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Congressmen Rated On Tech-Friendliness

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-touch-with-digerati dept.

Uncle Dick writes "CNET has released the results of a study ranking every US Representative and Senator on a scale rating their relative friendliness towards various technology and internet related issues. Republicans and Democrats fare similarly in both houses of Congress, although CNET gives the edge to the GOP. Big Winner? Ron Paul (R-TX). 2004 Presidential candidate John Kerry (D-MA) does not fare so well."

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  1. Counter-intuitive Rating... by v783650 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does anyone else find the scoring a little odd? I was looking at Ron Paul's (R-TX) scores, and here are some interesting "wins":

    Voted AGAINST a five-year ban on internet access taxes
    Voted FOR prohibiting online gambling (twice, apparently)
    Voted FOR prohibiting some computer generated porn
    Voted FOR net-surveillance without court orders
    Voted AGAINST free trade and Trade Promotion Authority
    Voted FOR curbs on class action lawsuits
    Voted FOR investigating "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"

    Those all seem like big negatives to me. If you count those as negatives, he scored more closely to 50% (11/20, by my judgment; not restricting sites like MySpace seems to be positive -- free speech and all).

  2. Re:Liberals PROMOTED SEGREGATION by peterpressure · · Score: -1, Troll

    "back in the day when right-wingers just wanted to keep their slaves and feudal tenants from escaping to more liberal (i.e. equal and progressive) societies?"

    Dood, check your facts, The republicans freed the slaves in the 1800's (Lincoln) And in the 1960's who was for segregation in the south!?! You guessed it, Democrats...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation#Un ited_States

    "In the post-Civil War South, Democrats used the race issue to solidify their hold on Southern politics, playing on white resentment of black political power. Democrats were the agents in passing segregation laws, as well as laws disenfranchising blacks (and sometimes poor whites) politically. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the segregation of the federal Civil Service[3]. White and black people would sometimes be required to eat separately and use separate schools, public toilets, park benches, train and restaurant seating, etc. In some locales, in addition to segregated seating, it could be forbidden for stores or restaurants to serve different races under the same roof."

    Sir, you are an ass