New Advertisers
I'd like to introduce a couple of the advertisers here on this site. However, I might need to check with a lawyer or the FEC or something.
Over on the left sidebar, you'll see an ad for Nathan Tabor for NC Senate. He is running for election to the North Carolina Senate in district 31. Go check his site and read what his ideas are to help North Carolina. Now, I'm pretty safe on that one, as the laws permitting free speech in NC don't prohibit using the internet for free speech. However, I have no idea what the current federal laws are. And, over on the right side, you should see a nice large yellow ad supporting Kissell for Congress. Let's see...since his ad is appearing here on my site, do I have to report an "in-kind" contribution to his campaign? But his campaign paid someone else to place that ad on my site, and presumably, I will get a portion of that advertising revenue. Does that revenue to me that was paid by his campaign need to be reported as a campaign contribution from him to the ad company to me to him? But don't newspapers get to run paid political ads without reporting them? Or does the initial expenditure to purchase the ad count as the reporting? But can a blog be considered anything related to a newspaper? Gee, both are supplying information to those who want it. Oh, but wait, what if I say something more specific, like "Vote Kissell." Now do I have to report something? Do I have to report that I said it, or is there a cash value associated with it? Does it matter how many times I say it? Should I start reporting a 0.1-cent contribution each time I type "Vote Kissell?" Or should I report it every time someone READS what I typed? And then, what if I type something bad, like "Don't vote Kissell." Now what? Does it cancel out the contribution from before? Should I keep track of how many times I type "vote" and "don't vote?" Or should the contributions be based on how many people actually READ those lines? If the FEC decides they want to regulate freedom of speech over the internet, I might just have to print and mail them a report of each time I think someone has read those lines. I think I'll need a bulk mail permit. OR, should I just have freedom of speech, especially political speech, to say whatever the heck I want to on this blog? I think we all know what the answer should be. But anyway, please do visit both of those campaigns who have decided to advertise here on this little blog. Thank you both!
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