So, naturally, they are trying to suppress it – Ed Morrissey notes:

Mark Tapscott notices an interesting blog post by Norman Eisen, who works for Barack Obama as Special Counsel to the President on Ethics and Government Reform. Anticipating a deluge of criticism over the thus-far ineffectual spending plan, Eisen has a straightforward plan to deal with criticism. He’ll simply use the power of the federal government to silence it. Problem solved!

“First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists. For the first time, we will reach contacts not only by registered lobbyists but also by unregistered ones, as well as anyone else exerting influence on the process. We concluded this was necessary under the unique circumstances of the stimulus program. [emphasis mine — Ed]

Second, we will focus the restriction on oral communications to target the scenario where concerns about merit-based decision-making are greatest –after competitive grant applications are submitted and before awards are made. Once such applications are on file, the competition should be strictly on the merits. To that end, comments (unless initiated by an agency official) must be in writing and will be posted on the Internet for every American to see.

Third, we will continue to require immediate internet disclosure of all other communications with registered lobbyists. If registered lobbyists have conversations or meetings before an application is filed, a form must be completed and posted to each agency’s website documenting the contact.

For years we were told that dissent was the highest form of patriotism…apparently, the highest form in 2009 is slavish devotion to the Obamunist party line. Who is an “unregistered lobbyist”? Who is “exerting influence”? Well, my friends, that is you and me – and anyone else the White House doesn’t want mouthing off on the Spendulus program. We’re now shut out – unless we first fill out a form…the White House doesn’t have to fill out a form before commenting on us “unregistered lobbyists”, but we have to fill out a form for them to post on the web. Meanwhile, the CEO of GE – who is well connected to the White House – just what form do you think he’ll be expected to fill out? Only the one detailing how much money he’ll donate in 2012.

Obama and Co are trying to carefully script the whole thing. They have to, you see? When you’ve promised to “save or create” x number of jobs, provide health care for all Americans, reduce the deficit, win the war and a host of other things, you can’t afford to have a free flow of information…that would get tricky and might allow the truth to come out. And we can’t have that, now can we? I mean, if the truth comes out, Obama might lose in 2012, and how would that help Obama?

Words for the GOP to battle for:

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. – Frederick Douglas

They want to destroy the Church because that is the strongest bulwark of civilization – and the bulwark is fighting back:

In the United States District Court Friday, attorneys representing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport filed a lawsuit against officials of the State of Connecticut Office of State Ethics (OSE), seeking a court order to stop them from an unconstitutional application of state lobbying laws.

These officials are requiring the Diocese – and presumably all other organizations – to register as a lobbyist in order to engage in activities such as a rally at the State Capitol or using its website to encourage its members to contact their elected representatives. Application of the law in this manner would subject the First Amendment rights of Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Assembly to government oversight and penalties.

Bishop William E. Lori stated today, “Following the surprise introduction of Bill 1098, a proposal that singled out Catholic parishes and would have forced them to reorganize contrary to Church law and the First Amendment, our Diocese responded in the most natural, spontaneous, and frankly, American, of ways: we alerted our membership – in person and through our website; we encouraged them to exercise their free speech by contacting their elected representatives; and, we organized a rally at the State Capitol. How can this possibly be called lobbying?”

They are trying to make it very 1984-ish…in that it won’t be actually illegal to petition the government for redress of grievances, but there will be so many hoops to jump through that it is inevitable that if you do attempt to petition, you’ll be in violation of the law. Naturally, this will only apply to those groups who tend to be in favor of freedom…if you are petitioning the government to tighten the screws on, say, the Church, then no scrutiny will be applied. Fascism is coming to America in little drips…just a bit more, just a bit more, just a bit more…and before you know it, you’ve lost parental authority, property rights, freedom of speech…and free exercise of religion.

All of this – plus the increasing corrupt in government and the continuing collapse of the economy – are setting up a revolutionary sentiment in the population. In Britain it looks like more than half the members of Parlaiment will not be returned after the next election; in the United States, once safe liberals like Dodd are increasingly under threat. All across the western world, the people are growing restive about the way things have gone – the way, that is, our powerful elites have screwed things up and propose to cure the disease by giving us more of the same. These attempts to silence critics are just part of the desperate, rear-guard action of the powerful…trying to shut us down and shut us out, lest we turn them all out into the streets and take back our government.

The current is set, however – it can’t be turned back; it might be delayed for a while, but the river of liberty is about to drown liberal fascism in a flood of revolution.

Well, thanks, Democrats:

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