This strikes me as a very bad idea – especially from a First Amendment standpoint, because it will allow the government to get insert itself into the editorial decisions of those newspapers who accept non-profit status. Struggling newspapers should be…

No bonuses either.

With many U.S. newspapers struggling to survive,

If only this congress had been in town when the buggy whip industry was struggling to survive.

And we should be thankful to have an “intellectual” in office for a change? Yes, I heard this one right out of the mouth of a relative who voted for Obama.

I was frightened of having Democrats in control of Washington, but they are turning out to be even worse than I imagined they would be.

Pray for our country.

Is that some kind of gang sign?  Or a hand gesture for Trekkies?
Either way, Sen. Benjamin Cardin is the latest intellectual midget to make a grab for the limelight.  His brainchild is the so-called Newspaper Revitalization Act, which would allow ne…

Busy day today, so I’m going to leave you with some links of interest. You lucky people. From the Department of Stupid Euphemisms, we have a new name for the War on Terror: it’s now the Overseas Contingency Operation! Yay!……

This is just a myth. Mussolini didn’t make the trains run on time and neither will the Empty Suit.

slug on March 25, 2009 at 11:14 AM

Last time I checked, AMTRAK was being run by Democrat Mike “Blizzard of ‘78″ Dukakis, who 10 years later was thrashed by Pappy Bush.

Since the newspaper industry is already in the back pocket of the DNC, let them fork over the bailout money….

DL13 on March 25, 2009 at 12:11 PM

Absolutely! And it should come from donations made to the DNC not all tax payers!

It should clearly state front and center every single day:

“This paper’s content doesn’t appeal to enough people on it’s merit, therefore the Democratic National Committee is funding this paper to keep alive a dead liberal message in order to trick some people into voting for Democrats.”

Let capitalism work! I thought most of these guys were in favor of teaching evolution only in schools! So what works for a scientific theory is rejected in their real lives… they need God to come in and protect the weak!

How is it that religous people have more faith in the survival of the fittest than atheists? (I am personally not offended by teaching my children evolution at school and letting me teach religion at home. I don’t find that much conflict that can’t be explained by waiting for science to catch up with reality.)

But in business… the most liberal newspapers fail. The most liberal news channels fail… people reject the message but the government should keep the rejected message alive past it’s sell date?

This is simple payback…

The print media needs to feel appreciated, and this is Barrys way of not only saving them, but brining them back under control…

Remember, its the editorial boards and editors who really control the messege Papers put out…. and slant their coverage one way or another… having the Editors beholden to you for saving their Job? Priceless…

Real journalists would reject this idea. Let’s see who signs on.

About 90% of MSM will support this idea. But to say the remaining 10% are real journalists would be a stretch.

I’m convinced Obama-Reid-Pelosi will advance some form of MSM bailout, either a front-door bailout or a back-door bailout. If it’s not this preposterous tax designation, then it’ll be something else.

It bothers me I’m not hearing more people talking about challenging the legality/Constitutionality of many of the Obama-Reid-Pelosi totalitarian initiatives.

Nicely stated, as usual. :)