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I read a story in my Cape May County “Region” section of the Press about a protest rally against the secretive utility tax, RGGI. To be frank I was outraged by the headline, ” Group spins wind energy as waste of public funds.” My beef is with the use of the term “Spins” in the headline. I realize it’s a snappy headline using the word ‘spin’ with the double entendre meaning of playing off the spinning windmills, but it also suggests there are “TWO” reasonable sides to the story, and the rally representing just one side of the truth, or maybe that even what the protestors’ are decrying lacks validity?

This is a perfect example of the subtlety used by the main stream media to sway opinion one way or the other with the masses. And, while it is shameful for the local, regional and National Press’ to engage in behavior which flies in the face of their unspoken creed of being unbiased arbiters of the truth. Remember the “Fourth Estate.”  This lack of candidness and truth by the media, who continue to lose audience share and readers faster than Citizens Bank Park in the ninth inning with the Phillies ahead 15 – 0 and two outs, two strikes on the opposing team.

People have woken up to the charade and that’s why the numbers are declining so quickly. My question though is why would the media back that which goes against their own self-interest in terms of operating costs and profit, when doing so will only hasten their demise?
All the Press had to do was print the facts as they are known regarding RGGI. They chose to leave a cloud of doubt hanging over the issue rather than clear it up once and for all. How outraged would the citizenry be if the headline read, “State delivers secret utility tax on citizens.”
Until the Press starts fighting and standing for Freedom and Liberty again, the clouds hovering over important issues will continue, and they will continue to lose market share and revenue.

I wanted to post this comment to the online version of the story, but there was no story to be found. Perhaps one of you good folks can point me in the right direction as to where it may be.

Thanks,
Dan Klein

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FIRST AMENDMENT:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

News reports indicate that journalists are having their access to the Gulf Oil Spill limited by new government regulations.

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger reports, “First Amendment suspended in the Gulf of Mexico as spill cover-up goes Orwellian:”

(NaturalNews) As CNN is now reporting, the U.S. government has issued a new rule that would make it a felony crime for any journalist, reporter, blogger or photographer to approach any oil cleanup operation, equipment or vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Anyone caught is subject to arrest, a $40,000 fine and prosecution for a federal felony crime.

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The rule, of course, is designed to restrict the media’s access to cleanup operations in order to keep images of oil-covered seabirds off the nation’s televisions. With this, the Gulf Coast cleanup operation has now entered a weird Orwellian reality where the news is shaped, censored and controlled by the government in order to prevent the public from learning the truth about what’s really happening in the Gulf.

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They are the ones who should be arrested and hauled off to federal prison, not the CNN reporters who are trying to cover this story.

The seeds of tyranny

When those who seek truth are branded criminals by the government, it is only a matter of time before that government expands its criminalization labeling to include anyone who disagrees with it. These are the seeds of tyranny, and Obama is planting them at your doorstep right now.

What BP did to the Gulf Coast, Obama is now doing to your freedom.

(Be sure to read the rest of Mike Adams’s post, by clicking here.)

P.S. A big shout-out to Meg Vogl of Support the Constitution of the United States for sharing this story with us.

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Thank you Linda Biamonte for sharing the following with us:

Upon the completion of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams, known as the “Father of the American Revolution” said,

To John Adams, it was to be remembered as a “Day of Deliverance” from the control and oppression of tyrants, and it should be marked by acts of devotion to the God who delivers!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

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Thank you Nate from Northfield and New Jersey Citizens for Immigration Control for sharing these images.

Please check out more content promoting our liberty principle “Enforce federal immigration laws. No amnesty. Deport illegal aliens,” by clicking here.

Our second liberty principle reads, “Enforce federal immigration laws. No amnesty. Deport illegal aliens.”   One of our recommended essays is, “Betrayal helped create illegal immigration debacle.”

Please join us in promoting this liberty principle.

Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of Obama’s Federal Trade Commission [FTC], is at the epicenter of a quiet movement to subsidize news organizations, a first step toward government control of the media.

The story goes on to describe in detail the efforts of the FTC to compromise the autonomy of a free press, which is protected by the First Amendment.

FIRST AMENDMENT:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Dick Morris concludes by saying,

The Leibowitz study, and the subsidy proposals that are likely to emerge from it, represent a chilling threat to the First Amendment and to our civil liberties.

Be sure to read the other amendments to the Constitution, the rest of Dick Morris’s article, and defend a free and autonomous press.

(Thank you Meg Vogl of Support the Constitution of the United States for bringing this story to our attention.)

Join Us Monday In Trenton As We Fight To Preserve Our Health Care Freedom!

The battle over Obamacare is now front and center in New Jersey.
Now is the time for you and me to take a stand against the federal takeover!
Legislators in Trenton are pressuring Governor Christie not to join the multi-state lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare. They will be proposing a resolution to do just that this Monday morning.
Americans for Prosperity activists will be going to Trenton to stop them!

The bill being proposed, SCR108, is a resolution stating: “Urges Governor not to join lawsuit against enforcement of new federal health reforms.”

The resolution is being sponsored by 12 Democrat lawmakers:

Lesniak, Raymond J.   as Primary Sponsor
Vitale, Joseph F.   as Primary Sponsor
Sweeney, Stephen M.   as Co-Sponsor
Buono, Barbara   as Co-Sponsor
Gill, Nia H., Esq.   as Co-Sponsor
Gordon, Robert M.   as Co-Sponsor
Weinberg, Loretta   as Co-Sponsor
Cunningham, Sandra B.   as Co-Sponsor
Norcross, Donald   as Co-Sponsor
Whelan, Jim   as Co-Sponsor
Ruiz, M. Teresa   as Co-Sponsor
Rice, Ronald L.   as Co-Sponsor

You and I need to send these legislators a message that we expect them to stand up for our rights and the sovereignty of our state.

Join your fellow activists to testify at this hearing on Monday in Trenton. Let’s make sure our elected officials hear us loud and clear!

The hearing will take place at the statehouse:
Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Monday, June 14, 2010 – 10:00 AM
Meeting – Committee Room 1, 1 st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Look forward to seeing you there as we stand up for our health care freedom!

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On to Victory,
Steve Lonegan
State Director

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