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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (99842)	2/13/2011 12:01:18 PM
From: grusum	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224755

in a courtroom, what does it generally indicate when someone takes the fifth?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (99842)	2/13/2011 12:08:04 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224755

kenny..."The responsible Republican leaders will not associate themselves with the right wing crazies who question Obama's place of birth".... Has the thought ever entered you mind that " responsible Republican leaders " do not want to question where mr hussein was born because they will at all costs protect the USA...what do you think might happen if hussein obama is found to not be a born citizen of the USA????? What would happen to all the laws he signed his name too..what would happen if all that he did was not legal? what would happen to the USA and all the countries he signed treaties with. Do you really think that hussein obama and his gang are not aware that republican leaders will protect him and keep his history hidden for the good of the country??

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (99842)	2/13/2011 12:30:47 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224755

McConnell says Obama agenda is `over' Feb 12, By BRUCE SCHREINER apnews.myway.com LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared Saturday that President Barack Obama's legislative agenda is "over," but said GOP lawmakers are willing to work with the White House to do what they "think is right for America." In a speech Saturday night to a GOP crowd in his hometown, the Kentucky Republican derided Obama for performing "Clintonian back flips" to portray himself as a moderate, but said it's yet to be seen whether the new tone is "rhetoric or reality." McConnell, who in the past has touted his ability to bring federal spending to Kentucky, took a hard line on cutting federal spending. He said the Democratic president's credentials on spending and debt "are horrible, and he earned it." But McConnell said that congressional Republicans - who took control of the House and increased their numbers in the Senate following last year's election - are "prepared to do business" with Obama. "And to the extent that the president wants to do what we think is right for America, we won't say 'no' simply because there's an election coming along," said McConnell. After the fall elections, McConnell was criticized for saying his No. 1 goal was to make Obama a one-term president. But he later worked with the president to push through an extension of Bush administration tax cuts, including for top-earners. Still, McConnell drew cheers from the partisan crowd when he declared: "The legislative agenda of Barack Obama is over." McConnell also laid out the strategy of Senate Republicans, saying, "Whatever the House can get out of the House with a majority vote is the goal of the Senate." While Republicans remain in the minority in the Senate, McConnell said Democratic senators facing re-election next year have a political motivation to join GOP lawmakers in pushing for spending cuts. "We'll see how many of them come over and join us and begin to tackle our annual deficit," he said. McConnell said the national debt has grown rapidly with the stimulus spending under Obama, and yet national unemployment remains stubbornly high. McConnell warned that cutting federal spending won't come without some pain. "Everybody is going to have to do with less if we're going to get this job done," he said. "And we need to get it done."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (99842)	2/13/2011 12:57:22 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224755

House of Representatives Republicans Seek to Bury Regulation of Political Speech on Airwaves Published February 12, 2011 \| FoxNews.com foxnews.com Seeking to hammer the final nail in the coffin of the Fairness Doctrine, two Republican lawmakers who are former broadcasters have reintroduced a bill that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from regulating political speech on the airwaves. Amid calls for the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine after the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz, last month, Reps. Mike Pence of Indiana and Greg Walden of Oregon unveiled this week the Broadcaster Freedom Act, which would ban the FCC from forcing broadcasters to give free airtime to opposing sides on controversial issues. "The American people cherish freedom, especially freedom of speech and of the press," said Pence, a former radio talk show host who introduced the same bill in the last session of Congress when Democrats still controlled the House. "Bringing back the Fairness Doctrine would amount to government control over political views expressed on the public airways," he said in a statement. "We must pass the Broadcaster Freedom Act and bury the Fairness Doctrine once and for all." Walden, who owned and operated radio stations with his wife for nearly 22 years, said: "The Fairness Doctrine represents an assault on the fundamental freedoms included in the First Amendment. Called the Fairness Doctrine or a code name like localism, this kind of outdated government regulation of political speech has no place in the modern broadcasting landscape." Enacted under President Truman in 1949, the Fairness Doctrine sought to ensure that discussion over the airwaves of controversial issues did not exclude any particular point of view by threatening to strip broadcasters who didn't comply of their licenses. At the time, only 2,881 radio stations existed compared with roughly 14,000 today. A Supreme Court ruling in 1969 upheld the constitutionality of the regulation largely on the grounds that there were so few channels at the time. The FCC abolished the doctrine in 1987, casting its requirement that broadcasters devote equal time to all points of view an unconstitutional abridgement of free speech. Rush Limbaugh debuted on the nation's airwaves the following year and conservatives have dominated talk radio ever since. After the mass shooting in Arizona last month that claimed the lives of six people and wounded 13 others, including Giffords, Rep. James Clyburn, the No. 3 Democrat in the House, called for the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine. "Free speech is as free speech does," Clyburn told the local newspaper. "You cannot yell 'fire' in a crowded theater and call it free speech. And some of what I hear, and [what] is being called free speech, is worse than that." But President Obama and FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn – the congressman's daughter – have said they oppose the regulation and it is highly unlikely to be reinstated with Republicans in control of the House.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (99842)	2/13/2011 5:08:17 PM
From: MJ	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224755

Kenneth-----why aren't the left wing crazies asking Obama to reveal why he did that Executive Order hiding all of his credentials. Why did the Democrat National Committee under the leadership of Tim Kaine not produce the documents for America to see. Why did Obama spend several million and maybe more not appearing and debunking the claims if not true? American voters want to know the truth. Wasn't it Hillary Clinton's Campaign that raised the questions about Obama's citizenship------was Hillary's campaign full of crazies??