Category: Politics
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More Wright is wrong
Southwest brings Maryland One to Love field.
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The Wright Amendment
Just a quick political rant. I’m not sure if you are aware but there is a Federal law called the Wright amendment(see Shelby act as well) that prevents Love Field in Dallas from having flights to any states that do not touch TX. In theory this helps the economy, in reality it makes us pay…
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If you can’t fix your problems … blame television
Seems that Tom Delay is attempting to get his own show “Law & Order : Wag the Dog” : Take a look at this CNN article.
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Broadcast flag struck down
Link from Cnet
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Egads …
Just took this quiz, (un)fortunately seems to hit pretty close to the mark. I am: 54% Republican. “Congratulations, you’re a swing voter. When they say ‘Nascar Dad’, they mean you. Every Republican ad on the TV set was made just for your viewing pleasure. Don’t you feel special?” Are You A Republican?
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Living in a DRM land …
Well my computer hard disk died and among other things that I didn’t have backups for was my mp3 music collection. Luckily my music was on my iPod so I thought cool … I won’t have to re-feed my CDs to my computer. After installing XP and iTunes I learned the truth, there is no…
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Waving the Flag
As I’m sure you are aware the FCC is mandating that all new TV receivers process a Broadcast flag starting on July 1, 2005 (just 3 days before Independence day). Why should you care? The broadcast flag, as a side-effect, limits what you can or can’t record, or if interpreted “nicely” will let you record…
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IPPA stripped of bad mojo
According to this article, the Senate seems to have heard the people. Unless I’m reading things incorrectly its now : – *more* illegal to film movies in theatres – *more* ok to skip through parts of films – *more* difficult for promoters to take advantage of professional boxers
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IPPA still trekking …
Nothing much really new to say on the subject of HR2391. Here’s another article on the matter. A good quote from John McCain in the article: “Do we really expect to throw people in jail in 2004 for behavior they’ve been engaged in for more than a quarter century?” Did I mention I really like…
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It slices, it dices, it puts you in jail for skipping a commercial
The lame ducks appear to be quacking up a storm : Wired has an article on the Intellectual Property Protection Act (HR2391), a bill collection, which the lame duck session in the Senate is trying to pass. The bill does such things as get rid of “fair use”, define a fine and/or 3 years imprisonment…