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1. Comment - Fake MPAA-Sponsored Video Site Goes Offline

   (Jul 6, 2007 - 12:56 PM)

   And yet if the police would do this, it would be entrapment.
   
   I just don't know how they can tempt people with something and then complain about it. It's like opening a store that says "free heroin" and then saying, "Aha! Look who took the heroin!!"

2. Comment - Bush Admin: Don't Protect Bloggers

   (Jun 15, 2007 - 8:52 AM)

   Look, I'm a staunch conservative and Republican (no they aren't the same thing) and I think this is way, way, way off the reservation for him. What I find sad is that the most effective "side" in the blogging community is conservative blogging. Look what happened to Dan Rather as a result of bloggers pointing out his (producer's) fraudulent story?
   
   Freedom of Speech (especially political speech) helps everyone, left or right. That's why it is sacrosanct.
   
   And frankly, as a constructionist, I too am tired of "national security" as an excuse my any administration (Clinton did it too) to a) not disclose whatever they choose and b) go around any law that is inconvenient.
   
   Strong power to the states, weak power to the feds. That's what this country was built on and every administration turns the executive branch even closer to the politburo.