Granted, much of the above is obvious, but to see it all laid out so clearly really is stunning. Anyone who thinks we shouldn’t get out of Iraq as quickly (and responsibly) as humanly possible needs to have their head examined.
Category Archives: Politics
FCC wants to remake mistake
FCC chief favors waivers for Tribune – USATODAY.com
Sometimes I have to wonder if FCC chief Kevin Martin truly understands the purpose of his organization. The FCC already made the questionable decision to waive the rules prohibiting Tribune Co. (or any one entity) from controlling multiple media outlets in a single market. The waiver was to expire within 2 years or the sale of the company. Now a new investor wants to buy out Tribune, but doesn’t want to have to deal with the restrictions and Martin doesn’t seem to mind. The whole point of the restriction is to encourage competition and prevent one group from controlling information in a particular area. The idea is that the more points of view the public has available, the better informed they’ll be. On the one hand you could rationalize the decision in that you’d essentially just be extending the waiver to the new owner. However, the expiration clause was put there for a reason. A saying comes to mind: “two wrongs don’t make a right.”
Rasch: E-mail privacy to disappear?
E-mail privacy to disappear?
Mark Rasch, a Security Focus columnist and former head of the Justice Department’s computer crime unit is worried that the government is dead set on abolishing any right to privacy in electronic media. If he’s right, (and it looks like he is) this is pretty scary stuff.