I participated in more than my share of democracy today. I was up at 5:30am so I could drive to my first poll this morning and be there at 6am. It was pretty much go-time solid from that point until I got home at 10pm tonight. I have all sorts of wonderful [...]
I don’t usually care much for campus politics. It’s usually an even worse example than national elections of “pick who you’d least like in office”. Not to mention for the most part that campaign platforms are trivial, banal, and the entire reputation Student Government has of being Greek led turned me off when [...]
If one of these senators is yours (mine is among them), please call them up and explain to them how badly you DO NOT WANT the broadcast flag. The broadcast flag is a crappy idea that, if passed, shows how much power the entire citizenry (nearly none of whom would want this) has against [...]
No cheating, do this all on your own:
In a conflict of law, which of the following wins out:
Federal Legislation
Bill of Rights
Take your time.
I was reading a bit about this set of laws the **AA’s (RIAA, MPAA) are trying to push through during the lame-duck congress earlier, but forgot to do anything. Thanks Slashdot, for the reminder.
Per the Public Knowledge website, here’s my edited version of the letter I had faxed to my current representative: