Republican Senate Attacks Free Speech In Michigan

Maybe you have seen this diary, by Michigan blogger Liberal Lucy, in which Lucy details the events surrounding the Senate censorship of Blogging For Michigan.  In case you haven't been following this on this Michigan blogs, here are the latest posts:

On Blogging For Michigan

• Mike Bishop's Chief Of Staff Let's One Slip -- BFM & DK blogger DJTYG points out that Propaganda Minister Matt Miner accidentally told the truth about the real reason for the censorship
• Bishop Accuses BFM Of Crime -- It was bad enough when the Republican Senator said that BFM is 'non-informational', but did he have to accuse us of a crime too???

• Senate Republican SOD for 8/3 - Where to begin... -- in response to the Republican accusation that the anonymous blogger 'wizardkitten' is actually  a Democratic Senate staffer, Wizardkitten finally reveals her identity.
• Bloggers are Taxpayers Too! -- mipolitics is pretty darn irritated that the Republican Senate is interfering with the right to interact with our elected officials
• Mike Bishop's New Work Ethic - Ban The Blogs!!!  -- After doing nothing all year, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop decides that rather than work on the budget, he'll crack down on how Senate Dems spend their time.
• If Mike Bishop thinks the Internet is such a waste, why is he paying someone $72K to do it? -- The State Senate database has info showing that Mike Bishop pays a staffer to deal with the "new media" ...
• The Great Firewall of Lansing - a message to (Chairman) Senator Bishop -- AntiqueLibertyLover warns Bishop about all the work he has in front of him if he's really going to block all the blogs.
• Mark Schauer: I Oppose Censorship of Blogs -- Our own Senate Minority Leader Mark Schauer assures us that the Senate Democrats will oppose censorship of blogs.  (Mike Bishop has indicated that he may block more blogs from being accessed by the Senate.  Bloggers should be ready for a fight!)

On Michigan Liberal:  An open letter to Mike Bishop -- Propaganda Minister Matt Miner made a tiny mistake when he said "Michigan Liberal doesn't matter"

On Among The Trees:   Bishop's chief of staff responds to BFM ban -- Eric Baerren has a conversation with the Propaganda Minister.  Propaganda Minister is spinning.  Spinning spinning spinning.  

On The Conservative Media:  Bishop Tramples On First Amendment's Freedom Of The Press BFM's own Communications Guru points out that this is the first time in the history of the Michigan Senate that a Senator has censored a blog.

On The Newshoggers and on the Detroit News political blog, Libby Spencer brings her readers up to date.

That's it for now.

In the next few days watch for Michigan blogs to keep on fighting for free speech & bloggers' rights!

•  Thanks for the roundup!

  First time in history?

  Well, yeah, I guess it would be. :-)

  Go Michigan bloggers!

  by wizardkitten on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 05:42:08 PM PDT

•  sheesh....

  Anyone from Michigan knows that Bishop is an idiot to begin with.

  by billytalent40 on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 05:54:44 PM PDT

  •  We are just trying to drive that point home

    He gives us so much material to work with... don't know where to start sometimes.

    by wizardkitten on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 06:02:37 PM PDT

•  keep up the good work

  You know you are doing good work when you piss off the repugs this badly with the truth!  Censorship is always the first and last resort of tyrants.  Keep yelling from your blog!!!  

  by arogue7 on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 06:06:27 PM PDT