The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Photo credti: dcwriterdawn on Flickr

NYS Senate bill 06779

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to protecting a person’s right to know who is behind an anonymous internet posting

The Senate sponsor is Republican Thomas O’Mara, 53rd Senate district. The Assembly sponsor is Republican James Conte, 10th Assembly district.

As Wired reports

Proposed legislation in both chambers would require New York-based websites, such as blogs and newspapers, to “remove any comments posted on his or her website by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post.” … Oddly, the bill has no identification requirement for those who request the takedown of anonymous content.

There are a lot of idiots in the world, and some of them are unfortunately Republican. O’Mara’s Senate district includes Ithaca, Elmira, Corning and my birthplace of Arkport. Conte’s district is a chunk of Suffolk County gerrymandered to include a winding piece of Nassau County. I suspect the voters of both districts may wish to choose another representative in the next election, based solely on the sheer stupidity of their current state Senator and Assemblyman.

UPDATE:
Huntsville City School District
Williams Middle School
Principal: Avis Williams

C.J. Grisham is an active duty soldier and a prolific blogger. He is currently involved in a dispute with his children’s school that has turned very ugly.

Post one 10-02-2009: The school imposes uniforms in mid year, without consulting parents. Meeting on topic at school does not permit parental comments.

Post two 10-02-2009: Policy has been canceled for this year but will be implemented for next year. No parental input allowed.

Post three 10-07-2009: School contacts military about C.J. His children are pulled from class for questioning. Teachers make comments about him during class. And the school admin feels threatened.

Now, via Facebook, we learn that when C.J. attempted to exercise his rights to assemble and to free speech at a PTA meeting, he was assaulted by a police officer. His wife, Emily, also suffered injuries in the altercation. There are both video and audio recordings of the incident so it will be very easy to determine what happened.

C.J. has earned and is due far more respect than the school is showing him. As a parent, he has rights that the state and the tin pots running the schools have not been able to take from him. He has also devoted no small measure of blood, sweat and tears to defending the rights of all of the small people who see him as a threat to their dictatorship of the educators.

Let’s all keep an eye on this story. Some folks in the Huntsville, Alabama, area need to read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Michelle Malkin continues her comprehensive coverage of the Berkeley City Council’s attempt to remove the vile stain on that city’s honor, a Marine Corps recruiting station. Free speech for me but not for thee. Code Pinko is involved.