First Cup 03.28.06 »

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love ~ Talleyrand
Red State (Michael Toner) Remarks From Today’s FEC hearing — “First, the proposed rules totally exempt individuals who engage in political activity on the Internet from the restrictions of the campaign finance laws.”
Right Wing News (John Hawkins) The Senate’s Illegal [...]

FEC Proposed Rules Reasonable? »

I’ll have to look into this proposal from the FEC before I make up my mind, but on the surface it appears reasonable.
The Federal Election Commission proposed new rules Friday that would leave almost all Internet political activity unregulated. The proposal would, however, require paid advertisements for federal candidates on the Internet to be paid [...]

Keep Free Speech Free »

Cloaked in the nice-sounding phrase campaign reform is an assault on free speech — particularly political free speech. One of my first posts to get any attention was on this subject.
Is that post you just made, the one favorable to candidate Blah B. Blah that you hope will help get him elected, a thing of [...]