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Microsoft Lawyer To Lead ABA's Antitrust Section
Dan writes "Wired is reporting that a top lawyer from Microsoft will take over later this year as chairman of the American Bar Association's antitrust section. The panel is organizing opposition to a congressional plan that would require more aggressive oversight by the courts of such antitrust settlements. Considering the next major ruling in MS's case is due soon, you can figure out how important this is to MS."
Yes, he is too liberal. He caved in to Ted Kennedy and did not insist on vouchers (which are an effective way of improving and expanding public education). He also wants to pass an immigrant amnesty bill which would reward criminal trespassers for their crimes.
The Democrats reduced his tax cuts to the point where they have not been that effective in improving the economy. Bush was too liberal in that he refused to veto these greedy budgets with their overhigh taxes.
Oh dear...
How is this troll? Especially as the child of this--"Die you fucking scumbag"--isn't (yet)? I agree very little with the above post, but it isn't a troll. Off topic, probably. Flamebait, *maybe*. Troll, no.
In all fairness, all to many people believe in an unworkable system called copyrights that suggests that people have some kind of moral right to restrict what other people copy. Then Microsoft abuses this system to become corrupt and powerfull. Then all of a sudden these same people get in a huff that Microsoft is unjust and monopolistic. Well WTF, why don't we just admit that copyrights are garbage and try to rid ourselves of them, and stop spewing out old worn and unproven propaganda on faith that copyrights actually help creative people more than they harm them.
This portrays in a nutshell what is wrong with the Corporate States of America. The foxes are always put in charge of guarding the henhouses.
The Founding Fathers would be appalled at the state of the Union today.