Appliance Repair Wisdom for the Ages

Saturday, March 26, 2005

Big Brother can't handle it when people are able to connect with each other freely and effectively outside the constraints of Big Media. So they'll fix it the way they do every other threat: make it illegal. That's right, Big Brother in DC has made it illegal for private websites to convey information about political candidates ostensibly to make elections less subject to the influence of Big Bidness and Big Special Interest. Ok, maybe I took the short bus to school, but it seems to me that if millions of little peon websites, such as this one, are not able to express political opinion, doesn't that INCREASE the influence of Big Bidness and Big Special Interest?

If you use email, or keep a Web journal known as a blog, beware. The government will soon be out to get you. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, better known as McCain-Feingold, has never been just about keeping money out of politics. Political speech is its main target. This is clearer than ever, now that the Federal Elections Commission prepares to regulate the Internet. [read more]

1 Comments:

Thanks for having the info available to help diagnose common problems for DIY'ers
Lloyd Wisdom

By  Anonymous, at April 04, 2005 3:08 PM  

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