If these are public airwaves, aren't there licensing violations?

Well they do have the right to turn down air time to whomever they please. THANK YOU RONNIE RAYGUN, who managed to totally gut the fairness doctrine so that only one side could ever be presented. I hope you rot in hell Ronnie.

BUT it was a cowardly act no matter what and they are catching hell for it. WHICH they deserve.

Bush Urges Americans to Stay Course in Iraq
Facing Doubts at Home, President Hits the Road to Promote Policy
By NEDRA PICKLER, AP
SALT LAKE CITY (Aug. 22)
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050822025409990002

"Bush has refused to meet this month with Sheehan, who lost her son last year in Iraq and left the camp near his ranch last week to tend to her hospitalized mother. She and family members of several other soldiers killed in Iraq met with the president in June of last year.
Celeste Zappala of Pennsylvania, another mother who lost her son and has been protesting with Sheehan, flew to Salt Lake City to speak at the rally. Zappala said the large turnout gave her hope for peace.
"It amazes me," said Zappala, whose son Sherwood Baker died while serving with the Pennsylvania National Guard. "I always thought of Salt Lake as a sleepy, conservative, buttoned-up place."
Bush didn't mention the Crawford protesters in his speech [addressing the VFW], but at both the beginning and the end of his remarks he spoke of the grief carried by the families of fallen soldiers. He said Americans owe it to the war dead to finish the task they gave their lives for."

Our administration owes it to the American people at home and abroad to determine what the task is for which we are fighting and dying. People like Mrs. Zappala only want clarity. It is shamefule that our young men and women that have died in combat have died for some unknown task. Furthermore, "staying the course" is not a task. It is a meaningless slogan.

Why is the ad "inappropriate" for Salt Lake city? Is it because it might hurt the Christian community out there? In reality, no one can be a conservative and a christian at the same time...

check this out:

The Politics of Jesus And The Oxymoron That Is “The Christian Right”.

Corporations are making the First Amendment null and void.

The way the radio networks operate in America deserves a Congressional investigation someday. The radio stations expect to be paid as much as $350,000 per song by the record companies. Many artists such as the Backstreet Boys, Ween, and others have never been paid any royalties from their record company as these companies charge the artists fees known as "management fees" to get their songs played on the radio. This is why independent recording acts seldom are heard on the radio. Five large companies own nearly all of the radio stations in America. Clear Channel is one of the very largest of the bunch.

And even popular radio personalities such as Howard Stern have had problems with Clear Channel's management.

It is funny that while Bush got 70% of the Utah vote in 2004, that the Mayor of Salt Lake helped to lead an antiwar protest there today to counter the Bush visit. Clear Channel is clearly not recognizing that even in this very conservative "red" state, a sizable number of citizens no longer agree with the Bush policy in Iraq. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel and others are further proof of this slippage on the Iraq issue for Bush.

LBJ did not seek re-election after a sizable minority within the Democratic Party opposed his war policy. Eugene McCarthy did not win the New Hampshire Primary, he instead garnered 42% to 49% for LBJ, and LBJ recognized that his bid to seek re-election would be in serious trouble and declined to run again. Even HHH, in his 1968 run for President tried to distance himself from the Vietnam policy of LBJ. Iraq is far more like Vietnam than Bush cares to accept. A new poll on a conservative Website shows Bush with only a little over 10% support if he could run for a third term. Bush is in political trouble with Iraq and will pull down any Republicans who closely align themselves with that policy in 2006 and 2008.

PROGRESSIVE VALUES

"Why is the ad "inappropriate" for Salt Lake city? Is it because it might hurt the Christian community out there?"

ACTUALLY ... the TV station owned by the Mormon church didn't hesitate at all to run the ad:

"Mark Wiest, vice president of sales for NBC-affiliated KSL television, said that in the interest of freedom of speech, his station didn't hesitate to run the ad. KSL is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "The bigger picture is, by suppressing the message are we doing what is right under the First Amendment and in an open democratic society?" Wiest said.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-bush-ad-refused,0,7303783,print.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines

It appears that some of the major Christian denominations have been taken over by a bunch of radical fundamentalists who also want to take over the country. Mix them in with the rich conseravtives in this country and you see the same situation that is now developing in Iraq... a religous theocracy.

Where does Pat Robertson and his 700 Club get off saying this nation must kill the leader of another nation just because he doesn't like the guy's political views? I thought these "ministers" are suppose to be relgious leaders and love thy neighbors. If it's OK to assasinate someone, where do they get off complaining about abortion being murder?

And if the Morman Church doesn't like the political views of others, they should get out of the broadcasting business. If they have too much money, they should be giving it to the poor like Jesus said...not investing in propaganda. The public airways belong to the public not any church.

Forget about the fairness doctrine. This has to do with something bigger. The Puritans are at it again in this country. Religious freedom is being compromised by these right-wing nuts. They are trying to impose their oppressive, narrow definition of the prusuit of happiness on the rest of us.

The Republicans are cowards and collaborators in this whole situation. They sold out to these hate worshipers and are compromising our democracy to appease them. If anyone needs to be taken out of power, it's them. This is just another example of the Republicans' overall irresponsibility and incompetence.

Read the article carefully. Its not the Mormon church-owned station that has problems with the ad, its the corporate owned megabucks McMedia chain.

Speaks volumes ...

While we are apt to jump on the Bush Administration about this abuse of power and eroding support for the war

Let's not forget his "base" the rich and powerful (whom runs the newspapers, media, oil-fields, credit cards and banks)--hell they don't mind manipulating the press or whoever else in support for their cause which is to be more richer!!

While Bush is in the driver seat of this chaos, his gas to drive comes from the suppliers of the very wealthy.

Now what we need is a plan that allows the American People to be back in control of their lives and decisions

...But how do you that? This country prospect on Capitilization.

How do we break them down...how?

Freedom of speech is not only what you say but is often what you don't say. Clear Channel's silencing of the opposition says a ton.

I think that we need to be slightly careful about criticizing Clear Channel Communications too much as several of their radio stations air Air America programming and The Ed Schultz Show

The president looks so bad right now that he has to take time off his vacation and make a speech to the troops. It's funny, why does he have to go all the way to Utah and Ohio to speak to the troops, when he can't even talk to the family of the troops who are outside of his ranch (the second Bush White House)? He knows that his numbers are down to 36% approval. I'm sorry even a republican should be a shamed of this guy. They are being told not to think, this is Orwellian. Speaking of Orwell, if you have ever listened to this administration or watch the news from 2001-2005 you will see that the message changes to fit the views of Bush and friends. WMD's has now turned to spreading freedom. Imminent threat has turned to we took care of a "future possible problem". Well, if you want Iraq to become the new Iran that's well taken care of.

The message you receive every day from the republicans is not real. Let's go back to the June 2003... The president flew on a jet and told the troops "Mission Accomplish", today we are still fighting. Afghanistan- people are still dying there, and that was the most popular war.

At the Washington correspondent dinner a couple of years ago he was joking about looking for the WMD's. Then people his administration had reporters fired for taking pictures of Coffins of dead soldiers. The media in this country has never been more controlled since this guy. It is disgusting, this should outrage every patriot.

The next time Bush utters "As they stand up, we'll stand down," we should think about this passage from George Orwell's "Animal Farm."

"He carried a whip in his trotter. There was a deadly silence. Amazed, terrified, huddling together, the animals watched the long line of pigs march slowly round the yard. It was as though the world had turned upside-down. Then there came a moment when the first shock had worn off and when, in spite of everything--in spite of their terror of the dogs, and of the habit, developed through long years, of never complaining, never criticizing, no matter what happened--they might have uttered some word of protest. But just at that moment, as though at a signal, all the sheep burst out into a tremendous bleating of--

"Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better!"

It went on for five minutes without stopping. And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse." (Orwell, George. "Animal Farm." New York: Signet, 1946.)

I forgot to include that the passage is from pages 132-33. Please enjoy not only the passage but the entire book as well as Orwell's prophetic 1984.

ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT!
Howdy, folks. You may be aware of Monday’s poll that reveals Bush's approval rating to have dropped to 36% from the 42% he garnered in July. Not only is this a new low for him, it's lower than the 39% Nixon received in 1973 during the height of Watergate! But did you hear about this in your local paper or news broadcast? Probably not, since it has nothing to do with Natalee Holloway or Paris Hilton. It simply hasn't registered with the mainstream media yet.

BUT WE CAN FIX THAT! Listed below are the contact addresses for 35 major newspapers and news magazines. PLEASE COPY-AND-PASTE THESE INTO AN E-MAIL URGING THESE PUBLICATIONS TO REPORT ON THIS DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT. You should include a brief message, or you might choose to paste the following:
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On Monday, American Research Group, a reputable polling firm established in 1985, released a new poll of 1,100 Americans which pegs President Bush's approval rating at 36%, having dropped from 42% in July, revealing a major shift over the past month (link 1). Amazingly, Bush's 36% rating falls below the 39% Richard Nixon garnered in July 1973 during the Watergate scandal (link 2). I urge your publication to report on this highly newsworthy development as an important service to your readers. Thank you.
http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/08/08/opinion/09opart.1.ready.html
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I just saw on cnn that according to them Bush's overall rating is at 4o% which doesn't make any sense to me because that is the highest I've heard this week.Where do they get their polling numbers? I won't be happy until I see him at 32% which would mean the only people who are supporting him are the kool-aid drinkers. I still don't understand why, in the breakdown of republicans and democrats there are still democrats supporting him at all. It should be 100% democrats dissaproving of his job approval.