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The Un-Fairness Doctrine
Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 at 9:58 AM by Robby Roberts
Well, I harp that Liberal Democrats only support free speech when you have something to say that they agree with. Well, they are now trying to PUSH their agenda on the public.
Let me ask you, do you think PRIVATE Industry had the right to run it’s business the way it want’s to, not how the government says it should? Do you understand how radio works when it comes to making money?
Radio makes its money from those annoying things called “Ads” you hear. Advertisers PAY to have their commercials heard. So, that means that they pay to have them played when they know people are listening. The more popular a program, the more valuable the advertising slots during that program. If a radio station want’s to make money, it has to run programming that is popular and that people will listen to so that advertisers will want to PAY for ad time during those programs.
Now, back to my rant about Liberal Democrats pushing their point of view… You see, about the only media that the Liberals do not RULE is talk radio. Conservatives rule there. (See my link to Rusty Humphries on the side) Why do Conservatives rule there? Because people WANT to listen, advertisers KNOW this and pay big money for radio stations to run their ads during Conservative talk programs. This does not happen with the Liberal radio shows. Just look at “Air America” – the so called network for Liberal talk radio. It went bankrupt. They could not pay the bills and bounced checks. WHY? No one was listening and advertisers knew it and no one wanted to pay for ad time.
Well, Liberal Democrats have a plan to FORCE privately run radio stations to air Liberal talk, regardless of what the LISTENERS want to hear. This plan says that, if they run an hour of a Conservative during prime time, they have to run an hour of a Liberal. They call it “The Fairness Doctrine.” This is just as bad as Liberals that say you should not keep score at a little league ball game because it’s not fair to have a winner or looser.
How about this crap? They “claim” that the Patriot Act has stomped all over freedom in the name of safety (it hasn’t). Yet they have NO PROBLEMS stripping OUR RIGHTS to push their agenda.
A LIBERAL guest on Fox News this morning asked a Conservative guest why he was afraid of “The Fairness Doctrine.” What I WISH the Conservative had said was “Why ar you afraid of letting the PEOPLE CHOOSE what THEY WANT to hear instead of thinking you have to FORCE your point of view on them.”
Now, some of you may be asking “What’s so wrong with giving equal air time?” Well, I’ll tell you. Radio stations that are FORCED to run an hour of Liberal talk for every hour of Conservative talk are going to get tired of loosing ad revenue during the Liberal hour. And let’s not forget that there are more than 2 political views. What about Libertarians and the Green party? Radio stations could be FORCED to go from 3 hours of PROFITABLE Conservative programming to just ONE hour of Conservative and 3 hours of alternate views (Liberal, Libertarian & Green Party). Three hours of programming they would not be able to GIVE AWAY ad time in. And, as long as they are FORCED to run it if they run Conservative, then they are going to DROP ALL OF IT. They’ll change up their programming, thus SILENCEING the Conservative voices. Liberals don’t care if their talk radio get’s cut as well, after all they have CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC and most of the major print media to spew their venom in. All that matters to them is SHUTTING UP the Conservative point of view.
“The Fairness Doctrine” would let them STRIP the Conservatives of their rights to FREE SPEECH on PUBLIC AIRWAVES!
I’ve ranted long enough, let me turn it over to someone else-> "The Un-Fairness Doctrine"
Just remember, Hillary says it's OK for the Government to take away things for the common good (BTW - that's called Communism....)
War and Peace?
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 at 8:09 AM by Robby Roberts
No, I'm not talking about the boat anchor of a book. I'm talking about being so dedicated to peace that we are willing to FIGHT for it. It sounds backwards, but show me a time in history that peace was acquired without it.
Those that claim Bush is a WAR MONGER and can't see why the fight in Iraq is so important to the cause of peace should read the words of George Washington:
"There is a rank due to the United States,
among nations,
which will be
withheld, if not absolutely lost,
by the reputation of weakness.
If
we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it;
if
we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful
instruments
of our rising prosperity,
it must be known that we are at all times
ready for war."
-- George Washington (Fifth Annual Message, 3 December 1793)
Reference: George Washington: A Collection, W.B. Allen, ed. (488)
Wiser Words Than I Could Come Up With...
Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 12:22 PM by Robby Roberts
With all that's going on lately I just figured I would pass on some
pearls of wisdom from people much wiser than myself.. (in other words,
I'm to pooped to post! 
)
“You can preach a better sermon with your life
than with your lips.”
Oliver
Goldsmith
“Today’s federal government is too big, too
powerful, and too expensive because it is doing things beyond the scope
of the Constitution. This is foolish and it is dangerous.”
newly
elected Georgia Rep. Paul Broun
“It would be helpful to have a person leading
the country who understands how the economy works and has actually
managed something. In the case of the three Democratic front-runners,
not one of them has managed even a corner store, let alone a state or a
city.”
Mitt Romney
“Not only the history of the UN, but the
history of the League of Nations before it, demonstrates again and again
that going to such places [as the UN] is a way for weak-kneed leaders of
democracies to look like they are doing something when in fact they are
doing nothing. The Iranian leaders are not going to stop unless they get
stopped. And, like Hitler, they don’t think we have the guts to stop
them.”
Thomas Sowell
“How do you feel about the American hostages in
Iran? No, not the guys back in the Seventies, the ones being held right
now. What? You haven’t heard about them?... Maybe the media figure that
showing American prisoners on TV will only drive Bush’s ratings back up
from the grave to the rude health of intensive care. Or maybe they just
don’t care about U.S. hostages, not compared to real news like Senate
sleepovers to block unblocking a motion to vote for voting against a
cloture motion on the best way to surrender in Iraq.”
Mark
Steyn
And here are some fine DUH moment news headlines for you...
What Would We Do Without Reports?: “Report Says al-Qaida Seeks to Attack U.S.” —Associated Press
If Not, She’ll Demand a Refund: “Wife Could Get Death in Murder-for-Hire” —Associated Press
And We Mean Large!: “Local Obesity Conference Draws Large Crowd” —Montgomery (AL) Advertiser
‘10, 9, 8... Uh, What Comes After 8?’: “Shuttle Crew Practice Countdown” —CNN.com
That Must’ve Hjurt: “Shark Bites Diver in the Fjord” —Aftenposten (Norway)
“Tiny Brain No Problem for French Tax Official” —Der Spiegel
Well, It Is July: “Snowless French Ski Resort Closing” —Associated Press (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto)
If you want more of these, you can always subscribe to The
Patriot Post..
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Harry did WHAT to Evan????
Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 3:47 PM by Robby Roberts
OK, Patti and I spent Saturday with our friends Laura and Steve. They (and their puppy Tybee) spent the weekend with us as house guests. The 4 of us decided to play tourists in our own "Backyard," so to speak. We took off and drove around Elberton, GA (About an hour from home). We visited the granite museum, found a really bad "Karaoke Cafe," found the "Georgia Guidestones," drove around Richard B. Russell State park, and even found a small town called Iva, SC that has a wonderful little museum of the town history.
However, it was on the drive home that we saw what would be the funniest thing of the day. There is a drive-in theater on Hwy 17, between Royston and Elberton. It's the last functioning Drive-in in the North Ga area (called Woodall Estate) and we had no idea it was there. We're driving along, and I'm talking to Steve about the show "Ice Road Truckers" when, according to Patti and Laura, I suddenly shout out "Holy $h!t, Harry Potter Knocked up Evan Almighty!" Well, that got everyones attention. It appears that I was the only one that had seen the theater's marquee sign...
Well, after the laughing at my reaction to the sign died down, we turned to actually laughing about the sign. You can just imagine the smart @$$ comments we all had, like "Well, that little wizard done stuck his wand where it don't belong!" and "I guess Harry Potter does have a Magic Johnson!"
It's almost as funny as what Erin did to poor Skip....
