Friday, October 30, 2009

Med Debate With Lib

A E D-M posted a link. Get the facts about the stability and security you get from health insurance reform | Health Insuran Source: www.whitehouse.gov

JM Bovee A govt. website? Sure, why not....Hey, didn't Linda Douglass work for ABC news before she joined the Obama administration?

A E D-M why did i KNOW you would comment on this? ;) it's a start - for those who might not know where to begin. there is a lot of information to take in. you and i might never agree on politics, but i would hope we agree that people need to start to get informed :)

JM Bovee In the old days, a guy would try to sell a tonic that would "cure all," and he'd have a 'plant' in the audience who would pretend not to know him and drink it (see The Outlaw Josey Wales for an example, or Say, Say, Say video with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson). Next thing you know, he'd laud it as a wonderful cure to all of his ailments. If the govt. is trying to push something on us, then why would we take seriously the opinion of their 'plants?'

JM Bovee Since when do we trust the govt? Isn't a non-biased, impartial source preferable?

A E D-M would you trust government if your party was in office? just curious. and i would love for you to share an "impartial source" with the rest of the crowd.

JM Bovee I might ask you the same question....An impartial source would be the 1000 page House bill itself. I mean, were you or were you not distrustful for the 8 years previous to Obama?

A E D-Mwow. um, i asked you first. i would have thought you would have jumped at the chance? i'll glaldy read what you have to share, but i'm not going to continue bantering over me posting a simple link on my own page.

JM Bovee I trust the govt. to do what it is obligated to do vis-a-vis the Constitution...namely defense of it's citizens...with one exception...neither party will close the southern border. Bantering is what our forefathers did when they devised the greatest Constitution in the history of mankind. Debate is a cornerstone to greatness.

A E D-M the difference between you and i, is that while i respect your opinions and beliefs, you belittle and demean mine. i refuse to go there with you. it's not worth my time at all. but again - if you had a good site for me to look at, i would like to see it. i don't "vote democrat," i vote what i believe in. take care!!!

JM Bovee Demean? For starters: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.+1:

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/what-the-health-care-bill-actually-says

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Fairness Doctrine

I sent:

Big brother has come from the Left!

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told radio host and WND columnist Bill Press yesterday when asked about whether it was time to bring back the so-called "Fairness Doctrine": "I think it's absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it's called the Fairness Standard, whether it's called something else – I absolutely think it's time to be bringing accountability to the airwaves.

Her website -- http://stabenow.senate.gov/contact.htm

My email to her -- "You have recently been attributed the status of newest supporter of this draconian measure, The Fairness Doctrine. Consider, you and everyone who globs onto to this nonsensical doctrine, will be seen throughout history much the same way John Adams is now for signing the Alien and Sedition Acts, and all of your reputations will suffer in perpetuity as his has."

This person replied:

Seems to me that all they're trying to say is "Great, the Right can use the airwaves to say whatever they want (via Rush, Hannity, etc,) but we also have to make room for opposing opinions on those same airwaves... Is this not fair/reasonable/American? -"hence, accountability to the airwaves"? I'm just wanting to become more informed re this issue.

My reply:

"We have to make room?" It is the free market system that will determine the success of shows, and anything other commodity in a capitalist system. Rush, Hannity, etc. are successful b/c they have millions of listeners. If the liberals want to be heard then they 'have to' attract listeners. Telling people they 'have to' listen is another matter, & telling radio stations they 'have to' carry unpopular shows is another matter. That is totalitarianism.

Besides, this was all already attempted with Air America (Al Franken, Janine Garafolo (sp), Whoopi Goldberg, etc. and they failed. The government cannot (for now) and should not FORCE these shows on the air, or on TV, or anything else.

Ask yourself this...if talk radio were dominated by liberals, do you think any of these politicians would give a damn about it? Liberals dominated the newspapers, and TV news shows, and still do, for decades. I know, radio is another matter. The principle is the same. Fox News didn't whine to the government and FORCE itself on TV. No, they dominate the ratings...that is why they are on, and their giving a voice to conservatives (as well as plenty of liberals) is why they have been number one for years.

I thought we couldn't legislate morality. Now we're going to legislate fairness? Who gets to determine what is fair? Even if the government paid to have a leftist show on the air (hmmm...sounds like PBS), what happens when their ratings pale in comparison to the right? Are we going to tell people they 'have to' listen, and force them to through legislation? If you think I am being too melodramatic here, then I suggest you read some history about China, the former USSR, East Germany, and Cuba...just to name a few.

JM