Re: [MLUG] Oh, look, Hulshof voted against net neutrality

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Phillip Kelchen wrote:

> On Saturday 10 June 2006 01:26, Mike Miller wrote:
> > Why was a Republican 46 times as likely to vote 'no' as was a Democrat?
> >
> > Mike
>
> Because the midterm elections are upcoming and *everything* becomes partisan.

Something changed recently?  It has been like this for at least the last 
four years.


> That and the Democrats are likely upset that the telcos and cable co's. 
> paid the Republicans more.

I doubt that was it.


> Neither party is really all that great when it comes to tech issues as 
> mother of all crap bills, the DMCA, was passed on Clinton's watch. So 
> was Carnvore. Since both parties tend to be rotten on these issues, I 
> think that we just need to have a "cleaning of the house" and vote the 
> bums out.

The bums are dead.  Long live the bums.


> Even if the new ones aren't that much better than the old ones, there 
> will be enough disruption that not much will be passed, and that will be 
> a good thing as far as we're concerned.

Gridlock can be good.

Mike

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