[CSM]

They better be very careful. All volunteers that work in local campaign offices could be considered donating something of value, and end up being fined. CFR needs to go!

[Bahbah]

Here we go.

[tx_eggman]

we're running a real possibility of serious Internet regulation

Sounds like it's time to invest in offshore ISP's ... if this goes through, they're going to see a spike in business.

[Darksheare]

CNN tired of having their bias called into question.
So they're hoping this will muzzle 'those insignificant bloggers.'
I.E. us.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

I wonder what the FEC thinks this means?

[RadioAstronomer]

This is not good. :-(

BTTT for later read.

[Antoninus]

Riiiight. So the government thinks they can control political internet speech, but when it comes to the unsolicited porn/Viagra/weightloss/viruses that show up in my email inbox, there's absolutely nothing they can do?

What, are we living in China???

[rface]

I cannot believe that this is going to happen this way --- Sorros and MoveOn and the Deaniacs will also fight this....

also this movement to redefine what "The Press" is is going to cause a lot of problems

[numberonepal]

Bumparoo

[TheForceOfOne]

Fine, we'll all have to register as journalists then and use the freedom of the press and the 1st Amendment to thwart them.

[JustAnAmerican]

The blame should be placed on one person and one person only, President Bush.

[OKIEDOC]

I see this as another intrusion on my rights.

The seeds of revolution are being sown by the Nazi wannabe's on the extreme left.

The CFR is worthless and a worse remedy than the problem it did not fix.

[demlosers]

They will lose.

[Calpernia]

What do they plan on doing with servers that are located outside of US territory?

[MarkL]

I am still SO pissed off about the CFR and the stupid court's ruling on it!

What part of "Congress shall make NO LAW" do they not understand?

More importantly, I want to know what the difference is between biased reporting and a political advertisement in the same newspaper!?!?!?!

I'm so angry about this stuff in general, I could just SPIT!

And I have no doubt that Free Republic will be on their hit list too!

Mark

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, better known as the McCain-Feingold law...

Otherwise known as Mclunatic's assault on the Constitution, signed into law by the god of FR himself.

Bunch of treasonous bastards, the lot of them.

[Cherokee Conservative]

How do they know what you're e-mailing and to whom? Creepy. You could get slammed for forwarding a political e-mail to family as long as you're one of those nasty bloggers they hate. Somehow I bet they'll have better luck tracking us down than they do spammers and porn freaks, though. When they find me, they can kiss my butt.

[demlosers]

Bradley A. Smith

“I want to note that the growth of regulation generally, or more precisely, the growth of the administrative state, is itself smothering democracy in America, not only in its particulars, but in its general, ubiquitous presence.”

Bradley A. Smith, speech delivered at the Catholic University Law Review’s Election Law Symposium on September 23, 2000.

So what are you trying to do now Smith?

[So Cal Rocket]

[demlosers]

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.

You guys at the FEC are in more danger of being ignored.