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Last October, FEC Chairwoman Ann Ravel issued a statement in which she complained that the agency was not doing enough to monitor activity on the Internet.

And herein lies the never ending problem; tyrannical liberals unhappy with Free Speech.

1 posted on 02/11/2015 8:35:39 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON
What a coincidence!

So is the FCC, under the guise of "Net Neutrality."

2 posted on 02/11/2015 8:37:26 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If obama speaks and there is no one there to hear it, is it still a lie?)
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To: PROCON

LOL! I must have been inputting my post, like, with in a minute or so of you. Glad we’re on the same wave length. The moderator may remove mine if he/she wants to.


3 posted on 02/11/2015 8:39:28 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: PROCON

Talk Radio - be on notice.

But then, Im sure Tammy Fay Boehner will dig in his heals and put a stop to…..

o never mind


5 posted on 02/11/2015 8:40:43 AM PST by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: PROCON

F the FEC.


6 posted on 02/11/2015 8:41:38 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: PROCON

“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.”

FEC isn’t congress, and regulations aren’t laws, so I guess we are screwed, unless of course the g0p stands up to this, so I guess we are screwed...


7 posted on 02/11/2015 8:42:45 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: PROCON

Get rid of the FEC. Just get rid of it.

ILLEGAL foreign donations flooded the Clinton and Obama campaigns.

Obama ran illegal raffles (send in cash and enter to win) that award a prize of air travel, hotel, and personal meeting with Obama. There was no free alternative entry. Even after several state AGs challenged them on the matter. And they did it again the next election cycle.

You had the final debate moderator in the 2008 cycle planning to profit from a book about the historical Obama candidacy with a street date of 1/20/2009.

You have concerted efforts of voter suppression and intimidation from the left. Slashing tires, stealing signs, threats if you refuse Democrat signs, knock and drag coercion to get people to go to the polls, etc.

NPR and Pacifica violating their 501c3 status with candidacy and party advocacy while the IRS targeted and stonewalled conservative groups that sought approval.

Down is up, wrong is right. Junk the FEC. It’s worse than useless.


8 posted on 02/11/2015 8:42:54 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Jim Robinson

Ping.


9 posted on 02/11/2015 8:49:10 AM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%---unless you're donating blood.)
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To: PROCON

Click the pic to go to the source at the Library of Congress

 
 

The FEC wants to monitor and curb free speech.

The IRS attacks our right of free expression of opinion and association.

The NSA violates the privacy of our communication.

The Department of Homeland Security wants a national license plate tracking system

The FCC had planned to install "monitors" at newspapers, radio, and tv stations.

Obama wants to reclassify internet as a regulated utility


John has a long mustache.

10 posted on 02/11/2015 9:06:05 AM PST by Ray76 (Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
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“Does one heavily trafficked Internet site present one side of an issue and not link to sites that present alternative views?” the staff member asked. “These are some of the questions [Waxman] is thinking about right now, and we are going to have an FCC that will finally have the people in place to answer them."

The essence of the liberal complaint here is that they can't get people to visit their sites even if they pay them. People flock to conservative sites and that is just not fair. They want the government to ensure that we see their message. They already do this in the schools and in the media and they are mad as hell that they can't make it happen on the internet.

11 posted on 02/11/2015 9:06:26 AM PST by centurion316
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To: PROCON

That’s doubling down. FCC is going to take care of that with a “Fairness” Doctrine for the Internet.


12 posted on 02/11/2015 9:14:11 AM PST by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: PROCON

These fools are tightrope walking on the tripwire.


13 posted on 02/11/2015 9:31:17 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: PROCON

I think the FEC better realize there is this thing called the First Amendment that could put an end to such regulations in no time flat.


14 posted on 02/11/2015 10:55:52 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: PROCON
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is holding a hearing today to receive public feedback on whether it should create new rules regulating political speech, including political speech on the Internet that one commissioner warned could affect blogs, YouTube videos and even websites like the Drudge Report.

Because Free Speech was never intended to apply to the political!
[/sarc]

15 posted on 02/11/2015 1:48:40 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: PROCON
"The hearing is a response in your face violation to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McCutcheon v. FEC"

Fixed for accuracy.

19 posted on 02/15/2015 1:02:27 AM PST by lowbridge
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I give up.

Where does a federal agency get the right to modify The First Amendment?

It’s an outrage that they write regulations outside of Congressional approval in the first place, but then to make inroads to the Constitution?

Breathtaking arrogance.


20 posted on 02/20/2015 8:31:11 AM PST by Regulator
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To: PROCON

What gives them any authority to regulate what I say on the Internet? (Because I’m going to keep saying it.)


21 posted on 02/22/2015 10:05:47 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: PROCON; SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; Alamo-Girl; Alia; ...

From Feb. 11.

FEC Nanny State PING!


23 posted on 02/28/2015 10:10:44 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( _\\//)
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To: PROCON

This government is on full blown attack against the American people.

Time to put them down. By ANY means necessary.


25 posted on 03/01/2015 8:13:12 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: PROCON

“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth. The most effectual hitherto found, is the freedom of the press. It is, therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions.”(Underlining added for emphasis) —Thomas Jefferson to John Tyler, 1804. ME 11:33


27 posted on 03/11/2015 8:22:15 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: PROCON
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I’m led to the conclusion that “content” is the real concern.
28 posted on 03/16/2015 6:15:15 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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