It seems Dailykos, Moveon, Huffington, MSNBC, etc and any other lefty source are all entitled to unfettered free speech - regardless if dripping with hate and no matter how vile. However, Fox News (the *sole* news outlet that does not lean left) prompts calls for a "fairness doctrine". Not to mention the 1st amendment should also allow students of faith to pray at a graduation ceremony, but somehow that's been twisted as well because someone else "might be offended" or that somehow equates to the federal govt establishing a national religion.
I call bullshit on all you ass-hats who try to argue the US Constitution guarantees freedom *from* speech or freedom *from* religion. You are fucking intellectually dishonest and deficient. I don't care if you are a web troll in mommy's basement or a supreme court justice with an agenda - anyone with a drop of common sense knows the concise meaning and full intent of the founding fathers was "FREEDOM OF" and not "freedom from" either speech or religion. There were NO caveats specified! Fucking leftist/progressives have since invented caveats in order to constrain the original intent to validate their fucked-up points of view (like a crucifix in a jar of urine for just one small example) because no-one would take them seriously otherwise.
I don't give a damn about religion, but I'm not going to piss-backwards if someone wants to pray at a stinking grad ceremony. The fuck do *I* care if they do and why would you give a shit either?
A nation of sheep begets a government of wolves. -E. Murrow
Ignore that at your peril. Keep voting for bigger & bigger govt and losing your freedom of speech will be the absolute fucking *least* of your worries. You left-wingtards have created this fucking monster over the years and consistently subjected the country to various incarnations of Pelosi, Reid and Obama and *now* you have the unmitigated fucking gall to bitch about losing your rights??
YOU FUCKING VOTED FOR THIS SHIT!!
The rethuglicans want to regulate your bedroom. But the fucking dumbocrats want to regulate every-fucking-thing else from what lightbulb I can use to how much water my toilet flushes to what boutique fucking blend of gas I have to buy to what I can or can't do on my own fucking property, to having to stand in a little painted square on campus just to state whatever's on my mind and on, and on, and on.
Still think you're hot-shit, cool, edgy and smarter than everyone else for voting democrat?
Fucking hypocrites, every goddamn last one of you. Shut-up and quit your fucking whining. You got *exactly* what you've asked for over the years and you're damned determined not to stop until you've fucked it up for everyone else. Why? Because you fucking leftists don't believe in freedom of speech. If you did, you'd be front & center resisting any thing resembling the fairness doctrine and defending Fox News. But fuck no, you *only* believe in desperately validating your point of view and unfortunately, Fox attracts more viewers. Hey, Sux to be you! So what does the left-tards want? Better shut Fox up with some reincarnation of the fairness doctrine because more viewers are attracted to right leaning news instead of your preferred "correct" news, right? And whatever constitutional right you have to get rid of or alter via left-tard court decisions is fine and dandy as long as your views gain majority acceptance and your feelings aren't hurt.
Yeah, I know this lastest attmept at the pseudo fairness doctrine didn't make it, but you fuckers are persistent if you are nothing else. You'll keep trying as long as a single right-leaning news source or talk-show exists because you can't abide fair competition when it comes to self-validation.
Bitching about your freedom of speech... Piss right the fuck off!
The TSA comedians demonstrate their theatrics, sluggishness & apathy every week I fly. They do this with an eerie consistency at every airport where I have been "screened".
A simple law that would hold-harmless any passenger who comes to the aid of any flight-crew member would quite likely better protect flights than the entire TSA bureacracy. I can not imagine a situation where some gomer tries something on a flight post 9/11 and not a single passenger would be willing to intervene.
The world needs more "Andy Taylors" and far fewer "Barney Fifes".
All law enforcement officers are allowed a rather wide margin of discretion in the performance of their duties -- simply because it is impossible to legislate for each and every conceivable set of circumstances.
It is the job of law enforcement management to ensure that discretion is used appropriately. It is also the prosecutor's job to decline to prosecute those cases that do not merit prosecution.
However, we have the government we deserve. The general sense of right & wrong back in the 50's and early 60's became passe'/uncool and our societal mores have changed -- most would argue they have changed for the worse. Since the govt we elect (and demand) generally reflects society (they are just "people"), we get the govt we deserve.
But it would sure be nice if we had more "Andy Taylors" and far fewer "Barney Fifes"...
You mean "Ted Koppell"? Hell, I thought this was a story about "journalists".
I think journalism went extinct in the 50's/60's. Definitely by the time Watergate became common knowledge.
Regardless of whether you think the main-stream media (print, broadcast or otherwise) is biased left or right, I think most people agree it is biased nonetheless. I also think most people would agree that the mind-set that seeds and promotes the bias (knowingly or otherwise) can be attributed in whole or part to the "journalism" schools where these reporters build the foundation of their skill-set. I would give the professors the benefit of the doubt and allow that they don't even realize the bias they infuse into their more gullible students. Perhaps the professors truly believe everyone sees the world from their point of view.
Judging by the ratings, Faux-News is *killing* all of it's competitors by hyoooooge margins. As the lone conservative-leaning news outlet in cable broadcast news, I can't explain it. ABC/CBS/NBC/MSNBC/CNN/HN,etc. -- all the rest are left-leaning (compared to Faux), and I find it hard to believe that viewers who lean left could stomach Faux for long. I don't know what that says about the political make-up of the country, but there it is. All of them are more opinion than news, so you can't really compare them to "journalists".
It doesn't matter, we're still doomed!
But that's just me -- a grammatically challenged, non-journalist spouting off yet another opinion piece...
I got a call from a friend in West Palm. He was amazed that, even with a weeks notice that Wilma was likely coming their way, the news reported a three-hour line of un-prepared people at a local Wal-Mart the day after the storm hit. In his words, "those dumb-a$$es have no-one to blame but themselves..."
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Free Speech?
Hmm...
Freedom of speech, eh? What about Fox News?
It seems Dailykos, Moveon, Huffington, MSNBC, etc and any other lefty source are all entitled to unfettered free speech - regardless if dripping with hate and no matter how vile. However, Fox News (the *sole* news outlet that does not lean left) prompts calls for a "fairness doctrine". Not to mention the 1st amendment should also allow students of faith to pray at a graduation ceremony, but somehow that's been twisted as well because someone else "might be offended" or that somehow equates to the federal govt establishing a national religion.
I call bullshit on all you ass-hats who try to argue the US Constitution guarantees freedom *from* speech or freedom *from* religion. You are fucking intellectually dishonest and deficient. I don't care if you are a web troll in mommy's basement or a supreme court justice with an agenda - anyone with a drop of common sense knows the concise meaning and full intent of the founding fathers was "FREEDOM OF" and not "freedom from" either speech or religion. There were NO caveats specified! Fucking leftist/progressives have since invented caveats in order to constrain the original intent to validate their fucked-up points of view (like a crucifix in a jar of urine for just one small example) because no-one would take them seriously otherwise.
I don't give a damn about religion, but I'm not going to piss-backwards if someone wants to pray at a stinking grad ceremony. The fuck do *I* care if they do and why would you give a shit either?
A nation of sheep begets a government of wolves. -E. Murrow
Ignore that at your peril. Keep voting for bigger & bigger govt and losing your freedom of speech will be the absolute fucking *least* of your worries. You left-wingtards have created this fucking monster over the years and consistently subjected the country to various incarnations of Pelosi, Reid and Obama and *now* you have the unmitigated fucking gall to bitch about losing your rights??
YOU FUCKING VOTED FOR THIS SHIT!!
The rethuglicans want to regulate your bedroom. But the fucking dumbocrats want to regulate every-fucking-thing else from what lightbulb I can use to how much water my toilet flushes to what boutique fucking blend of gas I have to buy to what I can or can't do on my own fucking property, to having to stand in a little painted square on campus just to state whatever's on my mind and on, and on, and on.
Still think you're hot-shit, cool, edgy and smarter than everyone else for voting democrat?
Fucking hypocrites, every goddamn last one of you. Shut-up and quit your fucking whining. You got *exactly* what you've asked for over the years and you're damned determined not to stop until you've fucked it up for everyone else. Why? Because you fucking leftists don't believe in freedom of speech. If you did, you'd be front & center resisting any thing resembling the fairness doctrine and defending Fox News. But fuck no, you *only* believe in desperately validating your point of view and unfortunately, Fox attracts more viewers. Hey, Sux to be you! So what does the left-tards want? Better shut Fox up with some reincarnation of the fairness doctrine because more viewers are attracted to right leaning news instead of your preferred "correct" news, right? And whatever constitutional right you have to get rid of or alter via left-tard court decisions is fine and dandy as long as your views gain majority acceptance and your feelings aren't hurt.
Yeah, I know this lastest attmept at the pseudo fairness doctrine didn't make it, but you fuckers are persistent if you are nothing else. You'll keep trying as long as a single right-leaning news source or talk-show exists because you can't abide fair competition when it comes to self-validation.
Bitching about your freedom of speech... Piss right the fuck off!
Theatrics, Sluggishness, Apathy
The TSA comedians demonstrate their theatrics, sluggishness & apathy every week I fly. They do this with an eerie consistency at every airport where I have been "screened".
A simple law that would hold-harmless any passenger who comes to the aid of any flight-crew member would quite likely better protect flights than the entire TSA bureacracy. I can not imagine a situation where some gomer tries something on a flight post 9/11 and not a single passenger would be willing to intervene.
You really want to know *why*?
...
You want to know why? Do you?
Because frackin *Lawyers*, that's why!!
Lying bastard
How about some HOPE & CHANGE (tm) all up in this beeyotch!?
WTF Obama? You were elected as the anti-boosh, when are you going to quit following his playbook step by fekkin' step??!!
Troops still in the sandboxes
Gitmo still in operation
Patriot act renewed
and
TSA STILL GROPING OUR NADS!!
You lying piece of sh1t!
I think...
The world needs more "Andy Taylors" and far fewer "Barney Fifes".
All law enforcement officers are allowed a rather wide margin of discretion in the performance of their duties -- simply because it is impossible to legislate for each and every conceivable set of circumstances.
It is the job of law enforcement management to ensure that discretion is used appropriately. It is also the prosecutor's job to decline to prosecute those cases that do not merit prosecution.
However, we have the government we deserve. The general sense of right & wrong back in the 50's and early 60's became passe'/uncool and our societal mores have changed -- most would argue they have changed for the worse. Since the govt we elect (and demand) generally reflects society (they are just "people"), we get the govt we deserve.
But it would sure be nice if we had more "Andy Taylors" and far fewer "Barney Fifes"...
Koppell??!!
You mean "Ted Koppell"? Hell, I thought this was a story about "journalists".
I think journalism went extinct in the 50's/60's. Definitely by the time Watergate became common knowledge.
Regardless of whether you think the main-stream media (print, broadcast or otherwise) is biased left or right, I think most people agree it is biased nonetheless. I also think most people would agree that the mind-set that seeds and promotes the bias (knowingly or otherwise) can be attributed in whole or part to the "journalism" schools where these reporters build the foundation of their skill-set. I would give the professors the benefit of the doubt and allow that they don't even realize the bias they infuse into their more gullible students. Perhaps the professors truly believe everyone sees the world from their point of view.
Judging by the ratings, Faux-News is *killing* all of it's competitors by hyoooooge margins. As the lone conservative-leaning news outlet in cable broadcast news, I can't explain it. ABC/CBS/NBC/MSNBC/CNN/HN,etc. -- all the rest are left-leaning (compared to Faux), and I find it hard to believe that viewers who lean left could stomach Faux for long. I don't know what that says about the political make-up of the country, but there it is. All of them are more opinion than news, so you can't really compare them to "journalists".
It doesn't matter, we're still doomed!
But that's just me -- a grammatically challenged, non-journalist spouting off yet another opinion piece...
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I got a call from a friend in West Palm. He was amazed that, even with a weeks notice that Wilma was likely coming their way, the news reported a three-hour line of un-prepared people at a local Wal-Mart the day after the storm hit. In his words, "those dumb-a$$es have no-one to blame but themselves..."