"What
if some other country were having an election, and citizens were only
allowed to hear from two government-approved candidates?
What if two other candidates, on the ballot in a majority of states
and representing parties that drew over 3 million votes in the previous
election, were arrested simply for trying to enter a debate?
What
if all that happened, and the "watchdog" news media didn't
tell the citizens about it?
Well,
it happened in the good old US of A! Libertarian Michael Badnarik
(on 49 state ballots) and Green David Cobb (on 28 state ballots),
crossed a police line in St. Louis, and were arrested.
You
would think that Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and MSNBC would be
all over this affront to the democratic process, but no, not a peep.
Badnarik
was also attempting to serve the Commission on Presidential Debates
with a "Show Cause Order," issued by an Arizona judge, requiring
the CPD to appear at a hearing concerning the 
Libertarian
Party's lawsuit to stop the upcoming debate at Arizona State University,
as an illegal campaign contribution to Bush and Kerry, an unconstitutional
use of Arizona state funds to support selected candidates, and a violation
of the LP's equal protection rights, since they are a recognized political
party in Arizona.
If
this happened in some other country, what would we call them? Undemocratic?
Human rights violations? Unbelievable?
If
you think America is a free country, you are sadly mistaken. If you
think the news media aren't controlled by the same people who control
the Democrat and Republican parties, think again.
It's
been nearly a week without a peep from the networks. This is not democracy
as we know it."
Tell
every blogger and website you know.
