Burr tries to block FCC disclosure rule

Apparently we don't need to know who's paying for political advertising:

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require television broadcasters to put their public files online would be "burdensome and unnecessary" in a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski earlier this month.

Watching this guy operate is like watching a really bad episode of the Twilight Zone. You know, where somebody in a coma wakes up, and at first, everything seems normal, but then he begins to notice little things that people say and do that are slightly off, and then he turns on the TV and Richard Burr is giving a press conference, and the coma patient slowly comes to the realization the world has changed horribly...okay, I still need to work on this screenplay a little. But it's got promise.