Was Dr Laura Schlessinger treated fairly?

[Maximilian]

Originally Posted by pelathais

The United States Federal Government "pulled the plug." That would be the very definition of "censorship."

I was thinking and wondering "out loud" more than trying to make an argument. GM was one of the companies that famously used "product placement" types of advertising on HBO's The Sopranos.

The Sopranos used "the n- word" frequently, yet no one complained and GM still sought and received the coveted product placements. It's only when someone who is perceived as being "conservative" uses the word - even in an academic fashion as Schlessinger appears to have done - that the big money Liberals attack.

I don't know, didn't Howard Stern run into similar issues?

If she's a hot commodity in the market, she'll earn more money and have the same audience when she switches formats.

Your point about GM -- is the government really "calling the shots?" Really?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Maximilian

I don't know, didn't Howard Stern run into similar issues?

If she's a hot commodity in the market, she'll earn more money and have the same audience when she switches formats.

Your point about GM -- is the government really "calling the shots?" Really?

Oh yeah. Just look at how GM and Saab are intertwined into a monumental UN dominated global car maker. The effects on our freedoms should be chilling to everyone. You know BHO is "in bed" with the Trilaterals and is just itching to sell us out to the secret global elites.

The new 2011 Escalade seems to have escaped their world domineering scheme, however. Except for the fact that you would need a government bail out to afford one.

http://www.automobile.com/2011-cadil...de-review.html

"Government control" doesn't have to equate to "calling the shots," at least not on a one-to-one level. GE also has a huge government ownership and though the Feds don't overtly "call the shots," GE's news divisions (MSNBC, NBC, CNBC, etc) have sat on stories and angled their "reporting" to support the party that currently controls our lives and has done so for most of the past 80 years.

After GE received their $140 billion bailout, MSNBC's Chris Matthews said, "It is my job to make the Obama presidency a success!"

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-fi...idency-success

Maybe the government didn't come right out and "call the shots" but $140 billion dollars of taxpayer money did.

With regard to GM, they're in a mess because of the unbridled greed of the unions. Most of the manufacturing has been driven out of the country or into the South. The unions have been an extension of the DNC for over 80 years now. With the current arrangement, the DNC has now moved itself into the corporate headquarters as well.

The ramifications of this are discussed in this 2009 WSJ article: http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ...542061821.html