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links for 2008-04-11

• Et Tu, YouTube? Lawmakers to Get Their Very Own Sites for Videos - washingtonpost.com

  Freshman Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R) is a stickler for rules, a plus of sorts when you are one of six lawmakers serving on that quaintest of House entities, the 18th-century-vintage Franking Commission.

  (tags: youtube congress)

• Ben Stein to Attend Conservative Bloggers Briefing - David All, TechRepublican.com

  I just received confirmation from Robert Bluey of the Heritage Foundation that Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian Ben Stein will speak at the Heritage Foundation’s Conservative Bloggers’ Briefing on Tuesday, April 15, at noon.

  (tags: heritage_foundation blogging)

• Tax bandits will have plenty to celebrate this April 15 - Tim Carney, Washington Examiner

  You may celebrate Tax Day next week because you will finally be finished (you hope) with your tax returns.

  (tags: taxes)

• Meet the Web’s 10 most hated people - Neel Shah, Radar Online

  The Internet may provide endless hours of productivity-killing diversion and free-ish pornography, but that’s not all it offers. The Web also gives us a cloak of anonymity, allowing every man, woman, and child to expel anonymous bile on strangers.

  (tags: internet markos_moulitsas web)

• Hensarling on Protecting Bloggers - Joe Mansour, TechRepublican.com

  This morning staunch House conservative and Republican Study Committee Chairman, Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) spoke at the American Spectator’s Newsmaker Breakfast hosted by ATR.

  (tags: blogging congress media)

• Most and Least Desired Vice President for McCain - John Hawkins, Right Wing News

  Right Wing News emailed more than 230 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a ranked list of 1-5 people they’d most like to see as John McCain’s Vice-President and the 1-5 people they’d least like to see as John McCain’s Vice-President.

  (tags: mccain 2008)