Monday, January 29, 2007
Government turns its guns on citizenry
In recent years American police forces have called out SWAT teams 40,000 or more times annually. Last year did you read in your newspaper or hear on TV news of 110 hostage or terrorist events each day? No. What, then, were the SWAT teams doing? They were serving routine warrants to people who posed no danger to the police or to the public...
Click here to continue the article. It would be interesting to discuss this in light of Romans 13:3: "For rulers hold no terror for those who right, but for those who do wrong."
Click here to continue the article. It would be interesting to discuss this in light of Romans 13:3: "For rulers hold no terror for those who right, but for those who do wrong."
Friday, January 19, 2007
Government wants bloggers to register
By Nick Farrell
The U.S. government is planning to force bloggers who criticise Congress and organise grassroot causes to register themselves or face jail time.
According to GrassrootsFreedom.com, under Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the Senate, bloggers who have more than 500 readers will have to register and report quarterly to Congress just like lobbiests or go to jail.
GrassrootsFreedom.com chairman Richard Viguerie said the new law would create the most expansive intrusion on First Amendment rights ever.
The amendment was introduced by Senator David Vitter and is currently on hold as it seems to have got bogged down in the legislative process. It would be interesting to find a bog that is read by more than 500 people.
Click here to access this article
The U.S. government is planning to force bloggers who criticise Congress and organise grassroot causes to register themselves or face jail time.
According to GrassrootsFreedom.com, under Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the Senate, bloggers who have more than 500 readers will have to register and report quarterly to Congress just like lobbiests or go to jail.
GrassrootsFreedom.com chairman Richard Viguerie said the new law would create the most expansive intrusion on First Amendment rights ever.
The amendment was introduced by Senator David Vitter and is currently on hold as it seems to have got bogged down in the legislative process. It would be interesting to find a bog that is read by more than 500 people.
Click here to access this article