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Lawmakers: Hands off blogs (FR mentioned)
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| March 14, 2005
| Reuters
Posted on 03/14/2005 7:45:11 PM PST by mdittmar
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posted on
03/14/2005 7:45:14 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
ABCNBCCBSCNN are more political organizations that we are...
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posted on
03/14/2005 7:48:05 PM PST
by
Libertina
(Hey temporary Governor Christine Gregoire - don't get too comfortable in that mansion!)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
03/14/2005 7:49:57 PM PST
by
aynrandfreak
(If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
03/14/2005 7:52:23 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(Certified cause of Post Traumatic Redhead Syndrome)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
03/14/2005 7:53:18 PM PST
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve to keep us free)
To: mdittmar
Why is this even an issue? We have freedom of speech - end of story. The FEC can shove it.
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posted on
03/14/2005 7:55:18 PM PST
by
billybudd
To: billybudd
Why is this even an issue? We have freedom of speech - end of story. The FEC can shove it.We're supposed to have the right to bear arms - yet governments tell us what guns we can and cannot buy, and when and where we can carry them.
We're supposed to have freedom from searches without due process - yet the government can set up roadblocks to check our blood alcohol level without due process.
We're supposed to have a federal government limited by the Tenth Amendment - which is basically a dead letter unless it serves a particular pet cause by the Federalist wing of the Supreme Court - which would be fine and dandy except that same wing almost never saw a violation of the Fourth Amendment that they couldn't condone.
So don't go looking to the Constitution for your freedoms. The federal government sure as heck doesn't any longer.
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:00:04 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
To: Libertina
Websites that actively fundraise in one way or another for a candidate, as several lefty sites (KOS) did in '04, should be be governed under PAC or campaign rules.
Posting copy, discussing and analyzing politicians and campaigns is no more a political activity than going down to the local watering hole on Friday night and doing the same thing.
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:04:17 PM PST
by
Bob J
(RIGHTALK.com...a conservative alternative to NPR!)
To: mdittmar
The real story is that McCain-Feingold is a joke. Repeal it.
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:04:19 PM PST
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: Libertina
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:04:54 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: mdittmar
FR and other FORUMS should be treated the same as any public debate or perhaps a vigorous discussion at a coffeehouse.
Regulating forums makes about as much sense as regulating chairs for their role in political discussion.
To: Libertina
The early reports on this issue indicated the simple act of linking to a campaign site could be considered a payment in kind. Preposterous if you ask me.
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:09:06 PM PST
by
Bob J
(RIGHTALK.com...a conservative alternative to NPR!)
To: billybudd
Why is this even an issue? We have freedom of speech - end of story. The FEC can shove it. Fr-fr-from th-th-the article.
Reuters:The FEC ruled in 2002 that Internet activities do not count as "coordinated political activity" and thus don't have to comply with laws that regulate money in politics. But a U.S. judge struck down that ruling as too broad last year, and the FEC is scheduled to consider it later this month.
You see?
To: dirtboy
Good (but depressing) post.
To: mdittmar
action.downsidedc.org | 03-08-05 | Snipet:On September 18, 2004, in a dense, 157-page decision, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled . . . To permit an entire class of political communications to be completely unregulated . . . would permit an evasion of campaign finance laws . . .
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To: mdittmar
IMHO the only questionable organizations are ones like moveon.org, which are sponsored by big donors like Soros.
Wonkette may be an idiot, but as far as I know she's her own idiot, without backing from the DNC or the usual suspects. FreeRepublic is a free association supported by its members.
Under the McCain-Feingold law they could probably close down moveon.org. But frankly McCain-Feingold is unconstitutional. Since SCOTUS is too ideological to admit that, congress should repeal the damnable thing. And get their act together to appoint some decent judges.
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:21:00 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: mdittmar
This wouldn't affect FR, since it's not a blog.....
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:27:33 PM PST
by
Brett66
(W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
To: billybudd
Why is this even an issue? We have freedom of speech - end of story. The FEC can shove it. If I was to guess .. it's because of the money George Soro's threw into Moveon.org
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:44:52 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Question to the Media/Press ... Why are you hiding the Eason Jordan tapes ????)
To: Brett66
This wouldn't affect FR, since it's not a blog..... Depending on how they word the rules??
It sure as heck could effect FR and many other sites
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posted on
03/14/2005 8:48:05 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Question to the Media/Press ... Why are you hiding the Eason Jordan tapes ????)
To: mdittmar
I took a look at (http://wonkette.com) and was not impressed. The woman writes with a pen dipped into her own foul mouth. Based on the 'reviews' she has posted, she apparently has a penchant for penis jokes. One reviewer even called her a 'skank' and she was bragging about it? DU-h! And this sort of mean-spirited rubbish passes for humor in today's vile political climate?
Quoth the maven, nevermore!
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posted on
03/14/2005 9:04:45 PM PST
by
ex-Texan
(Mathew 7:1 through 6)
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