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- Jovan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37The public doesn't like it when AT&T gets involved in lawmaking either.
- justinmorris, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21I'm sure they have our interests in mind!
/sarcasm - bieber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Well, it may not be _by_ the people, but of course we all know it'll be totally _for_ the people...
- NoMoreNicksLeft, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Yeh, too bad that the US is a nation of AT&T, and not its own citizens, eh?
- rasterbator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Maybe a politician who doesn't like the public involved in his business. Cough Patrick Kennedy Cough
- unitedstatians, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10AT&T here comes the Juggarnaut the people your afraid of, your customers
uuummmmmmmmmmm....................
*RING* *RING* *RING* CALLING EFF *RING* *RING* *RING* - MacGeekGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Big business + Law = Rarely good for the little people.
- PopcornDave, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Wow. A CEO who doesn't like the public involved in his business. What will be discovered next? ;)
- Anth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Huh? Lobbiest write 99% of the bills out there today, how is this any different? You lost your voice a few years ago.
- zubi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5time to pop some bob marley in the cd player and read up on che guevara
- digitaldivider, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5does this suprise anyone at this point? I mean, really. AT&T and CO. have been screwing us up the ass for a while now. Wire Tapping, FTTC (heh, yeah right), the list goes on. At this point, this is nothing new.
- harmlessinc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Well - as much as this annoys me it's standard practice.
The House and the Senate pass different bills on the same topic all the time, they then meet in committee to hammer out details that they both (House and Senate) can agree on. That compromise bill is then sent on to the President to sign or veto. - carpespasm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6if the people don't like it, they can buy their own lawmakers
- KUKBAHLAM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Sick. This guy, at last filing, owned some AT&T stock. No conflict of interest here!
http://opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.asp?CID=N00004133 - norm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4People will try to get away with what they can get away with. This has always been the case.
But I think as a country that has often criticized others for the lack of transparency in government, this government should hold itself to higher standard. Sadly I for one do not believe that many of the US government officials actually spends much time using those same "measuring sticks" on themselves.
In this day and age with all the technology available, it is not at all difficult to make all aspects of a (non-classified) decision making process available for everyone who has a computer and Internet connection to see.
I think the higher standard in this case should be; complete video record (maybe even live streaming) of a policy making process should be made available to anyone who is going to be directly or indirectly effected. - Rmplstltskn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Why don't you follow the issue instead of making ***** up?
- skellener, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Haven't had anything to do with AT&T for years. I'm gonna have to sign up for VOIP for local service now that AT&T took over my local lines! Crap!
- URSalvation, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If we could use the people as the majority vote on all the issues currently being voted on it would change it for the better.
If every voting American were the new majority vote, The lobbyist could not buy us all. And we would actually vote to improve lives of Americans versus just trying to pad our own pockets.
Right now our votes are being done by our representatives, even in an election, your vote really does not mean squat. And if it does then sometimes the votes end up lost anyway.
With everyone as an independent voice for what could be right or better, how can you say that it could not solve the problem? If we could have voted to send less troops over seas after Katrina we could have used the force to rebuild New Orleans a lot sooner then it is now, a year later and still not much done.
I think if there was an easier way to register and vote more people would do it. I agree it needs to be about what is being voted on, but how would you get more Americans voting on the issues that count?
I say tell them, their voice does matter.
As the new majority they could see how their individual vote actually counts towards more then .0001% of one state out of fifty.
How do you think you opinion stacks up against any company who can bribe the lawmakers with a 10X salary bonus, that can go straight into someones pocket?
For the people by the people.
It is what we were built on, until the cornerstones were put up for sale to the highest bidders.
By ignoring the faulty system we are just telling them to continue conducting business as usual. And why would they ever choose to stop receiving the additional income they have become accustomed to? - marmaduke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If by powerful you mean influencing the ignorant masses, then woop dee ***** do. They don't do anything anyway.
- zoid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4well if he didn't want the public to be involved in his business then he should have done 3 things different:
1. Do not drive under the influence and wreck your vehicle while going to a 3:00am congress session.
2. Do not run for public office.
3. Do not grow up a Kennedy. - jasqwerty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Direct democracy doesn't work
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2AT&T selling the us out? I can't believe it. Next thing we'll hear is a AT&T sales guy telling us we can get the Internet for only 10 cents a minute.
- bloodroot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2He's got SBC, Comcast and Verizon in his portfolio as well
- alistairf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2ding ding. Right on. Transparency is something we're sorely missing. Assuming the government doesn't unnecessarily classify day-to-day business, there is no reason that almost all government business shouldn't be automatically a public record (posted to web). Only protections should be for classified info, privacy act (& FOUO) and proprietary info.
The minutes of every congressional meeting (with above exceptions) should be posted weekly. Everyone congressmen meet with should be a matter of record.
We really need to take the high moral ground on this. Unnecessary secrets only breed conspiracy theories and corruption. - Paktu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The summary and the article aren't very specific. Is the "telecom law" being referred to the same as the pending legislation to end net neutrality, or is something else (wiretapping, regulation, etc.)?
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2nice source
- alistairf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2problem is, we don't have time to follow ALL the issues. Plus we'd all need to study legalese.
it would be nice if everyone was read up on the issues and could make their own, informed, decisions, as opposed to the crap we're spoon fed on TV and talk radio. But that would be expecting too much of us all. - cybertron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Believe it or not, true democracy is almost equal to chaos. However, things do need to change greatly. I am shocked and saddened by the fact that this post has so few diggs.... i hope people realize this affects EVERYONE.
- URSalvation, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4E-Bank = E-Vote
If the internet is secure enough to handle money then it can work for votes as well.
Once the E-Voting is initiated, E-Vote everyone out. Make the E-Voters the new majority for every issue.
Truly for the people, by the people.
Lets see the big lobbyists buy us all!
Lets forget about the paper and the chad. We should stop scratching the old political wound and get rid of the rat that is chewing on our wallets.
I think they should have govt issued web cams so we can track politicians like they are trying to do to us. Perhaps then the world could see why their buddies are so rich, and how all of them keep getting even richer.
Think about it, first we would vote to use English instead of the legal-ease that currently hides all the bad stuff by being too confusing for any human to decode while reading.
Next we could decide to use a small percentage of our enormous military budget to provide systems that are used to help people rather then kill them.
We could also decide to make the prices of energy resources controlled by the government. If America as a whole were to set a price, countries would have to deal much like Walmart does for its goods. If countries were afraid of loosing their oil market they would balance their own prices. No country wants to lose our dollars.
We gave them their job and this is the thanks we get.
They have corrupted the system beyond repair.
Don't fix something unless it is broken.....
Well? Can it really get anymore broken? - MrColdheart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would comment on the article BUT there's so much legal gargon and weasle words I have no ideal who's saying what.
I could assume I know the stance of the article but I refuse to let something I cant understand sway me into thinking it shares my views.
Is there anyone else that feels the same way?
Is there anyone who can translate the legalese in plain english for us? - SirCharge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The ignorant masses are the most powerful voting bloc.
Course, they listen to CNN and Fox. ***** sells. - skellener, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2E-vote won't solve the problems. It doesn't matter how you cast your vote (paper, electronic) what matters is what you vote on!
- skellener, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2 ...
- jasqwerty, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3???
Did I used to be able to just mail my own bills to Congress, and they would floor vote on it? - JupiterLander, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1I am a little tired of lobbyists it really is just legal bribery. if this isn't in the best interest of the public and this makes it to the president hopefully he will veto it. I know I know I am being naive. BTW has the president vetoed anything this past six years?
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4This is just the liberal hype machine attempting to make normal law making practices sound dirty, like when they play up campaign contributions (political free speech protected by the Constitution) as illegal bribes. Remove your tin foil hats and get back to watching the fair, powerful, and balanced Fox News. Yes, "powerful" is in there, so you'd better do it.
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