So, the Pentagon and Bushco lied to us, and used others to do it.
Anyone surprised? Anyone at all….
*crickets chirp*
Didn’t think so
Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand - New York Times
So, you are caught red-handed in an illegal activity, how do you get out of it? You get Congress to vote you retroactive immunity! Suddenly what you did that was illegal is no longer…well… illegal. Its a good gig if you can get it.
Now, I know what you are asking: How does one convince congress to do such a thing? i will tell you, since you asked. Give them money.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, at opensecrets.org, you give more than 3.2 million dollars to finance campaigns, and more than 8.8 million and 7.1 million lobbying.
You too could get out of your crimes, if only you had money.
It seems they didn’t learn anything from the telephone spying debacle, now they want your net traffic.
I am only wearing black til they invent a darker color…
It seems the RIAA is suffering a setback:
Andersen’s malicious prosecution lawsuit accuses the RIAA of invasion of privacy, deceptive business practices, libel, slander, and a host of other misdeeds, saying that the RIAA has “engaged in a coordinated enterprise to pursue a scheme of threatening and intimidating litigation in an attempt to maintain its music distribution monopoly.” Her complaint contains some very disturbing allegations, including one that labels attempted to contact her then eight-year-old daughter under false pretenses without Andersen’s permission.
You go girl. Its about time the silliness that is the RIAA lawsuits stopped. They aren’t effective, they aren’t stopping anything, and they are tormenting innocent people. I wonder how many of the people who have “settled” did so not because they were guilty, but because they could not afford the fight?
Hello all,
It sure seems like its been a while since I posted here. Wait, looking at the calendar, it HAS been a while. Hmm.
I really should actually post I suppose….
One of my resolutions for the new year is to write more, and this seems like one place to do that.
Looking forward to seeing all of you again.
In 2000, a law was passed at the urging of big media giants to restrict low power FM stations in local markets, because it would “interfere” with their signal. or at least with their profits. Now a new bill aims to overturn that.
Bipartisan legislation was introduced today in both the House and Senate that would bring hundreds of local, Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations to cities and suburbs across the country.
On a national press call this morning, the Indigo Girls joined religious groups, community radio broadcasters and public interest advocates in support of the “Local Community Radio Act of 2007″ sponsored by Reps. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) and Lee Terry (R-Neb.) in the House, and Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the Senate.
Hey, call your congresscritter and support this bill already.
Broadcast Treaty wounded and dying!
This is good news. It turns out that broadcasters won’t get rights to your podcast just yet.
Many internet radio stations will be going silent tuesday, in protest and to raise awareness of the BS pushed by the Copyright Royalty Board. I really don’t get why the music industry keeps trying to shoot itself in the ass and blame it on us. In this time, when it costs next to nothing for them to gain awareness for music by shoving it out over the net, they seem to want to do everything in their power to make sure no one hears anything.
Of course, this also serves to keep them in the gatekeeper position, which easy distribution and marketing over the net would destroy. Hang on to that failed business model boys.
Internet Radio to Fall Silent in Protest on June 26th
via Slashdot
FBI Finds It Frequently Overstepped in Collecting Data
So… We need the PATRIOT act to keep us all from dying under the boot of terrorist thugs, but we promise, promise we won’t abuse the power in any way, shape or form. You can trust us.
An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignited bipartisan congressional criticism.
oops. Well, I am sure thats a thousand times out of like, all of their requests, right?
The new audit covers just 10 percent of the bureau’s national security investigations since 2002
oops again. damnit.
Oh well, this time they really promise to do better.
Who am I?
Hey man, I am just a normal guy, trying to get along in a world that includes some whacked stuff, ok?
