Rational Nation USA

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism The following quote, short as it may be, is instructive in its truth. "To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to." --Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835 A free nation, in order to remain free, must forever preserve and protect a press unencumbered by government regulation or oversight. This, by necessity, must include the internet. On the other hand to remain a free people requires members of a free society remain ever informed and vigilant. The dangers in a free press rest in the fact there are those who do not report the news {truth} but rather their interpretation {twisting} of the news {facts} in order to further their own agenda. The evil of which Alexis de Tocqueville spoke lies in in the foregoing statement. Opinions developed by one after analyzing a set of facts is the responsibili...

Reason TV:... The FCC has just taken initial steps to regulate the Internet service providers the same way it regulates telephone companies. Although Chairman Julius Genachowski has said he would use any regulatory powers with a "light touch," having the FCC control any aspect of the Internet is a really bad idea for at least three reasons. It looks like it's coming folks. The Leviathan statist government will soon be controling our ability to use the internet as a vehicle to protest a  government out of control. Orwellian without a doubt. Thank you progressive collectivists. Cross Posted at Left Coast Rebel . Via:  Memeorandum  Looks 

By: Les Carpenter III Rational Nation USA Critical to the success of statist governments throughout history has been the control of information available to the general public. Indeed the founding fathers of our nation understood the critical nature a free and unlettered press played in the   existence of a free republic. Hence the drafting of the first amendment to the Constitution... Which reads as follows. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press... Clearly the framers of our Constitution understood that for a people to remain free they must secure  the right to free and dissenting speech as well as a free and unbiased press. Today, at this very moment, there are forces at work that wish to abridge these very principals in the name of political correctness, multicultur...

Rational Nation USA, who has not been a supporter of the main stream media, was pleasantly surprised when all the major networks decided if Fox News didn't get a place at the table they wouldn't participate either. It was great to see Axelrod, Dunn, and yes, even  the President get a good slap in the face. So the interview went on and Major Garret was given his proper place at the table, and FOX News was represented. The other major networks certainly saw a precedent setting if the administrations shunning of FOX was not challenged. In another not so politically correct era the words CENSORSHIP would be screamed across America at the mere attempt to do what   the shameful Obama administration has tried to do. Rational Nation USA thinks we are living a great danger. That being the loss of free and dissenting information. What do you think? Via: Memeorandum Via: Hot Air