Continuing on the “I Hate Campaign Finance Laws Because They Are Completely At Odds With The First Amendment” meme, Rob over at Say Anything has a great post up today about this very same topic.

There has been talk in the past of the FEC regulating political activity on the internet. This regulation would include classifying blog postings favoring one candidate (or disfavoring another) as “campaign contributions” limited by a set monetary amount. Which would mean that the FEC would come up with a “value” for a politically-oriented blog post and would limit the number of those a blogger could make during an election cycle so that it does not exceed the maximum allowable contribution.

Doesn’t that sound like it’s just a little bit of an infringement on first amendment rights? Since when is the government allowed to limit what I say about political candidates in this country? Whether I’m making my statements on the sidewalk out in public or on the internet in the form of blog postings, why should I be limited? What purpose does it serve? Other than to shield those in power from the criticism of their most vocal constituents?

If you are not the slightest bit worried about all of this…. you need help.

Like I previously wrote, I am going to blog until you toss my sorry butt in jail. There is no way you can read the Constitution and come up with the idea that I cannot pay, with my own money, for a website where I write about issues and candidates that I feel are important.

Just try and stop me.