tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post6701698411448956319..comments2024-02-17T03:35:22.796-05:00Comments on Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations: Free Speech For Thee, But Not For Me8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-45052010088855597372009-09-10T21:05:38.214-04:002009-09-10T21:05:38.214-04:00Well, it retains people's ability to speak, bu...Well, it retains people's ability to speak, but you can't contribute to defeat my Representative, and I can't contribute to beat yours. And Exxon Mobil can give whatever they want to the representative in the district where their headquarters is-but nowhere else.8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-44999587072386751962009-09-10T11:32:17.446-04:002009-09-10T11:32:17.446-04:00I guess you lost me. How does that reform help?I guess you lost me. How does that reform help?dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-701528915778617072009-09-09T11:15:24.127-04:002009-09-09T11:15:24.127-04:00I can, I will, and I do.
But ExxonMobil can outs...I can, I will, and I do. <br /><br />But ExxonMobil can outspend me, and you, and any group of citizens you care to name. Thus putting their issues, their concerns, in front of yours and mine. <br /><br />That is a concern. <br /><br />I heard a very simple reform that might help-unlimited campaign contributions, from anyone who has a mailing address within the Congressman's district. <br /><8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-30575348189950084972009-09-08T21:37:51.418-04:002009-09-08T21:37:51.418-04:00If you don't like what someone says, ignore it...If you don't like what someone says, ignore it.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-80421111256340609312009-09-08T18:56:36.621-04:002009-09-08T18:56:36.621-04:00At heart, I agree with you- free speech is absolut...At heart, I agree with you- free speech is absolute, and should be protected, whatever the motives of the speaker. <br /><br />But ExxonMobil, for one example, has the ability, through its massive war chest, to drown out the views of actual citizens. And especially close to an election-spreading lies about any candidate could swing an election before the truth can beat it out. <br /><br />I donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-76114632604602478782009-09-08T16:58:15.258-04:002009-09-08T16:58:15.258-04:00Of course I meant Mark Lloyd, who is the only FCC-...Of course I meant Mark Lloyd, who is the only FCC-related czar on the czar's list. <br /><br />The head of the FCC's position is entirely different, and is not a "czar".<br /><br />It's not paranoia. Just mentioning what this man actually said in favor of censorship.<br /><br />All so-called "corporate speech" is actually done by individuals, and the First dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-76474742194537286022009-09-08T12:29:13.710-04:002009-09-08T12:29:13.710-04:00You mean Mark Lloyd, the assistant general counsel...You mean Mark Lloyd, the assistant general counsel of the FCC, who called Chavez' revolution "dramatic"? Or the actual head of the FCC, Genachowski, who supports Net Neutrality and, as far as I can tell, can spell Venezuela?<br /><br />Paranoia is not very becoming. <br /><br />Of course there is corporate speech. When a corporation pays for a documentary to be made and distributed,8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636875216996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014331.post-90235360135129855932009-09-06T22:14:07.729-04:002009-09-06T22:14:07.729-04:00When you get right down to it, there is no corpora...When you get right down to it, there is no corporate speech. It's all done by real people.<br /><br />The "spending regulations" in question are very unconstitutional. Many of the backers have admitted that they passed these in order to silence people from saying certain things. The intent was cut tie off the purse strings as a means of censoring speech.<br /><br />Anyone who dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com