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$20 Million on Lobbying Defeats CA Privacy Bill

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the democracy-in-action dept.

sphughes writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that banks, insurance companies and other corporations spent more than $20 million in campaign contributions and lobbying expenses to defeat a recent consumer privacy bill SB773. The story can be found here. These are preliminary figures through July and may actually run much higher. The bill had been modified from opt-in to opt-out but was still killed."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      What a fantastic FP that was, too.

      Succinct, brief and to the point. Perfectly spelled, and accurate. Slashdot editors, are you watching ?

      I'd just like to take the opportunity to thank you, Anonymous Coward for an excellent First Post, and I'd like to give props to the *BSD is dying crowd too.

      Red ink flows like a river of blood.... You know the rest.

  2. But.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can they stop the first post?

    1. Re:But.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Can they stop the first post?

      You can try to resist
      Try to hide from frost pist
      but you know, but you know
      you can't fight the moonlight

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  4. Re:land....of.....the......free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cue? I'd rather fuck the American Idol porker.

  5. Re:do you ever wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's nothing more lame than replying to your own posts for the purpose you described. For example, I made the First Post in this story but I didn't make the reply post that lauded my accomplishment.

    I usually post flamebaits or sick, off-topic comments and occasionally I post an authentic troll. But you must realize that the Slashdot moderation system has changed the meaning of the word "troll". Thus a troll has a new definition that encompasses disturbing, racist, homophobic, or laughable comments in addition to the usual stuff such as *BSD is dying or comments about how Linux is communist. I won't disagree with you on your other points.

  6. ironic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that a post about bad moderation gets moderated incorrectly. that was an OFFTOPIC post... have another hit from the slashdot crackpipe.

  7. USE <DIV> + TEXT TAG + </DIV> by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic