal of the Fairness Doctrine and the Employee Free Choice Act were supposed to be big deals.Haven't heard much about them in a long, long time.But why not bring back my idea for a union for conservative bloggers'I've got a name - Union of Political Commenters Having Unique Conservative Knowledge (UPCHUCK).I've got a slogan - UPCHUCK. You can't keep us down.And I've reworked this song from my past. Enjoy.Look for the union labelWhen you are reading a comment or blogRemember somewhere, we’re in pajamasNot the Bahamas, like those ric

"I Was Just Trying to Light My Candle"
New Mexico Civil Rights Law Blog : New Mexico Civil Rights Lawyer & Attorney : Kennedy Law Firm : Al
2010-03-03 18:16:39
March 2, 2010 “I actually thought I was going to die,” Susan Schuurman told the jury in the second week of trial in Lynn Buck, et al. v. The City of Albuquerque, et. al. “I ran over to the sidewalk in front of the Frontier, doubled over trying to breathe … It was really scary, I was terrified.” Susan is one of eleven named plaintiffs in the major federal civil rights trial going on now, before Judge Johnson in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. She described the night of March 20, 2003, after several tear gas canisters had bee

New Law Journal Issues: GILJ, IJRL, JMRI
Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog
2010-03-01 11:00:00
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 1 (Fall 2009) [contents]- Mix of articles.International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 22, no. 1 (March 2010) [contents]- Includes the following articles: "The Marine I Case: a Comment"; "A Legal History: The Emergence of the African Resettlement Candidate in International Refugee Management"; "Muslim Women's Claims to Refugee Status Within the Context of Child Custody Upon Divorce Under Islamic Law"; and "A Comparative Analysis of the Response of the UNHCR and Industrialized States to Rapidly Fluctuating Refugee Status and Asylum Applications: Le

Disagreeing With Pete On Reconciliation And Health Care Reform
Capital Gains and Games | Washington, Wall Street & Everything in Between
2010-02-28 13:17:25
Pete's post below on reconciliation and healthcare reform takes a far too strict look at what could and could not be included in a health care reform bill considered under reconciliation rules.Pete's correct that the primary consideration is whether a provision would have an impact on the federal budget. He's also absolutely, positively, no-doubt-about-it correct that the Byrd Rule was created to prevent "extraneous" (that is, having no impact on the budget whatsoever) provisions from being included. I recall one of the things that got Senator Byrd (D-WV) so exercised was

The Secrets of Talk Radio | "Get People Angry"
Country Comes To Town
2010-02-27 14:33:00
Rush Limbaugh once told someone that the secret to success in talk radio is that "you have to get half of the country to hate your guts." A former radio news director has penned a fascinating article for Milwaukee Magazine and Truthout, describing how right-wing radio hosts work to get people angry to boost their ratings.[...] To succeed, a talk show host must perpetuate the notion that his or her listeners are victims, and the host is the vehicle by which they can become empowered. The host frames virtually every issue in us-versus-them terms. There has to be a bad guy against whom the host w

Fairness Doctrine* in Baby Steps...
blonde sagacity
2010-02-26 07:45:00
If the Obama administration can't yet legally pluck Glenn, Rush and Sean from the airwaves...they can at least attempt to use them to push their own talking points.You're gonna love this: An offshoot of the DNC, 'Organizing for America,' has set up a website coaching libs on how to call Conservative talk shows and what to say to various hosts. The first time I went on I was told to call Roger Hedgecock's show, given some tips like this:"Some hosts may challenge your views. Stay calm and firm. Sharing a personal story about how health reform affects you and your family is a great way to show th

Feb 23rd 1927 – the FCC was created
Home -
2010-02-22 17:12:00
Back on February 23rd 1927, Calvin Collidge signed the Radio Act of 1927 and created the FCC (then called the Federal Radio Commission - FRC). This also recognized the broadcaster's right to "free speech" (which was later changed to include the Fairness Doctrine in 1949). Free speech was limited though by stating: "No person within the jurisdiction of the United States shall utter any obscene, indecent, or profane language by means of radio communication." I wonder what they'd say about the material and the various delivery mechanisms available today...

Radio Show Today 1:30pst
Seeing the Forest
2010-02-22 15:23:36
On my regular segment on the radio show The Fairness Doctrine today at 4:30est or so, on WDIS in Boston, I will be talking about today's post Whirlpool Exec Responds: The System Made Us Do It. You can listen by clicking "Listen Live" and there will be a podcast available later. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Seeing the Forest at http://seeingtheforest.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Whither terrorism'
Heartache with Hard Work
2010-02-21 01:44:04
Kevin Drum, who is one of my favorite daily reads, has a very peculiar post today. The subject is whether Joseph Stack (the crazy IRS bomber guy) is a terrorist. Now, this is not a question that interests me at all, and I've actually been ignoring the debate. But I read Drum because I figured he might have some kind of spin on it. Turns out the answer is yes, but not in the direction I was expecting:Stack doesn't really have a policy he wants changed. He's mad at the government, he's mad at paying unfair taxes, and he's mad at the turns his life has taken. But if, instead of killing people

Of High Treason and Economic Incompetence: The Reagan Years Revisited!
BuzzFlash.net - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash
2010-02-19 22:50:01
When I think about what Ronald Reagan did to this nation, I think of how he struck at and perhaps killed-off a viable labor movement. I think about how middle class families made homeless lived under bridges and overpasses in boomtown Houston. I think about how Reagan, like Bush, waged a phony war on terrorism during which terrorist attacks increased some three fold. I think about how Ed Meese waged a war on porn even as a gay prostitution ring operated right out of the White House. I think about how Ronald Reagan neutered affirmative action, the fairness doctrine, and the industries that had

Plataforma del Tea Party
El Opinador Compulsivo
2010-02-18 12:59:00
Está en preparación el "Contrato Desde America", los puntos de la plataforma del Tea Party, seleccionados de una lista de miles por medio de encuestas online. Aca los pongo traducidos porque me parecen muy interesantes y en varios casos replicables para la Argentina (año verde).Enmienda constitucional para obligar a tener un presupuesto balanceado y mayoría de 2/3 para cualquier aumento de impuestos.Derogar permanentemente todos los aumentos de impuestos programados para el 2011Requerir que los proyectos de ley en el Congreso se publiquen 7 días antes de cualquier votación, y que todos l

Contract FROM America
Right Klik
2010-02-17 15:56:00
Have you been following this' I first heard about the Contract from America from Glenn Reynolds:Though the name may remind some of Newt Gingrich's Contract with America, this is something very different.It's a set of ideas developed via an interactive Web site, where voting determines which elements are most important. And it's not a top-down contract consisting of promises made by leaders to the voters -- it's more in the nature of a contract of employment from the voters, which politicians may choose to accept, or look for alternative employment.This is basically a crowd-sourced party platf

Dave Johnson: News Flash: Nations Compete
Campaign Donors : Fundrace 2008 - Huffington Post
2010-02-15 20:00:51
I have a regular spot on the radio show, The Fairness Doctrine, currently in Massachusetts but going national. The show has a liberal and a...

News Flash: Nations Compete
Seeing the Forest
2010-02-15 19:58:11
This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF. I have a regular spot on the radio show, The Fairness Doctrine, currently in Massachusetts but going national. The show has a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Seeing the Forest at http://seeingtheforest.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Time Machine
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello
2010-02-14 12:54:00
Déjà vu Here's what was news one year ago today .... (Yup, I save 'em all) Congress Gives Final Approval to $787 Billion Stimulus... Democrats muscle it through... WORLD TO STAY IN SLUMP Wreckage, remains being gathered at NY crash site... 'Significant Ice Buildup'... Steep Turn Before Fatal Crash... BRITISH AIRWAYS jet with 71 aboard crash-lands... Justice Dept. Probing Campaign Donations From Lobbying Firm; New Infor on Murtha Investigation... The Prince of hypocrites: Charles embarks on

"A Simple Way to Data Mine"
EconomPic
2010-02-13 17:20:00
James Altucher has an article in the WSJ titled 'A Simple Way to Beat Hedge Funds' in which he discusses the 4x2 system:I’ve traded this system for years, and even though it has no fancy chaos theory, it works. Basically, if a stock falls in price for four days in a row (for instance, after a bad earnings report) chances are the selling is done. Within four days, everyone’s seen the news, everyone’s had a chance to sell and most of the sellers have probably already sold.He reports the following cumulative performance from 1992-2009.I had no problem with the article (the idea is creative,

Fairness Doctrine Unleashed
The Observatorium
2010-02-13 00:28:00
Down in Virginia, the pro-choicers are incensed again; this time it’s because pro-lifers have a license plate and the pro-choicers don’t. So, in the interest of leveling the playing field, pro-choicers are demanding the Virginia legislature give them a plate, or they’ll sue.Of course they will."We really don't feel like a license plate is the place to be promoting a political agenda," Tarina Keene, executive director of NARAL's Virginia group told the Los Angeles Times, but the organization is promoting one anyway because pro-life advocates have one.So, you see, it’s not political: NA

A Top Ten Worst List
Honor and Dishonor
2010-02-10 20:56:00
Read-em and weep: Juan Cole's Top Ten Worst things about the Bush Decade. His intro:Here are my picks for the top ten worst things about the wretched period, which, however, will continue to follow us until the economy is re-regulated, anti-trust concerns again pursued, a new, tweaked fairness doctrine is implemented, and we return to a more normal distribution of wealth (surely a quarter of the privately held wealth is enough for the one percent') It isn't about which party is in power; parties can always be bought. It is about how broadly shared resources are in a society. Egalitarianism is