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IP: Stupid Senate Tricks
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:49:16 -0500
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:04:55 -0500 From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> [With all the attention paid to Al Gore's attempts to dodge the truth about who created the Internet, it seems time to revisit what other politicos have said. Many, believe it or not, are even more clueless. If you have your own stories, please forward! --Declan] http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,12500,00.html Stupid Senate Tricks By Declan McCullagh September 5, 1997 What do you get when you mix discussions of high technology and the Internet with the weak minds of the aging techno-half-wits in the U.S. Congress? Answer: a screwball dialogue that veers haphazardly between the idiotic and inane. From the infamous father of the Communications Decency Act to the California senator who confuses computer mice with real rodents, Washington lawmakers rarely have a clue about the technology they try to regulate. Now that Congress is back in session, the lawmakers will once again be muddling through press conferences and briefings with the help of hovering aides. But sometimes they try to make a go of it on their own -- and then the results aren't pretty. The "doesn't quite get it" award goes to former Sen. James Exon (D-Neb.), who retired last year after shepherding the CDA through Congress. [...remainder snipped...]
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