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Sen. Ted Stevens Introduces "Son of DOPA"

Posted by kdawson on from the tubes-tied dept.

DJCacophony writes "Ted 'series of tubes' Stevens has introduced a bill, going by the interim name S.49, that aims to block access to interactive websites from schools and libraries. The wording of the bill is vague enough to apply to Wikipedia, MySpace (and other social networking sites), and potentially even to blogs. The bill is apparently so similar to the failed Deleting Online Predators Act of last year that it has been termed 'Son of DOPA' by some." Stevens introduced S.49, the text of which is not yet available, on the opening day of the legislative session.

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  1. Once again... by AltGrendel · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...he engaged his mouth before using his brain.

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  2. Obligatory... by Apocalypse111 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, because the bandwidth from all these interweb pages is clogging the tubes. I mean, just yesterday, my staff sent me an internet...

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  3. Great Idea! by rlp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hope it passes. After someone adds an amendment stating that it only applies to Alaska.

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    1. Re:Great Idea! by gnarlin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hope it passes. After someone adds an amendment stating that it only applies to Alaska.
      Don't you mean Nebraska?
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    2. Re:Great Idea! by rovingeyes · · Score: 2, Funny

      WTF did Nebraska do? Do you even know that one of the original developers of Apache was from Nebraska? No more corn for you!

  4. Expect later this year from Ted "tubes" Stevens by mobby_6kl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Return of the son of Deleting Online Predators Act.

    Nice to see the feds aren't immune to the same bullshit stunts Illinois and Georgia tried to pull.

  5. Re:Jeez... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Senator Stevens needs his tubes tied.

  6. No t-shirt by dylan_- · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't find a "Ted Stephens blocked my tubes!" t-shirt on Thinkgeek yet.

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  7. Re:Jeez... by soft_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great. Maybe you could talk to uncle ted about being less of an asshat.

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  8. If only there were... by TBone · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...some sort of mechanism to have a computer automatically read the contents of a page that was in the Tubes of the Intarweb, and then create indexes on the words contained therein, and then allow users to access those indexes via another page on the Interweb, and look for pages which contain those words.

    I'll be back later, I need to go to the Patent Office.

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