Project 21 Condemns Efforts to Use Arizona Tragedy to Curtail Free Speech
January 13, 2011
Washington, D.C. – Members of the Project 21 leadership network are condemning efforts by liberal lawmakers to impose restrictions on free speech in light of the tragic shooting spree in Arizona that critically injured Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ).
“Loss of humanity is the issue at hand in the assassination attempt on Gabrielle Giffords and the senseless murder of a nine-year-old girl, among others. Losing liberty and finding ways to silence conservative views shouldn’t even be on the table,” said Project 21 member Lisa Fritsch, a guest host at KLBJ radio in Austin, Texas. “Those who use this tragedy as anything more than a reason to pray, reflect and call each of us — as brothers and sisters — to stand united in humanity and love are acting as tools of evil.”
Despite no evidence that the man charged with the shootings, Jared Lee Loughner, was motivated in any way by political speech, liberal politicians are using the Arizona shootings to launch a campaign to resurrect regulations to curtail freedom of speech in the media and possibly other aspects of American life.
Representative James Clyburn (D-SC), a member of the liberal leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, has called for a reinstatement of “Fairness Doctrine” regulations that once allowed government to oversee and police political content. In a January 10 interview on National Public Radio, Clyburn said, “I really believe that everybody needs to take a look at where we are pushing things, and [we] may need to take a serious step back and evaluate what’s going on here.” Asked if this would constitute censorship to “an unfortunate degree,” Clyburn responded, “I don’t know that it’s necessarily to an unfortunate degree.” Clyburn’s daughter, Mignon, is a commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency that administered the Fairness Doctrine in the past.
Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) similarly complained that the FCC is “not working anymore,” claiming that blame for flared tempers and violence, such as was experienced in Arizona, was due to “what they’re hearing over the airwaves.”
Project 21 member Joe R. Hicks, the host of the PJTV internet television network’s “The Hicks File,” said: “Along with the nation’s liberals and leftists, mainstream journalists and pundits spent the past week acting like vultures — picking at the bones of a national tragedy. Now liberal members of Congress are shamelessly seeking political advantage from the actions of a madman. Make no mistake, these members of Congress, in alliance with racial hucksters like the Reverend Al Sharpton, want to slam the door on free speech and limit the diversity of viewpoints that are currently available to the American people.”
“Those squealing the loudest about injustice and dangerous points of view seem most often to be guilty of the same. And I think, to their peril, the controls they now want would be more applicable to their ilk,” said Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie. “For example, Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy complains now about conservatives who are ‘[t]rading in ambiguity and veiled threats,’ but the Post published a column by him last March in which he expressed his desire to ‘spit on [tea party activists]… and knock every racist and homophobic tooth out of their Cro-Magnon heads.’ That’s the type of person who now, without apparent remorse for his own actions, wants to arbitrate acceptable speech?”
Massie additionally warned: “A re-evaluation of our guarantee of freedom of speech in favor of undefined civility would — by necessity — silence people such as Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Julian Bond and Louis Farrakhan because they all have long and proven records of using their own voices to poison minds and incite mayhem. I know Representative Clyburn would likely think otherwise, but fairness means you can’t go after Sarah Palin and the tea party movement without going after the race hustlers.”
Why Hasn’t MSM Reported That Obama Went To Church To Hear A Muslim?
September 21, 2010
Is it not strange that the Mainstream Media has fallen all over themselves, some nearly hyperventilating over the fact that President Obama went to church for the third time in a year. And further strange is the fact that NOBODY reported, at least that I am aware of, that the guest speaker at St. John’s Church was Ziad Asali, M.D., Founder and President, American Task Force on Palestine, a Muslim.
Is that merely a coincidence?
N.Y. Times’ Demagoguery And Dearth Of Scientific Intelligence And Wolves
July 23, 2010
The New York Times is a sinking ship. They are each day taking one more step toward bankruptcy and yet remained so embroiled in failure, one has to wonder if there is any hope for them. Or do any of us care? One of the reasons people just don’t want to read their bile is because of the ignorant crap they publish. It is one thing to lie or as they say these days, to “spin” the truth, it is quite another to print material that is obviously nothing more than unconfirmed political demagoguery and propaganda. Read more
Obama Just Smart Enough To Keep Stupid People Following Him
May 10, 2010
In Obama’s recent rant about how modern technology and 24/7 information is disturbing his version of democracy, only a stupid person would listen to what he said and think it at all valid; Especially when he tells his listeners that “education” will lift them above this useless technology. What is it that Obama thinks was behind the creation of this technology if it wasn’t “education”?
General Electric CEO Challenged at Stockholder Meeting
April 30, 2010
Asked to Explain Extreme Attacks on Conservatives by GE-Owned MSNBC; About Company Lobbying for Cap-and-Trade; About the Cost of ObamaCare
The questions came from David Ridenour, Dr. Tom Borelli and Deneen Borelli of the National Center for Public Policy Research, who inquired about: Read more
Wolf Wars And Media Manipulation By The Left
April 23, 2010
For far too long the environmentalists/animal rights/anti-hunting groups have had their way with little or no opposition. They have pushed their agendas to the point of serious infringement on the rights of American citizens. Now, with people organizing and groups getting their act together, they are fighting back and the environmentalists don’t like it one bit. They also are not used to opposition. They are, however, quite accustomed to manipulating the media to fight their public relations battles.
Such is the case in the Northern Rockies area where the people are fighting back and now the environmentalists are using the media to demonize those pushing back, painting them as liars, polarizing the issue, misguiding the citizens, etc. Don’t be caught up in this giant media deception.
What is a “Black Agenda”?
March 19, 2010
“What is a black agenda?” asks Project 21′s Massie. “Jobs, retirement income, education, cost of living, crime and so on are not black American issues. They are American issues. It’s not predicated on race and color. So why is Tavis Smiley seeking to divide us when Americans should be coming together?” Read more
Crisis: Diane Feinstein Wrote On Her Hand
February 15, 2010
Sarah Palin wrote on her hand to make notes evidently about items she thought were important. I DON’T CARE! Diane Feinstein cheated during a debate in 1990 and wrote on her hand things she wouldn’t forget. I DON’T CARE! What I do care about is the double standards of how the press covers such issues but more importantly, I care about the message that Sarah Palin brings and I care about the message Diane Feinstein brings. Everything else is just a smokescreen to deflect away from the truth.
The Left’s New Crisis: Sara Palin Wrote On Her Hand. Gasp!
February 8, 2010
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The left has a new crisis! A photograph of Sarah Palin taken sometime while at the 2010 Tea Party Convention, shows writing on her hand that might suggest a couple of notes made, or not, to assist her through her speech. The left is outraged at this seeming ignorant act from a “hick” from Alaska, the same left that supports their president, who while reading from his teleprompter, twice mispronounced the word Corpsman as “Corpse Man”. To think of the difficulties some people have in life as long as Sarah Palin walks, eats and breathes.
*Update:* I posted this video for a little bit of light entertainment. The idea that a former governor of Alaska would write a note on her hand and a portion of our society would go insane over it. Yes, I criticized President Obama for using a teleprompter in a sixth grade class setting. Read more
Black Activists Respond to Reid’s Racial Remarks
January 11, 2010
Mychal Massie (chairman of Project 21): “Harry Reid is a loathsome individual whose apology was based on exposure not repentance. Reid’s comments are proof positive that the racial animus of the past is alive and prevalent among liberals today, notwithstanding the fact that their standard-bearer is a black man.”
Robert A. George: “How nice to see that, when it comes to race in America, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has such, ahem, ‘enlightenment’ (pun intended). Thank goodness no jive-talkin’ darky ever thought about running for president! No way Reid could have supported him!!” (This quote comes from Robert’s “Ragged Thots” blog. The entire post can be seen at http://raggedthots.blogspot.com.) Read more
Chris Matthews “White” Tea Parties Remark Contested
January 6, 2010
Washington, DC: On the January 5 edition of his MSNBC program “Hardball,” Chris Matthews claimed that everyone participating in tea party rallies such as the one held in Washington, D.C. on September 12, 2009 were white.
In a discussion with Mark McKinnon of the Daily Beast and Susan Page of USA Today, Matthews said: “And they’re monochromatic, right?… Meaning they’re all white. All of them — every single one of them — is white.”
Members of the Project 21 black leadership disagree. They were there. Read more
ABC Should Worry Less About Anchors; More About Integrity
December 18, 2009
Washington, DC: ABC News should focus less on the retirement of Charlie Gibson and his replacement by Diane Sawyer and more on integrity, says the National Center for Public Policy Research, which just completed an advertising review of ABC’s nightly World News. Read more
