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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @05:44PM from the papers-please dept.

Thebes writes "Under Senate Bill S.1, political bloggers with a readership of over 500 who comment on policy matters or hope to incite 'grassroots' action amongst their readers would be forced to register with the Federal Government as lobbyists."

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well, yeah (Score:4, Funny)

by bunions ( 970377 ) writes: on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @05:46PM (#17653264)

how else would Congress know where to send the checks?

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In other news (Score:2, Funny)

by Born2bwire ( 977760 ) writes: on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @05:51PM (#17653420)

/. editors bay be forced to work soon.

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i'd like to make a comment (Score:4, Funny)

by circletimessquare ( 444983 ) writes: <(circletimessquare) (at) (gmail.com)> on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @05:57PM (#17653562) Homepage Journal

but before i begin, i'd like to ask the 501st of you who are reading this comment to stop right now. thanks

i think that the us government...

wait, what?! why are you still reading!?

OH NOES I'M DOOMED

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Re:I'll ignore the Republican remark. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @06:10PM (#17653856)

I use to be Republican.

Oh my God! Drug use turns people into Republicans!

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Re:We just want to see zee papers (Score:3, Funny)

by Walt Dismal ( 534799 ) writes: on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @06:17PM (#17654034)

Speaking of paid attempts, this could make Microsoft astroturfing more visible. Which is a good thing. I wonder how many fake blogs they have sponsored to achieve their (non) regulatory needs?

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Speaking of terms to hate... (Score:2, Funny)

by zesty42 ( 1041348 ) writes: on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @06:40PM (#17654572)

Was "vaginal discharge" really important to your point? I just vomurped a little.

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well, yeah (Score:4, Funny)

In other news (Score:2, Funny)

i'd like to make a comment (Score:4, Funny)

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