Grass-Roots Activists and Bloggers Brace for New Regulation [McCain gunning for the Net]

Newsmax ^ | 3/23/06 | Jason Barnes

[defenderSD]

Hey all you senators and congresscritters. Stop trying to silence us. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. There are other career opportunities for you.

[defenderSD]

This situation is worse than I thought. We all have to get cracking on this issue and defend our 1st amendment rights.

[sgtbono2002]

Another violation of our 1st amendment rights these clowns are trying to take away.

[The Old Hoosier]

It's the liberals' fault, they wanted this stupid, unconstitutional law, and now they've ruined it for both us and them.

[winston2]

ping

action called for

on free speach

[o_zarkman44]

what is the bill # and who is the sponsor(s)?

[defenderSD]

I sense that Bush signed CFR because he wanted McCain's support on other issues, but I have no idea how the SCOTUS could possibly say that McCain Feingold is constitutional. That decision still floors me. We've got to get moving here; I admit that I haven't been following this closely enough and it's a much more serious threat than I thought. I'm gonna contact my congressman, Trent Franks, tomorrow and urge him to vote for the Blogger Protection bill.

[o_zarkman44]

it figures that McCain is behind this. he knows the supreme court will back him up like they did the campaign finance blastphemy.

[defenderSD]

I'll have to look that up for you. It should be somewhere in the long thread from last night started by Jim Robinson. If you search Jim's posts you'll find a long one with over 1,000 replies from last night.

[jazusamo]

Get the emails off to your Senators and Representatives!

[defenderSD]

I'm not so sure the SCOTUS would approve restrictions on bloggers, but I don't want this to go that far! That's the last hurdle in the path to regulation. With Roberts and Alito on the court this regulation would probably be struck down, but I don't want to see if go that far.

[ovrtaxt]

It's the liberals' fault, they wanted this stupid, unconstitutional law, and now they've ruined it for both us and them.

Yep. And let us not forget that many of those liberals are the Republicans who helped pass it- and sadly, also signed it into law.

But now we have a new court. Is there hope yet?

[jazusamo]

Here a post by MNJohnnie that's got the numbers.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601431/posts?page=3#3

[goldstategop]

As as I am concerned, the regulations don't exist. Come and arrest me, you fascist jack-booted thugs.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[o_zarkman44]

we thought McCain Feingold campaign finance reform would be struck down as well and it didn't happen. This cannot be allowed to leave congress. We need to target the sponsors with threats of a voter uprising from their respective states. We have to mobilize the people to get the message out and quickly.
As was stated in the article in this context........the government is there to serve the people, not the people there to serve the government.

[goldstategop]

Yep. Its time to engage in MASS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. That's the way to gum up the works. Like I said, if they want to silence us, they're going to have to arrest people. We will NOT do their dirty work for them.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The High Court has been wrong before. We have two new members and the real potential of a third newbee before the president's term is up.
McCain Feingold will not stand.

[Gordongekko909]

Political speech gets the highest level of protection of all forms of speech. There is no way that this could survive a First Amendment challenge.

Screw the MSM, the horse they rode in on, and the monopoly on information that McCain is trying to give them. The MSM is NOT a constituency.

[kitkat]

BUMP

[hang 'em]

It's time for the second amendment to protect the first, just as the founders planned.