The Aiken Standard published on February 18, 2009, still another letter from Moses Mims who as usual extolled the countless virtues of the Obama administration. He also exaggerated approval ratings for President Obama and his plans. While Mims says that Obama and his plans enjoy a 76% favorable rating, Rasmussen Reports Obama had 60% approval as of February 18. As for his plans, some of which are nebulous, only 38% believe the so-called stimulus bill will help.
As is customary for all those of the liberal left, Mims indulges himself in obligatory bad-mouthing of Republicans and the Bush administration, which he blames for our current economic problems. This he and his like minded comrades do with the full support of main stream media despite the fact that much of the problem can be traced back to potentially well meaning (I give the benefit of a doubt), but irresponsible pressure on banks to give mortgages to individuals who could not afford them. From that point we started down a slippery slope that may never end.
This pressure for risky loans came during the terms of Presidents Carter and Clinton
Mr. Mims also takes a swipe at Rush Limbaugh who understandably is hated by the left because he graphically exposes its dubious plans and deceitful practices to the light of day. I don’t listen to Rush everyday and sometimes I don’t agree with him, but thank goodness he is out there exercising his free speech rights just as Mr. Mims does.
Mr. Mims prejudice about the rights of a private citizen to exercise free speech gives fair warning to those who have genuine fears about where our great country is headed. Soon we will see the "Fairness" Doctrine re-instated or a similar bill to hush Rush and all other citizens who share information or opinions which differ from the policies of the Obama administration.
The Aiken Standard on February 18 also published a guest column by Jack DeVine who has opinions that differ from those of Mr. Mims. DeVine reviews the Obama record after one month in office and discusses his take on The Good and The Not So Good.
Under the Good category he praises President Obama’s active leadership, his looking forward, not back and his assembling of a talented and solid team.
On the Not so Good side he criticized those who continue to dis George Bush., saying it was time to be honest and respectful to our former President. Mr. DeVine said the outsourcing of the stimulus package to the congress was a huge blunder and the closing of Guantanamo
I applaud the Aiken Standard for publishing the guest column from Jack Devine and the Moses Mims letter. I have lived in several countries where the press is closely controlled and citizens who speak or write opinions that differ from those of their government do so at their own risk.
I urge citizens of our great country, of every political persuasion, to write to their elected representatives and demand that they protect our free speech rights. The “Fairness” Doctrine re-instatement or something similar but cleverly disguised must never be approved.
UPDATE; Peach made excellent comments to this post and mentioned Senator DeMints article in The Augusta Chronicle today. Go here .
UPDATE; Peach made excellent comments to this post and mentioned Senator DeMints article in The Augusta Chronicle today. Go here .
Dick,
ReplyDeleteYou are singing my song!! I believe this is going to be looked back upon a time in our history that started the United States on the road to socialism. The government wants too much control of too many areas of our lives. It is frightening how little attention the average citizen in the USA pays to politics at all, much less these subtle changes that the Obama administration is trying to slip in on us!! Before they know it, it will be too late to make changes. Keep encouraging people to stand up for our rights and we'll do the same.
Thank you Ramona. Your comments give me hope. There are many citizens who know what is right but are too complacent.It is interesting that the approval rating of President Obama is dropping each day. Rasmussen now has it at 57%. Still too high but our citizens are beginning to understand.
ReplyDeleteAnd in today's Augusta Chronicle, Senator Jim DeMint, who has been heroic in trying to stop this march to socialism/Marxism, is saying he thinks citizens have to take to the streets.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the Fairness Doctrine, although Obama recently (last week) said he does not support bringing that anti-free speech legislation back, I believe the media missed his parsing of words and didn't investigate Obama's past positions on this matter.
ReplyDeleteObama said he intends to see the FCC review guidelines and develop proposals to ensure media ownership diversity. In other words, Obama will get the (un) Fairness Doctrine but he won't call it that - he'll call it something else.
I read your unpublished letter to the Aiken Standard of Feb. 18, and the American Thinker article. Moses Mims is a clone of Augusta 's Democratic Chairman Lowell Greenbaum--usually wrong and full of hot air. These two are a textbook example of what is wrong with the current liberal mindset. Obama, Reid and Pelosi are going down the wrong road.
ReplyDeleteRepublican Senator Coburn said yesterday that Obama was creating a Soviet America.
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to believe that someone with Obama's education could possibly be this clueless with regard to the economy and I've begun to think he's deliberately destroying it. It's a destruction of capitalism as we know it and will force people to rely more and more on the government which consolidates the power of the political class.
They have completely forgotten that they work for us. The way it's being fashioned is that we are working for them. Our founding fathers would be stunned that Americans have accepted this so easily.
The loss of income in the form of 401(k)'s and IRA's is staggering. Are people who worked all their lives, saved for the future because we all knew Social Security was broke, paid their taxes and contributed to society any less entitled to a bailout than irresponsible homeowners who bought a house worth more than they could pay for?
I don't believe either of these groups should be bailed out, but it's quite telling we have a president and democrat-controlled Congress to is bailing out the irresponsible at the expense (considerable expense) of the responsible.