TYT: Obama: Cut Regulations On Food Safety, Business, Fairness Doctrine

The Northerner

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Wed Aug-24-11 07:57 PM
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TYT: Obama: Cut Regulations On Food Safety, Business, Fairness Doctrine

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Posted on YouTube: August 24, 2011
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Posted on DU: August 25, 2011
By DU Member: The Northerner
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Facing Republican criticism, the Obama administration is planning to cut some government regulations in an effort to help reduce the budget deficit. Food safety (the FDA), business regulations and the Fairness Doctrine are could be affected.

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fascisthunter

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Wed Aug-24-11 07:59 PM
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1. somebody explain to me how cutting regulations on all are good for any economy

you are killing your consumer base? Are the wealthy waging genocide against the lower classes?

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alp227

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Wed Aug-24-11 10:02 PM
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2. K&R, will watch later, this is SHAMEFUL

please bombard the WH comment line at 202-456-1111 and the office of your members of Congress. This is just ridiculous. Please please PLEASE let this just be a trial balloon, but I do predict that Obama will appeal to Republicans with something on the lines of deregulation. And the Fairness Doctrine? That's been dormant since 1987!

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pam4water

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Thu Aug-25-11 12:23 AM
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3. How can you not like the fairness doctrine? That is how democracy workers. You hear multiple

Edited on Thu Aug-25-11 12:24 AM by pam4water

arguments and make a ration decision. Not listen to endless propaganda and give in to pressure.

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Lorien

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Thu Aug-25-11 12:46 AM
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4. Rush Limbaugh has been the chief disinformation source on the Fairness Doctrine for

Edited on Thu Aug-25-11 12:46 AM by Lorien

20 years now. He's even brainwashed many young "Democrats" into believing that it curtailed free speech when obviously the OPPOSITE was true!

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ScottLand

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Thu Aug-25-11 04:41 AM
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5. Yeah, you never hear about the Fairness Doctrine except

for when the RW radio hacks use it as a bogeyman. I don't remember ever hearing Obama (or Hillary) say they wanted to reconstitute the Fairness Doctrine so they can crush talk radio, but Limbaugh does.

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