LET'S SHACKLE THE PRESS AND ABOLISH THE FIRST AMENDMENT!

This came across yesterday. Seems the majority party in Congress has decided to try and strangle the free press in America. Wouldn't that just leave us with the partisan press and blogs (they never lie, never screw up the facts, never disobey direct orders)? You've seen what kind of mistakes they make...

WASHINGTON The House on Thursday approved a Republican-crafted resolution condemning news organizations for revealing a covert government program to track terrorist financing, saying the disclosure had "placed the lives of Americans in danger."

The resolution, passed 227-183 on a largely party-line vote, did not specifically name the news organizations, but it was aimed at the New York Times and other news media that last week reported on a secret CIA-Treasury program to track millions of financial records in search of terrorists.

One member of the House got it right...

"This is a clear, bald-faced attempt to strangle criticism of this administration,'' said Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell.

We sure hope none of our reps voted in favor of this -- surely Rep. JB wouldn't do this to the local media. Yeah, they ran the story too. And while we're at it, why doesn't Congress take a look at the White House and itself for leaking information to begin with? They yell about their own leakers all the time, but never do anything about it. Rove still has a job, doesn't he? It's just too easy to turn on the media that you don't control -- again, very Nixonian. Doesn't matter -- this still won't stop any journalists from following the money and reporting the truth, shining a light on what your elected officials are doing to you in DC. Jeez, are we starting to sound like Reagan folks from the early 80s? We think so.

Oh, yeah, former television sportscaster turned big-mouth Congressman from Arizona has decided to really clamp down...

In a separate effort, Arizona Republican Rep. J.D. Hayworth has gathered 70 signatures on a letter calling for Times reporters' media credentials to be revoked.

Why does he have a jones for teh NY Times? The LAT and WSJ also both reported it. He should go after them too. Wonder if he agrees with what that female talk show host from the West Coast said about wishing someone would convict then execute NYT Editor Bill Kellar?

This is what Congress has come to?

(quick update Rep. Boozman voted Yes, Ross voted Yes, Snyder No, Berry No)

The media and supporters of the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights know which ones are friends of freedom -- keep your eyes and ears on the other ones.

0 Comments:

Add a comment