US Gov't Representatives - Who's Who?

melankolik asks: "With all the issues emerging these days related to DRM, 'piracy', anti-trust, civil rights, big business, et al, and with tech-illiterate politicians passing laws of dubious intent or results, it can be hard to tell who the Good Guys and the Bad Guys are in our government (more realistically, who supports the Good and Bad legislation). What information can any of you politically savvy Slashdot readers offer to someone taking an interest in the political machine regarding the past and present legislation, stances, and agendas of our friendly neighborhood Senators, Governors, and other representatives?" As complex as politics are, there may not be "good guys" and "bad guys", and instead those who support your politics on some issues, and not on others. Even so, it would be interesting to know how the representatives vote on specific issues, especially those that deal with computers and online rights. Has anyone been compiling this information?

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Re:Just had this idea...

[Twirlip of the Mists]

Some things are not worth compromising on.

Bullshit. Worst of all, it's arrogant bullshit.

Go crack a history book sometime. The strength of this nation is that it was founded on compromise. Compromise is the only path to a just government. Without compromise, we're faced with the prospect of suffering under the tyranny of the majority.

And as for your objections to the 10-round limit, let me say this: I do not give two shits. I do not base this opinion on time spent on a rifle range; I have an entirely different and more personal level of experience with the capacity of a weapon's magazine. And I can say with a clear conscience that I honestly could not give a damn about your personal convenience. The fact that you have to stop to reload twice as often while squeezing off practice rounds doesn't matter one bit to me, because the greater good is self-evident.

And don't give me that "it's my constitutional right" bullshit, either. Only the most naive person believes that rights are absolute. If you want to invoke the 2nd amendment, do it in the correct context: a well-armed citizenry is the ultima ratio regum. If you're worried, seriously worried, about the possibility of being pressed into armed revolt against a tyrannical government, then might I humbly suggest that you do something about it, rather than whining about entirely appropriate legal limits on firearm magazine capacities.