Friday, March 04, 2005
First they came for the....
I have never blogged about campaign finance reform.
If the law says that you cannot buy a commercial to make a political statement, the law says you cannot speak.
There. I did it.
Now the law is saying that a blog is a "contribution", that can be regulated by the government. So if I were to blog that Vice-President Cheney's outstanding personality is an inspiration to all of us who are hair-challenged and then link to his website picture, that would be a "contribution." And the government can tell me not to write that.
Garbage. All four of my regular readers out there know that I am not the ACLU-type of whiner. But I will not follow any law that tells me not to write about politics. They can throw my fat ass in jail.
Although that is not exactly the way I would choose to improve my sex life.
If the law says that you cannot buy a commercial to make a political statement, the law says you cannot speak.
There. I did it.
Now the law is saying that a blog is a "contribution", that can be regulated by the government. So if I were to blog that Vice-President Cheney's outstanding personality is an inspiration to all of us who are hair-challenged and then link to his website picture, that would be a "contribution." And the government can tell me not to write that.
Garbage. All four of my regular readers out there know that I am not the ACLU-type of whiner. But I will not follow any law that tells me not to write about politics. They can throw my fat ass in jail.
Although that is not exactly the way I would choose to improve my sex life.
