Big Government is at it again.

In a desperate attempt to justify plainly unconstitutional regulation, Congress has heavily tipped the scales in vavor of the anti-game activists in their recent hearings on the issue.  It's become increasingly apparent that the government doesn't want to work with the game industry at all, and only seeks to censor.

Or does it?  One has to wonder.  Despite being completely and totally eviscerated by the courts so often it's hard to keep count, the language of gaming bills still singles out video games, still uses arbitrary definitions of 'violent', and still seeks to chill the rights of game makers to make games.

For all their talk of respecting freedom of speech, I wonder if thsese laws aren't being written specifically so they can be easily struck down in the courts.  After all, it's not like the government officials who have been there since the 50s get any punishment for pushing through unconstitutional regulations.  If anything, it's the best of both worlds in their eyes: They get press in their newspapers and TV stations, and the free speech of game developers isn't really affected.

It's a bit of a crazy theory, I know, but it's one that makes more and more sense every time one of these laws comes by.

All I know is that the Democrats (and a few very liberal Republicans) are only doing this because they're weak on terror, want to leave Iraq half-done, and are looking desperately to find an issue they can be strong with.

Personally, I'm voting Republican in 06 and 08.  The liberals can go screw.