Yes, but could we really elect officials who would?
Who after all counts the votes... the powers that be.
I said it before and I say it again...
an FEC poweful enough to regulate speech offensive to us, say like howard stern, is powerful AND corrupted enough to regulate OUR speech if it offends them or makes their base of power feel threatened.
and despite howls of protest from our true friends on the Christian right, there is no practical way to shoot at janet's nipple, or sterns mouth, and not hit ourselves in the blogosphere. it's tit for tat... pun intended.
there's just too much threat to the government powers that be, in the blogosphere, whenever we discuss what we hear, see or KNOW they are doing behind our backs in a public venue.
the government cannot tolerate whispers, let alone megaphones. And this is coming about on our 'conservative majority' watch... proving that the libertarians and democrats are in some degree, right about us.
we conservatives, apparently want a nanny state to watch what every body ELSE says or does that offends US... but are HORRIFIED to see that the beast we built to do that... is turning to rend us asunder.
this is a very very dangerous time.
=free speech
=gun rights
=property rights
=illegal invasion on steroids
all issues that have arisen during our 'conservative' watch.
Are you confusing the FEC with the FCC?
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." — Thomas Paine