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The craze to regulate and restrict political speech has far from died out. The insane BCRA pu…

I would scream “I told you so” at the top of my lungs but since at the time I wrote it I was only getting about 10 hits a day, I really didn’t tell that many people. In December of…

“THE FEC VS. BLOGS” and “The coming crackdown on blogging” both reached me at much the same time. The former links to the latter, as well as “The Coming Crackdown” and others. This is indeed chilling, and brings …

I remember when people were talking about the McCain-Feingold bill. Those of us who were still interested in the United States Constitution said, “There is no way that is going to pass, it is clearly Un-Constitutional” It was obvious to…

I apologize for getting this up late, but my sister called and I took a break. Real World – My dog has the stinkiest ass! I don’t know what she’s gotten herself into, but she’s walking around letting gas…

Jambalaya and Blog-Meets are coming up in a few hours (by 8PM EST). You’ll want to check it out. 8:04PM: It’s coming. I’m just making some last minute editions. Stay right there. I actually put some effort into this week’s…

It is clear that there are clouds forming on the horizon in the case of bloggers being regulated as an extension of McCain Feingold. Time to start writing and calling your representatives, folks….

Several other bloggers have been “watching the watchers” lately, so to speak. Here’s a brief roundup.

There has been a recent blogalanche about the FEC’s threat to regulate blogs and other informal Internet sites, which was triggered by this CNET article by Declan McCullough. Michelle Malkin has a good round-up in two parts: one and two. The basic idea

If you’ve been paying the least bit of attention to blogs and/or the garbage that’s been coming out of DC lately re: regulation of the internet, you’ll know that the FEC, and many “campaign finance” (read: free speech regulation) politicians…

The blogosphere (e.g., InstaPundit, Power Line, Michelle Malkin, Prof. Bainbridge, Red State, La Shawn Barber, The Democracy Project, etc.) is abuzz with worries that the Federal Election Commission, per a decision of a single federal district judge, m…

The legal background to the regulatory threat to the Internet is so complicated that it makes discussion of the legal…

This one’s going to be short. I’ve had a long week people! Real World – In the past month, I’ve lost eight pounds. Wow!!! That’s my five for the month and a few to grow on. If I keep this…

Here we go. The McCain-Feingold bill is coming to roost, with the Federal Elections Commission poised to regulate bloggers who hyperlink to, mention and/or advocate an affected political candidate.

The Monk is pretty close to a Free Speech absolutist . . . and traditionally pure political speech was free from any governmental shackling[.] Smith’s warning, however, shows two key things: (1) the horrendous cowardice of George W. Bush in signing th…