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Republicans & Democrats Want To Make Criminals Out of Bloggers
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| 01/18/07
| Ze'ev Haas
Posted on 01/18/2007 4:50:46 AM PST by roguejew1965
Thomas Paine is turning over in his grave as we speak. Both Republicans and Democrats are looking to squash our Constitutional Freedom to criticize our own government, a G-d given right that patriotic men and women fought and died for.
Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill 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, as lobbyists are required.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: ac; censorship; democrat; howtostealanelection; pajamapeoplerule; persecution; republican; rinos; senate; stalinistlaw
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To: OXENinFLA
".....the general public." The death of a language is taking place. The person who wrote this must know of a private public somewhere if there exists a general public.
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:09:40 AM PST
by
em2vn
To: OXENinFLA
I've seen similar explanations from other groups, but I haven't seen a legal opinion that shares this view. I'd sure like to see one. Perhaps these organizations are just concerned that their lobbying bills will go up, since the lobbying firms will undoubtedly pass on the costs of complaince.
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:13:25 AM PST
by
centurion316
(Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida Worldwide)
To: roguejew1965
SO now in order to exercise or former right to Freedom of Speech we've got to report to congress every quarter?
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:20:48 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(When "bipartisan study groups" prosecute wars, you get Another Viet Nam)
To: wolfcreek
"No more than 499 hits on any given post."FR's not a blog, it's a forum.
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:21:27 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(When "bipartisan study groups" prosecute wars, you get Another Viet Nam)
To: F.J. Mitchell
Now we know who the sonovabitches are. All of 'em! Yep, and this country continues to be lulled into a sleep and won't wake up until the whole damn thing is over.
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:22:57 AM PST
by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
To: roguejew1965
Government inevitably tends to become more and more dictatorial over time. Every so often a revolution is needed. The kings and queens have their heads cut off. Then the cycle starts again.
- anononymous political observer
To: OXENinFLA
"That doesn't read to me that any blogger that want to voice his opinion will be subjected to this. It reads to me like if someone PAYS a blogger to post things then the blogger would be required to file"Yes, it DOES read that way.
Shame...I was wondering how many thousands, even tens of thousands of bloggers's opinions are read by 500 or more people...they should all report to congress in person. Capital Hill would be a Quagmire. It could be the Mother of all bull$sh!t Storms....
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:25:50 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(When "bipartisan study groups" prosecute wars, you get Another Viet Nam)
To: MarkL
Pretty soon, only licenced media outlets will be allowed to disseminate "news," and it will only be the official "news."Welcome to State run television,like so many communist countries,where nary a word against "The State" can be uttered.
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:31:13 AM PST
by
quack
To: unixfox
That is my greatest fear, unixfox.
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:35:34 AM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Only cannibalistic Muslims eat pork, the rest eat the slop puked up by the dying pigs.)
To: Mo1
how would the Court interruptDon't you mean interpret?
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:38:53 AM PST
by
webheart
To: webheart
Ya know .. I need to stop posting in the morning before I've had a pot of coffee
Thank you for catching my error
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:41:18 AM PST
by
Mo1
(PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC AND DONATE)
To: All
I'm reading the Katie "give all the jobs to women because we're women" Couric screed on the CBS blog site and it beings up a question: reporters are paid by the networks to march in lockstep with the DNC talking points memo for the purpose of influencing public opinion, so shouldn't ALL paid talking heads on network blogs be considered lobbyists under the pseudo-definition given in this bill?
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:41:47 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(When "bipartisan study groups" prosecute wars, you get Another Viet Nam)
To: OXENinFLA; Jim Robinson
Let's see . . .
FReeRepublic has a fundraiser 4 times a year.
FReeRepublic reaches over 500 people with just about every thread.
Would FReeRepublic have to register? Or, only the FReepers that donate???
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:43:54 AM PST
by
Petruchio
(* Censored *)
To: Petruchio
My column is read by 5,000 subscribers to the paper and I don't know how many on-line. Do I have to register?
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:51:30 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: All
And I will tell this...They HAVE A REASON to be afraid, cause when people can communicate and compare notes, these damn politicians - This Club - knows we are finally up to what they do, so they must have us shut up somehow. Last night I heard somewhere that even ex-politicians who have been expelled for wrong doing, are getting around $80,000 pensions a year? Not sure, but it could not be a month, could i?
These jerk are not going to convince me they are in Congress or Senate JUST out of altruism... They are there because it is good them and because it is fantastic job to have if you can stay there!... They don't fool me for a second.
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posted on
01/18/2007 6:53:06 AM PST
by
ElPatriota
(Let's not forget, we are all still friends - basically :) - despite our differences)
To: roguejew1965
I address thousands here every day and I'm not going to register. My freedom of speech does not require Washington's advance permission.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
01/18/2007 7:48:10 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: wolfcreek
"No more than 499 hits on any given post."
The FReepers who complain about multiple threads are gonna have a fit.
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posted on
01/18/2007 9:41:40 AM PST
by
weegee
(The Left is worried that '24' will have the same effect as LBJ's 'Daisy' mushroom ad.)
To: EricT.
Socialists did it to us. We beat the USSR but lost the war.
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posted on
01/18/2007 9:42:19 AM PST
by
weegee
(The Left is worried that '24' will have the same effect as LBJ's 'Daisy' mushroom ad.)
To: Petruchio
What about the bloggers and FReepers who do not live in the United States?
Move On. Org got donations for foreign citizens who are not permitted to vote in our elections.
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posted on
01/18/2007 9:44:02 AM PST
by
weegee
(The Left is worried that '24' will have the same effect as LBJ's 'Daisy' mushroom ad.)
To: OXENinFLA
That doesn't read to me that any blogger that want to voice his opinion will be subjected to this. It reads to me like if someone PAYS a blogger to post things then the blogger would be required to file. Part A was McCain-Feingold. Part B is this. Part C will cover us all as lobbyists for/against a cause or person--unless Congress stops passing incumbent protection legislation by curbing free political speech (while providing exemptions for the MSM).
.
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posted on
01/18/2007 9:49:03 AM PST
by
OESY
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