Saturday, August 13, 2011

SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER

The liberal mantra is that the people need to "speak truth to power." However that mantra only applies to one side of the political spectrum. If you are a conservative the mantra is "KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT" to power. Nowhere is that more evident in the Barack Obama so-called press conferences. It was extremely apparent just how stifling even the liberal media has been to helping liberals squelch conservative questions and even making the effort to close media events to conservative media outlets.

It's certainly not a surprise. Another example is that a conservative attempted to question the responsibility of Democrats on the downgrading of American credit ratings. Representative Dick Durbin D-Ill. was asked a question by William Kelly, a freelance reporter for various conservative media outlets, was attacked by other Chicago MS media type Jim Anderson, News Director for the Illinois Radio Network. Anderson also was quoted by Kelly on his blog as telling Kelly: “You’re not allowed to ask questions during a press conference,” bleated Anderson. “We are going to have you thrown out by the cops,” he said, running interference for Durbin. In addition to doing news for the Illinois Radio Network, Anderson apparently moonlights as an unpaid member of Dick Durbin’s staff.

As a former journalist, I resent vociferously, the anti-first-Amendment" hypocrisy of Anderson. Turns out, Kelly wrote that Anderson moon-lights for Durbin as an unpaid adviser. The hypocrisy is obvious but Anderson is a turn-coat on honest journalism, which seems to be standard-fair for the media these days when it comes to their defense of socialistic liberal policies promoted by Obama and Democrats.

It is a sad day for America that the former "Watchdogs" of government have become the "Lapdogs" of liberal politicians and there is no longer free press, but open season by Anderson-like journalists who have been pissing on the Constitution for years and America is paying the price of an a dishonest media.

4 comments:

Lisa said...

and they ironic thing is they are so arrogant they don't care anymore. The whole liberal establishment is arrogant stating for the top down Chicago style:
Let's hope this comes to fruition:

Part one


Our New Dictator May Be In Deep Trouble...with Chief Justice John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court.
According to sources who watch the inner workings of the federal government, a smackdown of Barack Obama by the U.S. Supreme Court may be inevitable.
Ever since Obama assumed the office of President, critics have hammered him on a number of Constitutional issues. Critics have complained that much, if not all of Obama's major initiatives run headlong into Constitutional roadblocks on the power of the federal government. Obama certainly did not help himself in the eyes of the Court when he used the venue of the State of the Union address early in the year to publicly flog the Court over its ruling that the First Amendment grants the right to various organizations to run political ads during the time of an election. The tongue-lashing clearly did not sit well with the Court, as demonstrated by Justice Sam Alito, who publicly shook his head and stated under his breath, 'That's not true,' when Obama told a flat-out lie concerning the Court's ruling. As it has turned out, this was a watershed moment in the relationship between the executive and the judicial branches of the federal government. Obama publicly declared war on the court , even as he blatantly continued to propose legislation that flies in the face of every known Constitutional principle upon which this nation has stood for over 200 years.
Obama has even identified Chief Justice John Roberts as his number one enemy, that is, apart from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, and so on. And it is no accident that the one swing-vote on the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy, stated recently that he has no intention of retiring until 'Obama is gone.' Apparently, the Court has had enough. The Roberts Court has signaled, in a very subtle manner, of course, that it intends to address the issues about which Obama critics have been screaming to high heaven. A ruling against Obama on any one of these important issues could potentially cripple the Administration. Such a thing would be long overdue.

Lisa said...

Part two-

First, there is ObamaCare, which violates the Constitutional principle barring the federal government from forcing citizens to purchase something. And no, this is not the same thing as states requiring drivers to purchase car insurance, as some of the intellectually-impaired claim. The Constitution limits FEDERAL government, not state governments, from such things, and further, not everyone has to drive, and thus, a citizen could opt not to purchase car insurance by simply deciding not to drive a vehicle. In the ObamaCare world, however, no citizen can 'opt out.'

Second, sources state that the Roberts court has quietly accepted information concerning discrepancies in Obama's history that raise serious questions about his eligibility for the office of President. The charge goes far beyond the birth certificate issue. This information involves possible fraudulent use of a Social Security number in Connecticut , while Obama was a high school student in Hawaii .

And that is only the tip of the iceberg.

Third, several cases involving possible criminal activity, conflicts of interest, and pay-for-play cronyism could potentially land many Administration officials, if not Obama himself, in hot water with the Court. Frankly, in the years this writer has observed politics, nothing comes close to comparing with the rampant corruption of this Administration, not even during the Nixon years. Nixon and the Watergate conspirators look like choirboys compared to the jokers that populate this Administration.

In addition, the Court will eventually be forced to rule on the dreadful decision of the Obama's DOJ suing the state of Arizona . That, too, could send the Obama doctrine of open borders to an early grave, given that the Administration refuses to enforce federal law on illegal aliens.

And finally, the biggie that could potentially send the entire house of cards tumbling in a free-fall is the latest revelation concerning the Obama-Holder Department of Justice and its refusal to pursue the New Black Panther Party. The group was caught on tape committing felonies by attempting to intimidate Caucasian voters into staying away from the polls . A whistle-blower who resigned from the DOJ is now charging Holder with the deliberate refusal to pursue cases against Blacks, particularly those who are involved in radical hate-groups, such as the New Black Panthers, who have been caught on tape calling for the murder of white people and their babies. This one is a biggie that could send the entire Administration crumbling--that is, if the Justices have the guts to draw a line in the sand at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

NewsGnome said...

Excellent Tos, sorry I've not been too engaged. Personal issues.
NG

Anonymous said...

hey NG me too. I find less time to blog but I know we are still passionate about the direction of the country.

Hope all is well or as well as can be expecrd
tos