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Senate Approves Measure to Undo FCC Rules

Posted by michael on from the doesn't-mean-nothin' dept.

fortheloveofjava writes "The Washington Post says here that the Senate voted 55 to 40 today to wipe out all of the Federal Communication Commission's controversial new media rules, employing a little used legislative tool for overturning agency regulations. If you signed the MOVEON.org petition, an image of part of it is visible here with sponsoring senators Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Trent Lott (R-MS)."

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  1. That photo... (OT) by Damek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know this is entirely off-topic, but I've always thought it would be great if our elected representatives and leaders would lose the businessman-suit-and-tie combo and dress like the people they represent. Jeans and a t-shirt would be nice, but heck, even just losing the tie and jacket would be a big improvement. There's no point to it. I would think they'd hate wearing all that heavy crap all the time. It's not like it's a mandated uniform.

    1. Re:That photo... (OT) by BoneFlower · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I think if I get elected to office I'll dress like a candy raver for news conferences.

  2. oh my god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it's tuesday

  3. Re:What worries me most by clifyt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Bush hasn't used his veto much (has he vetoed anything?)"

    Well, considering this is the first time that they didn't goosestep his way to giving corporate power everything and anything they've asked for, he's probably not had to do so.

    Everyone always says a president is only a figurehead. To a certain extent that is true. But when the president is looked at as the head of the political party, commanding a senate and house of represenatives that are fully in the majority of that party, there isn't generally too much to argue for from that president.

    Face it, if the Dems had the same exact power, they would be just as bad...politics only works when enough folks can counteract the other side to only allow that which they both can agree to through.

  4. Verisign by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg13637. html

    Re[2]: What *are* they smoking?

    From: Alex Lambert
    Date: Mon Sep 15 21:07:52 2003

    I called VeriSign the registrar and got a supervisor, Forsyth. I spoke to him briefly about this filthy practice.

    He said that VeriSign GRS deals *only* with registrars; customer support at NetSOL (great abbreviation) can't even get in contact with them. It doesn't seem like they have much communications or unification between the GRS (which handles the TLDs), the registrar (which does actual registrations), and their security arm.

    He relayed me to the corporate office, and gave me this contact information:

    487 East Middlefield Road
    Mountain View, CA 94043

    1 (650)-961-7500

    Good luck! :)