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Back in late May, I provided a link to a petition that stated to "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less".  For those of you who haven't seen this petition yet, and would like to take a look at it, click on the link provided.  So far, there have been over 1,100,000 signatures and counting. 

Now I'd like to bring a new petition to your attention.  Actually, its been around for a bit, but I just heard about this yesterday, and thought I'd share it with you for those who are interested.  This petition deals with the so called "Fairness Doctrine".  This act, that was introduced in 1949 and eventually repealed by Reagan back in 1987, required talk show radio programs to air both conservative and liberal views on each show.  For example, for every conservative viewpoint that, say, Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity aired, they were required to allow a liberal caller or commentator to express opposition to that point of view.  As talk radio is pretty much dominated by conservative hosts, something the liberal mainstream media has been having difficulty controlling, this is believed to be an effort to stifle free speech without government interference.  I won't bore you by going into full detail, but if you want to read more into it, here is a link to a PDF file explaining how the Fairness Doctrine would have a negative impact on conservative talk radio.

An effort has been made to permanently ban the Fairness Doctrine for good, called the "Broadcaster Freedom Act".  However, members of Congress have managed to place this act in limbo, and it is currently "stuck in committee".  This means that Congress will never have to bring this act to the floor, effectively muting it.  Likely, they know that this bill would likely pass, something they don't want to see happen.   The purpose of this petition is to urge Congress to get it "unstuck" and bring this act to a vote by July 4th. 

Here is the link to the petition:  Help Declare Radio Independence Day!

Note:  Once you fill out the information and hit "submit", you'll see a page asking for a donation to the organization.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DONATE ANY MONEY.  Your petition is counted the moment you hit submit.  I deliberately did not donate to see what would happen.  I still got the "thanks for signing" email.  Now, if you WANT to donate, that's your choice. 

Just doing my part to help spread the word around.