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Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering
An Anonymous Coward writes "US senators today made a bipartisan call for the universal implementation of filtering and monitoring technologies on the Internet in order to protect children. Their statement came at the end of a Senate hearing in which civil liberties groups were not invited."
In case anybody is wondering, it seems like he's talking about this bridge. And I thought us Canadians were crazy with our bridge building.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
There are more important national things begging for attention, like getting a bridge built to a barely inhabited island in AK. Just a note on this, as I've seen this comment made a couple of times. The bridge that he wants to build crosses the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q= anchorage&ie=UTF8&ll=61.22333,-149.916&spn=0.06743 2,0.32135&z=12&om=1). It isn't an island on the other side. You are correct that there isn't a whole lot over there at the moment, mostly because it takes 2 hours to drive around to Anchorage. The big push for this bridge is because Anchorage is running out of developable space, and that bridge would open up a huge new area with quick access to downtown. That's not saying I agree with the project, just getting the facts out there.