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Democrats at the FEC support repression of free speech during elections.

niiiiiice.

and somebody beat the hell out of McCain and stuff his sorry ass in a trash can. stupid git.

as Tapscott so rightly says, you're either in support of free speech or you aren't. there's no point in between.

here's the text of the AP article as posted at Knoxnews.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal election regulators refused to ease limits on political advertising Tuesday, blocking an effort to let interest groups run radio and television ads mentioning elected officials within weeks of an election.

The Federal Election Commission voted 3-3 on a proposal that would have allowed such ads as long as they addressed public policy issues and did not promote, support, oppose or attack a sitting member of Congress. Supporters of the change said they wanted to strike a balance between campaign ad restrictions and constitutional free speech guarantees.

The measure failed on a tie vote with the commission’s three Democrats voting against the proposal and the three Republicans backing it.

With 70 days left before this year’s general election, the change could have let loose a wave of unrestricted ad spending in the weeks leading up to Election Day. The vote lets stand a provision in the 2002 campaign finance law that requires independent groups to limit the contributions and to disclose the donors of money used to pay for ads that run within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election.

Advocates of the change ranging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to unions to the ACLU argued that the law not only restricted campaign advertising but also prohibited interest groups from voicing their views on legislation before Congress.

Critics, including the congressional authors of the 2002 law, complained the change would create a loophole for secretly financed ad campaigns.

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Democrats at the FEC support repression of free speech during elections.

niiiiiice.

and somebody beat the hell out of McCain and stuff his sorry ass in a trash can. stupid git.

as Tapscott so rightly says, you're either in support of free speech or you aren't. there's no point in between.

here's the text of the AP article as posted at Knoxnews.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal election regulators refused to ease limits on political advertising Tuesday, blocking an effort to let interest groups run radio and television ads mentioning elected officials within weeks of an election.

The Federal Election Commission voted 3-3 on a proposal that would have allowed such ads as long as they addressed public policy issues and did not promote, support, oppose or attack a sitting member of Congress. Supporters of the change said they wanted to strike a balance between campaign ad restrictions and constitutional free speech guarantees.

The measure failed on a tie vote with the commission’s three Democrats voting against the proposal and the three Republicans backing it.

With 70 days left before this year’s general election, the change could have let loose a wave of unrestricted ad spending in the weeks leading up to Election Day. The vote lets stand a provision in the 2002 campaign finance law that requires independent groups to limit the contributions and to disclose the donors of money used to pay for ads that run within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election.

Advocates of the change ranging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to unions to the ACLU argued that the law not only restricted campaign advertising but also prohibited interest groups from voicing their views on legislation before Congress.

Critics, including the congressional authors of the 2002 law, complained the change would create a loophole for secretly financed ad campaigns.

i get the strangest phone calls

so i'm doing the production design for a student film for Cal State Northridge. a buddy is doing the cinematography and he falls into the "anything for you, dude" category. the producer for the project left me the following voicemail.

"hey. i have a question that i know you know the answer to, so call me."

i was asleep since i worked a 15 hour shift unintentionally.

so i get up and call him back.

"what's up, dude?"

"so, you know that stuff that you spray on that's not permanent?"

"streaks and tips?"

"yes! where can i find it in san diego? my friend's on a project."

"uhm, a beauty supply place? although stu segal has production facilities down there so there's probably a place that sells to the trade."

"yeah, she does production design and she's working on Veronica Mars."

O_o

i get the strangest phone calls

so i'm doing the production design for a student film for Cal State Northridge. a buddy is doing the cinematography and he falls into the "anything for you, dude" category. the producer for the project left me the following voicemail.

"hey. i have a question that i know you know the answer to, so call me."

i was asleep since i worked a 15 hour shift unintentionally.

so i get up and call him back.

"what's up, dude?"

"so, you know that stuff that you spray on that's not permanent?"

"streaks and tips?"

"yes! where can i find it in san diego? my friend's on a project."

"uhm, a beauty supply place? although stu segal has production facilities down there so there's probably a place that sells to the trade."

"yeah, she does production design and she's working on Veronica Mars."

O_o