Common Folk Using Common Sense

Says the NRA: The National Rifle Association believes that any restrictions on the political speech of Americans are unconstitutional. In the past, through the courts and in Congress, the NRA has opposed any effort to restrict the rights of its four million members to speak and have their voices heard on behalf of gun owners [...]

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From Lawrence Solomon at the Financial Post: All told, (U.K. scientist and Green Party activist William) Connolley created or rewrote 5,428 unique Wikipedia articles. His control over Wikipedia was greater still, however, through the role he obtained at Wikipedia as a website administrator, which allowed him to act with virtual impunity. When Connolley didn’t like [...]

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Via FOX News: ABC didn’t cover it. CBS didn’t either. And NBC apparently wouldn’t go near it. The network news broadcasts have ignored a growing scandal over evidence of a potential climate cover-up — and now they’ve even been scooped by the fake news at Comedy Central. “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” produced its [...]

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Says Drudge: On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care — a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm! Highlights on the agenda: ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from [...]

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Via CNSNews.com: When President Obama said last week that he wants a government-run, government-owned health insurance provision to be included in the health-care reform bill being readied by Congress, only one of the nation’s top five, large-circulation newspapers thought it was worthy of front-page coverage. USA Today, which has the largest circulation in the nation, [...]

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From Alan Korwin at DOWN RANGE TV: Plenty of gun-ban speculation is flying. I have this quote direct from Sarah Brady in a letter addressed to me: “On Election Day, we helped deliver a strong victory for President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice-President-Elect Joe Biden. They will be two of the most powerful allies we have [...]

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Via the Culture and Media Institute: Major network news shows ran 69 stories about Sarah Palin between September 29 and October 12. 37 stories were negative, just 2 were positive, and 30 were neutral. Not a single evening news show ran a positive story about Palin. Overall, 21 network stories portrayed Palin as unintelligent and [...]

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Until 1949, Tibet was an independent Buddhist nation in the Himalayas which had little contact with the rest of the world. It existed as a rich cultural storehouse of the Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings of Buddhism. Religion was a unifying theme among the Tibetans — as was their own language, literature, art, and world view [...]

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From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: An Atlanta police recruit shot and killed a teen boy who tried to rob him at gunpoint early Saturday [Feb. 9], authorities said. The 14-year-old allegedly had confronted the recruit while he was in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Parkside Crossing apartments. Forest Park police Lt. Amy Wright [...]

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From Breitbart: Danish authorities on Tuesday arrested three people suspected of plotting a cartoonist’s assassination for his depiction of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban that enraged Muslims two years ago. Three of Denmark’s largest newspapers said they would reprint the cartoon on Wednesday to show they would not be intimidated by fanatics. It [...]

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From “Fairness Doctrine Makes No Sense in Today’s World“: Whether it’s the situation in Iraq, talking about the economy, or the culture, conservatives and like-minded people are putting up a fight on TV, radio and alternative forms of media, and challenging what Democrats and some in the mainstream media would like to set as conventional [...]

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From MSNBC.com: In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is [...]

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Liberals feel threatened by talk radio. In their minds, if at first you can’t succeed on your own, use the government to destroy your opponents.

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I suppose when the world, even the United States, gives you a pass for murdering innocent civilians worldwide, beating up and murdering your own women becomes that much easier – especially if you’re a 7th century Muslim barbarian.

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When you analyze liberalism and how it works, you realize that it flourishes in an atmosphere of intimidation. The (mis-named) Fairness Doctrine would thrive on intimidation. It would also kill off any non-PC speech. And it would only be a small stretch to extend the Fairness Doctrine to the blogosphere – maybe even to your blog.

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