Posted on 03/23/2006 8:03:45 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 03/24/2006 11:31:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Which party will be the first to disappear like the whigs, democrats or the republicans?
You know I am not shy about letting that jerk know how I feel about this!
Thanks for the contact numbers! Consider him told!
Thank You Senators McCain and Feingold ... you [plural expletive deleted]
A while back, Henry Farrell offered this prediction:
As political blogs become a more established part of the political landscape, they will increasingly be treated as another means of political expression, advocacy and fundraising - and the current regulatory regime will, one way or another, be extended to cover them. The only question is how the balance between free political speech and the need to regulate organized political activities is struck. (Link)
It looks like he's right. C-Net interviews Federal Elections Commission Chairman Brad Smith, who believes the FEC may well be forced by judicial decisions in cases brought by McCain and Feingold to regulate a vast swath of internet activity, including blogs!
What would you like to see happen?
I'd like someone to say that unpaid activity over the Internet is not an expenditure or contribution, or at least activity done by regular Internet journals, to cover sites like CNET, Slate and Salon. Otherwise, it's very likely that the Internet is going to be regulated, and the FEC and Congress will be inundated with e-mails saying, "How dare you do this!"
What happens next?
It's going to be a battle, and if nobody in Congress is willing to stand up and say, "Keep your hands off of this, and we'll change the statute to make it clear," then I think grassroots Internet activity is in danger. The impact would affect e-mail lists, especially if there's any sense that they're done in coordination with the campaign. If I forward something from the campaign to my personal list of several hundred people, which is a great grassroots activity, that's what we're talking about having to look at.
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http://www.justinbuist.org/blog/2005/03/mccain-feingold-cfr-and-blogging.html
#1165 was an indirect link. Here is the direct one....sorry!
http://www.professorbainbridge.com/2005/03/thanks_you_sena.html
I guess they don't LIKE the Pajama Patrol.
This just makes my blood boil!
If we the people can't (or don't) stop this and the buzzard butts on Capitol Hill pass it, how do they plan on policing the web? Can you (would you) refuse to shut FR down, or will THEY have a way to shut it down?
I'm not sure why you call CFR McCain's "brainfart". A brainfart is when you mistakenly do or say something you wouldn't have had you been thinking clearly. McCain knew exactly what he was doing because at heart - he is a traitorous liberal who I believe was brainwashed by the VC (why else did he get special treatment?)
How 'bout if you got a partner and a server in the Bahamas or the Caymans or somethin'?
Benjamin felt a nose nuzzling at his shoulder. He looked round. It was Clover. Her old eyes looked dimmer than ever. Without saying anything, she tugged gently at his mane and led him round to the end of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written. For a minute or two they stood gazing at the tatted wall with its white lettering.
"My sight is failing," she said finally. "Even when I was young I could not have read what was written there. But it appears to me that that wall looks different. Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be, Benjamin?"
For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall. There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran:
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL -
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
That's hilarious, and particularly effective on my slo-mo "56K dialup".
screw McLame....
EXCELLENT point! Let's all write and phone our congresscritters and tell them not to be surprised if this crap gets enforced against the internet or talk radio that Jefferson WILL be quoted widely like that. Don't threaten anybody, though (you won't have to).
Find your Congressman's address HERE
Perfect fit, huh??
McLame is the one
Thanks SmartA, I couldn't resist checking in for just a minute, lol.
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