All active bloggers here should put our thoughts down on paper for the Secretatry of the Senate's review of internet policies, so that a precise policy can be formed and made clear to staff.  From a practical perspective, I don't think IP blocking as was done here is even effective, let alone appropriate.  Anyone can use an anonymous redirecter and circumvent the IP block, and I think the behavior itself (using state resources for private political activity) should be specifically banned and punished on a case-by-case basis, and since it will be harder to catch that way the punishments should be serious.  Reading a site too is different from commenting on a site or posting to it.  

I think the liberal sites should also be asked to give input into this policy area.  Let's ask them how they think we should protect the competing values of keeping taxpayer-funding politically neutral and protecting speech.