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- bstein80, on 07/14/2008, -1/+17Free speech in jeopardy.. what's new?
- nannyx, on 07/14/2008, -2/+17Kind of ironic since just last fall the Youtube debate was heralded as a dawn of a new era of openness and true dialog between elected officials and voters...
- Dr.Fade, on 07/14/2008, -2/+13But.... Doesn't Television have advertising? How about radio, oh, ads there too. I know Magazines and Newspapers, wait, I think I see ads, yes definitely, those are ads. If you want to fix the problem, remove the money from the equation. I don't see that happening either.
- inactive, on 07/14/2008, -2/+13All right then. Congress gets a new toy to be beaten about then head with, a guillotine for their own execution. The nation does not approve of your representation. Please submit your family to the national blacklist.
- MorganMghee, on 07/14/2008, -2/+11"fruition of the information age" ain't it great?
- ericjohnson0, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7150 DIGGS at the time of this comment... why isn't this on the Front Page???
Who decides what is 'Popular' around here? - TYRONEBR549, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7Anytime the " government " gets involved, oppression and taxation follows.
- acbrown, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6with each new day pelosi and the other liberals in congress look more and more like stalinists. their ideas can't compete in the free market, so they are going to try to silence their opposition by regulating the market under the auspices of "fairness."
- stienster, on 07/14/2008, -2/+8Hey Keeley, good write!
Perhaps a way out of this particular dilemma is the FIRST place the information is posted... meaning, it starts out clean, on a no-ad site, such as on a .gov page. Then, anything pulled from there to a second site, with or without ads, is just a normal every day media occurrence. We can't stop forwarding news to each other because of ad run media... that's just ludicrous! - inactive, on 07/15/2008, -2/+7Absolutely.......once they can provide the Constitutional means to justify doing so.
Congress is worthless. They are bought and paid for by the lobbyists hell bent on destroying what little is left of this country. Get your head out of your ass and get ready to do what is necessary to take this country back.
Sounds like it's time for a second Declaration of Independence. Once we can wean the masses off their entertainment....there may be a chance. Otherwise you'll get weaned off it cold turkey which will not be so pleasant. - reland1, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2hoochi mama decides
- dcrepublican, on 07/15/2008, -1/+2Dick Armey didn't write this article, idiot.
- ethornquist, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Thanks for the insult dcrepublican - but trying reading closely.
I did not say Armey wrote the article.
However, I did note the article came from his partisan PAC,
which is a shill for a particular party.
NoBailouts came a little closer to the truth when he quoted me
directly, though he didn't go far enough. I compared the Congressional action
that restricts Net access between a representative and his or her constituency
to the FISA legislation that grants immunity for laws broken
under direction from the White House because the offenses are the same.
Either way, your government is being less than honest and certainly not transparent.
That's my point. That's not the democracy I was born into.
Y'all are lickety quick to point out the misdeeds of the "other" side -
but are quick to get angry when your own side is exposed.
And the insult by dcrepub shows:
#1) he is still in junior high
#2) he is not ready to owe up to the misdeeds of the party he roots for.
Rooting for a political party is like rooting for a sports team. Say you like
the Celtics - did they send you a check after they won the NBA title?
For your blind allegiance on Digg I hope your party of choice
(Repub, is it?) is paying you. I hope each of you ends up with a prize internship.
Maybe a cabinet post for the soul you have given away. And congrats hucksters
- you've earned your reward.
I respect what you do - it's telemarketing on the Web. And often you do it
because, in many cases, you believe in your cause. But show me some respect;
spare me the trolling unless you are willing look at "your side"
with the same eagle eye. - Midtowner, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1There's not much Congress actually has the power to do here. They can attempt to regulate it, but the First Amendment is still pretty powerful.
The only real controversy that I think is justified in this arena is whether to give the same protections to bloggers (re: libel claims and journalism shield laws) that MSM members get. I think that's a close call. The SCOTUS will eventually let us know what the law is there -- and again, Congress' role here may be no more than to give someone standing to bring a case where the SCOTUS can better define the law vis a vis journalism and the internet. - NoBailouts, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1I'm not sure why you buried this, especially because you say "But don't get me wrong; these restrictions come close."
- kavutu, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1it is none of their business!!
- TruthTeller50, on 07/15/2008, -5/+1One person here gets the whole picture. One.
- ethornquist, on 07/15/2008, -7/+2Buried for Dick Armey bias. The FISA act that gifted immunity
to a White House regime that broke the law
is more ridiculous. But don't get me wrong; these restrictions come close.
While each side calls the other "(right/left)tard" for backslaps and laughs
at the freedom-hating moves of the other side, Rome burns.
The original contract with America is the Declaration of Independence.
Let's hold politicians to that contract.
Start with eliminating PACs like freedomworks.com & dailykos.com
Start with a ban of astroturfing, which is what these two sites (and others)
do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
Check out the new & improved 
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