What did the founding fathers have in mind when they wrote the first amendment to the Constitution? Maybe a better question is who were they trying to protect this right from? The right to free speech, like every other right in the Constitution, is to be protected from the government. No corporation, company, or individual has the authority or ability to remove this first and most basic right like the government, especially the federal government. Unfortunately the nitwits in office have warped this meaning. They feel it necessary to "protect" free speech. How do the do this you ask? By force, like they do everything. Only a warped government bureaucrat can take the first amendment and use it to suppress free speech. Lets look how this is done.
The first and most obvious way is through by making the airways "public".
By doing this they put them under government control. I can not think of a more dangerous threat to free speech then the government deciding what kind of speech can or cannot be heard under the cloak of "public good". Is giving the government control of the airways honoring the intention of the first amendment? Of course not, considering as I mentioned earlier that it was protection of speech from the government that the founders were worried about.
An offshoot of this is the "fairness doctrine", which is currently being reintroduced in congress. For those of you who don't know the fairness doctrine is legislation that "afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views of public importance." In a nutshell this doctrine states that various stations (aimed at talk radio) must present a balanced view of the issues. There is so much wrong with this line of thinking I don't know where to start. First, who the hell is the government to tell anyone what they can or cannot say on a private station? Is it really protecting free speech when you force a private company to air something it does not agree with? The right to not say something is just as important as the right to say something. If I am being forced to say something I don't agree with then that is not free speech. Maybe a station will be forced to air something it finds morally offensive. Will Christan stations be forced to air information that contradicts the bible? I guess the decision will be at the whim of a bureaucrat.
Another problem with the fairness doctrine is who decides what is balanced? Something which I considered totally one sided can be described as fair. A story about man made global warming would be considered fair, while a story regarding it as bogus would need to be balanced.
An additional factor to consider is there are more than two sides to most issues. Does the libertarian argument get equal time on these airways? In my opinion it will suppress free speech further, because so much time will be devoted to towing both party lines that the unique perspective, such as the libertarian argument will not be heard. God forbid a radio station does play a libertarian idea, which bad mouths both parties it could lose its license for violating the law, because there will be noone in the government to protect these views.
Do we really want to give more control to power hungry bureaucrats? If this law passes the press will be screened by the government. Anytime something is considered offensive or threatening to the power of various government officials they can state that not enough time is being devoted to the other side (their side) and threaten them with punishment. I just don't remember reading that in the Constitution.
One last thing I would like to mention is government controlled stations and programing. This is were local governments set up TV shows or channels to spit out their crap. Nothing like having my tax dollars stolen and used to support a view which I disapprove of. In these cases it is a double whammy, they violate our property rights and free speech rights. We have a local show called the Mecklenburgers or as I like to call it the "government propaganda show" which does just this. It basically is a show that is set up like a sit-com, but instead of laughs we get to hear how great government programs are.
We have to put a stop to this now. First, we have to demand the fairness doctrine be defeated. Secondly, we must somehow get the airways out of the public domain, because public=government. Lastly, we must demand that the government never uses tax money to support speech and never tells a private person or company what to say or not say. If this continues we will only lose more of our first amendment rights under the disguise of protection of free speech. Pretty soon JCARD will have to talk about how much he loves to hug trees or conserve energy and nobody wants to hear that.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Scare Tactics
This morning, like most of you I suspect, I woke up with Avian bird flu. Stinks because I was just getting over SARS. I really wish I could drive to the hospital, but since gas in $5 a gallon I can't afford to. Plus I don't want to contribute to global warming, which may just kill me before the bird flu does, probably via hurricane. Even If I do survive what kind of life can I live? I mean the middle class are losing all their jobs over seas, and according to the porky Lou Dobbs we are at war (haven't really figured out who is attacking us just yet).
Of course the above are just a couple of examples of how the news tries to scare us to death. This time last year we could not turn on the news without hearing how the bird flu is the next world-wide epidemic. Expert after expert told us that will be hit and millions would die. It was also a good excuse to blame George Bush for not preparing the country enough for this disaster. Of course these are the same people who stirred up so much fear about SARS that Americans were riding bikes with hospital masks on.
A more recent scare tactic is this gasoline crisis we are having. How many experts told us we would average $4 or maybe even $5/gallon? Now that prices have dropped about $.30 in the past three weeks we hear nothing. Is this what passes for news? How can these people be believed or trusted on any subject? They give no apologizes when they are wrong. They just move on to the next over hyped story.
These scare tactics do more than just whip us into a frenzy, they have real consequences. How many billions were spent on drugs for the bird flu that are now sitting on a self? How many trillions will be lost due to over hyped global warming claims?
Even the poor sharks are victims of the media's stupidity. A couple of years ago during a slow news stint the media covered every last shark attack, as if they were more than normal. The result was every moron with a boat went out there and killed thousands of sharks, whether they were dangerous or not. Not that I am a big environmentalist, but most of these creatures were just minding their own business.
Maybe the news outlets should spend more time on important things, such as the inevitable bankruptcy of Medicare, or the pork spending around the country. How about focusing on the thousands of gross violations of property rights every year by various governments? I guess these things will just have to be read about at JCARDS world.
Of course the above are just a couple of examples of how the news tries to scare us to death. This time last year we could not turn on the news without hearing how the bird flu is the next world-wide epidemic. Expert after expert told us that will be hit and millions would die. It was also a good excuse to blame George Bush for not preparing the country enough for this disaster. Of course these are the same people who stirred up so much fear about SARS that Americans were riding bikes with hospital masks on.
A more recent scare tactic is this gasoline crisis we are having. How many experts told us we would average $4 or maybe even $5/gallon? Now that prices have dropped about $.30 in the past three weeks we hear nothing. Is this what passes for news? How can these people be believed or trusted on any subject? They give no apologizes when they are wrong. They just move on to the next over hyped story.
These scare tactics do more than just whip us into a frenzy, they have real consequences. How many billions were spent on drugs for the bird flu that are now sitting on a self? How many trillions will be lost due to over hyped global warming claims?
Even the poor sharks are victims of the media's stupidity. A couple of years ago during a slow news stint the media covered every last shark attack, as if they were more than normal. The result was every moron with a boat went out there and killed thousands of sharks, whether they were dangerous or not. Not that I am a big environmentalist, but most of these creatures were just minding their own business.
Maybe the news outlets should spend more time on important things, such as the inevitable bankruptcy of Medicare, or the pork spending around the country. How about focusing on the thousands of gross violations of property rights every year by various governments? I guess these things will just have to be read about at JCARDS world.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
HAND OUTS
While everyone is busy debating bills such as amnesty for illegals a little know bill passed the house on June 7. This bill will give legitimacy to the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina. By doing this the Lumbee Indians are recognized as an official tribe by the US Government. This allows them to legally steal hundreds of millions of our money. The politicians of course use buzz words like "health care" and "housing", as if this makes it OK that they are taking our money.
The truth of the matter is it goes much deeper than that. They are eligible for many benefits using our money, this includes welfare and tax free income. If you are not outraged by this then you don't have a job. The country has run up huge unfunded liabilities and these morons in congress are handing money to an entire group of people so they can live off the rest of us. If you think this is the Democrats supporting this you are incorrect. There are vote buyers from both political parties. In order to get this bill passed in the Senate both Senators from North Carolina, (R)Richard Burr and (R) Elizabeth Dole are pushing this through. Could it be that these two are willing to sell out the federal tax payers to give people in there voting district free money?
Are we really surprised by this? The list of people/organizations/companies in our own country and around the world wanting free money can go on forever. I personally know of someone who lived in a tax payer funded shelter. Received food and clothing from this shelter, and had school paid for by the city as well. The best part is the city would over pay his school and give him the refund check. He would then go out and blow it on new sneakers and clothes. We used to joke he was the best dressed man in the shelter. Although in reality the shelter was filled with people like him.
There is also the unearned income tax credit in which people receive more money back then put in depending on their income. I have an idea, how about I decide what happens to my money, where it goes and who gets it. I probably will decide to keep it for my self. How selfish am I?
Then of course there is the dangerous hand outs by our government. Aid to countries like North Korea or areas like Palestine using tax payer money is rampant. I don't know about you, but I would rather not give money to someone who wants me dead.
The list of people who want what wasn't earned is growing. There will be a time when the people who earn the money are outnumbered by the people who steal it. The politicians on both sides are to blame for this. If America is truly a free country a person should have a right to the fruits of his own labor and not be forced to give Charity to people he does not want to.
-Jcard
(If I left out your favorite welfare recipient here are a few more. Farmers, People in war torn countries, Big companies, the addicted, sports teams, wacko scientists, Universities, politicians themselves, anyone on welfare or food stamps, Dave Letterman, illegals who use our hospitals.....I have to stop here my hands are getting tired.)
The truth of the matter is it goes much deeper than that. They are eligible for many benefits using our money, this includes welfare and tax free income. If you are not outraged by this then you don't have a job. The country has run up huge unfunded liabilities and these morons in congress are handing money to an entire group of people so they can live off the rest of us. If you think this is the Democrats supporting this you are incorrect. There are vote buyers from both political parties. In order to get this bill passed in the Senate both Senators from North Carolina, (R)Richard Burr and (R) Elizabeth Dole are pushing this through. Could it be that these two are willing to sell out the federal tax payers to give people in there voting district free money?
Are we really surprised by this? The list of people/organizations/companies in our own country and around the world wanting free money can go on forever. I personally know of someone who lived in a tax payer funded shelter. Received food and clothing from this shelter, and had school paid for by the city as well. The best part is the city would over pay his school and give him the refund check. He would then go out and blow it on new sneakers and clothes. We used to joke he was the best dressed man in the shelter. Although in reality the shelter was filled with people like him.
There is also the unearned income tax credit in which people receive more money back then put in depending on their income. I have an idea, how about I decide what happens to my money, where it goes and who gets it. I probably will decide to keep it for my self. How selfish am I?
Then of course there is the dangerous hand outs by our government. Aid to countries like North Korea or areas like Palestine using tax payer money is rampant. I don't know about you, but I would rather not give money to someone who wants me dead.
The list of people who want what wasn't earned is growing. There will be a time when the people who earn the money are outnumbered by the people who steal it. The politicians on both sides are to blame for this. If America is truly a free country a person should have a right to the fruits of his own labor and not be forced to give Charity to people he does not want to.
-Jcard
(If I left out your favorite welfare recipient here are a few more. Farmers, People in war torn countries, Big companies, the addicted, sports teams, wacko scientists, Universities, politicians themselves, anyone on welfare or food stamps, Dave Letterman, illegals who use our hospitals.....I have to stop here my hands are getting tired.)
Sunday, June 17, 2007
A CRITICAL TIME
This to me is a critical time in politics. Both the Democrats and Republicans are working hard to put us under their control. The Republicans on one hand are pushing through legalisation that some would argue is a total violation of an individual privacy The democrats are out of control socialists who will turn this country into Cuba if given half the chance. Both have little regard for the Constitution and individual rights.
First the Republicans. I came across an article describing a proposed law which I find extremely dangerous. This law is dubbed the LAW AND ORDER agenda, which is proposed by Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas. Under this bill a ISP would be required to track and retain all information about what a persons web surfing habits are. This not only interferes with our privacy rights, but also the rights of the ISP's themselves. What right does the government have to force a private company t o keep records on its customers? These records can be used not only in criminal, but in civil cases, such as divorces or custody hearings. I understand the need to stop web crime, but it should not come at a violation of our freedoms. I do not think any American wants a database of their daily web use stored about them.
I believe Ben Franklin said it best here
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security"
The Republicans also are attempting to legislate our morality. All one has to do is look at the attempted ban on on-line poker to see an example of this. This may be small rights lost, but anyone who believes they have a right to tell a grown adult what he can do in his/her home has a mentality that the people are his to control.
It should be noted that both these examples have bipartisan support, but the Republicans did take the lead on these.
While Republicans have little respect for privacy and social rights, some of the things coming out of the Democrats mouths are frightening and fly in the face of what this country stands for.
The Democrats would like nothing more than to than to destroy the very foundation of our individual rights and prosperity.....the want to destroy Capitalism. Listening to the Democrats speak one concludeds that they want to replace the idea of the "individual" with the idea of society. This starts with destroying capitalism.
These quotes from leading Democrats speak for themselves...
We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society. --Hillary Clinton
I support a health care plan that would cover every child and millions of vulnerable adults, and also bring down health costs for all Americans. I support a strong Patients Bill of Rights, prescription drug benefit in Medicare, and stem cell research- John Edward
Obama says he is "determined to enact universal health care by the end of his first presidential term".
I prefer a 'we're all in it together' society. I believe our government can
once again work for all Americans. It can promote the great American
tradition of opportunity for all and special privileges for none...There is
no greater force for economic growth than free markets. But markets work
best with rules that promote our values, protect our workers and give all
people a chance to succeed. Fairness doesn't just happen. It requires the
right government policies." - Hillary Clinton
Well, what we've offered already, in fact, and that is, of course, we ought to be saying here that when the price of a barrel of oil gets beyond $40 a barrel, where there's plenty of profit here, that those dollars ought to be returned to the consumers in a rebate or plowed back into the research that would allow us to develop alternative technologies. -Chris Dodd
Obama on Insurance . So my emphasis is on driving down the costs, taking on the insurance companies, making sure that they are limited in the ability to extract profits and deny coverage; that we make sure the drug companies have to do what's right by their patients instead of simply hording their profits.
I can go on, but I will stop here. The Democrats will stop at nothing to control every American by putting them in a health program they do not want and forcing them to pay for it. They will add to the budget deficit and the overall size of government. They will also want to take control over the economy by controlling companies that have been successful. Today it is big oil and health care companies, tomorrow who knows.
Once they are given the power to take some companies profits, why not all?
Hillary's comments regarding the individual were most disturbing. This country was founded on individual rights and prosperity.The constitution says " we have a right to pursue happiness" not the right to demand happiness from the people who did pursue it.
This is a critical time in our society, before voting in the "lesser of two evils" think. We can not afford to have one more right no matter how small, taken away from us.
First the Republicans. I came across an article describing a proposed law which I find extremely dangerous. This law is dubbed the LAW AND ORDER agenda, which is proposed by Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas. Under this bill a ISP would be required to track and retain all information about what a persons web surfing habits are. This not only interferes with our privacy rights, but also the rights of the ISP's themselves. What right does the government have to force a private company t o keep records on its customers? These records can be used not only in criminal, but in civil cases, such as divorces or custody hearings. I understand the need to stop web crime, but it should not come at a violation of our freedoms. I do not think any American wants a database of their daily web use stored about them.
I believe Ben Franklin said it best here
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security"
The Republicans also are attempting to legislate our morality. All one has to do is look at the attempted ban on on-line poker to see an example of this. This may be small rights lost, but anyone who believes they have a right to tell a grown adult what he can do in his/her home has a mentality that the people are his to control.
It should be noted that both these examples have bipartisan support, but the Republicans did take the lead on these.
While Republicans have little respect for privacy and social rights, some of the things coming out of the Democrats mouths are frightening and fly in the face of what this country stands for.
The Democrats would like nothing more than to than to destroy the very foundation of our individual rights and prosperity.....the want to destroy Capitalism. Listening to the Democrats speak one concludeds that they want to replace the idea of the "individual" with the idea of society. This starts with destroying capitalism.
These quotes from leading Democrats speak for themselves...
We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society. --Hillary Clinton
I support a health care plan that would cover every child and millions of vulnerable adults, and also bring down health costs for all Americans. I support a strong Patients Bill of Rights, prescription drug benefit in Medicare, and stem cell research- John Edward
Obama says he is "determined to enact universal health care by the end of his first presidential term".
I prefer a 'we're all in it together' society. I believe our government can
once again work for all Americans. It can promote the great American
tradition of opportunity for all and special privileges for none...There is
no greater force for economic growth than free markets. But markets work
best with rules that promote our values, protect our workers and give all
people a chance to succeed. Fairness doesn't just happen. It requires the
right government policies." - Hillary Clinton
Well, what we've offered already, in fact, and that is, of course, we ought to be saying here that when the price of a barrel of oil gets beyond $40 a barrel, where there's plenty of profit here, that those dollars ought to be returned to the consumers in a rebate or plowed back into the research that would allow us to develop alternative technologies. -Chris Dodd
Obama on Insurance . So my emphasis is on driving down the costs, taking on the insurance companies, making sure that they are limited in the ability to extract profits and deny coverage; that we make sure the drug companies have to do what's right by their patients instead of simply hording their profits.
I can go on, but I will stop here. The Democrats will stop at nothing to control every American by putting them in a health program they do not want and forcing them to pay for it. They will add to the budget deficit and the overall size of government. They will also want to take control over the economy by controlling companies that have been successful. Today it is big oil and health care companies, tomorrow who knows.
Once they are given the power to take some companies profits, why not all?
Hillary's comments regarding the individual were most disturbing. This country was founded on individual rights and prosperity.The constitution says " we have a right to pursue happiness" not the right to demand happiness from the people who did pursue it.
This is a critical time in our society, before voting in the "lesser of two evils" think. We can not afford to have one more right no matter how small, taken away from us.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Vicitms?
Victims?
Everywhere you turn you hear stories of people who are going through foreclosures. These poor people are usually labeled victims of the mean mortgage companies or builders who took advantage of them, by giving them money they could not afford. Most of the time we hear of "predatory lending" as if these people are out in the woods and they are hunted by a mortgage agent.The news story usually shows us average an American family who had their life ruined by these evil companies. It tells tales of how they can't get other loans, their credit is ruined or even worse, they are forced into bankruptcy.Government agencies are lining up to help these poor people. Laws are being are being passed all over the country to stop predatory lending, and programs (with our money) are being set up to help people keep their houses.I have another name for these victims....DEADBEATS!
Only in America can a person borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars from someone, not pay them back, stick them with a house they don't want and then turn around and be considered a victim. Wouldn't the victim be the person who isn't getting paid back? How are the banks somehow the criminals in all this? THEY LOST THE MONEY! It is like breaking into someone's house and then demanding they get arrested.These deadbeats have to remember that they entered into a mutual contract, we lend you money you pay us back.But aren't these people tricked into loans they can't a afford? If you are borrowing over a hundred thousand dollars spend a few minutes going over the details. It is incredibly easy to find all the information you need when buying a house. Google "tips for buying a house", I bet all the information they would ever need will be at your fingertips.If these con artists spend half the time getting informed on how to buy a house as they did on watching American Idol they wouldn't be in this mess.
Everywhere you turn you hear stories of people who are going through foreclosures. These poor people are usually labeled victims of the mean mortgage companies or builders who took advantage of them, by giving them money they could not afford. Most of the time we hear of "predatory lending" as if these people are out in the woods and they are hunted by a mortgage agent.The news story usually shows us average an American family who had their life ruined by these evil companies. It tells tales of how they can't get other loans, their credit is ruined or even worse, they are forced into bankruptcy.Government agencies are lining up to help these poor people. Laws are being are being passed all over the country to stop predatory lending, and programs (with our money) are being set up to help people keep their houses.I have another name for these victims....DEADBEATS!
Only in America can a person borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars from someone, not pay them back, stick them with a house they don't want and then turn around and be considered a victim. Wouldn't the victim be the person who isn't getting paid back? How are the banks somehow the criminals in all this? THEY LOST THE MONEY! It is like breaking into someone's house and then demanding they get arrested.These deadbeats have to remember that they entered into a mutual contract, we lend you money you pay us back.But aren't these people tricked into loans they can't a afford? If you are borrowing over a hundred thousand dollars spend a few minutes going over the details. It is incredibly easy to find all the information you need when buying a house. Google "tips for buying a house", I bet all the information they would ever need will be at your fingertips.If these con artists spend half the time getting informed on how to buy a house as they did on watching American Idol they wouldn't be in this mess.
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