Bloggers and anyone using the Internet must be aware that there is a movement by governments at all level to control the blogosphere. The following is one example of a government wanting to identify a blogger critical of a local government's action. There is also a movement to tax Internet connection and the time spent on the Internet. Bloggers must stay strong and take up the challenge of government intrusion.

Manalapan, NJ - A Superior Court judge in New Jersey quashed a bogus subpoena for the identity of an anonymous blogger Friday, protecting the free speech rights of a critic writing about a local government controversy.

Troops

Is it possible that our own military leadership is being too aggressive in going after our soldiers for misconduct. I think that we need to be careful and fair to soldiers who would rather be home with their family than in the hostile war zone of Iraq and the Middle East. The following is interesting.

After months of congressional pressure, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General has opened an investigation of an Army general who tried to bring murder charges against U.S. troops.

The investigation, requested by Rep. Walter B. Jones, North Carolina Republican, will probe whether Lt. Gen. Francis H. Kearney III overstepped his bounds and/or compromised legal proceedings in two Afghanistan incidents, one involving Marines and the other involving two Special Forces soldiers.

Washington's Finest

At 4.30pm today, Harry Reid announced on the floor of the Senate that, given the complexity and contentiousness of immunity (which he says he backs Dodd in opposing) the bill will not come up before the holidays.

A very wise decision. Thanks are due to Senator Dodd, grassroots support, and your own many calls and letters for emphasizing just how dangerous and outrageous step this would be for any politician seeking to preserve the Constitution. We're not there yet, though, so keep the pressure up: write to your representative and demand that immunity not rise again in 2008!