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Somwhere in the Bill of Rights I read that "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 to peaceably assemble..."

I think you get the message. Maybe Andy and move on should once again look at the Bill of Rights and look closely at number 1.

Andy and Moveon the same right that gives you the freedom to spew lies and hatred is the one that gives him the right to tell the truth. Give it up!

Where is the leadership? With everyone's agenda to be re-elected, leadership is absent in Washington. There are some things in our wonderful Country that are broken. Everyone knows it. Entitlements. Journalism. Healthcare. Banking. Mortgage Industry. The war on drugs. The justice system. They are all broke. Everyone knows it.

The republicans want us to believe we don't need to change anything... just keep government small and keep taxes low for business. The democrats want us to believe Government can fix anything. I'd ask what's in between, but there is nothing in between. Everyone is factionalized. We all listen to the news and read the sources that reinforce what we already believe. We don't disagree, we go straight to hating anyone with a differing opinion.

Leadership is not these Washington wise guys who are quitting. It would look like taking a stand and saying something like... look, I believe in my position and I am willing to let the people decide whether to reelect me or not. If not, throw me out.

I'd like Obama to say that. Say, "I believe the right thing to do is to fix healthcare... and if you disagree... throw me out." I'd like to see some Senators and Congressmen and women say the same thing. Put it on the line. Take bold steps and do what's necessary. If we gotta raise taxes, so be it. If we got to cut programs, so be it. It's clear we need to do one or the other.

We need leadership. We need courage. We need innovation.

We need a lot less opinion masquerading as news!!

IF you haven't seen the Moive 'Food Inc.' I highly reccomend it. Its amazing how few companies control basically the entire food distribution in the United States. It was surprising for me to find out that the same hamburger paddy might contain meat particles in it from cattle across the country. The whole chicken farmer thing is very disturbing also.

On the website Recovery.gov...why did our government decide to approve the redesign of this website for $9 million dollars plus an additional website maintenance fee of $9 million dollars? I own an ad agency and I can not imagine how this can possibly be justified!

I think everyone should boycott Glenn Beck and Fox news until they fire him.
March 11, 2010 4:18 pm ET by Media Matters staff
From a March 11 post on the NY Times' The Caucus blog:
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201003110046