Those who claim to hate totalitarianism should consider this: the more centralized our media becomes, the easier it will become for despots, left and right, to seize control. This also holds true for our energy resources.

The great Republican president Theodore Roosevelt understood this: that monopolistic trusts are untrustworthy. To make the best decisions, we must have a variety of views on the airwaves. Private concerns need checks and balances imposed on them as much as government ones. Let us not, in our zeal to limit the power of government, give unlimited power to private owners who, unlike our elected officials, cannot be controlled by our votes.

To hand over unbridled power to private individuals is to effectively crown kings. Our founding fathers opposed the idea of kingship in all its forms. Don’t let Bush undo the ideals of the American Revolution.