John McCain’s War On Blogs
John McCain’s War On Blogs
John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere.
Now he has introduced legislation that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles. Some highlights of the legislation:
– Commercial websites and personal blogs “would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000.”
– Internet service providers (ISPs) are already required to issue such reports, but under McCain’s legislation, bloggers with comment sections may face “even stiffer penalties” than ISPs.
— Social networking sites will be forced to take “effective measures” — such as deleting user profiles — to remove any website that is “associated” with a sex offender. Sites may include not only Facebook and MySpace, but also Amazon.com, which permits author profiles and personal lists, and blogs like DailyKos, which allows users to sign up for personal diaries.
Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation notes that this proposal may be based more “on fear or political considerations rather than on the facts.” When he introduced his legislation to the Senate, McCain offered no evidence that children are being victimized by people who post comments on blogs.
McCain’s legislation could deal a serious blow to the blogosphere. Lacking resources to police their sites, many individual blogs may have to shut down open discussion.
(HT:The Liberty Papers)
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this is just Sad.. the web is the last thing left for people to be able to express themselves ..
December 13th, 2006 at 6:14 pmWar on Christmas, War on Drugs, War on Terror, now a War on Bloggers! What next?
December 13th, 2006 at 6:16 pmThe Republican Party of War and Oppression marches on.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:16 pmSo what you’re saying is that we will have to start behaving?
Damn neocons take all the fun out of everything. Just because they’re all miserable doesn’t mean that we wish to keep them company.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:16 pm“Captain! McCain is decloaking right in front of us!”
December 13th, 2006 at 6:18 pm“Give me a visual. Oh my God. Not a pretty sight.”
“…but I thought the danger came from “Net Neutrality” or something”
“You have been wrong, son. All hands – prepare to abandon ship!”
He knows its the only way Republicans can win elections… shut down the blogs.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:19 pmWho knew that a 5-year stay at the Hanoi Hilton wouldn’t make you crazy but a few terms in the US Senate would.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:20 pmWhy is it that when someone gets caught doing something horrible to another human being we call them a stupid criminal,but when McCain gets caught after doing something horrible to many people(bombing them), he’s hailed as a hero? Do we really need another failure in the Whitehouse?
December 13th, 2006 at 6:20 pmI appreciate the skepticsm bloggers see in this bill. However, TP, is it necessary for everything to be labled a War on “this” and War on “That”?
December 13th, 2006 at 6:21 pmWhen we overuse the word we desensitize ourselves to what War really; it is misued to capture a headline or make a new phrase. It is a repub tactic; let’s not get sucked into their misuse of english.
Why do Republicans hate free speech? Why do Republicans hate America?
December 13th, 2006 at 6:23 pmEl Tonno,
December 13th, 2006 at 6:23 pmNo! No abandoning ship!
Turn and fight!
Load Photon Torpedos!
We will defeat them…..
Blogger/Blogspot would be dead.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:23 pmWow, this is not going to win him any friends. I think this will really affect his showing in the primaries… oh well.
http://www.getsomejosh.com
December 13th, 2006 at 6:24 pm“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
December 13th, 2006 at 6:26 pm- George Orwell
War on Christmas, War on Drugs, War on Terror, now a War on Bloggers! What next?
Comment by Rick Brannon — December 13, 2006 @ 6:16 pm
You forgot the War on Science
December 13th, 2006 at 6:27 pmIf this bill does not inhibit free speech, but does indeed put one more impediment between children and predators then I’m all for it. Let me get all mushy here. There is no sense in blogging if it isn’t for the future good, and our kids are our future.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:28 pm“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.†– George Orwell
Comment by Xenon — December 13, 2006 @ 6:26 pm
EXACTLY!
Instead of accepting that there will always be people who love you and people who hate you, the damn neocons try to silence those who hate them. Just like Tom Delay’s stupid First Amendment hating blog. Though, the fact that he got royally spanked still is funny…
December 13th, 2006 at 6:31 pmIf this bill does not inhibit free speech, but does indeed put one more impediment between children and predators then I’m all for it.
Comment by leftcoast — December 13, 2006 @ 6:28 pm
You may live on the leftcoast, but you are definitely not a leftie.
See we believe that parents should be responsible for raising tehir children, and not the government. This means that YOU monitor what they are doing so that they aren’t open to predators. It is YOUR responsibility to protect your children.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:34 pmWar on Christmas, War on Drugs, War on Terror, now a War on Bloggers! What next?
Comment by Rick Brannon
How about a War on John McCain?
December 13th, 2006 at 6:35 pmTime to start posting kiddie pron on Little Green Footballs, etc…
Note: Poster has nothing to do with kiddie pron…. (Damn, bills like this are already making me paranoid just to joke about them. This is scary stuff McCain… please someone, kill this bill).
December 13th, 2006 at 6:36 pmEverybody should take a page out of the McCain Playbook and do things the old-fashioned way: hire political consultants associated with phone-jammers, racist ads, and Tom DeLay!
December 13th, 2006 at 6:37 pmI wish McCain and others like him would focus on important issues like health issues for citizens…reform the election money machine, help the industry and keep jobs..fix the budget….and on top of all focus on this war in Iraq that is eating up the budget, instead of wasting time on bloggers’ issues.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:38 pmGo ahead, McCain, you dumbass. Right-wing blogs allow comments, too. I’m sure they’ll be thrilled with this legislation.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:39 pmUnbelievable,
I don’t think it is only about monitoring your children, I do agree, you want your kids safe, parent them. but this also covers things I think are sick, such as Kiddy porn. I think each site should to a certian extent monitor content. I doubt Thinkprogress would be too happy if somone starting putting links to snuff videos in their comment section. I don’t think however that a statement, like “I think George W. Bush is the anti-christ”* should fall under a law like this.
*I don’t really consider Bush to be the anti-christ.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:42 pmRight-wing blogs allow comments, too. I’m sure they’ll be thrilled with this legislation.
Comment by motherlowman — December 13, 2006 @ 6:39 pm
Considering that that is where the pedophiles actually hang out…
December 13th, 2006 at 6:43 pmThe “War on” sub-phrase was actually coined by liberals with the “War on poverty”. Since then, the Repugs have seduced the sub-phrase with: “The war on drugs”, “The war on terror”, “The war on taxes (of the rich)†and “The war on the middle class”. Does anyone see a trend here?
December 13th, 2006 at 6:43 pm[...] Think Progress: John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere. [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 6:45 pm#18 unbelievable. You’re correct, I do think it is a parent’s responsibility to protect our children. Was just looking out for the one’s who’s parents could care less about their kids. And I know that argument opens a slipperyslope, but today’s protection is getting more difficult everyyear. Parents cannot be everywhere. To use your argument we would not put gaurdrails up on balconies.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:45 pmOT: Did anyone else see David Duke, holocaust denier & ex-KKK member on Blitzer earlier? He threw a frickin’ hissy fit because of the way Blitzer introduced him, and the whole interview went south from there. It was great. Duke is such a prissy asshole.
Blitzer’s show repeats (on the west coast) at 4 p.m.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:52 pmI have an idea… instead of punishing innocent webmasters and the like, and rather than limiting “free speech” for the “sake of the kids”, why don’t we just start imposing tougher penalties on parents who don’t bother to supervise their children? I mean, c’mon, don’t they have ANY responsibility for their own kids?
This move is about politics. Blogs are scary because they have an effect on politics and aren’t completely tied up in the old school system they’re used to exploiting. Jeez, guys. Are we gonna have to outlaw comments on blogs altogether? This bill makes no sense.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:52 pmI don’t really consider Bush to be the anti-christ.
Comment by Krazny — December 13, 2006 @ 6:42 pm
December 13th, 2006 at 6:55 pmI certainly haven’t ruled it out.
I don’t think it is only about monitoring your children,
But that’s the button he’s pushing. Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal were saying decades aso that they would do this. They would attempt to monitor or censor the internet in the name of saving children from pornography. And, as usual, he was right about what the right will do to destroy the Constitution.
I doubt Thinkprogress would be too happy if somone starting putting links to snuff videos in their comment section.
But that’s just comon sense and decency. They already do that on their own. It’s not at all what bothers me. What bothers me, as a teacher, is that people refuse to take responsibility for raising their own children and will then subscribe to every law or policy implementation that shifts that responsibility to someone else.
That garbage existed when I was a kid. It wasn’t invented with the Internet. And you know why I wasn’t exposed to it? Because my parents were awake. We’re teaching people to be more and more irresponsible when we allow crap like McCain is proposing to happen – because it actually gives people a false sense of security that they don’t have to monitor their kids because the government has fixed the system. Only we know that where their is a will (and sex is perhaps the greatest), there is a way…
I don’t think however that a statement, like “I think George W. Bush is the anti-christâ€* should fall under a law like this.
*I don’t really consider Bush to be the anti-christ.
Comment by Krazny — December 13, 2006 @ 6:42 pm
But that is what they want – and this is the first step in taking them there.
If I believed in Anti-Christs, I would think Bush would be a strong contender… But Cheney being more likely.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:56 pmthe blogosphere is the grass roots arm of the Internet… it gives many great thinkers/writers who can’t get someone to pay them for their ideas, including myself, a place to share their gifts with the world… it also allows some real putzes to do that, but hey, you take the good with the bad…
does this really have a shot at passing?
December 13th, 2006 at 6:57 pmTo use your argument we would not put gaurdrails up on balconies.
Comment by leftcoast — December 13, 2006 @ 6:45 pm
No, that is not my argument.
My argument is that Republicans don’t care about the children (they only care about fetuses) – they care about silencing the opposition.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:58 pmI don’t really consider Bush to be the anti-christ.
Comment by Krazny
That would be Cheney.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:59 pmWhy do republicans hate the internet so much? Oh that’s right, what am I thinking, they hate the internet because they hate being called out on their own shit by themselves.
December 13th, 2006 at 6:59 pmSo McCain hates free speach. Hence, McCain hates the United States and all it stands for. Exactly how much did McCain get when he sold his soul to the devil?
December 13th, 2006 at 6:59 pmWhy do Republicans always do everything piecemeal? Just repeal the Constitution and get it over with already. This is like Chinese water torture. Oops. Sorry.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:00 pmZooey took it right out of my mouth:
War On McKain!
Here are some more:
©War On A$$holes!
©War On War!
©War On Liars!
©War On Taxes!
©War On Pedophiles!
©War On Abusers!
©War On Warts!
Any more good ideas? I am doing bumpersticker on those.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:00 pmThere was a time when McCain seemed like the only acceptable candidate the Republicans could run for president. His overtures to the religious right, however, irreversibly changed my mind. Now this gratuitous attack on bloggers.
You’re right, URSUS. Why do Republicans hate the First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the entire Bills of Rights, the Constitution … and America?
And leftcoast, before you give up your rights because a politician claimed he was doing something “for the children,” go to csicop.org and search for “sexual predators.â€
December 13th, 2006 at 7:01 pmgod forbid that anyone speak the truth or denounce the fuhrer, seig heil!
December 13th, 2006 at 7:01 pmMcCain is the Manchurian Candidate. Stay away from him.
-GSD
December 13th, 2006 at 7:02 pmDid any of you bother to read the link to the legislation : http://politechbot.com/docs/mccain.child.sex.offender.120806.pdf ??
It says NOTHING about attacking blogs. It is legislation that is attacking sites/blogs that post child porn pics/video. It says that owners of blogs/sites that don’t report/remove said material can be fined… how the hell did you assholes strawman this as an attack on blogs and free speech?
Try reading the legislation and not just what the article writer paraphrased and used to further their agenda.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:07 pmI am doing bumpersticker on those.
Comment by ItsJustKarma
War on Hypocrisy
December 13th, 2006 at 7:09 pm#29 – {õ£õ},
December 13th, 2006 at 7:11 pmYou are correct, the term “War on polio” was coined by FDR in 1938 – another liberal.
Try reading the legislation and not just what the article writer paraphrased and used to further their agenda.
Comment by I read.. you don’t — December 13, 2006 @ 7:07 pm
Try thinking about the ramifications of what you read – instead of blindly accepting anything McCain spews as a ‘blessing’. Gag.
You’re reading comprehension skills are negligible.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:11 pmWar on Hypocrisy
Comment by Zooey — December 13, 2006 @ 7:09 pm
You mean male nipples? :D
December 13th, 2006 at 7:12 pmRichard, #41- I have never voted for anything simply on the use of the word children in an Initiative or Proposition. Bu thanks for the advice.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:12 pmFrom McCain’s remarks:
protecting our children is a top priority for members of Congress
Really? So what did you people do when you learned that Foley was soliciting sex from Congressional pages?
Ah, Republicans, always blaming someone else for their misdeeds…
December 13th, 2006 at 7:14 pmLook at him!
December 13th, 2006 at 7:14 pmIt’s easy to imagine how bad his breath must be
with his mind so twisted.
Bu$h didn’t look too good but this guy?
He might get rightwing maggots votes, but
the women want something more handsome
than this. Somebody charismatic like J.F. Kennedy,
William Clinton or Barack Obama.
Just a few months ago a poll showed that most Americans believe that there is too much freedom of the press. Repugs convinced a majority that we don’t need so much freedom because it’s dangerous and un-American. That was just one step away from convincing the majority that we should not have blogs to express ourselves in a free exchange of ideas, either. I hope the majority woke up on November 6th and that they will realize that this type of legislation is what’s really dangerous.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:14 pmWell, off to Canada with our blog servers. What can McCain do to stop it?
December 13th, 2006 at 7:15 pmYou mean male nipples? :D
Comment by unbelievable
Hastert in a Speedo.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:17 pmZooey:
The profit from Your sticker ideas will go to TP.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:17 pmDone deal.
McCain is at least consistent. If you go to his website your two options are to sign up for his emails or donate money. No stinking blogging or direct contact allowed.
My suggestion: go to http://www.congress.org and send McCain an email telling him you’d vote for him if he wasn’t a coward for not putting up a blog on his website.
Hints:
1) you’ll have to put in an Arizona zipcode when asked. Anything from 85001 through 85080 for Phoenix, for example.
2) Use area code 602 and some other numbers for your phone.
Enjoy!
December 13th, 2006 at 7:20 pmTherefore, I am speechless.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:22 pmThe older McCain gets, the more he’s morphing into Dubya.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:24 pm#51
December 13th, 2006 at 7:26 pmThank You once again!
Republicans are the Alzheimer Party:
Mark Foley? Who was that?
Tom Delay, Abramoff???
Do I know You? Where do I have to put my vote?
I didn’t even know that there is a war in Iraq!?
Done deal.
Comment by ItsJustKarma
Too cool. :)
December 13th, 2006 at 7:29 pmItsJustKarma,
Who’s Your Daddy?
December 13th, 2006 at 7:30 pmI think John McCain and Ann Coulter are the same person. They’ve never been photographed together.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:35 pmPretty vociferous comment there, I read.. You don’t [sic]. Did you read the Terms and Conditions?
Maybe the rest of us are just suspicious. For starters, the bill was written to nominally achieve what you describe — and “for other purposes.†Those of us who realize the Military Commissions Act of 2006 erased habeas corpus for all of us are rightly suspicious of phrases like that. Second, it looks to me as if it requires anybody who sees child pornography on the Internet to report it. Ask yourself whether the possibility of becoming an accidental criminal would put a damper on blogging.
The fact is, the Republicans want to dictate, regulate and monitor every aspect of Americans’ behavior according to some medieval concept of “American values.â€
Oh, “straw man†is two words, and not a verb.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:36 pmThats why Foley MSMed one of them. Foley wanted to be the Pam Rogers of the Congress.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:39 pmin his breathless quest for the Oval Office, McCain will say or do anything these days, won’t he? it’s impossible to keep up with his mental flights-of-fancy.
Not Presidential.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:41 pm#65 – Comment by Richard
Heh.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:44 pmMcCain is correct! But he does not go far enough. Kids get lured by sex offenders outside of schools and in churches. So, those have to go. The offenders get their victims in public restrooms and park playgrounds. Those have to go. Sex offenders use candy to lure their child victims. So, we’ve got to monitor candy sales – maybe require a license and a waiting period. And offenders use cars to prowl. We’ve got to increase our vigilance of car dealers to make sure they don’t sell to offenders and fine them if they do. Oh, we can’t forget the obvious. Offenders live in houses and apartments so we better monitor those realtors and landlords. Protect the children.
**sarcasm off**
Protect your power, more like it.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:44 pmthis proposal may be based more “on fear or political considerations rather than on the facts.â€
December 13th, 2006 at 7:46 pmWouldnt it be a soy overdose in McCain´s diet?
Another stupid, republican, white man. Aside from his flip-flopper comments and insance rantings of late, just look at that face. Gross, blotchy complexion. Yellow, gross looking teeth. A few white strands of hair. Out-of-control eyebrows. Very presidential.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:47 pmHastert in a Speedo.
Comment by Zooey — December 13, 2006 @ 7:17 pm
Now that’s a bumpersticker people would notice…
Just saw the Blitzer-Duke exchange. Pretty ugly. I was disturbed when Duke said a couple of things that I agreed with… But then I realized that it was for completely polar opposite reasons. I think the US should be neutral and stop meddling in the Middle East, while he hates Jewish people… Odd for a KKKristianist to hate Jews. Aren’t they the chosen people of god for whom folks like MA and IRI were always in adulation?
Okay, gotta go see what TP comments made it on The Daily Show today…
December 13th, 2006 at 7:48 pmphew, republicans really hate free speech and progress. It’s sad to see that this party still holds the name that Thomas Jefferson anointed it.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:50 pmfree
Actually, Jefferson belonged to the Democratic-Republican party which later just called itself the Democratic party.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:54 pmGreat post’s all, caption should read.” I’m slowski furhor McCaine”, I will be you’re next dictator…..
Hastert in a speedo was a riot Zooey…..One more screen spray on that one.. Do they make those thing’s that large?…I would think he would have to go to Seattle tent and awning for his suit’s…..
I’m not going to jump into this frey to much, just to say I want all the law’s they passed recended and no new ones that in any way are against what little bit of the constitution we have left……Parent’s must be responsible for their children not the government…..Come to think of it all parent’s should rise up and demand their kid’s be sent home from this miserable war that bush started and doesn’t know how to end…Blessings all
December 13th, 2006 at 8:03 pmAs a fellow Vietnam vet, I respect McCain’s service but find his desire to kill our Democracy too much to swallow.
And with his recent ass-kissing and pandering to any group that seems to be important to him, he is selling himself more than a Saigon whore!
BTW, are you going to get Tommy ‘Bug-sprayer’ Delay to advise you on how to control those nasty liberal focused comments?
December 13th, 2006 at 8:11 pm75. “I’m slowski furhor McCaine, I will be you’re next dictator”…..
Ha. LMAO
December 13th, 2006 at 8:18 pmanother method, and more acceptable:
Two US states propose moves to tighten oversight of sex offenders
The Associated Press Published: December 11, 2006
RICHMOND, Virginia: Officials in two states proposed unusual plans to tighten oversight of convicted sex offenders: Virginia’s attorney general wants them to register their e-mail addresses and online IDs, and New York officials want them to take lie-detector tests.
this paragraph towards the end of the story is curious:
Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer and Republican Sen. John McCain announced plans for similar federal legislation last week, but theirs would apply only to those on probation or parole. McDonnell’s plan for Virginia would apply to all convicted sex offenders.
mccave sure is busy worrying about the children…
December 13th, 2006 at 8:18 pmthis is such a scam…
McCain can kiss my fat american ass
December 13th, 2006 at 8:19 pmJohn, your mind is deranged. Too many years in the senate, I imagine. Oh, maybe your hotel room.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:26 pmGet lost, there is a system beyond your vision of capitol”ism”.
Yeah yeah, whatever, lets see how far it’ll get.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:31 pmLet’s form a “war” definition pool. I’ll prime the pump:
No child left behind = War against education.
Clear skies = War against the Atmospere.
Operation Iraqi freedon = War against peace in the Middle East.
Lower taxes for the rich = War against the United States’ economy.
I’ll be dead before judgement is passed on my office = Total self-denial. = War against the intellect.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:32 pmHe won’t win in 2008, to ugly, to old, to much like the terrible one’s we now have and like one poster said no carisma…The women will not vote for the chimpmonk no matter what….BTW..Slowski Furhor McCaine, you can kiss my old wrinkled butt….We will make sure you don’t get in the black house, the one’s in there now are to many evils for america……Blessings
December 13th, 2006 at 8:34 pmGood post Sharon.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:37 pmThe Republican Lobotomy McCain had in South Carolina in 2000 has taken full effect…he is now a Master Republican. This time however, he will not be able to outrun the flips and flops of his career. The Republican “base” that he is trying to secure is full of Sodomites and Pharisees, a shamble indeed.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:42 pmHe is correct in trying to stamp out the blogs…the blogs did more to derail that bunch than anything else, and I believe any attempt to control this space should be met head on.
Slowski Furhor McCaine
Now that’s funny, Sharon. :)
December 13th, 2006 at 8:42 pmLet’s form a “war†definition pool
Comment by WaltTheMan
Guatemala = War against bananas NOT produced by United Fruit
Panama = War on Bush I´s former CIA buddies gone reckless.
Nicaragua = War on democratic elected government that erases polio, raises literacy rates and health services.
Columbia = Columbians are too stupid to trade their own coke.
Afghanistan and Iraq = That opium and oil is all mine.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:42 pmBeing a self richeous capitolist = renaming someone other than a “Ford” to close down the shop. = Hypocrites.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:43 pmThis might be fun and forever perpetual.
Is this a big problem on the internet? Are there blog comments that have links to child porn? I visit many blogs and I have yet to see one. Can someone post a link to a blog that has a child porn link?
And most of all, if McCain is truly interested in protecting my children, then why doesn’t he investigate the members of the Republican Congress, especially the ones who are involve in Foleygate. I don’t see him doing that at all. What a hypocrite!
This legislation stinks to high heaven. It’s time we get rid of slime like McCain. The guy has lost any and all integrity.
December 13th, 2006 at 8:52 pmHow about the Federal Government holding business owners accountable for what is written on their public restroom walls?
December 13th, 2006 at 8:58 pmHow about the Federal Government holding business owners accountable for what is written on their public restroom walls?
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
How about the Federal Government holding my opthamologist accountable for my being able to read what is written on public restroom walls?
December 13th, 2006 at 9:07 pmHow about the Federal Government holding business owners accountable for what is written on their public restroom walls?
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — December 13, 2006 @ 8:58 pm
Excellent.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:07 pmComment by Zooey — December 13, 2006 @ 9:07 pm
For that you have to blame teachers. So I guess the Federal Government should hold teachers liable for what is written … everywhere!
December 13th, 2006 at 9:12 pmBoy these guys love BIG GOVERNMENT! WOW!
December 13th, 2006 at 9:12 pmBnF – I allways thought that the art on crapper stalls was done by OBGYN’s. It is usually an anatomically correct view from the stirrups, unless you mean the occasional Urologist who takes a dump.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:13 pmBoy that made everbody comment
tommiedelay has a tongue up johnniemccains arse!!!!!
December 13th, 2006 at 9:19 pmI allways thought that the art on crapper stalls was done by OBGYN’s. It is usually an anatomically correct view from the stirrups, unless you mean the occasional Urologist who takes a dump.
Comment by WaltTheMan
I don’t go into near enough mens rooms. All the ladies has is “Tiffany is a bitch.”
December 13th, 2006 at 9:20 pmLet’s see, Bathroom scribbles…..For a great date call Clooney, if you just want to get screwed call the white house….Is that how that work’s?..LOL…Blessings
December 13th, 2006 at 9:24 pmWell, of course, St John does not like the blogosphere: it has been detailing His Holiness’s whorish behavior since 2004.
McCain is a power-mad slut. And a freaking idiot… He has not figured out yet the message of the November 7 elections.
We do not want a tone-deaf imbecile in the White House any more that we want a diseased whore in the White House.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:31 pmTime to mobilize the blogosphere to keep the fascist crap out!
Where do we start?
December 13th, 2006 at 9:33 pmWe do not want a tone-deaf imbecile in the White House any more that we want a diseased whore in the White House.
Comment by New Yorker
Well stated, New Yorker. And colorful…
December 13th, 2006 at 9:35 pmIf the Supreme Court can construe the passing of corporate money to our politicians as being “free speech”, surely they can find their way clear to protect truely free speech in the blogosphere.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:40 pmDoes he support torturing bloggers also ?
December 13th, 2006 at 9:45 pmJohn McCain can now kiss my ass. He is a big an idiot as the ass he kisses, ie George Bush’s.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:47 pmJust what we need..another dumb-assed old man who thinks we have “Internets”. What a dumb tool.
Yes, Tiffany IS a bitch…
As for linking to porn, it has been done on TP. Although I thought it was a tasteful nude set, the other people in Houston Terminal E demurred.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:47 pmFor that you have to blame teachers. So I guess the Federal Government should hold teachers liable for what is written … everywhere!
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — December 13, 2006 @ 9:12 pm
I thought they were already doing this…
One of our principals e-mailed a statistic on the teacher turn-over rate. It’s higher than the high school drop-out rate… And so, what is our system doing? Making it harder to be a teacher… We already have two that are leaving at the end of this year and the BOE is freaking out. But they can’t connect the dots… I suppose teachers will get blamed for this lack of reading comprehension as well?
December 13th, 2006 at 9:48 pmOhhhh…. Moleman, are you going to spank me for saying you are a little do-do breath? Ohhh don’t spank me Mr. Moleman…I’m sorry for being a bad little blogosphere boy. Ohhh you have so much power it makes me wanna blog myself. That big conservative blog you have is much bigger then mine! Ohhh King blogman GO F***K YOURSELF!
Moleman shows his true colors again….dark.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:48 pmif you just want to get screwed call the white house….Is that how that work’s?..LOL…Blessings
Comment by Sharon Cox — December 13, 2006 @ 9:24 pm
Scary how true that is… :)
December 13th, 2006 at 9:49 pmThanks, Zooey.
Now we need to work to make sure that the Internet — and therefore the blogs — remains free of any governmental intervention.
How do we go about this? I am a total novice at this.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:52 pmYes, Tiffany IS a bitch…
I know, but I shouldn’t have written that…
As for linking to porn, it has been done on TP. Although I thought it was a tasteful nude set, the other people in Houston Terminal E demurred.
Comment by TerrytheTurtle
They were just diplaying their silly Americanized boob sensibilities. :P
December 13th, 2006 at 9:52 pmDoes he support torturing bloggers also ?
Comment by Fools on the Hill — December 13, 2006 @
If he starts his own blog we will know.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:53 pmF***School vouchers – support all the schools and make them work for the kids. And frankly stop buying f***ing computers, get rid of the f***ing paperwork and pay the teachers a decent wage.
TerrytheTurtle/The Caveman from the Geico adverts 2008.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:55 pmNow seriously, could you imagine the lobbying if Exxon were going to be held liable every time someone wrote “forbidden words” or drew an explicit picture in one of their gas station restrooms? After all, children visit those restrooms and are exposed to those messages and images.
If the government is going regulate speech on the internet by holding those who host sites liable, then shouldn’t it regulate all forums by holding the owners/lessors of the property liable as well?
December 13th, 2006 at 9:55 pmZoo don’t underate boobs – if I had a pair of my own I’d not go out nearly as much.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:58 pmHow do we go about this? I am a total novice at this.
Comment by New Yorker
You got me, NY. That’s a question for our wise and intrepid attorney, Briseadh na Faire.
December 13th, 2006 at 10:00 pmNew Yorker – write letters to your elected representatives and anyone you think is going to influence the decision. Letters make a difference – that’s a fact. Then get on the blogs and present yout considered opinion again and again. If that doesn’t work, make sure you download the recipe for Molotov Cocktails before the web is sut down. See you on the streets – I’ll be the turtle.
December 13th, 2006 at 10:02 pmZoo don’t underate boobs – if I had a pair of my own I’d not go out nearly as much.
Comment by TerrytheTurtle
No kidding… :)
December 13th, 2006 at 10:03 pmZoo don’t underate boobs – if I had a pair of my own I’d not go out nearly as much.
Comment by TerrytheTurtle —
What a guy statement…….
December 13th, 2006 at 10:04 pm;)
Although with my travel schedule I’ll probably grow my own soon.
(The Turtle blogs once again from a bastion of sanity in the heart of Houston.)
December 13th, 2006 at 10:06 pmA turtle with boobs? Would that not smart when traversing a cement driveway in Florida in August? In the same situation, I would not go out myself. I would not have the balls to do it.
December 13th, 2006 at 10:11 pm(The Turtle blogs once again from a bastion of sanity in the heart of Houston.)
Comment by TerrytheTurtle
Who are you pissing off? Geez…
December 13th, 2006 at 10:13 pmGlad to see you here Terry…..More often please.. With or with out the boob’s :O )…Blessings
December 13th, 2006 at 10:24 pmShame on the author of this blog for completely misrepresenting the legislation in question.
I’m liberal and don’t have much sympathy for Republicans or even McCain, but you can’t go around lying about and twisting his words or else you just descend to a level you don’t want to be at.
December 13th, 2006 at 10:24 pm[...]  I read an article today where John McCain has basically declared war on the blogsphere. It seems John has introduce legislation to force bloggers to be treated like ISP’s where they are responsible for all their content. Now I don’t have a problem with the infringement of others intellectual rights, but the section about being responsible for comments is just crazy. [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 10:33 pmYou think it might be because the blogs took down his gop buddies in 06 and may show and say embarassing things about him for 08????
December 13th, 2006 at 10:33 pmQuestions: 1. Did you read the proposed legislation? 2. Did you understand its ramifications?
Don’t just look at what a bill says it’s being written for, look at the furthest reaches of the bill. The PATRIOT ACT was supposed to protect us from “terrorists” yet it’s greatest utility has been in busting drug dealers/users, not terrorists.
Just ask yourself, how many terrorist rings have been broken up since its passage? We were told there were some 5,000 terrorist organizations active in the U.S. and that passing the PATRIOT Act was necessary to bring them to justice.
McCain’s bill can reach as far as the authors of this blog suggest. Even to your own little website.
December 13th, 2006 at 10:36 pm[...] Check out St. McCain’s latest batshit-crazy “maverick” idea to “protect” “children”…by silencing criticism of St. McCain! John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere. [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 10:39 pmThis is hilarious. Shut down the blogs on the same day that the Republicans poison the winning Democrat vote in the Senate. They are some cold blooded killers.
December 13th, 2006 at 10:45 pmMcCain is a troubled man. I really don’t understand why some called him
December 13th, 2006 at 10:54 pmthe Democrat’s republican. Did Kerry really ask him to be a running partner?
Tucked into this little anti-free speech legislation will be a footnote that reads in (4 pt); “For purposes of definition, any mention of the word ‘Keating Five’ will be considered child pornography”.
Really, the crusade to protect our kids is really just a way to stifle free speech. They want a toehold into regulating internet content…once they get in, there’ll be lots more regulation to come. What they can’t control, scares the sh*t out of them.
December 13th, 2006 at 11:02 pmMcCain’s bill can reach as far as the authors of this blog suggest.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — December 13, 2006 @ 10:36 pm
I am always wary of any legislation that seems to be a solution looking for a problem to solve, and that is touted by its proponents as a necessary tool to protect the children.
It is the hallmark of the dubiously ethical to hide behind the children to deflect any criticism their behavior may elicit. Because you know any critic will be asked “What, don’t you want to protect the children?”
December 13th, 2006 at 11:08 pmJohn McCain has admitted that he knows nothing about computers and prefers a pencil and paper as well as his paper day planner. He does not go on line and knows nothing but what his staff tells him about computers. His staff has to print his email for him.
He has no business trying to regulate something he knows NOTHING about.
December 13th, 2006 at 11:16 pmHillary & Video Games
McCain and Blogs
We don’t have much to look forward to in ‘08 do we? Together they both scare me about as much as Shrubby…
It all comes down to parental responsibility. Personally I LOVE violent video games, Grand Theft Auto is truly one of the best games around. Why watch a gangster movie, when you can “star in your own”.
I would NEVER allow my kids to play these games, just as I wouldn’t allow them to play R or X rated movies.
I don’t want to hear “parents can’t watch their children 24 hours a day”, your right you can’t but you can lock your computers, enable Vchip technology on your TV’s, just as hopefully you lock your guns up. I used to be pretty much anti-gun before Bush, but his abuse of power has convinced me keeping guns in our hands is as important as responsible ownership, and limited control (back ground checks, waiting periods, etc). But the left needs to drop this ban all guns crap now. I did, you can too!
This in one case where I don’t want the govt “helping me”, and anyone who does is an idiot and should not be a parent in the first place. Technology has provided you the tools to be responsible.
As a child (60’s-70′) I was not allowed a TV in my room, today you’re a fool if you do. As liberal and free speech as I am, todays TV is not for children. Only adults that act like them.
Well that’s my rant… and I’m sticking to it.
December 13th, 2006 at 11:24 pm[...] read more | digg story [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 11:27 pmE-mail him here;
December 13th, 2006 at 11:29 pmhttp://mccain.senate.gov//contact/index.cfm?ID=64
How about a War on Wars?
December 13th, 2006 at 11:34 pmOld men trying to intimidate others with their technology.
December 13th, 2006 at 11:37 pm“I have some information you don’t”.
Sounds like the tactics of the RIAA or the movie industry trying to stop early Betamax vcrs.
Get with the times!
Since McCain has declared war on blogs and bloggers, then we must declare war on him! It’s time to take down that fruitcake and force him to resign in disgrace from the Senate!
December 13th, 2006 at 11:41 pm[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/13/mccain-war-on-blogs/ [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 11:55 pm“We have to protect the children.”
The battle cry of American oppression of free speech. It is an EXCUSE to inflict even more draconian regulations on our “democracy”.
A more important question than ” why have all of our politicians lost their friggin’ minds?” would have to be “why are the American sheeple sitting still for this?” Washington, Jefferson, etc. gave us something truly great and our generation seems hell bent on throwing it in the toilet!
December 13th, 2006 at 11:56 pm[...] John McCain has put forward a bill, which basically forces individual blogs to police their comments or risk the same fines as ISPs. The best part is this section: [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 12:05 amBlogs, youtube, etc are suddenly powerful players in the world of politics, entertainment, culture, business, and so on. We can see candidates being destroyed through a you-tube video, movies being hyped through myspace, new trends and news spreading through blogs, and the list keeps going. I see this ‘new’ world as having democratic roots on an almost theoretical level, and also being in direct opposition to other ‘old’ world conceptual powers such as political parties and big business. I don’t see McCain as trying to silence bloggers because of their political activism, rather, because of fiscal pressures (read campaign finance). Also, I think to do as he proposes would be next to impossible. The government can never keep up with new technology at the pace that many bloggers do. When something is made illegal, it is often the birthplace of invention. Thanks!
December 14th, 2006 at 12:17 am[...] Think Progress » John McCain’s War On Blogs [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 12:23 amThat’s right Mr. McCain. The crime should fit the punishment. Hell with $300,000 fines. Copyright violation or libel on a blog should be a capital offense, damit.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:38 amnext he will want to prosecute all the little kids who paste copyrighted material into their scrapbooks.
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December 14th, 2006 at 1:05 amYawn. When anyone here has a chance to read the First Amendment and the Supreme Court cases related to it …
December 14th, 2006 at 1:24 amI read the Tom Delay site, oh I laughed, sputtered, giggled and guffawed. If he hasn’t got the message I will watch this pervert very carefully. He is so criminaland pathetic!
McCain is worse
December 14th, 2006 at 1:31 amFirst of all, yes there are child molesters online who stalk children in the comments section of blogs.
But it’s really not political blogs. They are lurking wherever childrens interests are concerned. For instance I was very wary when my 9 year old son started swapping football stickers on the net, and I made sure he wouldn’t meet anybody without my supervision. And I’m with unbelievable here it is the responsibility of parents to make sure they know what their kids are up to. On the other hand: If I was working several jobs at the minimum wage, would I have the time to supervise my boys?
The “protection of children” is sheer hypocrisy. NO one on this administration even thinks once, let alone twice, about what children need. How about good schooling by well paid teachers ? How about affordable day-care for working parents? How about health-care? How about a minimum wage that people can actually live off? (To be fair, yes the children of the Hilton’s have been provided for)
This bill is not intended to make children safer, this bill is intended to shut up people. It’s designed to induce self-censorship. If I don’t have a comments section, noone will fine me. You guys in liberal blogs did such a splendid job informing the electorate, this is a grass roots movement, and the Republicans lost both houses in the process. In their eyes this can’t go on. And I sort of like it, when they try to shut blogs up, this reminds me of how powerful you really are.
BTW unbleievable: I’m still grinning about DeLays blog experience, too.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:40 amGood post, Doro. You are obviously not Doro Bush.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:46 amThanks Lora
December 14th, 2006 at 1:51 amJohn McCain so desperately wants to be the next neocon poster boy of destruction. John McCain wants the seemingly unbridled power that accompanies being a neocon president. John McCain wants to personally benefit monetarily at the expense of our constitution, bill of rights and our lives, if need be. He’s sucking up to the man he used to present as intolerent, Jerry Falwell. He now approves of torture when he himself was tortured during his duration as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
John McCain so desperately wants to be president that he will allign himself with anyone, say anything, wrap, shape, twist and spin any statement any way he can. Obviously, he is has already begun to sell what’s left of his integrity to lure the ultra-right wing’s base toward himself. It’s sickening.
Colin Powell sold his integrity when he agreed to make that one fateful speech to the U.N. on behalf of the Bush/Cheney neocon cabal so they could justify their PNAC aspirations of taking over Iraq. They needed his reputation and trustworthiness that General Powell had with the American people. And they got just what they wanted by using this man’s credibility when they, comparably, had none to offer. In short, he was used.
John McCain will do anything, say anything and use anyone to be president. He is morphing into nothing more than the next neocon scumbag-in-waiting. The American people finally awakened just soon enough to send a message during the recent mid-term elections. Obviously, John McCain didn’t get the same message. He will be resouningly defeated. And hopefully, humiliated.
Integrity… the one thing no one can take from you, but it can be so easily bought and so easily sold.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:59 amwell i can bet you SOMEBODY won’t be winning the presedency…
December 14th, 2006 at 2:14 amLet’s try something new. Writing our Congress Critters is pointless; I get form letters from Nancy Pelosi about the awful Iraq “war” (read: invasion/occupation) yet every time the Shrubbery wants more money for it she votes it in. I suspect the reason the neocons allowed this year’s election to be relatively untarnished is that an awful lot of those ‘liberal’ democrats are plants. They talk a blue streak, and vote using a red check pen.
This is why my suggestion is if you write letters to Congress, .cc copies to:
- CEOs for Fortune 500 corps
- CEOs and board members of any metacorps you know of, even though they are much less famous than their holdings, they have much more power. Metacorporations are those giga-holding companies and investment firms that are the next ownership-tier up from these Fortune 500 CEOs…they fund and then manage hundreds of major corporations. Think of less-heard-about names like ‘Sacks o’ Gold, Man!’ (aka Goldman Sachs) for THAT is a metacorp if ever there was one. But I’d like to hear of who the others are. The government is owned by corporations. We are not a democracy, we are a somewhat democratic-appearing corporatist oligarchy. So if we want things changed, I think the thing to do is go straight to the owners and say:
Give them something to think about: make them realise we’re not buying the myth that the government really runs things any more.
Just a thought.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:53 am-333
It’s funny how the right wingers will point to China and their rather draconian censorship of the Internet as a model of suppression a how freew we are and then turn around and attemp to institute essentially the same policies here.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:56 amI’m no fan of Republicans. I’m a liberal Democrat and proud of it.
But please get your facts straight before reporting stuff like this.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:58 amThe North Vietnamese took the wrong approach with McCain. They should have offered him a high position in their government and he’d have done anything they wanted.
December 14th, 2006 at 3:01 amPitty on you , you misinformed prat
December 14th, 2006 at 3:04 amThe Manchurian Candidate John McCain attempts to turn US into Communist China following suit as China’s Leaders Launch Smokeless War against Internet and Media Dissent
December 14th, 2006 at 3:07 am[...] read more | digg story [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 3:34 amBlogs will move offshore.
Webhosts will move offshore.
Hell, I’m thinking of moving anyway.
December 14th, 2006 at 3:34 am[...] John McCain no le gustan blogs 0 comentarios Fecha: Diciembre, 14, 2006 Autor: CalheR Tema: Blogs PolÃtica Internacional JohnMcCain, Senador por Arizona y republicano mejor situado para ser candidato a Presidente en las próximas elecciones de 2008, ha hecho una propuesta que puede echar a temblar a más de una gran empresa de Internet y, lo que es aún peor, a todo blogger que permita hacer comentarios en sus páginas. Es decir, a todo blogger. [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 3:57 am[...] Source: Think Progress Posted by Michael Kolanos Filed in Censorship, Congress [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 4:18 amAnother Amercian who thinks he owns the world… nice
December 14th, 2006 at 4:53 amThe fine is too much, some sites may not even be earning that much.
http://www.tekno-world.blogspot.com
December 14th, 2006 at 5:38 amthis shitbag should be neutered. Bloody fascist !!!
December 14th, 2006 at 5:39 amAnd this guy wants to be our leader?
Let’s hope he a non starter, like every other republican should be after these last 6 years!
I do not care how one spins there belief’s when it comes down to republicans there all a bunch of christian fascist and I don’t care if they serviced there country and paid a price or not!
I don’t quote a republican often these days but Chris Shaw said it best…
“This Republican Party of Lincoln has become a party of Theocracy.” – U.S. Representative Christopher Shays, R-CT, March 22, 2005
So what is a Theocracy in the mind of a republican such as those that John McCain is bent on pleasing…
In there own words…
Theocracy is derived from the two Greek words Qeo/j(Theos) meaning “God” and kra/tein (cratein) meaning “to rule.” The Reverend Rod Parsley, a champion of theocracy, or what he calls a “christocracy,” told his congregation at the World Harvest Church, located just outside Columbus, Ohio,
“Theocracy means God is in control, and you are not.”
The theocratic right seeks to establish dominion, or control over society in the name of God. D. James Kennedy, Pastor of Coral Ridge Ministries, calls on his followers to exercise “godly dominion … over every aspect … of human society.” At a “Reclaiming America for Christ” conference in February, 2005, Kennedy said:
Our job is to reclaim America for Christ, whatever the cost. As the vice regents of God, we are to exercise godly dominion and influence over our neighborhoods, our schools, our government, our literature and arts, our sports arenas, our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors — in short, over every aspect and institution of human society.
Twenty-five years ago dominionists targeted the Republican Party as the vehicle through which they could advance their agenda. At the same time, a small group of Republican strategists targeted fundamentalist, Pentecostal and charismatic churches to expand the base of the Republican Party. This web site is not about traditional Republicans or conservative Christians. It is about the manipulation of people of a certain faith for political power. It is about the rise of dominionists in the U.S. federal government.
Today’s hard right seeks total dominion. It’s packing the courts and rigging the rules. The target is not the Democrats but democracy itself.
According to acclaimed journalist and television host Bill Moyers,
True, people of faith have always tried to bring their interpretation of the Bible to bear on American laws and morals … it’s the American way, encouraged and protected by the First Amendment. But what is unique today is that the radical religious right has succeeded in taking over one of America’s great political parties. The country is not yet a theocracy but the Republican Party is, and they are driving American politics, using God as a a battering ram on almost every issue: crime and punishment, foreign policy, health care, taxation, energy, regulation, social services and so on.
If you want more google “theocracywatch.org”
Bottom line fascism is on the rise in America!
December 14th, 2006 at 6:41 amSo what. You can’t say “I hate Bush” anymore? If that’s McCain’s plan, maybe he should migrate to North-Korea.
December 14th, 2006 at 7:19 amI’m so glad I’m Canadian and don’t have to deal with douche bag politicians making douche bag policies. More people need to stand up against these conservatives, the U.S.A. is slowly turning into a fascist state. Progressive? If anything this is a step backwards…reminds me of a certain leader…what was his name again…Oh yeah. Hitler.
December 14th, 2006 at 8:10 am[...] [Source] [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 8:22 amHe can introduce it all he wants. That does not mean it will pass. With a Democratic-controlled House, it will never fly.
McCain is becoming more and more of a hateful figure. He kisses Bush’s ass; he kisses the religious wackos’asses; he is war-mongering; and he is clearly a fascist intent on eliminating freedom of speech.
December 14th, 2006 at 8:26 amSure, sure, sure, just as soon as he legislates against Mann Coulter’s evil verbal excrement and Rush Limpball’s Satanic spittle.
December 14th, 2006 at 8:32 am[...] This makes me like him even less. [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 9:08 amDear John McCain,
Now South Park is going to make fun of you. I hope you’re happy.
Sincerely,
December 14th, 2006 at 9:09 amWill Christiansen
[...] Think Progress cites the proposed legislation as doing the following: – Commercial websites and personal blogs “would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000.” [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 9:09 am…But the left needs to drop this ban all guns crap now….
Comment by WorryAboutYourOwnDamnKids — December 13, 2006 @ 11:24 pm
where ever did you get the idea that the left wants to “ban all guns” ?
oh, of course…
you should worry about that…
December 14th, 2006 at 9:10 amThis will all end with crying
December 14th, 2006 at 9:12 amSeriously, f**** this guy.
Using the old “oh, the paedophiles are after our children!” approach to free-speech limitation,
December 14th, 2006 at 9:22 amThis old coot needs to be put out to pasture.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:00 amYou can’t “get your facts right,†Scott 165, by reading a press release. That document says what McCain “intends†the bill to do, not necessarily what it will do. Or, the press release says what McCain wants you to think the bill will do. (Think about how unpatriotic the euphemistically named “USA Patriot Act†is.)
Go to 45, click the link, then read and think. Even the pres release says that reporting child pornography will be required.
The philosophy of the Republican party and the religious right — regarding the “war on terror,†the war in Iraq, and the safeguarding of what Republicans conceive to be our “American values†— can be articulated as follows: “An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland.â€
Oops! Hitler said that when he created the Gestapo.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:11 amMcCain didn’t have any data showing that blogs are hurting children. This may be a “me too” effort caused by Hillary’s stand against violence in kids’ games-another fake attempt to protect children. But what about the children living on the streets and having no health care and going to bed hungry? I guess these kids can’t afford computers, so McCain does not care about them. Their parents probably don’t vote.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:23 amWow, so McCain supports torture and now opposes free speech. Is he still Jon Stewart’s favorite politician, I wonder? Is he still a contender for President in 2008?
I certainly wouldn’t vote for him.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:25 amI hate to tell Darth McCain this, but there’s a such thing as freedom of speech mentioned in the first amendment. He might not like it but the evil Empire doesn’t have a right to change the Constitution without following the correct procedures. Darth McCain can’t use a Darkside mind trick or choke people from a distance, so he resorts to Nazi/Storm Trooper Tactics like this one.
Apparently Darth McCain wants to be an also ran in the coming presidential campaign, because attacking bloggers will no garner him many friends on the right and or the left. As an earlier commenter mentioned the rightwing also has blogs that allow comment. Yes there are very few of them that do because they are afraid of the truth, but some do. Any moron, I mean Senator that starts trying to stop commenting on blogs does so at the risk of his political career. Darth McCain knows that we will point out all of his flip-flops, so he wants to silence us now.
What this Sith Lord Darth McCain doesn’t understand is that even the
December 14th, 2006 at 10:26 amRightwing Supreme Court members will vote to protect the first amendement. I wish that I could be a cry baby and stop all of the things I don’t like. My advice to Darth McCain is: Cry Baby Cry, sticks and stones may break my bones, what’s next tapping my phones? You’ve already done that my friend, but commenting on blogs will never end. So worry about the things that matter, like that awful comb over you have, Iraq, health care cost, immigration, jobs, the economy, etc. But If I were you the comb over would be my top priority, it looks awful, take my word for it. The should pass a law that say: Comb overs are illegal in the United States and anyone who has one will be charge with perpetrating a fraud on the rest of us.
War on Christmas, War on Drugs, War on Terror, now a War on Bloggers! What next?
Why, the War on Free Speech and the War on Democracy, of course!
December 14th, 2006 at 10:32 amMcCain is a hall of fame S.O.B. He wants war? I say let’s give it to him.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:36 amHe’s just a member of one of the two crime organizations that run (rule) D.C. and are turning us into a fascist society…… McCain is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations…go figure…
Give the movie “America: Freedom to Fascism” a try at http://www.freedomtofascism.com or search google video for the full uncut version authorized by the director.
I don’t wear a “tin-foil” hat, but this movie scared the crap out of me….
December 14th, 2006 at 10:38 amWhat is with all the attacks on Republicans. Yes they are bad, but not as bad as the Democrats or the entire left.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:42 amThe Democrats are the bigger pushers of lack of freedom of speech. They are the ones who want to control the content of video games and movies, look at the bills by Clinton and Lieberman. It is the left that blames movies, tv shows and video games for stuff like Columbine rather then the horrible parents who didn’t love their kids enough to notice they were building pipe bombs and sawing off shotguns. Movies, video games and guns had nothing to do with Columbine but rather a left induced culture where parents rely on the government to parent their kids rather then being a parent themselves. It doesn’t take a village to raise a kid as the left may say, it takes a parent. Had the Democrats been in charge when the whole Janet Jackson thing happened, you would have seen far more restrictions happen. It is the left that needs to control speech more than the left.
Yes, to those who said the left doesn’t want to ban guns, yes they do. They have shown time and time again that is their aim. First comes registration, then banning, look at England and Australia where first came registration with the promise, we’ll never take them all away, then they took them all away, except from the criminals who now have a defenseless public to terrorize. Had the Columbine staff been allowed to be armed, the Columbine disaster would have ended with far fewer dead, perhaps only those two kids.
The left accuses the Republicans of corporate welfare, and yet are the biggest ones wanting to give billions to the drug companies to do research they could afford to do themselves and still be more profitable than nearly everyone else. As it stands the drug companies make twice as much as oil companies, and yet the left got upset at the oil company profits.
What we need is less government in our lives. Both parties are guilty here. The Republicans are guilty thanks to the Patriot Act and all it has done (and yes, before some of the Republican defenders come out, I know that lots of the provisions were forced in there by Democrats who now say it is bad). The Democrats and the left are guilty since they think the Government is everything to everyone and push to make it bigger and bigger. Big government enslaves it’s people, the only way to be free is to keep it small. Start voting against both parties and find a party who will move the government to a small government that will serve the people of this country better.
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December 14th, 2006 at 10:53 am[...] Some pretty big accusations from Think Progress but ones that may affect us all. I don’t usually do this, but this story strikes close to home so I’m just going to quote the whole thing (everything from this point forward is quoted from Think Progress): John McCain’s War On Blogs [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 11:05 amJohn McCain was passed over for Presidential candidate in favor of an inexperienced Governor Bush who was noted for his failed business ventures, draft avoidance, and for being an actual alcoholic, for crying out loud. Not the quiet, deep despair from Vietnam War kind of alcoholic, but the spoiled, hard-partying loose canon male equivalent of a Paris Hilton kind. Shallow alcoholism. So this time around, an aging McCain is forcing himself to be more “Republican†during this, his last chance to be President.
You might argue McCain has temporarily changed his tune every election season, and you’d be right. But this time an extremely desperate Republican Party is applying much more pressure on him, for what is really for the first time. If he doesn’t tow the Party line than he’s simply not going to be a candidate, nonetheless President. And speaking of pressure, the American citizenry is more right-leaning than in prior elections, as have donor dollars, so McCain has to engage in the obligatory posturing and rhetoric, then supposedly lead from center once in office, as the formula goes. In the past I’d count my lucky stars that a Republican as moderate as he was in position to win instead of the likes of a Nixon, Reagan, or Bush(es).
But now I see him as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He’s much more likely to win against any viable Democrat we submit in ‘08, and will get lots of Independent votes, and slightly more from Democrats than is usual for a Republican candidate. And if he wins, however moderate or altruistic he may be, he’d be but a mere employee hired by that multi-national conglomerate, D.C. Capitol Corporation, which in recent years acquired Capitol Hill, Inc. (Profoundly ironic is it that both businesses are privately held instead of publicly traded.)
We all piss and moan about this or that infringed right, this or that war (the War on Individual Rights), but what our citizens really need to be fighting for is the complete banning of special interest campaign financing in favor of a tax payer model, wherein every candidate gets equal air time, etc. Anything less would be like pulling weeds and manicuring a lawn soon to be trampled by an ugly, treeless subdivision. If we don’t at least pass some form of campaign finance reform that plugs certain key loopholes I predict our Grandchildren will have one Hell of a lot more to worry about than pedophiles.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:19 amSo, what he’s saying is that he wants bloggers to exercise censorship such that the government does not have to?
Wow.
Founding Fathers = spinning in graves.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:23 am[...] John McCain’s War On Blogs [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 11:36 am[...] I’m surprised John McCain even knows what a blog is? – Think Progress [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 12:12 pmthere is no reason in the world for this tye of law. It is not my responsibility to look out for others kids. It is the parents problem. I am sick and tired of people telling me that we need to help those who have no supervision, yes by punishing their parents for being useless / worthless parents. The internet is uncontrollable at this point in time. If the government has their way they will begin to control it like everything else – FCC for radio and TV – Blogs pose a problem for the spinners and the intrinisic freedom the internet has is scary to those who “do control us”. Chomsky and Herbert Marcuse were ahead of the curve and saw this comeing before it even existed especially in the case of Marcuse.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:18 pmAll politicians can kiss my ass…….
(sorry for any misspellings i was in a hurry)
This is the most retarded thing I’ve ever heard. McCain is a jack ass for thinking he can SHUT UP free INTERNET speech, Next he’ll be banning messengers for thier use of picture sending. And e-mail cuz there’s WORDS and pictures in it. The Internet is for the free exchange of Ideas and we all know republicans can’t stand the concept of ideas. If this passes look for the internet to become a very boring place in the years to come.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:33 pm[...] And J.D. Ryan highlights the ThinkProgress report on John McCain’s efforts to the kill the free exchange of ideas on the Web. [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 12:38 pmForget Moron McCain..Vote for Rudy or Obama!
http://www.draftrudygiuliani.com/
December 14th, 2006 at 12:43 pmhttp://draftbarackin2008.com/
Another case of why politicians should not get involved with technical stuff. What’s really sad about this case is that every time this guy comes out with one good thing or shows the shadow of a hope to do something good, he also turns around and does something extraordinarily stupid, case in point.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:47 pmSpeaking as an Independent Christian, I have something in common with most of the posters in this blog (who ever would have thought?). The “religious right” is almost as crazy as the Muslim Jihad — If you want to talk about world domination, do some research — read the Qu’ran. I’d rather have world dominating Christians than world dominating Muslims, but you know… that wasn’t my original point. The point is that all of these Penecostals and “right wingers” are trying to do something that the Bible never said we should. It is not about “world domination” it’s about love and charity. It’s about reaching out to people who need it. It’s about Truth. There are certain morals I think our country should preserver, but it’s quite another to FORCE our beliefs. I cannot FORCE anything on anyone and I don’t WANT to either. Sure, I’d like for everyone to be Christians and yes, as much as everyone hates it, I do think Christianity is the Truth, and if Christianity is the Truth than no other religions can be true. Perhaps that makes me arrogant, but I guess someday we’ll find out who is really right.
BUT ANYWAY. Off topic again.
I STRONGLY disagree with the philosophy behind this bill, and I can’t see any reason why a blogger (commercial OR personal) should be responsible for what other people post on their comments. And furthermore, I can’t see any logic with the whole child porn… I’ve had blogs before and received comment spam and I never got anything for child porn. If child porn is the problem, go after child porn, not blogs.
I was hearing good things about McCain (though I can’t say I have been paying much attention so I can’t go into details), but this really REALLY REALLY lessens his chances on having ME vote for him. The “religious right” seems to keep taking away our liberties. Pretty soon you won’t be able to step on an airplane unless you are naked. And after that, they are just going to fly airplanes without people on them. But, I don’t think the lefties are right about much either. And I swear, the day our right to bear arms is taken away, our country is going to be taken over and we won’t be able to protect ourselves.
BUT WHAT THE HELL. this is not my blog. CYA.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:03 pm[...] [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 1:04 pm[...] Think Progress / Thursday, December 14, 2006 [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 1:05 pmNothing really new here from Washington, but I’m frustrated by the bloggers here, including me, who I see offering nothing constructive in terms of addressing the legitimate concerns of Ma and Pa from Peoria, and McCain, who have legitimate concerns – especially about how minors now use the internet.
Rather than just rant, let’s find solutions that protect free speech but also prohibit the abuses that appear to be so threatening to a majority of Americans. If we fail to act the politicians are going to act for us, and those “solutions” … won’t be solutions at all.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:13 pmDid you guys actually read the bill or just take TP’s word for it? I love this site and am a full on liberal democrat, but this has gotten out of hand. This bill is fully concentrated on eliminating child pornography. There is no invasion of privacy or searching databases. All its saying is that providers can be held liable for not removing inappropriate material (kiddie porn) that they know is there.
McCain even backs this up knowing he would be attacked.
“I cherish the rights of individuals to speak freely on the Internet. That right and the ability to exercise it is what makes the Internet the critical innovation that it is. This bill doesn’t interfere with that, but is intended only to ensure that online service providers that find child pornography on their networks report those images to the appropriate authorities.”
http://mccain.senate.gov/press_office/view_article.cfm?ID=779
I’m not a fan of McCain or any kind of censorship. What I am a fan of is the facts and the fact is this issue has been blown way out of proportion.
On the other hand. I do find it kind of strange that if this bill actually did pass… The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children would instantly become the largest child pornography database on the planet. Even the ISPs that report the images are required to keep them for at least 6 months. I know it’s evidence, it’s still pretty creepy.
Just putting some facts out there.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:16 pmTo Mr McCain & Bush Co.
Re: Sending more troops to the meat grinder
The American consumers have tested the product (Iraq Invasion) for 3+ years. The packaging was at first glance considered acceptable (A stupendous marketing job btw); however after careful scrutinization and many years of testing mostly useless.. hollow slogans. We have come to a conclusion… “This dog don’t hunt no more” or more straight talk… This fuxin pos thing never worked.
I am sure your Presidential Campaign Manager Mr Nelson The producer of the racially directed “Howard.. call me” clip whom btw also has unique distinction of being tied to two of the biggest cases of Republican campaign corruption in the Bush era. Nelson was implicated in the infamous New Hampshire phone-jamming scandal and he was an unindicted coconspirator in the political money-laundering case which ended Tom DeLay’s career. Will figure out a “New Way Forward for your future products… like shutting down the political bloggers.
Hoping not to hear from you anytime soon,
The American Consumer
December 14th, 2006 at 1:28 pmMcCain is a nut case but there are plenty ofpeople in our ruling class who have an interest in destroying the internet as a means of dissemenating information and transforming it into a cyber mall for targeted ads.
The internet and the blogoshere are the last vestige of true freedom of speech. Without it, information can be more controlled.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:44 pm[...] Via Think Progress: John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere. [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 1:46 pmMore bad laws from McCain. Isn’t McCain-Feingold enough of a travesty of justice for the man?
We need a bad-law-repeal plank in the presidential campaigns for 2008.
McCain-Feingold and Sarbanes-Oxley need to be the first two laws on the chopping block once the repeals movement starts up.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:51 pmLast time I checked, for a child to be exposed to an explicit image on the internet meant that they most likely had to be exploring the internet unsupervised. If parents would stop throwing money at their kids in hopes that they’ll go away and leave them alone so they can get on with their own self indulgent pleasures, children wouldn’t encounter these things and the true meaning of “family values” could be realized. Stop putting your kids in front of the television, video games and the internet and get their asses outside so that you can watch them, reduce the number of child molestations and decrease the amount of childhood obesity.
OH but wait — so you’re suggesting that parents take responsibility for their children, what they watch, what they do and say and what they eat? NOT IN AMERICA….BY GAWD…..This is the land of the free…..
December 14th, 2006 at 2:05 pmQuestion: If we all oppose to this happening, has anyone thought of contacting McCain or our congress members to protest against this? I’m pretty sure that congress members are not going to be reading these comments and think that the bill shouldn’t go through. We, as the people, might want to actually take action this time around on something that we disagree with. Or are we all going to wait until it’s too late and cry boo hoo?When an issue like this comes around we complain, but don’t fight against it.
Parents aren’t just lazy for not monitoring their children. We’re lazy because for the past six years we’ve put up with nothing but crap. We talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:14 pm[...] From Think Progress: Some highlights of the legislation: [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 3:10 pmLOL @ The First Amendment.
Things are going from bad to worse very swiftly.
December 14th, 2006 at 3:11 pmWhere’s mention of Chuck Schumer’s involvement in this? I read that he and McCain proposed this legislation together:
Is Chuck reconsidering his support of this measure masquerading as a child protection act?
December 14th, 2006 at 3:19 pm[...] Yikes. One question: ‘war on blogs’ > The Global War on Terror? Feel free to answer this question in the comments section. I, meanwhile, am moving to Costa Rica. [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 3:45 pmA registry of sex offenders email addresses? You gotta be kidding me. My mother knows how to open a hotmail account with bogus info. Maybe they should ban hotmail. maybe they should ban email. Maybe we should already know these guys email addresses, because it’s prisoner#12345@nevergonnaseethelightofday.gov.
December 14th, 2006 at 3:57 pmAin’t gonna pass with the Democrats in charge. Go Democrats. Why should this blog be responsible for what I say? I am responsible for what I say and this blog is kind enough to allow me to post a comment.
December 14th, 2006 at 4:12 pmPolitical zealots are great entertainment. Not good for much else but they’re entertaining as hell.
Smittie
December 14th, 2006 at 4:27 pmPeople should start wondering what’s underneath this bill. Usually all major bills have smaller bills attached to it.
Let’s say there’s a bill for higher education in Ohio, there’s usually bills underneath the main bill that state $100, 000 will go to the protection of deers, taxes will be raised for such and such, etc. There’s bills underneath that main legislation.
So, while this children pornography bill is getting all the attention. You have to wonder what is underneath this bill that’s not getting attention. How big is the cover-up?
I’m certainly going to do research on this bill, but there’s a reason why legislation are made four and five hundred pages long. People aren’t going to read four/five hundred pages about a bill. So, certainly other bills that go along this one will go unnoticed. And, they’re probably even more harmful and ridiculous than this one.
December 14th, 2006 at 4:32 pmProtecting against the explitation of children on the net needs to be addressed by actively pursuing these violators – not by limiting americans rights to free speach.
Do these politicians want to chop down the tree to prevent bad apples?
This is a shortsighted bill IMO
December 14th, 2006 at 4:43 pmIts all my fault – sorry about that, I posted a few bad things about him, he must have see it.
Sorry
I hope Mr. MCain doesn’t torture me now.
December 14th, 2006 at 4:53 pmIts all my fault, I’m sorry
I posted a few bad things about him, he must have spotted it.
Sorry about that.
Hope Mr. MCcain doesn’t torture me.
Preventing me from sleeping by making me watch Fox News all night, could have night mares for the rest of my life.
December 14th, 2006 at 5:06 pm*I don’t really consider Bush to be the anti-christ.
Comment by Krazny — December 13, 2006 @ 6:42 pm
The anti-christ should be more intelligent than Bush. At best, Bush is the anti-christ’s lap dog.
December 14th, 2006 at 5:07 pm[...] read more | digg story [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 5:17 pmhttp://savetheinternet.com – I thought maybe others might want to look into this too.
December 14th, 2006 at 5:39 pmMcCain Legislation is Worst Blogger Relations Move Ever…
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has proposed legislation that would place a heavy—some would say undue—burden on bloggers and social networks to take responsibility for the consequences of user-generated content. This legislation could be a majo…
December 14th, 2006 at 6:15 pm[...] Think Progress » John McCain’s War on Blogs John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere. Now he has introduced legislation that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles. (tags: McCain wingnuts blogosphere) [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 6:22 pmDoesn’t this breach free spheech? Havent bothered to check the comments but I am sure I am not the first to speculate.
December 14th, 2006 at 6:38 pmMcCain is now trying to defeat the republican party singlehandedly and finish off the Party that ush has already degraded to a harrowing extent. We fought against Communism in Vietnam and as late as the 80’s were at’ war’ with Russia. We are still fighting communism in North Korea and here we are, having to face Communism as inspired by the Republican Party.
Is this the reason I put on my uniform in 1967 and didn’t run from the Draft?
I can hardly believe that the only man left who I trusted in the Rrepublican Party has turned against Americans and the freedoms we supposedly fight for in Iraq.
December 14th, 2006 at 6:43 pmDoes he know that his laws aren’t universal? You can’t restrict the worldwide flow of data any more than you can stop the Gulf Stream with a spoon. I know most Westerners are more concerned about Paris’ temper tantrums and Britney’s crotch than the trampling of their basic human rights, but this can turn around pretty fast.
Surely we won’t let 1984 really happen, although we’ve seen a lot of Big Brother over the last 6 years or so…
December 14th, 2006 at 6:57 pmThis guy is a giant dumbass, this just another way to censor the american people
December 14th, 2006 at 7:42 pmClearly this guy is NOT a moderate.
December 14th, 2006 at 8:06 pm[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/13/mccain-war-on-blogs/ [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 8:37 pm[...] John McCain’s War On BlogsSome folks are still under the mis-impression that John McCain is a moderate. [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 9:25 pm[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/13/mccain-war-on-blogs/ [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 9:45 pmHe is like this because he is an asshole. Simple. They always fear truth, freedom of expression, etc. Creepy little shit.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:21 pmThis is absolutely rediculous. This is not a war on blogs, this is a war on child pornography! If only everyone actually read the bill…
It’s only targeting that they will be MONITORED if they are REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS. This whole bill is aiming to put down the child pornography rings on the internet.
If you actually read the bill, you’ll find out that these fines would only be applied if the ISPs delete evidence or hamper a federal investigation.
Under the same principle you can’t say “bomb” on an airplane, you can’t say “child pornography” on the web.
Child pornography is wrong and illegal, but without laws, nothing will get done about it.
Go Senator McCain.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:39 pmBye bye Wikipedia.
So long Craigslist.
Corporations will need to hire monitors to watch everything.
The added costs of the employees will cause services such as Wiki and CL to charge.
Is McCain really so stupid that he doesn’t understand the net?
December 14th, 2006 at 10:48 pmXichina, there are already laws prohibiting child pornography. This is a redundant, overbroad, intrusive and probably unconstitutional measure that will chill protected speech, at the very least. McCain is just using children to pander to terrified voters, just like most politicians in both parties do.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:52 pm#44 – “hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections” , is exactly quoted in the article. Now tell us again who reads?
Be it duly noted that McCain’s rating were noticed to be lower today on main stream media.
Who?/what?/when?/why? is this extremely old man considering a run for the presidency? One look at how George has aged during his administration should discourage anyone. Today he was in Iraq? They must have a shuttle jet to Iraq or a movie set near DC.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:52 pmMcCain shows his true colors. Deep down inside he is just another Bush asskiss. He is as dangerous as Bush is.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:53 pmWhat was is thatThomas Jefferson said..every 50 years there should be a….hhmmmm..cant seem to remember the rest ..oh yeah every 50 year there should be a rev******CENSORED******
Inserted by goverment agency>Suspended constitution…police state….RICH , POOR, NO MORE MIDDLE CLASS…and NO ACCOUNTABILITY…unless youre politically connected…or part of the ruling DYNASTY..oh..wait..I mean POLITICAL FAMILIES…That was a typo.!..
December 14th, 2006 at 11:13 pmWhat was it Thomas jefferson said ,..every 50 years there should be a re****CENSORED****
December 14th, 2006 at 11:15 pmMcCains comments are just further proof that the American government is afraid of the American people.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:32 pmIs there anyway we can send McCain back to Vietnam? He fits in better with the Communists than those who love Democracy and Freedom of Speech. Let’s all pray he ruptures a blood vessel or something! If he’s elected Prez in ‘08, I’m leaving the country. Square bizness! How’s his campaign finance bill working out?
December 14th, 2006 at 11:59 pmThis guy sounds like more of a threat to our freedoms than the Bushits.
December 15th, 2006 at 12:10 amMaybe McCain has rayed gunned himself in the foot on this one.
December 15th, 2006 at 12:25 amI’d better comment now before McCain makes it illegal.
December 15th, 2006 at 12:44 amMcCain is no different then Bush
December 15th, 2006 at 1:13 am“Down with free Speech!”
I dont think the democrats will
let that vote go through.
McCain is a power hungry ignorant
ass!
What these rich elites cant control, they try to kill!
December 15th, 2006 at 1:31 amI was hoping that if Hillary became the Democratic candidate, I might be able to vote for McCain and still feel somewhat satisfied (despite how little I care for elephants)…now, that’s looking like less and less of a possibility. Come on Obama!!!
Anyways, I wonder what kind of comment I could post to get this blog in to trouble with the republifeds…maybe something about fuel-efficient cars?
December 15th, 2006 at 1:41 am[...] Think Progress: John McCain’s War on Blogs – Commercial websites and personal blogs “would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000.†[...]
December 15th, 2006 at 1:48 amMaybe McCain is worried about posters like me–single women who met him in Bethesda’s SINGLES Yacht Club!
December 15th, 2006 at 3:36 amGive him a call, here’s his Washington # (202) 224-2235
December 15th, 2006 at 6:46 amJohn McCain wants to be President therefore he must try to please every special interest group in the country. Unfortunately, it is impossible for any intelligent, free thinking person to get elected President in the US. If you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:06 amThis is the reason we end up with morons in the White House, Democrat or Rebublican.
Does anyone disagree that child pornographers should be monitored?
[...] Via: Think Progress: [...]
December 15th, 2006 at 7:46 amMcCain is not a young man. His mind, like his arm, is withered and dead. He fears the internet because he is too old to understand it.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:51 amWhat next? Censoring the type of underwear a person wears? McCain – you’re just like the rest of the
December 15th, 2006 at 8:13 amRepublicans – losers!
Does the same apply when elected officials and their official spokespersons mis-represent and lie under the cover of their official duties. For example, when Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, & Powell, on numerous occasions, lied to the American people about “no idea anyone would crash a plane into a building, WMDs in Iraq, al queda-Sadaam Hussein connection, “no one knew the levees would collapse, etc., etc., etc. Should they be fined? Should they be removed from office? Should they be criminally charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison terms? How bout it, John?
December 15th, 2006 at 9:02 amFB3/270: It’s not whether child pornographers should be monitored. It’s whether everyone should be monitored because there are child pornographers.
December 15th, 2006 at 9:03 ammccain pulls out his own victim card when he thinks it will help him…it’s all used up John,try anger management counseling-take bush with you!
December 15th, 2006 at 9:08 amMcCain is what he is….a neo-con wanna-be with a bent for fascism. Shutting off free speech and then promoting their own lying propaganda is their cornerstone.
December 15th, 2006 at 9:24 amAmerica would have been better off, if McCain never returned from Vietnam…
December 15th, 2006 at 9:41 am[...] Think Progress | Dec. 14, 2006 [...]
December 15th, 2006 at 9:45 amat some point, we are going to be forced to show our government that this actually OUR country, and not theirs.
December 15th, 2006 at 9:45 am“There ought to be limits to freedom.”-George W. Bush
December 15th, 2006 at 9:50 ami miss the war on brains :(
December 15th, 2006 at 10:15 amTHE MORE MCCAIN WANTS PRESIDENCY…THE MORE DESPERATE HE GETS… TO ME, HE IS A VERY DESPERATE & MEAN MAN!!!
December 15th, 2006 at 10:18 amdo we have to listen to another round of this crap for another 2 yrs before this heebeejeebee is defeated. i am so tired of these idiots talking out their sphincters. and his is widdddddddddddde open.
December 15th, 2006 at 10:23 amFascist!
And to think I actually admired this man at one point.
December 15th, 2006 at 10:23 amhe’s an idiot!!!!!!!!!! f**k him and his lame ass party.
December 15th, 2006 at 10:27 amI agree the Repugs are lousy, but I hope all of you guys don’t think the “just as lousy” Dems are the answer. I suggest voting Libertarian. What may even be better than that is not voting at all, because what are we really doing when we vote – we’re choosing who our masters will be – does anybody really want/need a “master”. Voting just lends legitimacy to this evil “pick your warden” system.
December 15th, 2006 at 11:07 amMcCain is a two faced nut job that should not even be holding a public office and certainly not elected president.
December 15th, 2006 at 11:08 amI really don’t think it would be much of a loss if Daily Kos were penalized or closed down. That place is a harbor for pseudo-progressive Dem azz-kissing and silly DLC sycophancy. It is the land of the fake binary, the land where people go to hide behind the notion that voting Democrat is not only different from voting Republican, but vastly superior to it.
With such deluded, moronic fiction being purveyed there, I would think that most intelligent Americans would like to see Daily Kos ignored or closed down.
But Angry McCain is just trying to see who is or isn’t against the idea of blogs, and is trying to pick on those with common unwisdom, those who think that “the media are liberal,” etc. People who have a reflexive fear of anything that questions the status quo. While Daily Kos may not do much politically in the way of doubting the status quo, it is a blog instead of a traditional media outlet, and in that way is dangerous to those who fear the new form of news and opinion media. It is that fear that Angry McCain is trying to tap.
December 15th, 2006 at 11:34 amI would vote Libertarian as long as one would come along to plow the road in front of my house the next time it snows.
December 15th, 2006 at 11:57 amMcCain is just upholding the hundred year war on any resource the common people might have. When poor people have nothing else, they have creativity (without financial or other resources, it frequently takes a great deal of creativity to solve daily problems). And that creativity can spill over into literature, art, and business. The current American Society (as an oligarchy) wants the fruits of that creativity to go only to the rich, much as they want the majority of any fruit of any labor to go to the rich. Ergo a completely creative and original word is viewed as either “too valuable” to be intellectually protected or “too worthless” to be intellectually protected–no one, not even the Supreme Court of the United States, will address one side of that fence because then they would have to address (and find for the poor) on the issue based on the other side of the fence (neither side of the fence holds because the fence itself is a chimera of the rich). For evidence on how the Supreme Court of the United States treats this issue, see:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/05-781.htm.
Kelo vs. City of New London is another particularly egregious example.
December 15th, 2006 at 11:59 amIf the shoe fits…….
leftcoast, if the Republicans are not conducting a WAR on the Middle Class, what is it?
McCain is beginning to show his real colors. Another screaming neocon.
December 15th, 2006 at 12:04 pmJohn McCain will share the Political WHORE Of The Century with Hillary Clinton.
The Noth Vietnamese would have done U.S. democracy a favor had they
shipped this sorry sack of babbling protoplasm to the Soviet Gulag for
permanent residence.
John McCain: Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex WHORE
December 15th, 2006 at 12:11 pmThis legislation will NEVER pass with our new Democratic led congress.
McCain is such a hypocrite, he makes public moves like this, while out of the public’s view he hires people like Terry(Dickhead) Nelson to lead his presidential team.
December 15th, 2006 at 12:36 pmPLC#67, I love it!…
December 15th, 2006 at 12:47 pmSomeone should censor Mc Cain from being a stupid jerk-M.I.C. whore “hey McCain censor this !!!!”
December 15th, 2006 at 12:56 pmF*ck McCain. He’s whoring to kiss the ring of the reich wing. If such a thing is possible, he’s become more of an embarassment to the State of Arizona than Kyl…and that’s saying something!
December 15th, 2006 at 12:57 pmCan we get similar legislation to protect us from our legislators ?
December 15th, 2006 at 1:25 pmI despise McCain – he has been nothing but a blockade for innovation and our basic freedoms and rights.
December 15th, 2006 at 1:31 pmSome have asked “why do the Republicans hate America”….It’s simple…they hate us because we’re free….and they intend to fix THAT!
December 15th, 2006 at 1:36 pmLet’s be fair. It’s not just the GOP. It’s all these old men who still don’t know how to work their VCR. The same old men who work hand in hand witht he people and corporate interests who now own all the TV, Radio and Newspaper. They are threatened by the internet they don’t understand that provides information freely with out any filters, control or gateway and no one stop enforcement. They have no way to control the news. We can see Al Jazeera, or videos Palestinians post of them being attacked by Zionists and Coalition forces firing at innocent cars as they drive down the highway. The internet is very hippie like. Much of it is free, commune-like, with collaborative projects. The power of the people is concentrated and magnified through the internet. AND THAT REALLY SCARES THE ELITE! So what do they do? They do the same thing they’ve always done when something scares the elite. Just like when blacks were empowering themselves they said they would rape your wives and children. It’s the same thing now. Unless these dangerous internets are brought under control and subdued they will ravage your towns raping your women and stealing your children! The Bush Administration has already subpeonaed Google and Yahoo and MSN to hand over among other things 1 million random Web addresses from Google’s databases as well as records of all searches entered on Google during any one-week period. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6029348.html How that helps them fight child pornography is anyone’s guess. However what it does do, in conjuction with NSA wiretaps and AT&T’s secret room recording everyone’s phone calls (http://www.secondaryscreening.net/static/archives/2006/04/exatt_employee.html) is provide a traceable database able to track everything you do on the internet. Including posting on liberal websites, watching LEGAL porn, downloading files, if you go to a web site of a band that sings offensive or maybe subversive lyrics, what things you buy on line, maybe you buy viagra but you aren’t married, maybe someone will want to know that one day. In Kansas the District Attorney is demanding at least 90 case files from abortion clinics to retroactively search for sex and abortion crimes. He said it’s to catch child rapists but the records he demanded were all on adult women. http://cjonline.com/stories/100306/leg_kline2.shtml In 2004 Ashcroft attempted to access thousands of abortion records from at least 6 hospitals. http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/13/abortion.records.ap/ “Sex” is just another excuse that serves the same purpose as “terrorism” serves in limiting our freedom, stifling our constitutional rights and providing the excuse to give the elite a stronger choke hold on those that threaten their power.
December 15th, 2006 at 1:48 pm[...] It seems this could get pretty ugly, pretty fast. [...]
December 15th, 2006 at 2:26 pm[...] Looks like Vicki Truitt’s got company. Presumptive (?) Republican presidential nominee John McCain has decided to take on the Cyberspace Firestorm of Hate and Frenzied Groupthink. That’s right. The blogosphere as we know it is going down. [...]
December 15th, 2006 at 3:49 pmthis is just a bald-faced political targeted attack against free speech coming specifically from the general public in the free world and the American people themselves
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December 15th, 2006 at 4:35 pm[...] In the standard rush to sell-out one’s principles and find some sort of hot-button wedge issue to secure the vote of “Middle America”, John McCain has traded in the last of his political credibility with a brazen attack on bloggers. [...]
December 15th, 2006 at 4:57 pmHey McCain: mind you own dam business and clean up your own party with pedofiles, that will keep you busy for a time.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:08 pmKeep your dam nose out of our business. How dare you how stupid do you think we are? The progressive blogs are a thorn in the side of the war mongers .
So back off and let us alone
McCain does nothing without his strings being pulled by his zionist masters. The ultimate goal of this legislation is to crack down on critcism of zionism. Just watch….
December 15th, 2006 at 5:08 pmAhh, the beginning days of 1984 in the flesh….
December 15th, 2006 at 5:10 pmThe only silver lining is that this blatant attack on the First Amendment stands a smaller chance of surviving a court challenge than his last one, because Sandra Day O’Connor… Thank God… has been replaced by Sam Alito, who takes the Constitution a bit more seriously than she did.
December 15th, 2006 at 6:43 pmWow, what a great American John is showing himself to be, ignoring the constitution, and bill of rights. John McCain is more of a fascist then a Republican.
December 15th, 2006 at 8:00 pm[...] John McCain’s War On Blogs- John McCain has proposed a new bill called the “Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children Act”. While the bill seems aimed at preventing sexual predators from using messageboards or blog comment sections to lure in children, it seems to have the broader implication that the owner of a messageboard or a blogger is responsible for the comments or actions of other people. This runs counter to existing legal rules which say that commenters or posters are responsible for their own actions. While this wouldn’t have much impact on a site like mine, blogs with few writers but many commenters could be in trouble. [...]
December 15th, 2006 at 8:15 pm[...] content in their comments. That’ll show them for being more popular than TV or newspapers! Permalink| [...]
December 15th, 2006 at 10:01 pmWow.
Libs defending kiddie porn and predators. And we were supposed to believe they actually gave a damn about the congressional pages?
It’s also telling to see liberals pissing themselves about free speech. I’ve not found one that cares for it unless it applies to themselves.
December 16th, 2006 at 1:11 am[...] Hello, I’m a blogger. Yes, I’m one of those teenage rebel internet users that chooses to post their opinions freely on the internet. I understand that you think free speech is wrong. This is obvious by your countless accusations of the internet only being use for illegal behavior, and your most recent attempt at making blogging illegal in the United States, or any type of open submission of content to the internet. I would like to formally invite you to STFU. Yes, I understand that you like to think you’re important, and that people actually take you seriously. Unfortuantely, none of that is true. You see, you’re old and washed-up. You’re now making claims so ridiculous that you must be on the verge of going senile. Don’t worry, many older gentlemen such as yourself become a bit senile. [...]
December 16th, 2006 at 2:12 am#251 — Look at it this way. I run a comic book blog. Suppose some monitored offender comes to my blog, sees a funny picture of Superman and Batman, and comments “Hey, that’s great. I used photoshop and changed the dialogue, though” and links me to a his livejournal, which has the panel on top. I see the doctored panel, laugh, and move on. I don’t look back at the commetns, or at his site. But hey, he linked to his livejournal, not a specific post on it, so there’s a link that goes directly to his current posts. And guess what, he posts kiddie porn after that.
Am I liable for having a link on my site from someone I’ve never met, someone I don’t know, to something that I have absolutely no control over?
Maybe I’m not, but it gets them watching my blog. Suppose next week we’re talking fanfic and another commenter quotes Harry Potter slash fiction.
How much trouble am I in now?
For things my commenters did, and not me.
December 16th, 2006 at 2:25 am#251 — Look at it this way. I run a comic book blog. Suppose some monitored offender comes to my blog, sees a funny picture of Superman and Batman, and comments “Hey, that’s great. I used photoshop and changed the dialogue, though” and links me to a his livejournal, which has the panel on top. I see the doctored panel, laugh, and move on. I don’t look back at the commetns, or at his site. But hey, he linked to his livejournal, not a specific post on it, so there’s a link that goes directly to his current posts. And guess what, he posts kiddie porn after that.
Am I liable for having a link on my site from someone I’ve never met, someone I don’t know, to something that I have absolutely no control over?
Maybe I’m not, but it gets them watching my blog. Suppose next week we’re talking fanfic and another commenter quotes Harry Potter slash fiction.
How much trouble am I in now?
For things my commenters did, and not me.
December 16th, 2006 at 2:27 am[...] Source: Think Progress Posted by Michael Kolanos Filed in Censorship, Congress [...]
December 16th, 2006 at 3:52 amAnd while we’re at it, we need to regulate those gaggles of elderly people who congregate for exercise in shopping malls. I’ve overheard some really irresponsible commentary from that crowd. The mall owners should to be held accountable for that.
December 16th, 2006 at 8:04 amSpeaking of the Anti-Christ if all would study their Bibles they would know that Judas Iscariot will be the Anti-Christ .Acts 1:25 Revelation 17:8 & many more scriptures prove this.
December 17th, 2006 at 9:54 am[...] How powerful is that massive crowd? Well, if this story over at Think Progress is true, then it’s got at least one politician publicly up in arms: John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere. [...]
December 17th, 2006 at 1:50 pmTransparency and accountability needed in government…
It is truly sad to see Americans holding Corporate America to higher standards of transparency and accountability than their own government. Acts such as Sarbanes-Oxley passed in 2002 greatly increased the civil and criminal penalties for executives w…
December 17th, 2006 at 2:00 pmSee how torture can affect a person’s ability to function. I’m waiting for the time when they’ve run out of things to wage “war” on – then they’ll be forced to wage war on war.
December 18th, 2006 at 5:30 amraise your hand if you read the actual legislation.. ok, since no one raised their hand, let me spread a little truth, sorely lacking on this site.
this has NOTHING to do with free speech, blogging, etc. All it deals with is child porn which, by the way, is already outlawed. It says “hey, if someone posts child porn on your website, please take it down” The only fine is for WILLFULL failure to do so.
No one is waging war on you pathetic losers and your blogs. No one cares what you have to say. Just don’t post child porn and you’ll be fine.
December 18th, 2006 at 12:18 pmMatt you are wrong in ways they haven’t even brought up yet! at least not in the first several dozen or the last.
Suppose you go on my space and show your family a cute picture of you two 3-4 yr old boys playing Zorro using cucumbers for swords. You see cute children at harmless play. Some uptight Foley wannabee sees something entirely different!
Not only do they come and take you children away and ruin your life, but they ruin the lives of all the folk involved from the ISP to the blog host, and all your family who made comment, all for not having a mind as perverted as the guy who turns them in.
Btw this scenereo has actually already happened to a person who put such a picture into a pharmacy for processing, so is not farfetched.
December 18th, 2006 at 1:26 pmMcCain has become a F*@king NAZI!!
Fine me for that you Sh!thead D%#chebag!!
This man has sold his soul for a chance at the presidency but the joke is on him, the influence of the religious right won’t do it anymore.
December 18th, 2006 at 1:56 pmThis is again another aspect of censorship and inhibiting free speech by politicians looking for a cause to further their image. They do not understand the constitution or are against the ights guaranteed therein. If it is not corp media propaganda under their control it worries them. Identifying dissent and censorship of free speech is their aganda. If they are really looking to protect our children as tehy claim, how come they did not do it when their own pedophiles attack them and they just cover it up or ignore it. Then they don;t even censor thsoe who knoew about it. It hypocrisy and a secret aganda they are exhibiting. The powers that be fear open forums as they see it as beyond their control and empowerment of the masses.. They fear truth and free expression as it expsoe them for what they are..Protect our kids only parents can do that, it is not congress that is evidenced in scandal every so often.. Liars…Vote for these two parties and their leaders and you are a fool they are both the same too…
December 18th, 2006 at 2:05 pmCome one, Come All. Witness a “man” who sold his soul and principals for ONLY the mere possibility of becoming president. A man who would espouse the virtues of deep frying children and eating them off of a stick if he thought it would appeal to the far right base that Bush promised would support him if he would just hold W’s genitals in his mouth till W. was done screwing us, (2008). I personally wish McCain would not have come back from Hanoi. He certainly deserves no respect. He certainly has no respect the citizens of this nation that HE IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE. He has gained no appreciation of the sanctity of human life. Funny, he must want to preserve the definition of marriage between a dead man and a dead woman only. He certainly doesn’t have a problem sending more young men to die in Iraq. Even HE didn’t learn from the mistakes that put us in Viet Nam. This country was there long enough, way too long in fact. Obviously McCain wasn’t. He has no qualms of doing to others what the liars in our government did to him. Send more to die for a war that is a total waste of life and resources. Who is reading this that remembers the picture of McCain HUGGING Bush at a rally? Hugging the man who made his wife look like shit during the primary race that pitted Bush and McCain against each other. Obviously, I was dumb enough to believe in the ass until I saw him and W. share the oh-so-tender embrace of evil in the making.
December 18th, 2006 at 2:52 pmGW as the anti-christ? Absolutely! Do you think Satin would send someone who we all would recognize? NO! He would send someone claiming to be ultra religious i.e. “born again”. Someone who would lie (us into war), cheat, steal (elections) and generally move the world towards total Armageddon! Sound familiar? GW IS the anti-christ!!! The sooner we let the religious right know the sooner they will turn against him….
December 18th, 2006 at 3:15 pmAnd what would happen with foreign blogs? The US Government would control that too?
December 18th, 2006 at 3:36 pmBlogging is a worldwide phenomenon. Unless McCain intends to declare war on the whole world, there will always be blogs on the Internet. But McCain doesn’t need to declare war on the world to stop Americans blogging …
Let’s face it. These people aren’t just republicans. They’re not just neocons. They’re nazis. They torture ordinary Americans as payback. They deny the basic liberties of speech, assembly, and now the press, which is what blogs are. They commit high crimes and treason, corruption of all kinds, and blame it on boogeyman “terrorists”.
McCain is not at war with the terrorists. He is at war with free people. Under McCain’s legislation the simple act of communicating online will make you – typing your thoughts just as you think them – or reading the ordinary thoughts of other ordinary Americans – will make you – yes, you – a terrorist.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
December 18th, 2006 at 3:41 pm[...] John McCain has an idea how to do it. Recently, he floated a bill before Congress that would–get this, folks–make blogs just like this hyar PEGRITZ(.com)! circus equivalent to ISPs and hold them responsible for all activity in their comments sections and user profiles! Think Progress, one of my alltime favorite progressive-though websites, has a nifty little breakdown of Herr McCain’s lovely little piece of patriarchal bullshit. Under the law, should it be passed: – Commercial websites and personal blogs “would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000.†[...]
December 18th, 2006 at 4:24 pmSo if I want a blogger’s website to get shut down, all I will have to do is post some illegal material in their blog’s comment section and notify John McCain?
Why do Republicans HATE our Constitution? Why are they trying to turn America into a fascist, dictatorial Fourth Reich?
John McCain, go to hell, please. You already made a deal with the Devil, now go join him!
The same goes for the rest of you members of the Military Industrial Congressional K Street Complex.
December 18th, 2006 at 5:42 pmSenator “War Hero” Is Only Referring To The BLogs That Call HIm a Putz and a Liar
Bloggers and writers of articles, and letters to the editors, have been noting that McCain has used up his “injured paw war hero” routine many moons ago. This clown has personal feces all over the ground all the way back to before the Savings and Loan Debacle($ 500 Billion ). Under McCain’s regal order, no one could express any dissent against Republicans. You will also notice that McCain has no problem showing up for butt-kiss by Right Wing fanatical bloggers that also have radio and Television airtime. Have him write his silly bill and see if it passes either gas or the smell test
December 18th, 2006 at 8:32 pmIn a recent speech to the Federalist society McCain states…
“Hypocrisy, my friends, is the most obvious of political sins. And the people will punish it. We were elected to reduce the size of government and enlarge the sphere of free and private initiative. We increased the size of government in the false hope that we could bribe the public into keeping us in office.”
Senator… This certainly *will* increase the size of government!! Hopefully the people will respond and kick your sorry a$$ out of office.
December 18th, 2006 at 10:57 pm[...] Think Progress is reporting that McCain is sponsoring a bill that stipulates: [...]
December 19th, 2006 at 1:03 amMcCain must have been implanted over in Vietnam. When he descends to the Presidency, the takeover of American will be complete. Dubya’s gutting of America is Prelude…
December 19th, 2006 at 9:40 am[...] From now on, the government should stay as far away from the internet as possible.read more | digg story [...]
December 19th, 2006 at 9:51 amIt comes down to this… The republicans control big media. They do not control the bloggosphere. What they do not control, they fear. What they fear, they destroy.
December 19th, 2006 at 6:59 pmI am SO glad there aren’t bigger and more terrible things to worry about that those who want to express themselves by blogging. Give me a break!
December 20th, 2006 at 1:06 pmSheesh!
[...] I already spend time everyday editing and approving those people who send comments to my site. I never stop anyone from commenting with their personal opinions. But, the amount of spam, with the only purpose for sending comments is for their commercial links to be posted, is heavy. I have a program which keeps these off my site until I approve. Any blogger can get these. So, why the hell is Mr. McCain trying to get this un-American, anti-Constitutional Bill passed? Commercial websites and personal blogs “would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000.â€Internet service providers (ISPs) are already required to issue such reports, but under McCain’s legislation, bloggers with comment sections may face “even stiffer penalties†than ISPs. McCain’s legislation could deal a serious blow to the blogosphere. Lacking resources to police their sites, many individual blogs may have to shut down open discussion. Source [...]
December 20th, 2006 at 2:37 pm[...] The rest of the world, meanwhile, has gone topsy-turvy. Students in Iran are protesting against their hardline President because they want more freedom of speech, while presumed US presidential candidate John McCain wants to stamp out blogging as we know it (although he’s done it himself when it helps to make him look good). Meanwhile a Virginia congresscritter with the unlikely name of Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (perhaps himself a product of parthenogenesis?) has come clean about his opposition to religious freedom in the US. (Hint: he’s against it. The Huffington Post’s take is direct and to the point.) [...]
December 21st, 2006 at 1:08 pm[...] The rest of the world, meanwhile, has gone topsy-turvy. Students in Iran are protesting against their hardline President because they want more freedom of speech, while presumed US presidential candidate John McCain wants to stamp out blogging as we know it (although he’s done it himself when it helps to make him look good). Meanwhile a Virginia congresscritter with the unlikely name of Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (perhaps himself a product of parthenogenesis?) has come clean about his opposition to religious freedom in the US. (Hint: he’s against it. The Huffington Post’s take is direct and to the point.) [...]
December 21st, 2006 at 1:08 pm“The Person of the Year…is…You!” Wasn’t that interesting? And isn’t it interesting that the possible effect of blogging and discussion boards on the Nov 7, 2006 election, overturning the GOP “Lead Pipe Cinch (Diebold et al)” stranglehold on American politics, has somewhat quixotically led to McCain’s bill AND Yahoo’s deletion of their discussion boards? Yes, interesting. But certainly these are useless attempts in the long run. Progress slows but never stops: It is the nature of “the beauty”. Bhudda said that the apparent “necessity” of dichotomy was all illusion. Progress is constant. And will remain so. Few live in caves now. And those who would most want to retreat from progress, conservatives et al, would be the last to choose to live in caves should the opportunity arise. That’s ironic at best, laughable, or even criminal, at worst. And will remain so.
December 26th, 2006 at 2:17 pmImpeach Bush before its too late!
December 28th, 2006 at 1:36 amThe effect of this bill, if passed, will likely shut down blogs and newsgroups of US origin, but won’t effect bloggers in other countries. We can all flock to Australian blogs to share commentary on US events if we have to. Google and Giganews can simply move their operations out of the US, to avoid unnecesary risk.
This bill will stop US Citizens from hosting blogs and community driven websites, but unless it becomes part of the greater war on terrorism, it won’t effect our ability to share opinions on sites in other countries.
December 28th, 2006 at 11:45 am[...] Now, if we can just do something about Batshit Crazy Old Man John McCain and his War on Blogs… [...]
January 4th, 2007 at 1:03 pmi hate republicans, there always trying to keep us moral… and legal… and decent human beings…
January 4th, 2007 at 9:15 pmNot much on my mind right now, but it’s not important. I’ve just been letting everything happen without me. I just don’t have anything to say right now.
January 6th, 2007 at 10:26 am[...] This is another example of why John McCain is a douche bag. [...]
January 8th, 2007 at 11:17 pm[...] read more | digg story [...]
January 11th, 2007 at 7:43 pmIf you think this guy is a “Straight Talker” then you are badly mistaken. He is as bad as the rest of these right wing, lying Republicans. A wolf in pigs clothing”.
January 16th, 2007 at 2:56 pm[...] McCain just introduced legislation in the Senate that would clamp down on internet blogs and discussions, and hold websites accountable for actions beyond their control. ThinkProgress.org described how under the legislation: – Commercial websites and personal blogs “would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000.†[...]
January 16th, 2007 at 4:42 pm[...] Think Progress » John McCain’s War On Blogs [...]
January 19th, 2007 at 5:12 pm[...] “Sen. John McCain has launched an assault against the independent blogosphere by introducing legislation that would, among other things, make bloggers responsible for comments and copyrighted material posted on their sites, with fines of up to $300,000.” (Quelle: think progress vom 13.12.2006 [...]
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:19 amI’m from the future, I just want to let everyone know that free speech is alive and kicking…for a nominal fee.
February 7th, 2007 at 4:00 pmSomehow McCain’s got a saguaro up his ass.
Ed
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March 15th, 2007 at 11:03 pm[...] as if I needed one more reason to dislike McCain, he’s given me a very good one; his War on Blogs. Apparently, he’s not a fan of free speech or honest dialogue either. Share This These [...]
March 19th, 2007 at 8:54 am[...] who believes in supporting the expansion of human rights around the world while constricting the freedoms formerly enjoyed by patriotic [...]
March 19th, 2007 at 10:39 pm[...] who believes in supporting the expansion of human rights around the world while constricting the freedoms formerly enjoyed by patriotic [...]
March 19th, 2007 at 10:39 pm[...] Sunburn McMaverick: Fighting the War on Blogs! By syntax ThinkProgress: John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the [...]
March 31st, 2007 at 8:05 pm[...] responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles, subjecting them to “even stiffer penalties” than [...]
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