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To: Ciexyz

Not to worry. This will have no impact on us no more than CFR did on the Swifties.


66 posted on 02/14/2005 10:26:19 AM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
Not to worry. This will have no impact on us....

I'm thinking of a federal law from the 80's and early 90's (repealed about 10 years ago) that made it illegal for federal employees to write articles and gain income from same. The purpose was to stop the abuse of politicos from selling their books to unions who bought thousands of copies, a form of campaign contribution. But the result was that a low level federal or postal employee couldn't write a gardening article for their local paper, and the law was also interpreted so that federal employees couldn't have a second career as ministers performing weddings--it was considered a form of speech, and a federal civil servant couldn't get paid for speeches outside of their workplace.

I'm waiting to see how the govt. will play this new attempt at restricting freedom of speech. I'm waiting to

74 posted on 02/14/2005 10:35:17 AM PST by Ciexyz (I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie)
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