Yes, just one more nail in the coffin of the present administration.

Which part, the law itself or hiding it in the bill? Cause politicians have been doing this irrelevant riders on large bills for years. It's always been bullshit, and it will continue to be bullshit cause they'll never stop doing it.

The law itself. I'm all too aware that this is a sick and sad tradition.

Sounds like something that would be very easy to challenge on free speech grounds. But then, SCOTUS has been doing rather screwy things in that area of law over the last 20 years or so.

You absolutely right. If you do a google search on this subject you'll come up with several blog/articles on people and lawyers just waiting for someone to try and enforce this one.

Personally I'm betting that the only people that will try and utilize this new law will be offended corporations(to shut up bad press) and federal law enforcement(used as a gateway charge to look for other things).

I'm picturing 3 guys in a Maximum Security Prison

I'm here for triple homicide, what about you?

I'm here for bank robbery and rape. What about you?

I anonymously flamed a Harry Potter community on Live Journal.....Hey! What are you doi-AAGH!@# STOP! HELP! GUARDS!@#

I...LOVE...that...icon :p

That icon cracks me up.

That is really... annoying. I hate this kind of crap.

Especially since it's such a transparent bunch of bullshit. This is going to be used against people bashing the government, or by big biz getting trashed by the people they mistreat (enforced by the government they bought and paid for).

"You oppose the prohibition on annoying email? Well, you must hate women, then."

Among the many things that need to be overhauled in our governmental system, riding in shit like this on unrelated bills needs to stop.

So a stupid act gets a stupid addition?

Seems that way. I'm not sure how "violence against women" and "DoJ reauthorization" go together in the first place.

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The time draws nigh

Welcome to the People's Army, brother. you will be called whren the revolution starts.