January 18, 2007 by mr_flood.

Harry Reid (D) has introduced a bill that would…

registration of bloggers with more than 500 readers, and who comment on policy issues.

Via Arms and the Law some relevant portions of the proposed law…

FILING BY GRASSROOTS LOBBYING FIRMS- Not later than 45 days after a grassroots lobbying firm first is retained by a client to engage in paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying, such grassroots lobbying firm shall register with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives.’.

Translation: registration of a thing is always the precursor to regulation of that thing.

The list of democrat allies decrying the Bush admin’s supposed intrusion into the private lives of Americans is legion. Will the list be just as long decrying this intrusion? Of course not.

Fascism:

2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control

Via The Corner

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January 18, 2007 by mr_flood.

From the Washington Post:

The Senate Finance Committee is considering a proposal to sharply limit the earnings corporate executives and other highly paid employees can place tax-free into deferred compensation plans, one of the most popular executive benefits in corporate America.

Translation: there’s a whole lotta money changing hands out there that we don’t have our grubby little hands in - let’s make a law.

Fascism:

2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control

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January 18, 2007 by mr_flood.

I can’t decide whether the following is a transparent attempt to keep the Kids all riled up or a display of utter ignorance.

He makes the following statement:

The first two are the sort of unmitigated anti-Latino and anti-immigrant drivel that drives English First and a significant portion of the Republican base.

…about the following two items:

Reason One:

The RNC Chairman should unite the Republican Party. Mel Martinez divides the GOP.

Martinez’s strong support for an amnesty/guestworker program for illegal aliens places him well outside the mainstream of the Republican Party.

If Martinez wins on January 20th, Republican elected officials who oppose amnesty or support official English can be expected to find themselves debating the chairman of their own party on television.

Reason Two:

Mel Martinez’s impressive personal story as a Cuban immigrant will not attract other Hispanic voters to the GOP.

There is no such thing as a “Hispanic vote.” Cuban Americans traditionally vote Republican while Puerto Rican Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic. Even Mexican Americans disagree about amnesty and guest worker programs, given that they all too often must compete with illegal aliens for jobs.

So, maybe you can help me figure it out. Is he being deliberately obtuse to work up the partisans into a frothy anger or is he really ignorant of the fact the neither of those two statements is remotely anti-immigrant or anti-Latino?

Don’t you just love partisan hacks lacking in any objectivity?

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