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Monday, May 23, 2005
Wrote my piece to the FEC about the asininity of regulating blogs.
You should too. Click here to find out how. And note that if the TurkeyBlog is sending you to the Daily Kos for a something where we're on the same page, it must be big.
After reading the guidelines, I wrote a rather boring letter. Hopefully, it will be up to par for what's needed - an understanding that we're opinion media, not campaign hacks. [What do campaign hacks get paid? -ed. Nothing if they don't get better traffic than we do.]
I remain convinced that CFR and the whole shebang is a waste. The more political speech, the better. Eventually, America will choose the campaign that interrupts their favorite television program the least, will tell the pollsters so and the campaigns will get the message. In the meantime, siccing the feds on ordinary folks with opinions so the millionaires' club can maintain control over what issues get put before the public is wrong and lousy. As I put it in the solitary incendiary bit in my letter:I would point out that it was people using their own money or money from friends to self-publish who laid the intellectual foundations for our nation. There are those who would have loved to regulate what those people could say and on what matters, as well as requesting an address where the authors could be found. Our forefathers spent considerable time ejecting those folks from our continent. Be sure to follow the link at let the FEC know what you think about regulating bloggers.
posted by gbarto at 12:48 AM
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