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Title: Ann Coulter said she thinks there should be more journalists put in jail (Republicans idea of Freedom)
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Published: Feb 13, 2011
Author: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/13
Post Date: 2011-02-13 14:57:50 by tom007
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Ann Coulter said she thinks there should be more journalists put in jail during her appearance at the annual CPAC conference on Saturday. Coulter's comments came during a response to a question from a woman in the audience. The woman initially asked Coulter why she and other Republicans had championed free elections in Iraq but were warning about them in Egypt. "You don't go around disturbing countries where you have a loyal ally," Coulter responded. "What is more important though to American values--being friends with israel still or knowing there are jailed dissidents and journalists [in Egypt]?" the woman asked. "What do you mean knowing that there are jailed journalists?" Coulter said. "I think there should be more jailed journalists." This prompted a huge round of applause from the crowd.
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
Why do people listen to this neo con idiot? She's as appealing as a hemorrhoid.
" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11
She's a transvestite, you know. Ever seen that Adam's apple? It's the size of an apple!
"If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption, indifferent and incapable of a wholesome care over so wide a spread of surface. This will not be borne, and you will have to choose between reform and revolution. If I know the spirit of this country, the one or the other is inevitable." - Thomas Jefferson
Why are you picking on hemorrhoids?
Coulter is a big government Republican, not to mention an idiot. Her and big government Republicans like her appear to believe that the only journalists being arrested would be those that disagree with her political point of view. In reality those being arrested would depend upon which party is in power and whose ox is being gored. A government that can arrest journalists in the way that she wants can arrest her and anyone else for saying things that those in power feel threaten the government in some way. She doesn't think there are liberals who would love to use this type of power to arrest her or Rush or Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly or (name your favorite Big government Republican here)? Like I said, she's an idiot.
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
Fascism by any other name... Sad that people at that even can vote for Ron Paul then applaud such rhetoric.
Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!! (m)Ann's made a swell living appealing to the lowest common denominator of the zio-con rube base.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
annie the tranny, dimbulb, becker-head and bill the pill have nothing to fear as long as keep doing the bidding of their masters of the CFR. their job is to keep the rubes believing the lie republiscams and demoncrats are at odds with each other.
fixed. I don't disagree with her though. She is one of the first I'd throw under the prison. Or maybe I'd just hang her. I don't know. Decisions decisions... .
#2. To: tom007 (#0)
#3. To: abraxas (#1)
Why do people listen to this neo con idiot? She's as appealing as a hemorrhoid.
#4. To: tom007 (#0)
Ann Coulter said she thinks there should be more journalists put in jail
#5. To: tom007 (#0)
"What do you mean knowing that there are jailed journalists?" Coulter said. "I think there should be more jailed journalists." This prompted a huge round of applause from the crowd.
#6. To: tom007 (#0)
#7. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#4)
the most factual thing ever posted by buckeroo
I have no freaking' clue. buckeroo posted on 2010-07-24 21:33:00 ET
#8. To: abraxas (#1)
She's NOT NEARLY as appealing as a hemorrhoid.
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#9. To: abraxas (#1) (Edited)
Isn't that every guy's dream girl? A chain smoking, acid tongued, anorexic drag queen. /Sarcasm
Why do people listen to this neo con idiot? She's as appealing as a hemorrhoid.
#10. To: Original_Intent (#3)
lol.........
Why are you picking on hemorrhoids?
" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11
#11. To: PSUSA (#8)
Good fix PSUSA!
She's NOT NEARLY as appealing as a hemorrhoid.
" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11
#12. To: IRTorqued (#7)
Good point. It could be that she and those like her push this type of government power in order to do away with those that do not fall into that category. If given this power I can easily see the government expanding the definition of the word journalist to include local talk radio personalities, bloggers, owners of political forums, etc., etc. Anyone and everyone who doesn't toe the government line. That may be just what those of her ilk want and the useful idiots that cheer her on are just that - useful idiots with poor critical thinking skills.
annie the tranny, dimbulb, becker-head and bill the pill have nothing to fear as long as keep doing the bidding of their masters of the CFR. their job is to keep the rubes believing the lie republiscams and demoncrats are at odds with each other.
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
#13. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#12)
Oh, just like the slobbering, drool on the carpet, mouth breathing, hydrocephalic, defective retards over at Freeptardia.
That may be just what those of her ilk want and the useful idiots that cheer her on are just that - useful idiots with poor critical thinking skills.
#14. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#4)
Let's turn the question around: Is there anything, under any circumstances, that a reporter could say to the masses, that ought to result in sanctions? Disclosure of classified information, that he knew was classified, and that he was the first person to disclose publicly? Calling an election for a certain candidate, before the polls in that state are even closed, and even when the votes at the time tilt the other way? Libel? Disclosing private information, e.g. the name and address of a private citizen, who is acting as a whistleblower, witness, or watchdog? Passing along incorrect information about guns, gun laws, or gun usage, that he has been repeatedly corrected upon before, but which he continues to misrepresent? Dependence on an obviously fraudulent document to make charges against a public official, even after the authenticity of the document has been publicly questioned? Or, instead, is there absolutely nothing whatsoever that a journalist could possibly ever do that should properly result in sanctions?
#15. To: tom007 (#0)
And to truly practice what she preaches, she should submit to imprisonment at a women's detention center for 10 years.
"What do you mean knowing that there are jailed journalists?" Coulter said. "I think there should be more jailed journalists." This prompted a huge round of applause from the crowd.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#16. To: Original_Intent (#13)
Don't forget LP and there is at least one person on this board who has stated the same thing. I expect him to show up sometime and agree with Ms. Coulter.
Oh, just like the slobbering, drool on the carpet, mouth breathing, hydrocephalic, defective retards over at Freeptardia.
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
#17. To: freeedom (#14)
I believe that the USSC has already answered this question in New York Times Co. v. United States. Calling an election for a certain candidate, before the polls in that state are even closed, and even when the votes at the time tilt the other way? Libel? Disclosing private information, e.g. the name and address of a private citizen, who is acting as a whistleblower, witness, or watchdog? Passing along incorrect information about guns, gun laws, or gun usage, that he has been repeatedly corrected upon before, but which he continues to misrepresent? Dependence on an obviously fraudulent document to make charges against a public official, even after the authenticity of the document has been publicly questioned? Sorry. I am of the opinion that people using the free market have the ability to hurt the companies the journalists work for much more than anything the government could do. We are already seeing that today with the decline of print news and it is due to just the type of stuff that you mention. While it sounds good to jail journalists for doing and saying things you don't like, it will lead to abuse.
Disclosure of classified information, that he knew was classified, and that he was the first person to disclose publicly?
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
#18. To: tom007 (#0)
Journalists aided and abetted the illegal invasion of Iraq. They covered up all evidenxe linking 911 to Israel. If Bush and Cheney deserve jail those publishers deserve to lose their stock in their companies. And the journalists who knowingly lied us into war also deserve some punishment. As to Ann Coulter, she was making a flippant remark to deflect the question from Israel.
The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie
#19. To: Horse (#18)
All true, in bed with the military, they're willing tools of the Empire.
Journalists aided and abetted the illegal invasion of Iraq. They covered up all evidenxe linking 911 to Israel.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#20. To: Lod (#6)
lol. so true.
(m)Ann's made a swell living appealing to the lowest common denominator of the zio-con rube base.
#21. To: christine, Texans (#20)
From frozen pipes to tees and shorts in forty-eight hours. What a place to live!
off topic, but -
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
#22. To: tom007, All (#0) (Edited)
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
#23. To: freeedom, F.A. Hayek Fan (#14)
Only 2 cases should ever result in sanctions: Knowingly telling or propagating a known lie. And unless it results in loss of life it should only result in a financial penalty, but that can be up to and including all known assets, and a fine beyond that. Otherwise it is the responsibility of the government to protect its own information. The most major leaks, the Pentagon Papers comes to mind, were planned disinformation operations. So, it should not be possible to prosecute a reporter for releasing classified information which was intentionally leaked. And we already have laws against libel. We do not live, yet, in a Police State, although it is getting close, so we should not have Police State laws and prosecutions. The other case which could or should involve sanctions is where releasing information endangers, knowingly, the life of another. Where no one died as a result the sanctions should be civil only. If loss of life resulted then "Book'im Danno".
Or, instead, is there absolutely nothing whatsoever that a journalist could possibly ever do that should properly result in sanctions?
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