tommyguns2
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- Dec 25, 2010
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My wife and I get the local small town newspaper. It does a pretty good job, IMO, keeping us apprised of the local news. And I'm happy to support it.
In today's Sunday morning edition, above the fold, is this headline: "Agencies grapple with new Twitter".
Really? Twitter changed ownership, basically went private. That means the company has less regulatory obligations, not more, as it's not a publicly traded company with fiduciary duties to shareholders and transparency duties to the SEC.
But the powers that be don't like the prospect that the new owner may not censor the correct info, and so they need to "grapple" with this new company??? This is absolutely chilling to anyone who has even the slightest of libertarian leanings.
Screw the political powers that be. Don't tread on me, Don't tread on private companies, Don't tread on the 1st A. And the media just sits by and nods approvingly... until the day the agencies come for them, and they're starting to do so. Bunch of idiots.
In today's Sunday morning edition, above the fold, is this headline: "Agencies grapple with new Twitter".
Really? Twitter changed ownership, basically went private. That means the company has less regulatory obligations, not more, as it's not a publicly traded company with fiduciary duties to shareholders and transparency duties to the SEC.
But the powers that be don't like the prospect that the new owner may not censor the correct info, and so they need to "grapple" with this new company??? This is absolutely chilling to anyone who has even the slightest of libertarian leanings.
Screw the political powers that be. Don't tread on me, Don't tread on private companies, Don't tread on the 1st A. And the media just sits by and nods approvingly... until the day the agencies come for them, and they're starting to do so. Bunch of idiots.
