January 17, 2007 by mr_flood.

Now that the dem’s have taken over, I thought it apropos to begin a regular series on this blog highlighting any attempts they may make at moving this country towards fascism, a charge they levied constantly against the republicans.

First up, Dennis Kucinich and his upcoming attempt to bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine:

In addition to media ownership, the committee is expected to focus its attention on issues such as net neutrality and major telecommunications mergers. Also in consideration is the “Fairness Doctrine,” which required broadcasters to present controversial topics in a fair and honest manner. It was enforced until it was eliminated in 1987.

Kucinich said in his speech that “We know the media has become the servant of a very narrow corporate agenda” and added “we are now in a position to move a progressive agenda to where it is visible.”

Translation: there’s too much free speech going on here, we need to curtail it ’cause we don’t like what we’re hearing.

Fascism:

2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control

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January 17, 2007 by mr_flood.

Just another kook I suppose:

Rising levels of carbon dioxide and other gases emitted through human activity, generally believed to trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, are an effect rather than the cause of global warming, a prominent Russian scientist said Monday.

and

“Global warming results not from the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but from an unusually high level of solar radiation and a lengthy - almost throughout the last century - growth in its intensity,” Abdusamatov told RIA Novosti in an interview.

“It is no secret that when they go up, temperatures in the world’s oceans trigger the emission of large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. So the common view that man’s industrial activity is a deciding factor in global warming has emerged from a misinterpretation of cause and effect relations.”

via Junk Science

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