I resign effective immediately.

Or rather, I would if this was remotely constitutional.

The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.

Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.

If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.

Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying.

Supposedly it’s illegal under federal preemption too, which is another reason why Tim Couch, the guy who sponsored it, says he won’t push it. Exit question one: This is a transparent ploy by Couch to get a shot on the O’Reilly Factor, right? Exit question two: Legal issues aside, how much would a rule like this improve the quality of blog comments? 200-300%, maybe? Exit question three: How many of you would refuse to comment anymore if it went into effect? Be honest.