Robert Johnston wrote: >I just got off the phone with Bruce Starr. It looks like there is little chance >in getting this through the house since the speaker is dead set against it. >Neither of us can get a straight answer as to why from with the Speaker's office >or the Majority office. > It is plainly obvious why various politicians are against this bill: monied lobyists paid them to be against it. Read the testimony that happened when the bill went to a public hearing, and you see software industry players arguing against it, and various community-oriented and technical people arguing for it. Welcome to New American Democracy: one dollar, one vote. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/ Chief Scientist, Immunix http://immunix.com http://www.immunix.com/shop/
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