Protect Your Voice Campaign Kicks Off

ARRA News Service - Protect Your Voice: The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity called on CPAC 2012 attendees to sign a petition that aims to grant bloggers the same legal protection journalists have. According to American Journalism Review's 2009 analysis there were 30 percent less statehouse reporters then compared to 2003. While their grant has not been renewed to do the study since then, any reporter can attest to the continued cutbacks by walking into a newsroom.

Fortunately, a new wave of energized reporters has been filling those vacancies out of passion - many unpaid. These bloggers are dedicated to informing their citizenry of its elected officials’ actions. They are addressing the threat to democracy.

Because of this, we believe they deserve the same protections as reporters in the court room. We aim to protect the bloggers that are reporting on acts of government as meticulously and honestly as the journalist sitting next to him or her at the press conference. Citizen Journalists and Bloggers should not be penalized for providing a valuable service to our country. Citizen Journalists and Bloggers in every state deserve to be included in the state’s shield laws and granted Freedom of the Press rights.

Times have changed and it’s time for the law to adjust. Go to ProtectYourVoice.org to show your some post Valentine Day love for bloggers .

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The BO budget: More spending, "class warfare" & trillion dollar deficits!

We just learned that the "deficits will keep on coming."  In fact, they are deficits in the trillion dollar range:

"The budget, an outline of which was released by the White House Friday night, will show a higher deficit this year than in 2011, up from $1.3 trillion to $1.33 trillion."

They apparently plan to save money by ending the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.   I guess that we are now able to end wars whether our enemies agree with us or not.  It must be Obama magic.

They project growth but how is that going to happen with tax increases?  

The new budget is a farce.  It won't pass the Dem Senate.  Remember that the last Obama budget went down 97-0 in the Dem Senate.    They are not rushing to defend the 2012 version either!

We need leadership and we are not getting any from a Dem president with a Dem Senate.  

In the real world, an executive would be fired for proposing such a travesty.  He would get an earful from board members and shareholders.  He'd be fired for total irresponsibility!

Again, it must be the Obama magic that will make it all work or confuse enough people to get him reelected.

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Pres BO will have to convince Iran that we are ready (and willing) to take out their facilities with or without the UN or allies

As the world turns and Iran gets closer and closer to  having a nuclear weapon, we must consider our options.

First, Israel will attack first and take out some of the Iran facilities.  The problem is that Israel may not have the planes or Navy or missiles to cripple the program.

Second, the Security Council will pass another round of countless resolutions without much "bite".  Is this Iraq and UN resolutions all over again?

Third, we sit down and talk to Iran.  Don't bet on that but I could be wrong.

Fourth, we could have an internal uprising like in Egypt or what is going on in Syria.  Don't bet on this unless you want to read about a bloodbath all over the country.

Fifth, we take out the facilities by dropping bombs and unleashing all of those Navy missiles.

It may come down to the fifth option because our allies are too busy playing games or joining China and Russia at the UN.

It may come down to one single message:  We will destroy everyone of your facilities no matter how many bombs we drop on your country.

Is Pres BO capable of delivering that message?  Time will tell but nothing else seems to be working.

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