Posted on 06/29/2005 1:46:27 PM PDT by AWestCoaster
The Federal Election Commission says Web blogs just might be a threat to democracy and it's considering whether to police them.
The issue, being discussed during FEC hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday, is whether some Web sites actually provide unregulated benefits to specific political campaigns. The famously free-spirited Web community is fighting back.....
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> Hear! hear!
and then of course there is the matter of film makers[docuFAKERY] and celebrity quotes on everything from the BigBang to,....well, they get to speak
Hey its as relevant as the crap that the MSM comes out with everyday.
Buckhead for Supreme Court!!
yup yup , Lurch was such a heeero that some guy filmed him re-enacting stuff , no S**T!!
Right-O. And I will edit that to read:
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court no longer protects (inconvenient to the government tax whores) free speech private property ownership under the First Amendment Constitution and American custom.
I will set up shop for you Yanks. I don't answer to the FEC.
The real issue? The FEC is not seeing the information for the candidates THEY would like to see in office. I promise you - if the Republicans did not have such a strong Blogger population, they would not be saying much about the entire issue.
Blogging is the only thing we have left when it comes to TRUE DEMOCRACY. The last place where we can say what we think and feel when we think and feel it - without worrying about anything but negative feedback or smart comments from readers who may nto agree.
Can 'the-powers-that-wanna-be' leave us alone, please? Thank you. JK Blogger of "Just Me, Everyday" .
Why would they oppose the interests of incumbent politicians. Incumbency is the one true bipartisan cause.
someone will always "get the ear" of the entrenched elites ,...and there will be meddling of this sort
Second Amendment. Emminent domain. Lack of policing the border. The Raich ruling. Taxes. Socialist Insecurity.
It's all just too much. Shut it all down. Every government official should just vacate their f*cking offices right now and NEVER go back. They should consider themselves FIRED. Burn down the buildings and salt the earth so nothing ever grows there again.
If they can't play by the G*DD*MN RULES, then we need to take our toys and GO HOME.
Blogs bringing down the MSM edifice is what the FEC seeks to avert:
If I write a Letter to the Editor and it is published, does that make me a "journalist?"
This is going to make for VERY wierd bedfellows, since I am sure Skinner over at DU (for example) is just as concerned as we are.
You've got that right. Democrats cherish the idea of free speech, as long as it isn't Fox news, Rush Limbaugh, Regnery press or Free Republic (American Spectator, et al.)
The stinking hippies who became the political establishment have had it their way so long . . . suffice to say that `Big girl' would make muzzling, in particular, Free Republic, a priority.
They should start with MOVEON.ORG
The liberal MSM is already regulated... by the free market. Readership and viewership measures of their audience indicate the liberal MSM is rapidly going the way of the horse and buggy. Except for PBS, the liberal MSM outlets rely on rapidly dwindling advertiser dollars and cable subscriptions. They are on their way to extinction.
LOL
btw, G.W. Bush is OUR third GEORGE!
I was thinking we could hide our text messages inside jpegs of naked children........
McCain-Feingold is a threat to the Constitution. Socialists (aka DemoRats of the Jackass Party) and fake capitalists (aka RINOs) are a threat to the Constitution. Certain members of the Supreme Court are a threat to the Constitution.
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