dug 
What is it with everyone these days, first KPMG hassles Chris for linking to them and now NPR (no, that’s the NRA - the NPR is the well-meaning public braodcasting lot) are demanding that people complete a form to request the permission to link to them. How can we have a hypertext-based medium without the hypertext?
We are rapidly heading towards a two-tier internet. Luckily, the one with the all the money is generally less interesting (except when they’re being outrageous). This sort of thing brings out the student lurking inside ;-)