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Final-Fan on 05 November 2008
halogamer1989 said:
stof said:
halogamer1989 said:
Congrats to my liberal friends. Although I don't like Obama, I trust he will move centrist. Damn... Oh well --- 2012 is only 4 years away.
I agree with Akuma. You're commitment and political involvement is admirable on many levels. I may intensely dislike your party, but I have the outmost respect for both you and McCain.
Thanks stof.  Hopefully, Reid and Pelosi won't reel in the new President Obama (I am still gonna have to get used to that) and make him ultra-conservative--partial birth abortion, tax rules, secret ballot eradication, Fairness act, etc.

I am pretty confident when I say that "partial-birth" abortions are not on the liberal agenda. 

"Secret ballot eradication" is never going to happen, and good liberals will fight against any such thing right alongside good libertarians. 

I'm not sure what you mean by "tax rules" and "Fairness Act".

[edit:  I forgot, you must be in Step 1.] 



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Jackson50 on 05 November 2008

He is in all likelihood referring to the Fairness Doctrine.



akuma587 on 05 November 2008

I'm still not totally sure what the Fairness Doctrine is.



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It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

The_vagabond7 on 05 November 2008

It's finally over folks.



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halogamer1989 on 05 November 2008
akuma587 said:
I'm still not totally sure what the Fairness Doctrine is.

 

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The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that required the holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced. The United States Supreme Court has upheld the Commission's general right to enforce such a policy where channels are limited, but the courts have generally not considered that the FCC is obliged to do so.[1] The FCC has since withdrawn the Fairness Doctrine, prompting some to urge its reintroduction through either Commission policy or Congressional legislation.[2]

 

It means "stifling consent" as Jack Kennedy put it and would weaken our position in talk radio and outreach.  The FCC should not interfere with people's right to free speech no matter how fair they want to make it.  Let the broadcasters decide and not the overextensive gov't.

 



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akuma587 on 05 November 2008

Thanks halogamer. Doesn't sound like something that needs to be implemented. While I may not agree with many of the biggest talk radio stars (Rush Limbaugh), I don't think we should put a muzzle on them.

In other news, it looks like Obama is going to win North Carolina too. 99% of the precincts are reporting and Obama is slightly up.



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It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

Jackson50 on 05 November 2008

^ I knew it...Akuma is a closet right winger.



Final-Fan on 05 November 2008
halogamer1989 said:
akuma587 said:
I'm still not totally sure what the Fairness Doctrine is.
The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that required the holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced. The United States Supreme Court has upheld the Commission's general right to enforce such a policy where channels are limited, but the courts have generally not considered that the FCC is obliged to do so.[1] The FCC has since withdrawn the Fairness Doctrine, prompting some to urge its reintroduction through either Commission policy or Congressional legislation.[2]

It means "stifling consent" as Jack Kennedy put it and would weaken our position in talk radio and outreach.  The FCC should not interfere with people's right to free speech no matter how fair they want to make it.  Let the broadcasters decide and not the overextensive gov't.

I appreciate your concern that a reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would hurt conservative talk radio, but the airwaves belong to the people of the United States.  They, in the form of the government, choose to allow certain private enterprises to use pieces of it, but that is a privilege of those enterprises, not a right.  At least, according to the Supreme Court of the United States.  [edit:  If the Fairness Doctrine was actually proven to be detrimental to free speech, there'd be something to hold against it...]

P.S.  "It did not require equal time for opposing views, but required that contrasting viewpoints be presented."  (from the same Wikipedia article you quote)

P.P.S.  I don't know what you mean by "stifling consent".  Source?



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Jandre002 on 05 November 2008

Well you know PRESIDENT OBAMA had a pretty good speech tonight!

Wow...absolutely amazing. I love America



Final-Fan on 05 November 2008
Jandre002 said:
Well you know PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA had a pretty good speech tonight!

Wow...absolutely amazing. I love America

fixed.  But I wish it was right already.



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