Is Blogging Actually Lobbying

Bill would allow rounding up and imprisoning of non-registered political writers

Please read this article from start to end because it could have a major impact on your life.

In short, the US government, in the guise of the Democrats (what an ill-chosen name!), is trying to pass legislation to force political bloggers with an audience of 500 or more to register as lobbyists and report quarterly, or cough up a bag of cash and risk jail time if they don't. This is in direct violation of the free speech amendment to the US constitution.

The runs contrary to the way heavily biased mainstream media is treated by the Democrats. As everyone with a brain knows, the MSM is biased to the left, and tries really hard to brainwash everyone to fit their biased viewpoint, and destroy anyone who doesn't accept their bias as the truth.

Most political bloggers tend not to swing to the left because of the never-ending mistakes that have been caused by supporters of the left. Bloggers, in direct opposition to the MSM, do not have a vested interest in suppressing the truth, or spreading a gospel of bullshit. They simply report the truth as they see it, and post observations that often run contrary to the MSM.

This must be what's behind the Democrat's attack on free speech. If they can shut down bloggers, then they can regain some control over the minds of the masses. Fortunately, this is anything but true. Knowledge cannot be fully suppressed within a (relatively) free society. The more the Democrats try to shut down bloggers through government control, the greater will be the power of bloggers to sway the masses.

Time to get off my soapbox today. Here's a clip from the article. Please read the rest by clicking on the link above:

You'd be forgiven for thinking that it was some new restriction on free speech in Communist China. But it isn't. The U.S. Government wants to force bloggers and online grassroots activists to register and regularly report their activities to Congress in the latest astounding attack on the internet and the First Amendment.

Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of GrassrootsFreedom.com, a website dedicated to fighting efforts to silence grassroots movements, states:

"Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the Senate, would require grassroots causes, even bloggers, who communicate to 500 or more members of the public on policy matters, to register and report quarterly to Congress the same as the big K Street lobbyists. Section 220 would amend existing lobbying reporting law by creating the most expansive intrusion on First Amendment rights ever. For the first time in history, critics of Congress will need to register and report with Congress itself."



In other words Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats may redefine the meaning of lobbying in order that political communications to and even between citizens falls under the same legislation.