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Google Goes to Washington

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the red-white-and-click-through dept.

DIY News writes "Google has hired a lobbyist in Washington D.C. to influence the nation's laws governing the Internet, telecommunications and copyrights. Google sees a presence in Washington as a necessity as government becomes more involved in the Net's development. Among its efforts, the government has worked to shield private U.S. companies from demands by the United Nations and other countries for multilateral control of the Net."

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  1. coming soon! by isecore · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google.gov coming to a website near you!

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  2. And in other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google googles google. Google is not just a search engine. Google features many excellent services such as Google Mail, Google Froogol, Google Maps, Google Woogle, Google Choogle and Google McNoogle. Google is implementing a new alternative to Paypal. Google is building their own internet to replace the existing one. Google is releasing a new office suite. Google is releasing their own brand of Linux. Googley woogley woo!

    1. Re:And in other news... by noneme · · Score: 2, Funny

      I didn't know Steve Ballmer anonymously posted to /.

    2. Re:And in other news... by h4rm0ny · · Score: 2, Funny


      Googley woogley woo!

      That's a great description of /.'s content recently. I LOVE it. If I wasn't so pretentious, that would so become my sig.

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  3. I'm confused...... by ZiakII · · Score: 5, Funny

    So this week is google good or evil.... I can never keep up.....

    1. Re:I'm confused...... by FhnuZoag · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, but not evil compared to what?

      We need an unified evilness index, with weekly rankings. Then we can convert between evils: e.g.

      1 Microsoft = 10000 Googles
      1 Dubya = 1.5 Microsoft

      etc

    2. Re:I'm confused...... by mnmn · · Score: 2, Funny

      I tried "1 microsoft in googles" in google to see if they will convert. Seems like their calculator isnt up to snuff.

      Do you think these will be signed values like celsuis or unsigned like the Kelvin?

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  4. Money by PGC · · Score: 2, Funny

    Buy your congressman today !

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  5. Re:Google for President by notthe9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the US, corporations have all the legal rights of individuals. They could SO run for president. However, Google is under 35 years old.

  6. Quick Question by cgenman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does he get to lobby for whatever he wants one day a week?

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  7. Re:Google for President by marsperson · · Score: 2, Funny



    Better yet, Google for overlords.

    I for one... ah, nevermind...

  8. Re:Google goes to Washington? by marsperson · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Ballmer approach to lobbying: hurl chairs at legislators until he gets his way.

  9. in other news..... by Varun+Soundararajan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google plans to hire Mr. GW Bush to influence the laws governing the entire US and its allies. Bourses reacted sharply with a steep increase in Google's share price. The other rumor is that google might also hire Mr.@#$&%&*, who currently is President of all Martian creatures.
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