John McCain's War on Blog & bloggers!

[NVMojo]

What's he so afraid of that he has to do this:

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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.

more...

http://scrutinyhooligans.blogspot.com/2006/12/senator-sunburn-mcmaverick-fighting.html

Wonder how this would impact DU if this passes?

[monmouth]

1. He does not understand the power or is afraid of it. I'm pretty confident

this will go nowhere but it should be interesting to see and hear what the Matt Drudge's and others on the right will say about this. He's just digging his own hole deeper and making a fool of himself. Typical Republican, blinders, lack of curiosity, etc. Wouldn't you think he would embrace this most wonderful avenue of communication. I'm in my late 60's, had to learn by trial and error. Take away my blogs and there's gonna by trouble. I'm from Jersey and know people.... Well, in Florida for now, but you know what I mean....

[nrnowlin]

2. What about John McCain?

What about that arcane politician from Arizona, who sees
himself as another arch-conservative like Barry Goldwater? The
duplicitous John McCain has used his Vietnam POW status as a
means to advance his political career in the U.S. Senate, to
become a millionaire at the expense of the taxpayers.  He is a
perfect example of the career politician who will
indescriminately attack anything, truthful or not, that
threatens his name recognition and popularity with his
electoral constituency.  McCain embellishes the image of the
pragmatic opportunist who is compelled for the sake of money,
the mother's milk of politics, to use the half-truths and
propaganda emanating from George W. Bush, his mentor and
political leader, to promote vile neo-conservatism.  Well
before the November elections, McCain presented himself as a
virtual rubber-stamp for Bush. Now he is distancing himself
the White House for the sake of maintaining and saving his
political capital.  That's the hallmark of a seasoned sophist
and Machiavellian politician, the type that now occupies most
of the seats in the 109th Congress. 

When will the people of McCain's home state, of Arizona,
realize that he needs to get a job that fits his character,
like, perhaps, a used car salesman in south Phoenix.  I'm sure
he could make it big in that racket, selling products that
don't work properly.  Nevertheless, McCain is presently
spending a great deal of time learning the intricacies of
Internet blogging, perhaps in an effort to mitigate the
damages inflicted by dedicated bloggers who are getting the
truth out to his Internet literate Arizona electorate. Perhaps
he's learning data processing in case he's cast out of the
Senate in his next election.

If McCain attempts a run for the 2008 Republican Presidential
nomination, he'll be just another suit in a long line of inept
contenders.  If McCain had never been captured by the NVA in
Vietnam and placed in the Hanoi Hilton POW camp, he would
never have been popular enough in Arizona to win a seat in the
Senate.  His recent article that appeared in "Popular
Mechanics" about out involvement in Iraq was a ridiculous
and untruthful endeavor to promote the Bush perception of the
U.S. winning in the divided nation that is presently in the
midst of a tragic civil war.  But, much more than that, it was
utterly shameful.   

     

[Bjorn Against]

3. Yes, this could effectively shut down DU or require mods to approve every single post

As it stands now there is no way the mods can monitor everything efficiently enough to ensure there is not one potential sex offender here. And you know that if this went through some freeper would start up an account here just so that he/she could post something that would get DU in trouble.

This is merely disguised to "protect the children" but it is actually aimed as a backdoor way to shut down sites like DU which rely on individual user posts. If the mods had to review everything before it went up the site would effectively be neutered and there would be no real community anymore.

[NVMojo]

4. yeah, that's why I was concerned but not many here seem to be too worried

[Jack Rabbit]

5. I think those who kiss Bush's ass should be banned from the Senate

I find Senator McCain in violation and fine hin $300K.