Comments on: FIRST, THEY CAME FOR THE BLOGGERS (II) http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 10 May 2012 21:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-460176 Robert Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:53:30 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-460176 Marc if "this about more freedom rather than less?" Why are some group exempt from the requirements? Why should it matter "if you are being bankrolled by the health insurance industry...to influence elections?" It is not about the who but the content of what they are saying. If a study by "big oil" or a commercial is right and true why does it matter who supported it? I you supporting the idea that people who support causes should be "outed" and should not get any privacy in their lives? If so should it by applied to all causes or groups? Marc if “this about more freedom rather than less?” Why are some group exempt from the requirements?

Why should it matter “if you are being bankrolled by the health insurance industry…to influence elections?” It is not about the who but the content of what they are saying. If a study by “big oil” or a commercial is right and true why does it matter who supported it?

I you supporting the idea that people who support causes should be “outed” and should not get any privacy in their lives? If so should it by applied to all causes or groups?

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-460028 Marc Brown Sat, 29 May 2010 17:42:50 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-460028 Sorry ECM - but the question is the same - what is it you won't be able to do? Sorry ECM – but the question is the same – what is it you won’t be able to do?

]]> By: ECM http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-460006 ECM Sat, 29 May 2010 02:36:46 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-460006 Marc: So it's OK to know all these things about bloggers, but unions, the media, and anyone else exempted is A-OK w/ you? Consistency? Nah, not for Marc! Marc:

So it’s OK to know all these things about bloggers, but unions, the media, and anyone else exempted is A-OK w/ you? Consistency? Nah, not for Marc!

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-459981 Marc Brown Fri, 28 May 2010 19:11:41 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-459981 OK Matt - what won't you be able to do? OK Matt – what won’t you be able to do?

]]> By: Matt Horn CBC http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-459968 Matt Horn CBC Fri, 28 May 2010 13:36:18 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-459968 Marc, this is not a transparency bill, it is a suppression bill. Please familiarize yourself before comment. Catron, remember, the unions are also exempt (once again) from this act. Marc, this is not a transparency bill, it is a suppression bill. Please familiarize yourself before comment.

Catron, remember, the unions are also exempt (once again) from this act.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-459965 Marc Brown Fri, 28 May 2010 08:46:27 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/05/27/first-they-came-for-the-bloggers-ii/#comment-459965 Isn't this about more freedom rather than less? Don't you think we should know if you are being bankrolled by the health insurance industry, for example, to influence elections? I would have thought you of all people would want to know if shadowy Orwellian figures were subverting the political process. Isn’t this about more freedom rather than less? Don’t you think we should know if you are being bankrolled by the health insurance industry, for example, to influence elections? I would have thought you of all people would want to know if shadowy Orwellian figures were subverting the political process.

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