Political Bloggers Could Be Required To Register Or Face Jail Time

Information Week. ^ | January 17 2007 | Mitch Wagner

[jmc1969]

An outfit called GrassRootsFreedom.com is reporting that the U.S. Senate is considering legislation that would require political bloggers with readership over 500 to register as lobbyists. If they fail to register, they could face criminal penalties up to one year in jail.

"Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the Senate, would require grassroots causes, even bloggers, who communicate to 500 or more members of the public on policy matters, to register and report quarterly to Congress the same as the big K Street lobbyists.

[IncPen]

Keep your powder dry.

You're going to need it.

[txhurl]

Hm. So now I gotta register as a habitual poster?

[GoforBroke]

Yep! lets not let free speech get in the way!

[Purrcival]

Ping for PJ, et. al. Have you seen this?

[nmh]

The LEFT Is cared to death their lies will be discovered.

They're already trying to revive the idiotic "Fairness Doctrine".

[Petronski]

Everyone here knew or should have known that Pelosi, Reid, Clinton and company were and are pocket Stalinists.


Now everyone else is learning.

[txhurl]

lookit this

[Revolting cat!]

[moonman]

so much for 'freedom to assemble'

[mylife]

Wanna bet Hillary is driving the issue?

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[sgtbono2002]

The big boys are doing everything they can to take away the 1st Amendments rights of grass root posters.

Which of the Senate Commies p[roposed this travesty?

People need to know who is trying to take aay their rights.

More than likely Mccain is involved.

[mylife]

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)

Well I'll be!

[Revolting cat!]

Don't count on that paper thing, whatitsname, oh yes, Constitution, to save ya. Register your guns, register your lobbies, register your blog. Why not, say David Souter and his mates.

[livius]

Good grief. This is not a blog, but we all communicate with more than 500 people every time we post one of our (sometimes inane) remarks. A forum of "lobbyists"...

[KarlInOhio]

So what happens if a million people register as lobbyists? Will it shut down this entire anti free speech monstrosity?

[muawiyah]

With a several decades long string of very tight, evenly matched elections, it's pretty obvious the United States is divided into two antagonistic camps.

This sort of thing is symptomatic of impending civil war.

Who are these stupid politicians so ready to toss gasoline into a fire ~ they'll undoubtedly be the first to go.

[txhurl]

This means *you*.

[digger48]

Wanna bet Hillary is driving the issue?

She can't chance having the truth out there