The Most Ridiculous Item Of The Day

Saw Bill O'Reilly taking on Orrin Hatch's comments on remote computer destruction on TV tonight.

Bill O'Reilly, Mr. "Some People On The Internet May Say Bad Things About Me So We Need To Reign In The Whole Free Speech On The Net" is taking on a US Senator for wanting to restrict the free exchange of data on the Net?

I figured O'Reilly would love Hatch's comments because they might encourage the creation of technology that would allow Bill to sit there and zap my site and my computer for saying that I think that he's suffering from hypocrisy. What makes the Fifth Amendment right to due process more important than the First Amendment right to free speech - even when that free speech consists of calling O'Reilly names or cheering for his demise as a radio commentator? Is he condoning illegal downloading of mp3s while calling for an end to speech that he may personally find offensive?

Someone needs to remind Bill that the Bill Of Rights is not a smorgasbord buffet. You don't get to pick and choose. Either all the rights get enforced or they will all be lost.

Which make O'Reilly vs. Hatch my Most Ridiculous Item Of The Day.