It\u2019s a good and honorable thing for a man to pay his debts, but when the man is a politician, a few questions are in order.\u00a0 Such as; Who does he owe, and for what, and whose money is he going to use to repay the debt.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, President Obama floated the proposal to bailout the failing newspapers.\u00a0 Of course this was done in a way that his proposal was a \u2018suggestion\u2019 to congress to make it happen. This is good strategy, if it works, he can take the credit, if the bill is actually read in the light of day, and fails, he can throw another friend under the bus with a straight face.<\/p>\n
It is a centuries old, and honored, part of our society to have an independent, free, critical, Fourth Estate, keeping watch over our leaders, much as The Order Of Ephors does.\u00a0 Years ago, Edmond Burke looked up at the gallery in the House of Commons and said, \u201c Yonder sit\u2019s the fourth estate, more important than them all.\u201d , and so coined the term. Burke obviously understood the power of the press.\u00a0 BHO does too, after all the media played a big role in getting him elected, and he won\u2019t forget his \u2018honorable debt\u2019.<\/p>\n
If you look around the world, you will see different treatments of the press by government.\u00a0 Free societies value, and respect their press, and rely on it to keep an eye on government.\u00a0 Some leaders silence the press at the point of a gun, such as Hugo Chaves has done in Venezuela.\u00a0 Since we are much more sophisticated (read sneaky), we just buy them out and take them over.\u00a0 More civilized, you know, old chap\u2026<\/p>\n
Recent history, even during our young presidents lifetime gives an example.\u00a0 One of the largest and most powerful newspapers in the world was Pravda.\u00a0 Bought and paid for by the government of the thankfully defunct Soviet Union.\u00a0 Nary an anti government word appeared in their pages, because they were bought and paid for by the very institution they were supposed to watch and report on.\u00a0 When BHO buys the New York Times, do you really expect to be able to read about the misdeeds of our government?\u00a0 Or any fair reporting, other than the official party line on any of the issues of the day?<\/p>\n
The next question the American people should have is:\u00a0 Where is the money coming from?\u00a0 If BHO wants to buy the New York Times or any other newspaper, I say, have at it.\u00a0 Out of your own pocket.\u00a0 Just like Rupert Murdock did.\u00a0 Don\u2019t extort money from me to build your very own private propaganda arm.\u00a0 If I had enough fish to wrap in that rag, I\u2019d get a subscription.<\/p>\n
If we take this whole bailout, slash, stimulus scheme a little further, there are some other, formerly viable, industries that are in dire straits.\u00a0 I can think of a couple that were an important, and formative, part of the generation we have given the reins of power to.\u00a0 Obviously, the vinyl record industry, and the eight track tape industry are in deep doo-doo about now.\u00a0 Probably too big to fail, by 1960\u2019s standards.\u00a0 Going back a little further, the oil lamp manufactures could probably have their association meeting in a phone booth.\u00a0 We better dump some of someone else\u2019s money in this vital industry too.\u00a0 Pretty soon, steam locomotive manufacturers will team up with buggy whip manufacturers to form a powerful lobby with the express purpose of helping themselves to your wallet.<\/p>\n
Nowhere in the constitution is this allowed, in fact it is expressly forbidden.\u00a0 We have the inalienable right to our lives, liberty and property, and bailing out the myrmidons that elected you, with the fruits of MY labor, is not one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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