Apparently a sizeable minority of Americans would favor a return of the "Fairness Doctrine." The Fairness Doctrine, or course, is basicly a government regulation that says you cannot exercise your free speech rights unless they are satisfied that you have also permitted someone who disagrees with you to exercise their right of expression on your broadcast medium and on your dime.
This is in the United States of America.
This represents a move against freedom, by people who are more interested in advancing their agenda and using the force of law to oppose that freedom.
Kind of like what Russia is trying to do in Georgia: crushing people's democratic rights and freedoms by force so that the aggressors can do what they want.
Patriotic Americans can do no less than oppose the Fairness Doctrine and support the people of Georgia.
Of course, I have no way of gauging who President Saakashvili truly is, but he sure sounded like Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams to me. Is he just a glib speaker? I hope not. His words in defense of liberty everywhere were very moving, and if I had a link I'd post it. But as for standing up for Georgians generally in this crisis, and for the implications for freedom in the world, here are some nice sentiments.
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