Lamar Smith Says 'Just Joking...' About Tomorrow; SOPA Markup Postponed
from the and-there-it-goes dept
Well, look at that. There's been a lot of back and forth over the past few days concerning whether or not Lamar Smith was serious about holding the continuation of the SOPA markup tomorrow morning. Many people believed he was bluffing just to piss off the anti-SOPA folks... and it appears that his bluff has been called. Smith has just announced that the continuation of the markup has been "postponed due to House schedule." In other words, see everyone next year on this... Either way, just saying that the markup was going to continue tomorrow was a pretty cheap political trick designed to piss off lots of people... and to avoid Smith's own promise that he'd actually take time to hear from technology experts on the subject of online security. Update: And just to continue the joke, we're now hearing rumors that they might try to schedule it... for next week. I can't believe that Smith would be so politically crass, but it's not out of the realm of possibility, if Congress actually is in session next week to argue about other stuff that actually matters. Update 2: And now a Smith staffer says nothing scheduled for the rest of the year...Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Lies
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Damn, neat super power, all I got from driving behind a toxic waste truck was a rash and the ability to mind control slugs.
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It died with Reagan. :(
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Lamar's Twitter Profile
I represent the 21st District of TX in Congress & protect the Constitution as the top Republican on the Judiciary Com.
I think it is pretty hypocritical of Lamar to claim that he wants to protect the Constitution at the same time he is championing one of the worst censorship legislation ever seen.
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And with a link!
+1000 internets to you AC!
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Here's an entire documentary on the subject
:)
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--Burke
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I wonder if all of these fits and false starts are to get the opposition tired of emailing and calling. I called once. Twice. How many more times will I need to do it? Then the second it falls off... wham.
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Response to: MAJikMARCer on Dec 20th, 2011 @ 12:17pm
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You know the coolest thing about all this?
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The worst kind of person.
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With the risk of being visited by men in black...
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honestly this guy has ###hole written in his DNA.
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Dems are Two Faced
Where was the uproar when Speaker Pelosi was pissing on our backs and telling us it was raining, you Two faced bastards?
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