Normally, we refrain from entering political frays, we being the staff and editor of Jigsaw Press. After all, we believe, as our Forefathers who crafted the US Constitution, that Freedom of Speech is our first and most important right as US citizens. Perhaps not only a right, but an important safeguard against intrusive and increasingly tyrannical government.
Yet, when a sitting President attempts to shut down one news organization--FOX News--because they refuse to march lockstep ten feet behind him, something has gone very wrong in the administration of the government of this country.
We will not argue merits of free speech here as they are, or should be, self evident. But we will continue to vigorously defend our, and others', right to say, to write and publish anything we consider important, whether that be the latest work of a conservative right-wing novelist or the books of a former investigative journalist. And heaven help anyone who dares to try to stop us.
Kudos are due to the mainstream media, specifically the bureau chiefs who refused to kowtow to the administration's demands to exclude FOX News reporter Major Garret from an interview with a Treasury official.
One has to wonder with US soldiers dying in Afghanistan, why the Obama administration dithers yet on making a decision as to the mission of that war, but the President has time to read, according to various sources, 4 or 5 newspapers a day, catch snippets of news throughout the day on televisions in the Oval office, plus golf on Sunday, plus fund-raisers for organizations loyal to his agenda--an agenda which appears increasingly alarming to those of us in business.
How is it that this President thinks an attack on FOX News trumps addressing the issues of 10% unemployment or even healthcare reform, which by the way we are solidly against in all its present forms?
From our viewpoint, Obama appears destined to be called our first welfare president in that he appears to do little or no work, but expects to be paid all the same.
There is a difference between campaigning and governing. We see far too much of the former and not nearly enough of the latter.
Obama said once we would know him by the company he keeps. If that wasn't just another hollow remark amongst the thousands of half-truths and outright lies crafted to control the press, and ultimately the People of these United States, then we, the staff and editor at Jigsaw Press, are right to be very concerned about this president's ulterior motives regarding the freedoms guaranteed us by the Constitution--concerned enough to finally break our political fast and stand firmly with the opposition, including our Forefathers and FOX News, against those who trample their oaths to the Constitution on a daily basis and cheapen so as to destroy the offices to which they were elected.
Freedom of Speech is every US citizen's inalienable right. And if you, President Obama, do not like what is being said about you, or the stories cropping up in the news about the organizations, unions, and, above all, the people you surround yourself with, we suggest you put down the newspapers, shut off the televisions, cancel the golfing and the fundraisers, and actually do some work for a change. If you cannot decide anything without first sticking your wet finger into the political winds, you should consider stepping down from the Presidency as you are, by all effects and appearances, in way over your head.
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