Seems like some people over in Democrat-land have hankering not just to hush Rush, but to block blogs:
Waxman is also interested, say sources, in looking at how the Internet is being used for content and free speech purposes. “It’s all about diversity in media,” says a House Energy staffer, familiar with the meetings. “Does one radio station or one station group control four of the five most powerful outlets in one community? Do four stations in one region carry Rush Limbaugh, and nothing else during the same time slot? Does one heavily trafficked Internet site present one side of an issue and not link to sites that present alternative views? These are some of the questions the chairman is thinking about right now, and we are going to have an FCC that will finally have the people in place to answer them.”
I guess this means that if I put up a comment negative to Obama, I’d have to link to a pro-Obama comment? What if it turns out that my particular bit of negativity about Obama is not matched by positive comment on the same subject, elsewhere? Do I have to make up a pro-Obama comment to make certain that I’m being “fair”? And who gets to decide what is fair, anyways?
This is the fascist element in the left rising to the surface – this desire not to be bothered by dissenting opinion based upon a presumption that the left has it right and those who disagree are either stupid or destructive. Nothing gets under the skin of a lefty faster than saying “you’re wrong” to him – you can call a lefty’s mother a whore and not have as negative a reaction. The entire world view of a lefty is based upon a presumption of superior intellect over conservatives, and thus when a conservative refuses to acknowledge this, it is the ultimate insult.
They will try to do this – censor talk radio, censor conservative blogs…they will do everything they can to block, slow down, intimidate and otherwise harass conservative voices. And keep in mind that when they do it, they’ll be convinced they are doing the right thing. So, eternal vigilance will be the price of our liberty until we can get people into office who actually understand what freedom is.
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