Congress Moves to Close Member Access to Social Media(Twitter and Qik)
The manner by which House floor proceedings are televised is entirely under the authority of the House speaker. The speaker decides when and if proceedings will be televised and who will be authorized to distribute the television signals to the public.
All a small part of the attack on freedom, justice and the American way by the “Jokers” now in control of the “formerly” people’s House. (We steal it back every once in a while)
PING ... the Dims are pursuing removal of Twitter & Qik, technologies which were so vital in keeping these proceedings in the sunlight and us and the new media informed.
See letter at the link below, signed by Rep. Michael Capuano. Here’s his site
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“The creeping lunacy in Washington continues. My favorite Congressmen, John Culberson (R-TX) and Tim Ryan (D-OH), are under fire for the use of social media tools such as Twitter and Qik.
They are not specifically named in this document, but it is widely understood that these two congressmen, one a Democrat and one a Republican, are actively circumventing traditional bureaucratic communication lines and talking directly to the American people.
In some cases, these guys are talking to their own constituency, and other times they are talking to people like me who are not in their districts. Between live streaming video and Twitter, these guys “get” that the government is by the people and for the people.
Here is the letter (by Capuano) sent to the Democratic House majority leadership to silence this nonsense.
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John Culberson’s updates during the House Energy Patriots event, via Twitter:
http://twitter.com/johnculberson
Pete Hoekstra’s updates
http://twitter.com/petehoekstra
IT WAS AWESOME AND PROPER THAT WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN THE QUEEN TRIED TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE AND TURN THE LIGHTS AND MICS OFF.
Great find, DJ~!