Haha, this was pretty funny, so I thought I’d link it.  Just a case of a bunch of “journalists” going after the low-hanging fruit in the post-election low.

As Ed points out, the ACLU certainly isn’t going after Ohio with the same gusto as it did going after the U.S. over Guantanimo detainees.  Sheesh.

It’s called localism, and it’s dangerous.  Since FCC rules require stations to serve the local community in order to keep licenses, groups organize to make complaints against local stations for objections to syndicated programming.  Since most conservative talk shows are syndicated, these tactics scare stations into dropping them for fear of losing FCC licenses because the FCC takes complaints very seriously. 

The FCC has leeway to define “serve the local community” as it wishes, and it can impose any rules it wishes with three of five members’ votes.  The negotiation has already begun to come to some agreement on the definition, but the FCC has been a bit overbearing by telling stations to “do it our way or else.”  If the Sirius / XM merger is any indication, it’s going to involve a lot of “minority” programming hours as well as local programming rules.  Many smaller stations will find the new rules difficult to follow since they rely on syndicated programs to keep ad dollars coming in so they can serve the community at all with bare-bones-staff-required news breaks.

You know, I really thought that the only person Republicans could get elected in the post-Bush pre-economic crisis era was a middle-of-the-road guy.  Especially after he started backing off some of his more staunch immigration stances and other things that made him less-than-palatable to conservatives.  When he named Palin, I thought he had a real chance to go the distance. 

Then he screwed it all up.  He let his people mismanage Palin.  He marched over to Congress after “suspending his campaign” only to fall right in line with the bailout.  He let Obama get away with that tax cuts for 95% crap for WAY WAY too long.  He decided not to bring up Wright for fear of being called racist.  Conservatives were just frustrated to no end.

Now, he’s rubbing it all in our faces by slinking to Chicago with his trusty sidekick Lindsay Graham to gravel to Obama to let him help in whatever way he can to preserve his legacy.  Chances are it will be by helping with two of his pet projects – shamnesty and cap-and-trade.  McCain’s stance on these two topics royally pisses off conservatives.   All in the name of staying relevant, eh?   He’ll say he’s trying to work with Obama in the name of “bipartisanship” to bring the country together.  Baloney.  He’s going to bring it down.  Just like he brought his own campaign down with is well-meaning but terribly flawed McCain-Feingold legislation.  It’s sad when you long for the days of Clintonian bipartisanship.

Hopenchange lives on.

Senators who don’t want to be called out for throwing out a man who has done what he thought was right for his country will be able to cast a secret ballot to decide if Sen. Joe Lieberman will get to keep his chairmanship after daring to question The One.  The are almost the same people who in a few short months will likely be deciding to deny the people, those hard working people they always harp about, the right to a secret ballot when it comes to deciding to put a few power-hungry people in charge of their employment fates by way of a union.  Figures.  These guys don’t want to be called out in public for their choice, but they have no problem letting those who have a job be bullied by union bosses who just want more money to line the pockets of politicians — Democratic politicians.

And that’s not the worst of it.  Greg Craig has been tapped to be White House Counsel.  Not only is he in with the Clintons, but he’s defended some very high profile people.  One that bothers me a lot, and I didn’t hear about this when Clinton was going through the impeachment hearings, is that Craig defended the man who tried to assasinate Ronald Reagan.  He’s the one responsible for Hinckley’s ability to spend weekends away from his confinement location.  There are other cases that are just as questionable.  And while everyone deserves defense counsel, the President of the United States has his pick of anyone, and this just shows who he wants on his side.

Sounds like there might be some on the Hill who realize the bailout bill they so eagerly embraced might have been a VERY bad idea.  And some Governors are standing up for those of us who have acted with responsibility and prudence.  Gov. Mark Sanford and Sen. James Inhofe deserve some credit for trying to reverse the bad decisions already made.

Update: Michelle Malkin has more here.