Now we have it. The United States House of Representatives is officially trying to throw their weight into the freedom of the press:

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday condemned public disclosure of secret surveillance programs as Republicans stepped up their criticism of news media that published details of a bank-monitoring program last week.

By a largely party-line vote of 227 to 183, the House passed a nonbinding resolution condemning the disclosure of classified information and declaring that the House “expects the cooperation of all news media … by not disclosing classified intelligence programs.”

Lawmakers said a secret Treasury Department program that monitors bank transactions with the aim of tracking down terror groups had been compromised by news reports in the New York Times and other newspapers.

Yes – how dare the media report on the news! How dare they talk about a program that has only been talked about publicly by the Bush administration! How dare they talk about a program that has had a website about it for years! How dare they report on something that the U.N. has even discussed!

What does this vote show? This vote shows the Republicans every lasting wish to turn this into a fascist country. They want our media controlled by them. Imagine if this was the case in the 70’s? We would be saying “water what?”.

This should send a message to Americans to do what it takes to replace these dictators this fall. If they voted yes for this then we vote no for them this fall.