  Submission Number: James Haeberle Initiative Name: What
happens to journalism should be the result of honest citizens'
responses to what journalism says and does. It is not the
province of the government to step in and save any business. If
it dies, it dies. It seems suspicious that government
representatives are anxious to rescue the media which have been
largely left wing in their reporting and editorializing of the
news for many years. The notion to tax certain types of
statements or networks or radio stars is a blatant and
unconstitutional effort to silence the opposition to Mr. Obama's
programs. The government should simply butt out of many issues
and private concerns which, as long as they remain non-violent,
are of no concern to the government. For example, the current
attempt to get the US to join the UN Treaty on Small Arms is a
plan by this administration to confiscate the personally owned
firearms of American citizens. First they'll pledge to do what
all the other signatories have done, create a