Blackened
Your Freedom Fries Are Stale
join:2003-09-29
1 edit | Congress doing it's job
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Last month, the ranking members of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, Edward Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX), sent a letter to Charter CEO Neil Smit asking him to suspend his company's NebuAD trials until the systems could be investigated.
You mean negotiating a price to buying a law in their (Charter et al + NebuAD's) favor.  |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Something like that.
I wonder how much of a contribution their causes will receive.
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Mike
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join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:   | reply to Blackened
Congress is doing the best it can to fix this situation.
...of course that method is to remove wiretap and privacy restrictions. |
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swhx7
Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| said by Mike  :Congress is doing the best it can to fix this situation. ...of course that method is to remove wiretap and privacy restrictions.
Does it occur to anyone else that maybe these things are connected?
The philosophy of the right-wing party calls for privatizing whenever possible; and the executive branch now is pushing for comprehensive surveillance of citizens' communications. And about this time, private companies come along that propose to intercept and data-mine internet users' traffic. It would be easy enough for the companies to run filters for the feds as well as their own. Then they could make bigger profits and save the government some trouble. |
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NormanS
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join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by swhx7 :The philosophy of the right-wing party... The the power of the Congress is currently held by the left-wing party.
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Norman
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Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs: | Calling the democrats left wing is like calling the San Jose Sharks cup contenders. |
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Anomaly95
join:2005-12-11
Phoenix, AZ | Does it matter? Both parties are crooked. |
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swhx7
Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
·RoadRunner Cable
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said by NormanS :The the power of the Congress is currently held by the left-wing party.
There is no left-wing party with any Congresspeople at all, or any significant number of elected officials anywhere in the USA. The Democrats are right-wing and the Republicans are fascist, by the standards of most of the rest of the developed countries.
I was referring to the philosophy of the Bushies, as they are behind the surveillance thing. Besides, the Dems are not exactly an opposing force, more like a compliant doormat. |
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jarthur31
join:2006-04-14
Carlsbad, NM
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It's funny but Congress is controlled by Demos so you gotta wonder why nothing has been done to stop the wiretapping and they are also whoring themselves out to the corporations. Nothing will change if Obama becomes Prez.
The only politician you can trust is a dead one. |
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Blackened
Your Freedom Fries Are Stale
join:2003-09-29
1 edit | reply to Mike
Being a Wings fan, I have to laugh. Not outside though, of course.
Edit: Ah crap, just noticed you're from Pittsburgh.  |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
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said by swhx7 :There is no left-wing party with any Congresspeople at all, or any significant number of elected officials anywhere in the USA. I have no idea why you think that. The two Democratic Senators from California are so far left they make the typical Communist look like a right-winger.
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~Oh Lord, why have you come
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