The Federal Reserve Act was passed in a similar manner--to cater to private interests while similarly completely ignoring wiser council and completely bypassing feedback from the public.
In our court system, one could easily convict a ham sandwich of anything. Provided the ham sandwich in question doesn't show up and doesn't have an attorney...
Maybe we could get a federal law passed that makes it illegal for Senate & Congress to consider or pass laws about things that affect less than 1% of the population of the United States.
This would immediately cut down the amount of useless legislation which is bandied about...
So, by "Heaven" he obviously means in the cloud/internet where their digital perfection lay untarnished and nothing is stolen because perfect copies can be made at a marginal cost of nigh zero!
Hey, how about that!! The Bible has been trying to tell the MAFIAA how wrong they are the whole time; it all makes sense!
And those documents will continue to be exempt for the foreseeable future, until something replaces Carrier IQ--and then you may see them 60 years after that point.
Actually, it's illegal to walk/bicycle along a hiway--and most of the time there aren't enough non-hiway roads to get from one major destination to another...
I know this because I was looking at spending my vacation bicycling from Tempe, Az to Ventura, CA; which it turns out isn't possible on backroads.
It's important for the gov to distract the populace with tales of woes and injustice abroad and unknown enemies everywhere--otherwise people might start looking around and demanding the gov clean up the mess here at home.
On the post: Invincible Killer Scorpions And Other DRM Hijinks
Re: Ambi
Are you asking if the scorpions kill virgins, or if the scorpions have never had sex?
On the post: Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works
Re: Or
Competitive think tanks (et al) would be awesome!
On the post: How SOPA 2.0 Sneaks In A Really Dangerous Private Ability To Kill Any Website
Other "Acts"
On the post: Local Bookstores Call For Boycott Of Amazon For Advertising Their Prices
Re: Re: Why don't restaurants allow you to bring your own food and eat at their tables?
Store Owners: I won't treat no walking dollar sign like a person! That's just crazy!!
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On the post: If You Dislike SOPA, You'll Dislike This Case Too
Pork Felon
On the post: Journalists And Key Engineers Who Built The Internet: Completely Opposed To SOPA
Re: Re: Op(sic) Ed
On the post: Journalists And Key Engineers Who Built The Internet: Completely Opposed To SOPA
Too technical
On the post: Lessig On The Daily Show: The Corruption And Extortion Of Congress
Another thought
This would immediately cut down the amount of useless legislation which is bandied about...
On the post: Call Congress Today And Let Them Know (Again) That You Are Against SOPA
Re: Re:-P
On the post: Chris Dodd Resorting To Outright Lying In A Desperate Attempt To Get SOPA Passed
D man's advocate...
It could be somebody convincingly told him this lie, and now he repeats it with complete conviction because he is unaware of the truth.
On the post: Louis CK: Connecting With Fans & Giving Them A Reason To Buy By Being Polite, Awesome & Human
Re: Old advice
Hey, how about that!! The Bible has been trying to tell the MAFIAA how wrong they are the whole time; it all makes sense!
On the post: Oh Look, I've Done 40,000 Techdirt Blog Posts
Re: Huh
On the post: Oh Look, I've Done 40,000 Techdirt Blog Posts
Thank you!
On the post: FBI Admits That It Uses Carrier IQ For Law Enforcement Purposes; Won't Say How
Foreseeable Future
Bureaucratic corruption at its finest!
On the post: Senator Briefly Brings Fake Driver's License App To The Public Eye Before Having It 'Taken 'Round Back And Shot'
Re: Re: Re: Insider
On the post: TSA Continues To Embarass The Elderly With Unnecessarily Degrading Search Procedures
Re: Re: Existential...
Do you any evidence they actually exist?
Or do you only know what you've been spoon-fed Fox News and CNN?
On the post: TSA Continues To Embarass The Elderly With Unnecessarily Degrading Search Procedures
Re: Re: Management vs Employees
I know this because I was looking at spending my vacation bicycling from Tempe, Az to Ventura, CA; which it turns out isn't possible on backroads.
On the post: MPAA Boss Chris Dodd Then & Now Concerning Google Censorship In China
Re: eejits!?
On the post: 96% of Congressmen Agree: Bad Legislation Is Easier To Craft In Secret
Re: Freedom
On the post: Just As US Gov't Was Giving Back The Blog It Illegally Censored For Over A Year, Hillary Clinton Speaks Out Against Internet Censorship
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