Back-Door Fairness Doctrine Advances, As Does Government-Run Healthcare, Banks, and Taxpayer Funded Abortion

1) Back-Door Fairness Doctrine Advances… O'Leary Report: FCC Chairman Copps and Diversity Committee Chairman Rivera Talk of Bringing Race War to Broadcast Corporations WASHINGTON, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission's "Diversity Committee," chaired by Fairness Doctrine proponent Henry Rivera, made it clear that they were going force the President's supporters into positions of power within the broadcast industry. FCC Chairman Michael Copps forcefully denounced the current racial and gender make-up of the broadcast industry and called its lack of diversity "a shameful state of affairs." Copps then asked the Committee: "Is it any wonder that minorities are so often stereotyped and caricatured and that the positive contributions of the minority community are so often overlooked?" Copps told Committee members, many of whom represent left-leaning activist groups such as the National Urban League, the Asian American Justice Center and One World Economy: "Be bold. Take these issues and run with them. This is not a ceremonial appointment. This is your chance to make a real and lasting difference. I hope that you will set an aggressive agenda for yourselves and that you will not hesitate to propose aggressive solutions." Many in the broadcast industry fear the Committee will do just that, and work to shut down conservative talk radio in the name of "diversity." Before handing the microphone to Diversity Committee Chairman Henry Rivera (who, as an FCC Commissioner during the Reagan administration worked to preserve the so-called "Fairness Doctrine"), Copps had strong words for the many who fear the Committee will resurrect Fairness Doctrine-type discrimination and censorship, saying such people are attempting to "deflect this country's passage to equal opportunity" and their "issue-mongering has no place in twenty-first century America." At no time was any mention made of a recent Zogby poll that shows 66% of American voters opposed the creation of advisory committees designed to promote diversity in the broadcast industry. See: http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/O'%3BLeary+Report:++FCC+Chairman+Copps+and+Diversity+Committee+Chairman+Rivera+Talk+of+Bringing+Race+War+to+Broadcast+Corporations/4629991.html 1a) Concerns Raised Over Makeup of 'Diversity Committee' at FCC See: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/05/concerns-raised-makeup-diversity-committee-fcc/ 2) Sources: Senators weigh 3 government health plans WASHINGTON – Senators are considering three different designs for a new government health insurance plan that middle-income Americans could buy into for the first time, congressional officials said Friday. Officials familiar with the proposals said senators plan to debate them in a closed meeting next week. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the controversial plans have not been released. Creating a public plan is one of the most contentious ideas in the debate over how to overhaul the nation's health care system to cover the uninsured and try to restrain costs. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090508/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_public_plan 3) President Obama's New Budget Calls for Tax-Funded Abortions in Nation's Capital Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Barack Obama's new federal budget calls for taxpayer funded abortions in the nation's capital. Although Obama has promised Americans he wants to reduce the number of abortions, one pro-life group says he is violating that promise by calling for taxpayer-financed abortions in the District of Columbia. The budget Obama submitted to Congress urges the House and Senate to repeal a law sometimes called the Dornan amendment that has prevented tax-funded abortion in the District of Columbia for many years. Congress, as authorized by the U.S. Constitution, holds complete legislative authority over the District of Columbia and, therefore, determines whether taxpayer dollars will be used to fund abortions for poor women there. Although Congress has banned taxpayer-funded abortions in D.C. for years, the budget Obama released today, on Appendix page 1209 asks Congress to repeal the ban. See: http://www.lifenews.com/nat5031.html 4) Stress tests 'excuse to nationalize banks' Regulators have agreed to allow the banks to convert government-owned preferred stock that was granted when taxpayer bailout funds were given to struggling banks to be converted to common stock.  The transaction will allow the struggling banks to book on balance sheets the bailout "loans" as capital, with the government taking ownership positions in the financial institutions as a result. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97380 5) WH Military Affairs Director Resigns in Wake of Air Force One Flyover (the sacrificial lamb…) The White House report investigating the April 27 Air Force One flyover of Manhattan directly points the finger of blame at White House Military Office director Louis Caldera, who today submitted his letter of resignation, which President Obama accepted.  In his resignation letter, dated May 8, Caldera writes that "I have concluded that the controversy surrounding the Presidential Airlift Group's aerial photo shoot over New York City has made it impossible for me to effectively lead the White House Military Office. Moreover, it has become a distraction to the important work you are doing as President. After much reflection, I believe it is incumbent on me to tender my resignation and step down as Director of the White House Military Office." See: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/05/exclusive-wh-mi.html 6) Authorities Order 30,000 to Flee California Wildfire, Tell 23,000 More to Be Ready SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Turning the horizon a lurid orange and raining embers on roofs as it advanced, a raging wildfire that has destroyed scores of homes in the hills menaced this celebrity enclave and other coastal towns Friday, and the number of people ordered to flee climbed to 30,000. Authorities warned an additional 23,000 to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. Columns of smoke rose off the Santa Ynez Mountains as the 4-day-old blaze — fanned by "sundowner" winds that sweep down the slopes in the evening — blew up from 2,700 acres to 3,500 in less than a day, creating a firefighting front five miles long. See: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519063,00.html