It Was Only A Matter Of Time...

...before San Fran Nan said "aye" to applying the Fairness Doctrine to talk radio.

Here's a late-day posting from the liberal blog www.seeingtheforest.com

"I was on a conference call with Speaker Pelosi that just ended.

Taylor Marsh http://www.taylormarsh.com asked about the Fairness Doctrine and Rep. Spence's amendment to prohibit enforcement of the fairness doctrine on conservative talk radio. Speaker Pelosi said this will not come to the floor, that she is solidly behind bringing back the Fairness Doctrine. Update - correction The wording was along the lines of Rep. Slaughter has made this her work to restore it (Fairness Doctrine), Pence's bill won't make it to the floor; they won't be able to stop the Fairness Doctrine through his bill."

Senators Kerry, Clinton, Boxer, Feinstein. Now the Speaker of the House. All in favor of reinstituting the Fairness Doctrine to restrict your First Amendment rights. And there will be other top Democrats who will come out in favor of it, because there is political safety in numbers. The more who are for it, the easier it is for all of them to be for it.

Of course, this is the cowards' way out: they know they can't compete in the marketplace of ideas, so they have to try to dilute the other side of the debate.

Putting it out there in their rhetoric is their first move. The more they talk about it, the more "mainstream" an idea it looks. Once it's been "mainstreamed," then it's easier to make happen. Don't think it will happen? Think it's only election-year talk? Think that at your peril.

Comments

[Conley T. Gwinn]

I disagree with every aspect of your infestation of my universe - except your opposition to the Fairness Doctrine. It is impossible to enforce in the face of Corporate dominance of the media, and insufficient if it were totally enforceable. What works better is simply to restore the original maximums for media ownership, and then cut those in half. The forced divestiture of the innumerable outlets swallowed by the blasphemous marriage of the Republicans to the Corporations - personally, I hope at a staggering loss - will, in and of itself, provide the diversity, the access, and the vitality that our Corporate media currently lack.

Why, journalism might rebound, if not in print, at least as video reporting. With the exposure of the rot at the core of the Republican Party, the corruption of the marriage of that Party to the Corporate purse, and the generations of debt and suffering inflicted upon this nation by their offspring, we would certainly see the end of that Party, and perhaps some realistic assessment of the true "rights" of immortal "beings" - Corporations - who never go to jail for crimes, never are embarrassed by lack of ethics, never serve in the wars they propagate for profit.

[Conley T. Gwinn]

I disagree with every aspect of your infestation of my universe - except your opposition to the Fairness Doctrine. It is impossible to enforce in the face of Corporate dominance of the media, and insufficient if it were totally enforceable. What works better is simply to restore the original maximums for media ownership, and then cut those in half. The forced divestiture of the innumerable outlets swallowed by the blasphemous marriage of the Republicans to the Corporations - personally, I hope at a staggering loss - will, in and of itself, provide the diversity, the access, and the vitality that our Corporate media currently lack.

Why, journalism might rebound, if not in print, at least as video reporting. With the exposure of the rot at the core of the Republican Party, the corruption of the marriage of that Party to the Corporate purse, and the generations of debt and suffering inflicted upon this nation by their offspring, we would certainly see the end of that Party, and perhaps some realistic assessment of the true "rights" of immortal "beings" - Corporations - who never go to jail for crimes, never are embarrassed by lack of ethics, never serve in the wars they propagate for profit.

[CONLEY T. GWINN is really JOL]

*** BREAKING NEWS ***
JOL BUSTED FOR INTERNET IMPERSONATION !!

JOL the FRAUD has a computer that does this double speak to his posts.

BUSTED! ......... Another PHONY BALONEY, PLASTIC BANANA, ROCKnROLL LIBERAL dummie bites the dust. HAHHAHAHAHAH !!!

http://monicamemo.typepad.com/weblog/2007/06/hillary-clinton.html#comments

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Gawd! There's two of me!! I can't stand it!!!
I don't know how you folks can stand it.

Do you think we could use Jol's methods at Gitmo?
If it F##ks over you, think what it could do to them freakin' Muslims.

Posted by: JOL | June 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM

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[Conley T. Gwinn]

Not at all! However, I do note some similarity of response: rather immature, absolutely ad hominem, and totally sans relevance. Too bad about that, eh?

Perhaps a few years, a bit of education, some practice, might - might - qualify respondant to post an argument that transcends this upper-case mis-spelled assault on reason.

[JOL LIES AGAIN]

JOL,

TOO LATE - YOU ARE EXPOSED FOR YOUR GRAND FRAUD AND FAKERY

MONICA KNOWS YOU SUCK AND NOW SO DOES THE WHOLE WORLD, YOU DICKLESS WONDER

[Conley T. Gwinn]

Har! De! Har!

Do you have the requisite wit to address either the original article, or my response thereto?

If, as I suspect, you do not, please do not clutter the already burdened web further, little fellow. You're slowing down some poor fellow's porn download with your nonsense.

[JOL porn accelerator to the Stars]

BUSTED TO PIECES!

THERE GOES HIS BIG IMAGE *SWOOOOP* DOWN THE DRAIN

THE SOUND YOU HEAR IS HIS SULLIED REPUTATION GOING CLUNK!

EXPOSED FOR HIS TAR BABY STYLE, HE NOW RIDES OFF INTO THE SUNSET

[Conley T. Gwinn]

Sorry, but adults are allowed to stay up, even go out, after dark. Apparently a case of projection on your part?

[JOL PLAYS PRETEND]

JOL IS SO MIFFED HE GOT BUSTED !

TOO BAD LITTLE WEASEL - YOUR JUST DESSERTS HAVE BEEN ON THEIR WAY FOR SOME TIME. NOW YOU ARE BUSTED TO PIECES AND YOU CAN'T STAND IT

NEXT TIME YOU MESS WITH PETE YOU'LL THINK TWICE FOOL

[Conley T. Gwinn]

Okay, you got me. I admit I am JOL. But so what? Its fun to post as more than one person.

Come visit me at my personal blog: http://jackromp.blogspot.com
Its kind of boring though. I'm the only one who reads it.

[Conley Gwinn]

This blog is remiss in its failure to manage logons more stringently: there is in this universe, only one Conley T. Gwinn; yet there is an unlimited supply of jack-a-napes and provocateurs who refuse to post to the article, who cannot reply sensibly to other posts or other posters, and who cannot even manage both consistencey and rationality in their flummery. Sorry, kids, I've had a better offer from sites which do manage logons, and which do enforce relationship between the subject and the postings.

BUT - please do have fun in your juvenile pursuits, for childhood is the last opportunity you will have to behave foolishly while the grownups protect you.

[Jol]

To All,
The last post is by Conley Gwinn. The one before that in which the perp pretends that he is Qwinn admitting he is Jol was not posted by Qwinn.
It was posted by a small minded little twirp who seeks to take me on with his "special" version of germ warfare, because he lacks courage and is incapable of rational discussion.
I would laugh, if it weren't so mean spirited and disruptive.
I agree with Conley Qwinn. The logons here should be managed more stringently.

[Jol]

To All,
This is my last post as Jol. I will now post exclusively as Conley T. Gwinn. Any other poster you read from Jol is counterfeit. The above post is another from the true perp. To all my fans Tom TB, Pete, Monica and the rest ---- its been real.

http://jackromp.blogspot.com

[THE FAKE JOL]

WAIT A MINUTE! YOU CAN'T JUST CHANGE YOUR NAME TO CONLEY. ITS AGAINST THE RULES OF BLOG ETIQUETTE!

I LIKE THIS JOL MONIKER. CONLEY IS FOR SISSIES

THIS IS SIMPLY SCANDALOUS !! HOW DARE YOU !!!

[Jol]

Monica,
The fellow who is posting all sorts of scurrilous nonsense and using insulting and disgusting versions of my screen name, is turning this blog into his own personal asylum and ruining intelligent discourse. Can you not control that sort of thing?
He has driven Conley Qwinn from here, and although Conley may not be on the same political wave length as yourself, he is one of the brighter minds posting here of late. If you let this character keep it up he will turn other serious people away from your site as well.
Among his other delusions, this fellow thinks that I am gay and that I am Conley, which is nonsense. He is ruining monicamemo.com and I hope you will do something about it. The whole thing is rather unwholesome.
Thank you,
Jol

[Conley T. Gwinn]

I refuse to quit posting due to the actions of the perp pretending to be Jol above. This here is the name to watch now for the best commentary on MonicaMemo.

Everyone knows I'm not gay and it would never bother the real Jol for someone to project their gay impulse. So obviously the perp needs counseling. Let's have compassion on his situation and understand why he is doing this. He wants attention but he will never discredit my new Conley ID. No fake Jol will ever succeed in driving me away! I am like Oak.

Remember the Jol ID is now defunct.

Everybody chill. The situation is under control. We should be talking about Scooter Libby not some fake poster. Thanks all.

[Jol]

"To All,
This is my last post as Jol. I will now post
exclusively as Conley T. Gwinn. Any other poster you read from Jol is counterfeit. The above post is another from the true perp. To all my fans Tom TB, Pete, Monica and the rest ---- its been real."

This was not posted by me. He even used my actual blog.

Apparently they aren't going to do anything about you here so I give up perp. I admit, I don't know if the post just above is Conley or you. You win. Be as many people as you like. There are obviously multiple layers of personality in your psychological framework that are impossible for the layman to sort out. So I will let the truth sort itself out and hope for the best.
However, you have finally got me laughing. I am not sure whether it is at your cleverness or my own stupidity, but none the less, Congratulations.

[CONFUSED BY JOL]

"To All,
The last post is by Conley Gwinn. The one before that in which the perp pretends that he is Qwinn admitting he is Jol was not posted by Qwinn ....."
Posted by: JOL | July 01, 2007 at 06:49 PM

HOW WOULD HE KNOW THIS UNLESS CONLEY AND JOL WERE THE SAME PERSON? FIRST HE DENIES ITS HIM, THEN HE ADMITS IT AND ADOPTS THE CONLEY NAME AS A REPLACEMENT TO HIS OWN. STILL LATER HE PRETENDS THEY ARE SEPARATE AGAIN AND THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS CONLEY.

WHAT KIND OF SICK GAME IS THIS??

AFTER HE WAS BUSTED TO PIECES BY SOME SHARP DETECTIVE WORK, HE HAS COMPLETELY LOST HIS MIND !!

[hickory]

Once again Monica misses the point. It's about who owns the airwaves and it's the public who does and we have the right to hear opposing viewpoints. And it's also about unbridled slander that goes unanswered. Take, for example, the AM powerhouse in New York City, WABC Hate Radio, where Monica has spewed much filth over the years. The program director Phil Boyce purged the station of all voices not on the far right. Even the liberal clergyman on the religion program on Sunday morning was fired and now that program is complete propaganda in line with the station agenda.

Crowley writes, "Of course, this is the cowards' way out: they know they can't compete in the marketplace of ideas, so they have to try to dilute the other side of the debate." Talk about projection! It is she and her ilk who are the cowards and who seek to silence opposing viewpoints and counterpoints.