09-23-2009, 04:01 PM
Why does radical Marxist college professor George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) think he can abridge free speech and free discussion??
Another board reported that Gollin has been threatening the Chicago Tribune, the Chronicle of Higher Education and others to get them to remove negative discussions and comments about him and his inept "Conflict of Interest Officer" wife, Melanie Loots. I'd post a link but for some reason all the posts have disappeared.
Well why the hell not? That's exactly what the Obamunist regime is doing. If it's good enough for Our Dear Leader, muslim Barry Soetoro, it's good enough for Self-Appointed Expert, anti-Christian bigot George Gollin.
Threats and scare tactics to abridge free speech are apparently what's in vogue among Marxists this year. Bogus G-Man Gollum is just marching in step with his fellow brown shirts.
What First Amendment?
"Shut Up! The Government Says" - McConnell on Humana Letter
Obama Tries to Intimidate Humana Corp to Stop Talking About Government Health Care Option
Another board reported that Gollin has been threatening the Chicago Tribune, the Chronicle of Higher Education and others to get them to remove negative discussions and comments about him and his inept "Conflict of Interest Officer" wife, Melanie Loots. I'd post a link but for some reason all the posts have disappeared.
Well why the hell not? That's exactly what the Obamunist regime is doing. If it's good enough for Our Dear Leader, muslim Barry Soetoro, it's good enough for Self-Appointed Expert, anti-Christian bigot George Gollin.
Threats and scare tactics to abridge free speech are apparently what's in vogue among Marxists this year. Bogus G-Man Gollum is just marching in step with his fellow brown shirts.
What First Amendment?
Quote:September 22, 2009
Joseph Ashby
Yesterday Kentucky's Courier Journal newspaper reported that the fight against political free speech has reached new levels.
Louisville-based Humana is under federal investigation for a mailing that asks seniors to protest proposed cuts in funding for the Medicare plans sold by the company and other health insurers.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, launched its investigation Friday at the urging of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., who accused Humana of "scare tactics."
The mailing from Humana, the second-largest seller of Medicare Advantage plans, warned that if Congress cuts funding, "millions of seniors and disabled individuals could lose many...important benefits" while possibly facing higher costs.
If speech rights have become so diluted that shareholders cannot communicate their views on legislation to their customers without the fear of federal investigation, what speech is not in danger?
The slow train to despotism continues to pick up speed.
"Shut Up! The Government Says" - McConnell on Humana Letter
Quote:September 22, 2009 3:11 PM
ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: Democrats announced yesterday that HHS was investigating whether the insurer Humana was misleading seniors about health reform legislation. And CMS, the government entity within HHS that administers Medicare told Humana, in no uncertain terms, to cease and desist lobbying its customers on health reform legislation.
But today Republicans accused the White House and CMS of trying to implement a “gag order” on insurance companies that provide Medicare Advantage programs.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell does not normally get riled up, but he just gave an impassioned speech on the Senate floor about the gag order, Humana, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, who initiated the HHS investigation. McConnell referred to Baucus only as "a colleague."
"Using the full weight of the federal government's enforcement powers to stifle free speech should trouble all Americans -- and all of us -- even more," McConnell said. "We cannot allow government officials to target individuals or companies because they do not like what they have to say."
"Shut up! the government says," said McConnell on the Senate floor of the CMS letter to Humana. "Don't communicate with your customers. Be quiet and get in line," he said facetiously.
There are two points to remember here. Humana is based in Kentucky, so McConnell is quick to protect them. And second, he is a staunch defender of the first amendment. For instance, McConnell is the often the only Republican to vote against a flag burning amendment when it periodically arises.
In a written statement, House Minority Leader John Boehner calls a letter of rebuke from CMS Humana "outrageous" and accuses the White House of "trying to keep seniors in the dark about the consequences of congressional Democrats' costly government-run health care bills."
"Would the Administration impose this sort of gag order if seniors were being given information promoting the Obama health care plan? I don't think so," says Boehner in the statement. "Seniors have a right to know about the cost and consequences of the Democrats' health care bills, and Republicans will continue to tell the American people the facts about the nearly $500 billion in Medicare cuts that Democrats are proposing." ...
Obama Tries to Intimidate Humana Corp to Stop Talking About Government Health Care Option
Quote:The Obama administration is continuing its strategy of attacking the first amendment rights of anyone who disagrees with the Obamacare bills making their way through the congress. The latest victim is the Humana Corporation. Humana created a mailing for seniors that talked about the $500 billion dollar Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the Baucus version of the Obamacare bill suggesting that it would lead to service cuts. Baucus contends that the "efficiency fairy" will swoop down and sprinkle dust on the Medicare/Medicaid budgets and make the programs work just the same despite the budget cuts.
Humana doesn't believe in an efficiency fairy, and in its mailing suggested that the budget cuts will lead to service cuts, so the secretary of Health and Human Services is now investigating Humana with the sole purpose of intimidating the insurer to stop sending the mailing...