Friday, December 12, 2003

Riverbend has some information on the protest in Baghdad that I mentioned yesterday. 4:59:45 PM    comment () Rational Review - Rational Review and BCRA - Tom Knapp, Scott Bieser, and Brad Spangler are not sure whether the Bipartisan Campaign "Reform" Act appies to Rational Review, but they don't care. Bravo, Tom, Scott, and Brad! I salute you! [smith2004] Rational Review, or more specifically those who write for Rational Review, will say whatever the hell we choose to say, whenever and however we feel like saying it, to anyone who cares to listen, until and unless we are forcibly prevented from doing so. We don't allow the state to regulate our speech, nor do we find the natterings of a bunch of political hacks in choir robes particularly impressive. To make this perfectly clear: If any government regulator attempts to impose censorious requirements upon us, said regulator will be invited to attempt anatomically unlikely acts upon his or her own person. If any government agency summons us to court pursuant to BCRA, we will ignore said summons since BCRA, being repugnant to the Constitution, is void; or we shall fight the action with the prior understanding that we are doing so only to make the point -- and that under no circumstances will any verdict be held to in any way bind us from speaking our minds in any way, and in any forum, which we choose. If any fine or penalty is levied upon us, we will refuse to pay it. If our servers are shut down or blocked, we will find other servers. If we are personally harassed or detained, we will resist as possible, each according to his or her respective individual abilities and consciences. [End the War on Freedom] I believe this is the only proper response to the BCRA. 3:45:18 PM    comment () LAX Lacks Hacks. Reason writers around town: In the National Post, Matt Welch revisits the feds' idiocy over journalistic visas. [Hit & Run] What makes this dumb situation truly retarded is officials from both the State Department and Homeland Security will tell you privately that it's precisely as ridiculous and counter-productive as it looks. But since the two bureaucracies despise each other, and since one makes the policy (State) while the other enforces it (Homeland Security), letting a few LAX border guards go postal on some hapless journalists actually serves both agencies in the broader arm-wrestling match. 3:33:55 PM    comment () WOTTA SURPRISE. Actually, this does surprise me: A Pentagon (news - web sites) investigation has found overcharging and other violations in a $15.6 billion Iraq (news - web sites) reconstruction contract awarded to Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites)'s former company, a defense official said Thursday. An ongoing audit of Halliburton's Kellogg, Brown & Root subsidiary found substantial overcharging for fuel and other items, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The... [The Light of Reason] It doesn't surprise me at all that this is happening. What does surprise me is that the Pentagon made the investigation and released the results publicly. 12:28:33 AM    comment ()

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