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Parliamentarians need to recognize that copyright touches everyone and every technology in the digital age. It is no longer a question of inter-business regulation and deals. Getting copyright wrong has the potential to mess up our freedom of speech, prevent us from getting the benefits of new technologies, and damage society in other very profound ways.
It is therefore deeply inappropriate for such fundamental proposals to have been introduced by both the government or the opposition parties at the behest of one side of the debate. That applies just as much to disconnection, which Mandelson introduced in the summer at the last minute under pressure again from the BPI and other rights holders.
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Obama Campaign Sues to Restrict Military Voting : Freedom Outpost - 0 views
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THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE DEMOICRATS HAVE TRIED TO THROW OUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MILITARY VOTES. THIS IS LIBERAL SOP! HOW DARE THEY TALK ABOUT DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF VOTERS DUE TO VOTER ID AND THEN THROW OUT THE VOTES OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN! THE ARMED FORCES TYPICALLY VOTE 90% REPUBLICAN,
Octavia Nasr's firing and what the liberal media allows - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com - 0 views
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The summary firing of a 20-year employee over a blasphemous tweet gives the lie to media "objectivity"
Sensible liberalism in the age of Obama - This Modern World - Salon.com - 0 views
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Let "Chuckles" the sensible woodchuck be your guide!
Leaked documents: UK record industry wrote web-censorship amendment - Boing Boing - 0 views
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Last week, the UK LibDem party was thrown into scandal when two of its Lords proposed an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill that would allow for national web-censorship, particularly aimed at "web-lockers" like Google Docs and YouSendIt. Now a leaked document from the British Phonographic Institute suggests that the amendment was basically written by the record industry lobby and entered into law on their behalf by representatives of the "party of liberty." This weekend, LibDem members who attend the national convention in Birmingham will have the chance to vote on an emergency measure affirming the party's commitment to an open and just Internet, repudiating this disastrous measure. If you (or someone you know) is attending the convention, please support the "Save the Net" emergency measure and help rehabilitate the party's reputation on fundamental freedoms in the information society.
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Proving once again that special interests can "buy" the "support" of politicians of any stripe! And they can do so regardless of the "best interests" of the "majority of the people", who those politicians are supposedly morally (by honor) and legally (by oath) bound to represent!
New Omnibus Sneak Attack - 1 views
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That's right! Dirty Harry and his spendariffic crowd are back again with another bill to spend money where it is, in many cases not needed. But you won't know because the bill is too damn large to read..... again.
CentreRight: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? | Apr 15 2009 - 0 views
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Not wearing a bulky jacket, didn't vault the ticket barrier, didn't resist arrest, wasn't alerted by the shout of 'Armed police' which wasn't ever issued, in fact.
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Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall. Held down and beaten in a street in Wigan, he was then charged and convicted of assaulting the police, a conviction only over-turned on production of the video evidence
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The police, particularly in London, appear to have forgotten that they police only with our consent. They are not the armed wing of the state.
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Conservative blogger asks if there is a culture of violence in the Met.
Limbaugh and liberals clash on L.A. terrorist attack - 0 views
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Limbaugh stretches truth on nuclear attack on L.A. towers, Stephanie Miller on Air America refutes him this morning.
Why Neo-Conservative Pundits Love Jon Stewart -- Daily Intel 2009 -- New York News Blog... - 0 views
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Since the beginning of the Obama administration, Stewart has interviewed more conservative pundits than liberal ones. (Remember when fans fretted he'd have trouble finding ways to be funny under the new president?) It may be because it's simply easier to tangle with an ideological adversary than to needle a compatriot. A clash of ideas is always more entertaining than an echo chamber.
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It is a very strange world when comedy and satire have become a respected medium for debate.
Health care legislation back behind closed doors - Yahoo! News - 1 views
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Both bills were written by Democrats, but that's not going to make it easier for Reid. They share a common goal, which is to provide all Americans with access to affordable health insurance, but they differ on how to accomplish it. The Finance Committee bill that was approved Tuesday has no government-sponsored insurance plan and no requirement on employers that they must offer coverage. It relies instead on a requirement that all Americans obtain insurance. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee bill, passed earlier by a panel in which liberals predominate, calls for both a government plan to compete with private insurers and a mandate that employers help cover their workers. Those are only two of dozens of differences.
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I like the "Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions" Committee bill better! I don't see how we can do without competition
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The Culmination of Liberal Incrementalism - 0 views
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The opening words of H.R. 3200, Mr. Obama s solution to the manufactured health care quot;crisis quot; in the United States reads: quot;A Bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. quot; I haven t yet heard comment by the president or by the leaders of C
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