The president who is sitting in the Oval Office right now promised to bring us "hope" and "change." Barack Obama is keeping at least one of those promises: change. But it's not the kind of change millions of you voted for.
OK, this is what makes me crazy. What part of his change message did you understand? Why follow him so blindly? Did you not see and hear that Obama was never specific in what exactly he would change – and change to what? It is amazing that many are disillusioned. They did not pay attention and deserve what they got. Problem is, it dragged the rest of us into this mess.
Oh we've got change all right — but a whole lot different than what we thought. The changes are eroding our basic freedoms — like Freedom of Speech.
Obama and his radicals are really imposing "controlled speech: Control over the media; control over the Internet; control over you.
One of the groups behind all this is Free Press. Ironic name because it is the opposite. Their motto is: "Free Press. Reform media. Transform democracy."
I didn't realize democracy needed transforming. But anyway, you'll remember that Free Press is the group pushing net neutrality, which would take the Internet out of the hands of private business and put it into the hands of government. That would create a level-playing field, which would destroy the free market that… created the Internet. But hey, you know how those evil corporations are: Always trying to be successful and make money. So evil.
Free Press is also behind SaveTheNews.org, which is "leading the search for new public policies to save journalism and to promote a robust free press in America."
Hmm, policies? Policies like a government bailout for journalism? How exactly does that "promote a robust free press"? But on to Public Broadcasting. Executive director Josh Silver's position paper "Public Media's Moment" spells out to President Obama how to take advantage: ..you have a rare opportunity to achieve real change and reinvent public media."
Silver calls on President Obama to create a White House commission on public media — and a tax on electronics:
"…on every home electronic device: multimedia players, cable and satellite set-top boxes, video game systems, televisions, etc. those devices that entertain America would in turn be supporting programming to inform, educate and enlighten. And the fee would be paid by those consumers with the means to spend on new electronics."
Yeah, another tax idea. Just what we need. That is their answer to everything.
One of the things that I did last year was start Insider Extreme and it was a step in the direction to be able to make sure that no matter, they try to shut me down on television, shut me down on radio, shut me down on Internet, shut me down in books, shut me down on stage. They have a lot of work in front of them.
