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Senator Applauds Pirate Bay Trial, Chides Canada
eldavojohn writes "Republican Senator Orrin Hatch spoke Tuesday at the World Copyright Summit in Washington DC and hailed the Pirate Bay guilty verdict as an important victory. He expressed severe disappointment in Canada for showing up on our watch list for piracy next to China and Russia. Senator Hatch also said, 'In fact, one study reports that each year, copyright piracy from motion pictures, sound recordings, business and entertainment software, and video games costs the US economy $58 billion in total output, costs American workers 373,375 jobs and $16.3 billion in earnings, and costs federal, state, and local governments $2.6 billion in tax revenue. During this time of economic turmoil, we must ensure that all copyrighted works, both here and abroad, are protected from online theft and traditional physical piracy. After all, US copyright-based industries continue to be one of America's largest and fastest-growing economic sectors.' GamePolitics notes that for his 2006 campaign, Hatch was rented for $7,000 by the RIAA and also got on his knees for $12,640 from the MPAA."
Yep. Congress's approval ratings are still lower than Bush's lowest presidential ratings, but because they have Chicago Obama in the White House, they think they can do whatever they want.
Elect a corrupt chicago-style politician, get a corrupt chicago-style white house.
Say what you will about politics otherwise - I prefer when our system is working as intended, and the checks and balances come from competing interests balancing each other out. Let one party get hold of House, Senate, and Presidency all at once, and you get crap like the bailouts, the Sotomayor appointment, and Comrade Obama's Super-Magical Miracle Snake Oil "health care reform."
I'm not about to praise Bush for anything, but please drop the "lied us into war" nonesense. Intel from multiple countries indicated WMDs and Saddam acted every bit like he had them. People saying Bush knew there were no WMDs sound just like any other conspiracy theorists, given I haven't seen anything beyond speculation. Did Bush want war because of WMDs or oil? I guess you'd have to ask him on that one, but the WMDs were the reason for the coalition. You don't need to stretch facts to make the guy look bad, so why make yourself look bad in the process?
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