Patriot Blog :: General :: Protecting the Right to Blog; Thanks Rep. Kennedy — We need to start following this…
Tomorrow H.R. 1606, will come before the floor of the House and Senate. It is aimed at protecting bloggers from the heavy hand of federal regulation. The Online Freedom of Speech Act recognizes that the online political dialogue enhances public debate, and should be allowed to flourish. New technologies continue to make it easier for Americans to be active in politics.
In a country where only 60% of eligible adults vote, we cannot afford to allow the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to burden political participants with arbitrary and cumbersome rules. If the FEC imposes any regulatory scheme on the Internet, bloggers will be in legal jeopardy. This bill has unusual bi-partisan and bi-cameral support, being introduced in the Senate by Democratic Leader Harry Reid. H.R. 1606 excludes the Internet from “public communications” as defined for FEC purposes. It will mean that no campaign finance regulations apply to communication over the Internet.
Scary
What – Kennedy did something right for a change? Isn’t this a sign of the apocalypse?
Jesus – what’s next? DeLay will admit he’s a crook and a coward? Pat Roberts will admit to worshiping Satan? Jane Fonda will admit she’s completely useless as a human being?
“we cannot afford to allow the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to burden political participants with arbitrary and cumbersome rules”
you mean like all the campaign finance regulations that keep long time incumbents in office
Hey, how is America going to stop anti-U.S. (read terrorist) blogs running on Iraqi servers, by the way?
Answer: National IP filtering. That will do it.