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In the discussion thread: We Need To Silence RW Hate Radio Once And For All. [View all]

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 01:58 PM

SlimJimmy (1,707 posts)

33. Since when did the executive branch of government have the power to lay taxes? What constitution

are you reading? Certainly not ours.

The fact is the Obama administration should just enact its Executive Branch powers under the US Constitution and tax the radio stations out of existence, in much the same way he has bankrupted new coal mining startups. THAT would be the first immediate effect, and can be done virtually overnight.

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46 replies	Author	Time	Post
We Need To Silence RW Hate Radio Once And For All. [View all]	TheMastersNemesis	Mar 2012	OP
Don't forget the overt racist Mike "Weiner" Savage.	Dawson Leery	Mar 2012	#1
OP is a few years too late	BanTheGOP	Mar 2012	#32
Since when did the executive branch of government have the power to lay taxes? What constitution	SlimJimmy	Mar 2012	#33
Our constitution states that the Executive Branch can enact emergency actions such as this	BanTheGOP	Mar 2012	#34
No it doesn't. The powers granted in the Constitution are very specific. Laying taxes is not a	SlimJimmy	Mar 2012	#37
Your constitution may say that, but then again, I don't know what planet you're living on	onenote	Mar 2012	#44
If only we didn't have that pesky 1st amendment n/t	arcane1	Mar 2012	#2
Absolutely. How inconvenient. Actually, this post sounds uncomfortably	razorman	Mar 2012	#6
We already have horrifying validation of the OP's premise	Occulus	Mar 2012	#14
Exactly	Meiko	Mar 2012	#38
Sure is a shame we have that inconvenient Constitution standing in the way	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2012	#3
it does get in the way of a good totalitarian system...n/t	stop them	Mar 2012	#4
Totalitarianism Is What They Support And Advocate	TheMastersNemesis	Mar 2012	#9
Rather than silence, perhaps accountability and some	Lionessa	Mar 2012	#13
You must not be a Tutsi cockroach	izquierdista	Mar 2012	#11
Check out this thread from the OP	RZM	Mar 2012	#17
The 1st amendment has been stretched to mean anything which means it means nothing.	mmonk	Mar 2012	#27
I don't know	Meiko	Mar 2012	#39
Money is speech and corporations are people.	mmonk	Mar 2012	#40
I'm going to have to join the others who have cited the First Amendment here	slackmaster	Mar 2012	#5
Hear, hear. If those assholes can be silenced, so can the more vocal elements on the left.	razorman	Mar 2012	#8
I think bad ideas SHOULD be aired so that people can discuss them and figure out for themselves...	slackmaster	Mar 2012	#10
I'm with you there. If we start silencing people because we detected a "code" in their language,	razorman	Mar 2012	#31
I'm always right as well, but I have another advantage over most people	slackmaster	Mar 2012	#36
What They Are Doing Goes Beyond Just Disagreement.	TheMastersNemesis	Mar 2012	#7
They never cross the line into outright incitement	SomethingFishy	Mar 2012	#18
"The system is working exactly like it's supposed to."	Occulus	Mar 2012	#22
No, we don't have that right. nt	bowens43	Mar 2012	#21
the killing of the Arab women?	Enrique	Mar 2012	#12
Right on! Who wants freedom of the press if it means we can't silence those we disagree with? nt	Speck Tater	Mar 2012	#15
Don't know about silencing it	sadbear	Mar 2012	#16
Left Silenced By Ownership All The Time	TheMastersNemesis	Mar 2012	#19
We can win on the merit of our ideas alone	sadbear	Mar 2012	#25
we don't need to silence anyone.	bowens43	Mar 2012	#20
I Do Not Consider Them Fellow Americans.	TheMastersNemesis	Mar 2012	#23
yeah? Well YOUR delusions don't hold sway.	cali	Mar 2012	#29
I agree, they are deliberately killing this country, one piece at a time.	Major Hogwash	Mar 2012	#42
Are you saying that liberals who stand up for the first amendment are 'dissenting?'	RZM	Mar 2012	#43
Check out my thread in the Activism topic section.	Major Hogwash	Mar 2012	#45
OP said he wanted to	RZM	Mar 2012	#46
we need to minimize the hate bait for the listeners with exposure of the evil intent of race baiting	opihimoimoi	Mar 2012	#24
Lets Go After the Real Crap Spreaders	shagnasty	Mar 2012	#26
nope. sorry. the 1st amendment actually has meaning- although clearly not to YOU	cali	Mar 2012	#28
Yep.	greytdemocrat	Mar 2012	#30
Agreed	Xyzse	Mar 2012	#35
The Problem Has Been Access...	KharmaTrain	Mar 2012	#41

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