Sign of the Endtimes? (Or: Your Rights, Online)

Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds ledes it this way: "Cats and dogs, living together?" --the purveyors of RedState.org and DailyKos.com, who are about as far apart you can get on the American political spectrum without moving in with the tin foil helmet brigades, have co-authored a letter urging lawmakers to dump HR 4194, the "Internet Anti-Corruption and Free Speech Protection Act of 2005", because it doesn't do enough to protect bloggers and citizen journalists.

The concern, in light of the recent defeat of HR 1606, the "Online Freedom of Speech Act", is to preserve the free speech rights of politically-minded individuals who want to talk policy and politics on Web sites (both group and individual) without having to submit to onerous Federal Election Commission restrictions.

Have no fear, the partisan hackery and headbutting will continue on both sides. Which I guess is the point of hopping in bed against this bill.

Thanks -- Joe

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#3 Comment from journalseditorEntry Author
11/11/05 10:11 AM | Permalink

Hi...the text of the letters, linked in the entry at both redstate and dailykos, outlines the issues pretty succinctly and well. Thaks -- Joe
#2 Comment from lurkynat
11/11/05 1:38 AM | Permalink

Dear Joe,
What does the act actually state?
I do think we need some measure of "fresh air" in cyber space because popups and bad attachmetns do not want to give us that.
yours, nat
#1 Comment from hunybea4him
11/10/05 10:55 PM | Permalink

huh? what?.. never heard of either of these.. is my head in the sand or are they something that is just barried so that when they finnaly do pass we are screwed and cant do a thing about it?

Yes.. all signs do point to an ending *wink*

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