Zucker ad re: Barbara Boxer

Great ad! You hafta laugh when you see this one...

They're coming to get me, hee hee, ha ha...

No, really, they are.

I'm serious.

You think I'm joking?

Not.

You have to read this one to believe it...

Democrat Proposes Jail Time for 'Hostile' Bloggers
We know that the government is becoming more and more audacious in its attempts to control our lives and regulate our speech and whatever it thinks we're thinking (see the newest iteration of the federal Hate Crimes law), so a new story from Wired should come as no surprise. Looks like Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez, Calif., is ready to throw mean-old bloggers in the hoosegow.
http://townhall.com/blog/g/b719c095-9ae8-4eb4-a9f7-9e3911a527db

Prison Awaiting Hostile Bloggers
Proposed congressional legislation would demand up to two years in prison for those whose electronic speech is meant to “coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person.”
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/prison-awaiting-hostile-bloggers/

As a friend of mine commented, who defines hostile?

One person's hostile is another person's humor is another person's stupid.

Are the Democrats going to define hostile? lawyers? politicians? ministers? atheists? environmentalists? the military? gun owners? your mother?

Lest you think that this doesn't pertain to you, think again. The bill (HR 1966) doesn't just pick on bloggers. Oh no, it's fair in its unfairness. It includes email, telephones, instant messaging, text messages and website. Yep, if you are hostile (however someone might define it) via any device using electronic means, you could be jailed for up to two, count 'em, two years.

Can you imagine going to jail for two years and not having access to your cell phone, computer or telephone? Talk about hostile.

If you "coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person”, per the bill, off you go to the pokey.

What is it with Democrats and free speech? What happened to all the peace, love and freedom loving types from the 60s and 70s? Did they take sour pills? Free speech has come to mean speech that I like and can agree with wholeheartedly. I can yell, but you can't. I can tear you down but you can't reciprocate.

Remember "sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never harm me"? Seems that we've become so sensitive and wimpy that words are worse than sticks or stones.

What's next? Thought crimes? Oh, wait, we may already be there. I haven't gotten into the issue much, but there are some who wonder why beating up a person of another race or sexual preference is worse than beating up someone who's of the same race or sexual persuasion.

Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and friends want to shut down talk radio because they don't like what's being said. Now a fellow Democrat wants to go after bloggers. Just how long do you think it'll be before we're living in some Orwellian nightmare world once we start down the road Sanchez and her ilk are trying to shove us?

I don't like hate-speech, harassment, nastiness any more than the next person. However, I defy anyone to find a definition that the majority of us can agree upon. I also think we're getting really, really stupid with this stuff.

Oh man, I think that comment might have been somewhat hostile. Cuff me, I'm a cyberbully.

Here's part of the bill:

SEC. 3. CYBERBULLYING.
(a) In General- Chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:`Sec. 881. Cyberbullying
`(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.`(b) As used in this section--
`(1) the term `communication' means the electronic transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received; and`
(2) the term `electronic means' means any equipment dependent on electrical power to access an information service, including email, instant messaging, blogs, websites, telephones, and text messages.'

Looking for a great place to vacation? How 'bout Mexico?

Mexico is a great place to vacation according to Democrat Xavier Becerra (CA).

Sure, if you like the idea of traveling with armed guards at all times.

Every day now we're being treated to tales of violence on our border with Mexico. Kidnappings, killings and mayhem. It does seem to be mostly on the border, but to me it kind of makes sense for them to move onto some "rich" kids enjoying spring break in Cancun. Maybe not. Maybe I'm just hyper about safety. Have to say that I wouldn't be letting my teeny-boppers bop down to Mexico, any part of Mexico.

I know it's a big country and I know there are good people mixed in with the drug cartel types. However, Mexico doesn't seem to have a very good handle on security and I don't think it's worth the risk, no matter how slight. There are plenty of places to vacation where the beaches are safer.

Democratic Leader Says Mexico Still a Good Vacation Destination, Despite Rising Death Toll
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) said that despite the drug cartel-provoked violence that has resulted in the death of at least 7,000 people since January 2008, Mexico is still a good place to visit. “If you think about it, Mexico still has an infrastructure and a society that allows for day-to-day life,” Becerra told CNSNews.com when asked if the U.S. State Department should warn Americans against traveling there because of the violence. “There is heightened security, but many people have family there, as I do, and places they love to visit.”
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44587

Tourists weigh Mexico drug violence
Mexico's rampant drug violence has put the issue of safety front and center for would-be vacationers, and put the country's publicity-sensitive tourism promoters on the defensive... The University of Arizona has warned students to take extra care if traveling to Mexico during spring break because of "a marked increase in violence recently."...

Violence in Mexico prompts travel alert
Escalating violence in Mexico led the university [Texas Christian University] to issue a travel alert advising spring breakers of the potential dangers in traveling to the country, a university official said....
Mexican President Says He Won't Rest Until Mexico is Free of Violence
Mexico President Vows to Crush Drug Violence by 2012
Border businesspeople armoring selves against Mexico violence