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FCC Chief Says Cannot Block Anti-Kerry Show
Thu Oct 14, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments after
returning from Vietnam, the agency's head said on Thursday.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to air the "Stolen Honor"
documentary which accuses Kerry of betraying fellow veterans of the
Vietnam War by testifying to Congress in 1971 about atrocities he said
were committed by U.S. forces in that conflict.
"Don't look to us to block the airing of the program," FCC Chairman
Michael Powell told reporters. "There is no rule that I'm aware of
that would allow the commission, nor would it be prudent, to prevent
the airing of programing."
One former prisoner of war interviewed for the program said Kerry's
remarks were used by the Vietnamese to undermine their morale,
according to his video account on the Web site for the documentary.
Democrats say the documentary is a political statement masquerading as
news and have demanded the FCC and the Federal Election Commission
determine whether its broadcast would violate any regulations.
"The American public, which owns the airwaves that Sinclair would use
for its partisan political purposes, expects the FCC to uphold the
basic principle of fairness which is at the root of our democracy,"
said a letter to Powell from 85 House of Representatives' Democrats
sent on Wednesday.
Sinclair, based in Baltimore, Maryland, with 62 stations in 39 markets
that include battleground states like Ohio and Florida, said the
format of its "special news event" on prisoners of war in Vietnam has
not been finalized.
Sinclair owns 20 Fox affiliates, 19 WB stations, eight ABC affiliates,
four NBC stations, three CBS stations, and two independent channels
that reach about 24 percent of television households, according to its
Web site.
The company in April refused to air on its ABC stations the
"Nightline" program that broadcast the names and photographs of the
American soldiers who had been killed in Iraq.
The company's owners and executives have given overwhelming to
Republicans in the last 11 years, about $309,000 versus about $72,000
to Democrats and its political action committees, according to
campaign contribution tracker PoloticalMoneyLine.
Powell said even if the FCC did try to take action, it would likely
violate free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution.
"I don't know about you but I haven't seen it, I don't know who has
seen it, I don't know whether there's anything implicated in FCC
policy at all," said Powell, a Republican first appointed to the
independent agency by President Bill Clinton and selected as chairman
by President Bush.
Sinclair's Web site invites people to urge Kerry to accept its
invitation to participate in the program, adding that
characterizations about its content are based on ill-informed sources.
The documentary backers last month said on their Web site that they
had joined forces with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that
launched a high-profile advertising campaign this summer attacking
Kerry's service in Vietnam and his testimony to Congress.
Other veterans, including one who commanded a boat alongside Kerry
during the Vietnam war, have defended him.
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Wow Colin's kid ruled in favor of a right wing cause
Shocker
FCC Chief Says Cannot Block Anti-Kerry Show
Thu Oct 14, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments after
returning from Vietnam, the agency's head said on Thursday.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to air the "Stolen Honor"
documentary which accuses Kerry of betraying fellow veterans of the
Vietnam War by testifying to Congress in 1971 about atrocities he said
were committed by U.S. forces in that conflict.
"Don't look to us to block the airing of the program," FCC Chairman
Michael Powell told reporters. "There is no rule that I'm aware of
that would allow the commission, nor would it be prudent, to prevent
the airing of programing."
One former prisoner of war interviewed for the program said Kerry's
remarks were used by the Vietnamese to undermine their morale,
according to his video account on the Web site for the documentary.
Democrats say the documentary is a political statement masquerading as
news and have demanded the FCC and the Federal Election Commission
determine whether its broadcast would violate any regulations.
"The American public, which owns the airwaves that Sinclair would use
for its partisan political purposes, expects the FCC to uphold the
basic principle of fairness which is at the root of our democracy,"
said a letter to Powell from 85 House of Representatives' Democrats
sent on Wednesday.
Sinclair, based in Baltimore, Maryland, with 62 stations in 39 markets
that include battleground states like Ohio and Florida, said the
format of its "special news event" on prisoners of war in Vietnam has
not been finalized.
Sinclair owns 20 Fox affiliates, 19 WB stations, eight ABC affiliates,
four NBC stations, three CBS stations, and two independent channels
that reach about 24 percent of television households, according to its
Web site.
The company in April refused to air on its ABC stations the
"Nightline" program that broadcast the names and photographs of the
American soldiers who had been killed in Iraq.
The company's owners and executives have given overwhelming to
Republicans in the last 11 years, about $309,000 versus about $72,000
to Democrats and its political action committees, according to
campaign contribution tracker PoloticalMoneyLine.
Powell said even if the FCC did try to take action, it would likely
violate free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution.
"I don't know about you but I haven't seen it, I don't know who has
seen it, I don't know whether there's anything implicated in FCC
policy at all," said Powell, a Republican first appointed to the
independent agency by President Bill Clinton and selected as chairman
by President Bush.
Sinclair's Web site invites people to urge Kerry to accept its
invitation to participate in the program, adding that
characterizations about its content are based on ill-informed sources.
The documentary backers last month said on their Web site that they
had joined forces with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that
launched a high-profile advertising campaign this summer attacking
Kerry's service in Vietnam and his testimony to Congress.
Other veterans, including one who commanded a boat alongside Kerry
during the Vietnam war, have defended him.
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It reeks of the 2000 presidential coup.
A biased unsupportable decision by Republican Powell.
Powell compares the forcing of television stations to air the anti-Kerry
documentary to free speech. It makes as much sense as the USSC decision to
stop the vote counting in Florida to preserve voters rights.
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From the article:
Democrats say the documentary is a political statement masquerading as
news and have demanded the FCC and the Federal Election Commission
determine whether its broadcast would violate any regulations.
"The American public, which owns the airwaves that Sinclair would use
for its partisan political purposes, expects the FCC to uphold the
basic principle of fairness which is at the root of our democracy,"
said a letter to Powell from 85 House of Representatives' Democrats
sent on Wednesday.
Sinclair, based in Baltimore, Maryland, with 62 stations in 39 markets
that include battleground states like Ohio and Florida, said the
format of its "special news event" on prisoners of war in Vietnam has
not been finalized.
Sinclair owns 20 Fox affiliates, 19 WB stations, eight ABC affiliates,
four NBC stations, three CBS stations, and two independent channels
that reach about 24 percent of television households, according to its
Web site.
The company in April refused to air on its ABC stations the
"Nightline" program that broadcast the names and photographs of the
American soldiers who had been killed in Iraq.
The company's owners and executives have given overwhelming to
Republicans in the last 11 years, about $309,000 versus about $72,000
to Democrats and its political action committees, according to
campaign contribution tracker PoloticalMoneyLine.
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right, TYPICALLY THROUGH THE MERGING OF STATE AND BUSINESS LEADERSHIP,
together with a belligerent nationalism.
The American Heritage Dictionary
copyright 1973
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DO first amendment rights allow lies and slander? No but Powell does. By the
way, where's his dad been since he spoke out against the administration
policy about 3 months ago?
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VOTE KERRY/EDWARDS---BRING LITERACY BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE
FCC Chief Says Cannot Block Anti-Kerry Show
Thu Oct 14, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments after
returning from Vietnam, the agency's head said on Thursday.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to air the "Stolen Honor"
documentary which accuses Kerry of betraying fellow veterans of the
Vietnam War by testifying to Congress in 1971 about atrocities he said
were committed by U.S. forces in that conflict.
"Don't look to us to block the airing of the program," FCC Chairman
Michael Powell told reporters. "There is no rule that I'm aware of
that would allow the commission, nor would it be prudent, to prevent
the airing of programing."
One former prisoner of war interviewed for the program said Kerry's
remarks were used by the Vietnamese to undermine their morale,
according to his video account on the Web site for the documentary.
Democrats say the documentary is a political statement masquerading as
news and have demanded the FCC and the Federal Election Commission
determine whether its broadcast would violate any regulations.
"The American public, which owns the airwaves that Sinclair would use
for its partisan political purposes, expects the FCC to uphold the
basic principle of fairness which is at the root of our democracy,"
said a letter to Powell from 85 House of Representatives' Democrats
sent on Wednesday.
Sinclair, based in Baltimore, Maryland, with 62 stations in 39 markets
that include battleground states like Ohio and Florida, said the
format of its "special news event" on prisoners of war in Vietnam has
not been finalized.
Sinclair owns 20 Fox affiliates, 19 WB stations, eight ABC affiliates,
four NBC stations, three CBS stations, and two independent channels
that reach about 24 percent of television households, according to its
Web site.
The company in April refused to air on its ABC stations the
"Nightline" program that broadcast the names and photographs of the
American soldiers who had been killed in Iraq.
The company's owners and executives have given overwhelming to
Republicans in the last 11 years, about $309,000 versus about $72,000
to Democrats and its political action committees, according to
campaign contribution tracker PoloticalMoneyLine.
Powell said even if the FCC did try to take action, it would likely
violate free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution.
"I don't know about you but I haven't seen it, I don't know who has
seen it, I don't know whether there's anything implicated in FCC
policy at all," said Powell, a Republican first appointed to the
independent agency by President Bill Clinton and selected as chairman
by President Bush.
Sinclair's Web site invites people to urge Kerry to accept its
invitation to participate in the program, adding that
characterizations about its content are based on ill-informed sources.
The documentary backers last month said on their Web site that they
had joined forces with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that
launched a high-profile advertising campaign this summer attacking
Kerry's service in Vietnam and his testimony to Congress.
Other veterans, including one who commanded a boat alongside Kerry
during the Vietnam war, have defended him.
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DO first amendment rights allow lies and slander?
Apparently .. they let Michael Moore show his mockumentary didn't they.
VOTE KERRY/EDWARDS---BRING LITERACY BACK TO >THE WHITE HOUSE
The Democratic Party - "our strength is our perversity"
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:58:40 -0500, reeder <reeder@zzz.com> wrote:
FCC Chief Says Cannot Block Anti-Kerry Show
Thu Oct 14, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments after
returning from Vietnam, the agency's head said on Thursday.
No one claimed otherwise that I know of. The commercial is illegal for
other reasons--- it is the FEC's job, not the FCC, to curb Sin-liar's
political commercial.
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"Terrorism" isn't the enemy: George W Bush is!
http://lastliberal.org
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Apparently .. they let Michael Moore show his mockumentary didn't they.
Michael Moore's movie was shown on 62 stations commerical-free? That's news
to me.
VOTE KERRY/EDWARDS---BRING LITERACY BACK TO >THE WHITE HOUSE
The Democratic Party - "our strength is our perversity"
You're getting perversity, the value of the right, confused with diversity,
the value of the left.
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I'm NOT John Kerry and he disapproves of this message.
Communist Vietnamese honor John Kerry, the war protester,
as a hero in their victory over the United States.
http://communistsforkerry.com/pictures/cdw0423_1.jpg
http://communistsforkerry.com/pictures/cdw0424_1.jpg
http://communistsforkerry.com/pictures/cdw0616_1.jpg
http://611.mystarband.net/images/VVAW06.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/pic052k.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/pic049k.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/pic016k.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/B01.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/kerry_doi.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/A03.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/A06.jpg
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/Jane_Fonda/Jane_admiration2-small.jpg
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/Jane_Fonda/Jane_gun.jpg
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/Jane_Fonda/Jangun4.jpg
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/Jane_Fonda/Jane-color.jpg
http://images.washtimes.com/photos/web/20040210-052011-3111.jpg
http://www.newsmax.com/images/headlines/Fonda_Kerry_arrow.jpg
http://www.rhyner.com/realclips/Hanoi_Kerry_and_Crew.WMV
(5 Meg download of Video of the Kerry Medal Toss)
Jane Fonda tells the student audience at the Michigan State
University in 1969; "I would think that if you understood what
communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees,
that we would someday become communist."
http://www.moorej.org/jane/
MORE:
Communist Ortega meets Kerry
http://www.netforcuba.org/kerDan.gif
John and Jane forever...
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:58:40 -0500, reeder <reeder@zzz.com> wrote:
No one claimed otherwise that I know of. The commercial is illegal for
other reasons--- it is the FEC's job, not the FCC, to curb Sin-liar's
political commercial.
So, you believe the government to have the right to curb free speech?
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4 YEARS TOO MANY wrote:
DO first amendment rights allow lies and slander? No but Powell does. By the
way, where's his dad been since he spoke out against the administration
policy about 3 months ago?
Powell will be gone by January no matter what the election results are.
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The Last Liberal wrote:
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:58:40 -0500, reeder <reeder@zzz.com> wrote:
No one claimed otherwise that I know of. The commercial is illegal for
other reasons--- it is the FEC's job, not the FCC, to curb Sin-liar's
political commercial.
Remember how the rightards howled when Moore tried to get Fahrenheit
9/11 on TV?
Fucking hypocrites.
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"Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their
dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens."
- William H. Beveridge, 1944
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.....from his jail cell.
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" Don't look at me, I just know stuff. "
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Highway66 wrote:
DO first amendment rights allow lies and slander?
Apparently .. they let Michael Moore show his mockumentary didn't they.
Yeah, I guess that patriots do have rights after all.
The Democratic Party - "our strength is our perversity"
The Republican Party -- "our strength is your ignorance and stupidity"
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Highway66 wrote:
DO first amendment rights allow lies and slander?
Apparently .. they let Michael Moore show his mockumentary didn't they.
Actually, nobody "let" Moore show anything. Have you ever heard of
"free enterprise?" Moore offered a product. Those who chose to see the
film had to pay to do so. But, I guess that "free markets" only apply
to Republicans.
The Democratic Party - "our strength is our perversity"
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Don't think. Vote Bush!
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VOTE KERRY/EDWARDS---BRING LITERACY BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Highway66 wrote:
DO first amendment rights allow lies and slander?
Yeah, I guess that patriots do have rights after all.
The Republican Party -- "our strength is your ignorance and stupidity"
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David Rhyner wrote:
You are an abuser, retard. Get used to saying "President Kerry."
LOL!
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Terry Fields wrote:
Wow Colin's kid ruled in favor of a right wing cause
Shocker
I hope the rightards remember this when it's done to them in the future.
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"Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their
dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens."
- William H. Beveridge, 1944
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reeder wrote:
FCC Chief Says Cannot Block Anti-Kerry Show
Thu Oct 14, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments after
returning from Vietnam, the agency's head said on Thursday.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to air the "Stolen Honor"
documentary which accuses Kerry of betraying fellow veterans of the
Vietnam War by testifying to Congress in 1971 about atrocities he said
were committed by U.S. forces in that conflict.
"Don't look to us to block the airing of the program," FCC Chairman
Michael Powell told reporters. "There is no rule that I'm aware of
that would allow the commission, nor would it be prudent, to prevent
the airing of programing."
There sure as hell is, toadie.
It's called the Election Reform Act.
One former prisoner of war interviewed for the program said Kerry's
remarks were used by the Vietnamese to undermine their morale,
according to his video account on the Web site for the documentary.
Democrats say the documentary is a political statement masquerading as
news and have demanded the FCC and the Federal Election Commission
determine whether its broadcast would violate any regulations.
"The American public, which owns the airwaves that Sinclair would use
for its partisan political purposes, expects the FCC to uphold the
basic principle of fairness which is at the root of our democracy,"
said a letter to Powell from 85 House of Representatives' Democrats
sent on Wednesday.
Sinclair, based in Baltimore, Maryland, with 62 stations in 39 markets
that include battleground states like Ohio and Florida, said the
format of its "special news event" on prisoners of war in Vietnam has
not been finalized.
Sinclair owns 20 Fox affiliates, 19 WB stations, eight ABC affiliates,
four NBC stations, three CBS stations, and two independent channels
that reach about 24 percent of television households, according to its
Web site.
The company in April refused to air on its ABC stations the
"Nightline" program that broadcast the names and photographs of the
American soldiers who had been killed in Iraq.
The company's owners and executives have given overwhelming to
Republicans in the last 11 years, about $309,000 versus about $72,000
to Democrats and its political action committees, according to
campaign contribution tracker PoloticalMoneyLine.
Powell said even if the FCC did try to take action, it would likely
violate free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution.
"I don't know about you but I haven't seen it, I don't know who has
seen it, I don't know whether there's anything implicated in FCC
policy at all," said Powell, a Republican first appointed to the
independent agency by President Bill Clinton and selected as chairman
by President Bush.
Sinclair's Web site invites people to urge Kerry to accept its
invitation to participate in the program, adding that
characterizations about its content are based on ill-informed sources.
The documentary backers last month said on their Web site that they
had joined forces with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that
launched a high-profile advertising campaign this summer attacking
Kerry's service in Vietnam and his testimony to Congress.
Other veterans, including one who commanded a boat alongside Kerry
during the Vietnam war, have defended him.
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"Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their
dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens."
- William H. Beveridge, 1944
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Apparently .. they let Michael Moore show his mockumentary didn't they.
Exactly which publicly owned airwaves were used to show that capitalists
product?
I know for a fact that I took my hard earned dollars and gave them to a
small business person who paid a fair market price to the afore mentioned
capitalist hat allowed him/her to make a profit that was taxed by the US
government.
The Democratic Party - "our strength is our perversity"
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reeder wrote:
FCC Chief Says Cannot Block Anti-Kerry Show
Thu Oct 14, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments after
returning from Vietnam, the agency's head said on Thursday.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to air the "Stolen Honor"
documentary which accuses Kerry of betraying fellow veterans of the
Vietnam War by testifying to Congress in 1971 about atrocities he said
were committed by U.S. forces in that conflict.
"Don't look to us to block the airing of the program," FCC Chairman
Michael Powell told reporters. "There is no rule that I'm aware of
that would allow the commission, nor would it be prudent, to prevent
the airing of programing."
One former prisoner of war interviewed for the program said Kerry's
remarks were used by the Vietnamese to undermine their morale,
according to his video account on the Web site for the documentary.
Democrats say the documentary is a political statement masquerading as
news and have demanded the FCC and the Federal Election Commission
determine whether its broadcast would violate any regulations.
"The American public, which owns the airwaves that Sinclair would use
for its partisan political purposes, expects the FCC to uphold the
basic principle of fairness which is at the root of our democracy,"
said a letter to Powell from 85 House of Representatives' Democrats
sent on Wednesday.
Sinclair, based in Baltimore, Maryland, with 62 stations in 39 markets
that include battleground states like Ohio and Florida, said the
format of its "special news event" on prisoners of war in Vietnam has
not been finalized.
Sinclair owns 20 Fox affiliates, 19 WB stations, eight ABC affiliates,
four NBC stations, three CBS stations, and two independent channels
that reach about 24 percent of television households, according to its
Web site.
The company in April refused to air on its ABC stations the
"Nightline" program that broadcast the names and photographs of the
American soldiers who had been killed in Iraq.
The company's owners and executives have given overwhelming to
Republicans in the last 11 years, about $309,000 versus about $72,000
to Democrats and its political action committees, according to
campaign contribution tracker PoloticalMoneyLine.
Powell said even if the FCC did try to take action, it would likely
violate free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution.
"I don't know about you but I haven't seen it, I don't know who has
seen it, I don't know whether there's anything implicated in FCC
policy at all," said Powell, a Republican first appointed to the
independent agency by President Bill Clinton and selected as chairman
by President Bush.
Sinclair's Web site invites people to urge Kerry to accept its
invitation to participate in the program, adding that
characterizations about its content are based on ill-informed sources.
The documentary backers last month said on their Web site that they
had joined forces with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that
launched a high-profile advertising campaign this summer attacking
Kerry's service in Vietnam and his testimony to Congress.
Other veterans, including one who commanded a boat alongside Kerry
during the Vietnam war, have defended him.
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Easy boys! Remember, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Obviously this boy Powell has bad genes... Anyone know if he's
reproduced yet?
Miles "Off-White Dukes of Hazard" Long
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"Terry Fields" <leftds@socal.rr.com> wrote in message news:<nzDbd.30469$QJ3.2180@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>...
Wow Colin's kid ruled in favor of a right wing cause
Shocker
This is a really, really stupid article. Whatever Baby Powell thinks,
the FEC, not the FCC will have a say in Sinclair's antics. If the
election commission decides that Sinclair is violating election laws,
the braodcast may be shutdown.
Wexford
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Miles Long wrote:
reeder wrote:
Easy boys! Remember, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Obviously this boy Powell has bad genes... Anyone know if he's
reproduced yet?
Miles "Off-White Dukes of Hazard" Long
Remember how Colin whitewashed the My Lai massacre?
This is his son's My Lai.
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"Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their
dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens."
- William H. Beveridge, 1944
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"Terry Fields" <leftds@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
news:<nzDbd.30469$QJ3.2180@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>...
Wow Colin's kid ruled in favor of a right wing cause
Shocker
This is a really, really stupid article. Whatever Baby Powell thinks,
the FEC, not the FCC will have a say in Sinclair's antics. If the
election commission decides that Sinclair is violating election laws,
the braodcast may be shutdown.
Highly unlikely the broadcast will be shut down. That would be a prior
restraint.
However it is much more likely that Sinclair will face a whopping fine for
making a campaign contribution to Bush via this broadcast.
Given a Kerry victory and maybe a Democratic Senate, and then a Democratic
House after the 2006 elections, we can start turning the country around and
getting it back on the right track.
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reeder <reeder@zzz.com> wrote in message news:<601um01rkvuudu7oki50hd73a6hllbo7it@4ax.com>...
FCC Chief Says Cannot Block Anti-Kerry Show
Thu Oct 14, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments
"Don't look to us to block the airing of the program," FCC Chairman
Michael Powell told reporters.
The son of a member of the incumbent administration.
"There is no rule that I'm aware of
that would allow the commission, nor would it be prudent, to prevent
the airing of programing."
....
Powell said even if the FCC did try to take action, it would likely
violate free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution.
Complete and utter BS, and shows how @$#*ed up the understanding of
what
constitutes free speech is.
If I set up a pirate radio station at Sinclair's radio frequency, and
use it
to air Farenheit 911 2 days before election day, armed cops will take
me away
a few hours afterwards. Sinclair is LEASING the frequency, a SCARCE
resource,
from it's OWNER. If they only air one side, they are DENYING freedom
of speech.
They can show a biased Anti-Kerry documentary if they want, but the
other side
has a RIGHT to be given equal time as well.
The "radiostations only show what's profitable" line simply does not
wash, because the other side (eg Farenheit 911) is actually
considerably more profitable. In fact, cancelling regular
advertising to deliberately show something which would make sinclair
vulnerable to boycotts qualifies as
Fraud with respect to the stockholders.
Quite frankly, I hope that thousands of freedom-minded pirate
radio-station
owners teach Sinclair a lesson: Try jamming Sinclair Radio stations
with Anti-Bush propaganda. NOT the Kerry documentary but the same
segment, say a day earlier or later. If governament does not enforce
freedom of speech,
freedom-minded citizens who are not afraid of civil disobedience
should.
GT
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reeder <reeder@zzz.com> wrote in message news:<601um01rkvuudu7oki50hd73a6hllbo7it@4ax.com>...
FCC Chief Says Cannot Block Anti-Kerry Show
Thu Oct 14, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments after
returning from Vietnam, the agency's head said on Thursday.
In our country, we have freedom of the press as long as you own a
press. In our country, both the rich and the poor are prevented from
stealing bread and sleeping under bridges.
There's no law against lying and there's no law against selling out
your country. There are real fascists out there, and they pretty much
run things.
Rush lies more and faster than anyone since Joseph Goebbles, with whom
he shares a lot (including a morphine addiction) and there's no way to
stop him. These folks have every right to promote the needless,
criminal, moronic slaughter of young Americans and Iraqies for the
benefit of Dick Cheney's political base of oil company executives.
Treason is quite legal under the constitution.
It really depends on a well educated electorate, and as you know by
listening to Rush, that is NOT a universal condition.
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Highway66 wrote:
DO first amendment rights allow lies and slander?
Apparently .. they let Michael Moore show his mockumentary didn't they.
The Democratic Party - "our strength is our perversity"
Geez, you're right! They permitted Moore's F911 to show in
a theatre, to paid patrons.. (In spite of the Noble Republicans
who wanted it censored!)
So, you don't see a difference between that and commercial TV?
You are another stupid @$#*ing right winger.
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"You know, it's hard work to try to love her as best as I can, knowing full
well that the decision I made caused her loved one to be in harm's
way." -George W. Bush, presidential debate, Coral Gables, Fla., Sept. 30,
2004
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dan@dan.com wrote:
DO first amendment rights allow lies and slander?
Michael Moore's movie was shown on 62 stations commerical-free? That's news
to me.
VOTE KERRY/EDWARDS---BRING LITERACY BACK TO >THE WHITE HOUSE
You're getting perversity, the value of the right, confused with diversity,
the value of the left.
Moore's F911 hasn't been showed on TV at all (yet). And if it is shown,
it won't be commercial free - it will be on a pay per view..
Republicans need to pull out all stops to try to 'elect' this
miserable little ignorant sack of #@($ George W. Bush as 'president'..
Nothing is too dishonest, immoral, unfair, or #@($ty for the Repubs.
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"You know, it's hard work to try to love her as best as I can, knowing full
well that the decision I made caused her loved one to be in harm's
way." -George W. Bush, presidential debate, Coral Gables, Fla., Sept. 30,
2004
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David Rhyner wrote:
I'm NOT John Kerry and he disapproves of this message.
Communist Vietnamese honor John Kerry, the war protester,
as a hero in their victory over the United States.
http://communistsforkerry.com/pictures/cdw0423_1.jpg
http://communistsforkerry.com/pictures/cdw0424_1.jpg
http://communistsforkerry.com/pictures/cdw0616_1.jpg
http://611.mystarband.net/images/VVAW06.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/pic052k.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/pic049k.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/pic016k.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/B01.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/kerry_doi.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/A03.jpg
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/A06.jpg
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/Jane_Fonda/Jane_admiration2-small.jpg
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/Jane_Fonda/Jane_gun.jpg
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/Jane_Fonda/Jangun4.jpg
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/Jane_Fonda/Jane-color.jpg
http://images.washtimes.com/photos/web/20040210-052011-3111.jpg
http://www.newsmax.com/images/headlines/Fonda_Kerry_arrow.jpg
http://www.rhyner.com/realclips/Hanoi_Kerry_and_Crew.WMV
(5 Meg download of Video of the Kerry Medal Toss)
Jane Fonda tells the student audience at the Michigan State
University in 1969; "I would think that if you understood what
communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees,
that we would someday become communist."
http://www.moorej.org/jane/
MORE:
Communist Ortega meets Kerry
http://www.netforcuba.org/kerDan.gif
John and Jane forever...
No doubt from some sorry sonofa#@&@
who never went anywhere
near Vietnam.
Instead, your hero is a snot-nosed little druggie/alcoholic
son of a rich Republican politician, who went AWOL and deserted?
Right wingers deserve all the #@($ they invoke.
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"You know, it's hard work to try to love her as best as I can, knowing full
well that the decision I made caused her loved one to be in harm's
way." -George W. Bush, presidential debate, Coral Gables, Fla., Sept. 30,
2004
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David Hartung wrote:
So, you believe the government to have the right to curb free speech?
Apparently the Noble Republicans had a different feeling, trying
to suppress the showing of F911 to paid patrons of movie theaters.
Free speech means free to be a goddam massive liar and start an
illegal war with lies, but not to dare criticize our @$#*ing idiot
'president', huh?
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"You know, it's hard work to try to love her as best as I can, knowing full
well that the decision I made caused her loved one to be in harm's
way." -George W. Bush, presidential debate, Coral Gables, Fla., Sept. 30,
2004
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