No. The family as you say too narrowly interprets the Constitution. And they are not shy about taking positions that conflict with that narrow interpretation when they suit their political needs.
For example:
Paul has said that the ninth and tenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution do not grant the federal government any authority to legalize or ban abortion, stating that "the federal government has no authority whatsoever to involve itself in the abortion issue." However, this has not stopped Paul from voting in favor of a federal ban on partial-birth abortion in 2000 and 2003.
Complete horse manure. The crops on Percy's land were 90+% Roundup resistant. The only way you get that is intentional cross pollination and then selection of the plants by treatment with Roundup before harvesting the seeds.
Actually in this case I think the US politics are getting it right - choosing science over neo-Luddism and superstition is generally the way you want to go.
The link you provided was to a description of a farmer getting sued for intentionally selecting the modified crops and replanting them to take advantage of the patented improvements.
I'd like to point out that a 90% failure rate for entrepreneurs is common. 90% of small businesses go bankrupt within 5 years of founding. A lot fewer than 10% of all actors actually make a living in their profession.
The problems with copyright are interesting. On one hand there is I think the legitimate need for copyright as was laid out in the Constitution. On the other hand we have the impossibility of enforcing it given the ease of copying and distribution given the internet and the incomparable rapacious exploitation of the copyright concept by business interests far in excess of the original intent.
The result is the conflict we have today. I don't think it is soluble without distortion of the way we live, meaning that copyright will have to be replaced by some other means of incentivising creative works.
If you get in a trade secret dispute you have to be able to show that you took fairly stringent precautions to protect the secrecy of the trade secrets including keeping the information under some sort of lock.
Having them sitting on employee phones is a pretty dicey position to be in.
The problem is that we already support low oil prices with all sorts of taxes - subsidies, paying for a large military to keep supply lines to the Middle East open, etc.
These taxes should be applied to oil rather than coming from general revenues. This would result in oil and the process that use oil being fairly priced.
The problem with current situation is that it leads to a severe balance of trade deficit which has the result of crippling the US when it comes to international competitiveness.
It also results in massive needs to militarily defend an untenable long supply line.
It's ok to do that if you want to but don't pretend this doesn't have massive negative effects.
What we have in fact is a multi-trillion dollar subsidy of gasoline prices. Without it we would have a far sounder economy, much cleaner air and far fewer issues with people from the Middle East wanting to blow up our airliners.
And what happens to your R&D department when their work is copied by your competitors as soon as they find out about it? Why would you spend money on an activity that provides no benefit to your company?
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No. The family as you say too narrowly interprets the Constitution. And they are not shy about taking positions that conflict with that narrow interpretation when they suit their political needs.
For example:
Paul has said that the ninth and tenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution do not grant the federal government any authority to legalize or ban abortion, stating that "the federal government has no authority whatsoever to involve itself in the abortion issue." However, this has not stopped Paul from voting in favor of a federal ban on partial-birth abortion in 2000 and 2003.
Complete horse manure. The crops on Percy's land were 90+% Roundup resistant. The only way you get that is intentional cross pollination and then selection of the plants by treatment with Roundup before harvesting the seeds.
Everything except neutronium and vacuum is electronic.
Actually in this case I think the US politics are getting it right - choosing science over neo-Luddism and superstition is generally the way you want to go.
The link you provided was to a description of a farmer getting sued for intentionally selecting the modified crops and replanting them to take advantage of the patented improvements.
It wasn't 'his normal crops' at all.
Sorry that's bullshit. The patent you get is on the improvement to the plant, not the plant itself.
You can't prove that something is safe. So you are setting up an impossible to satisfy barrier.
If this sort of logic were applied at the time of the discovery of fire we would still be living in dark unheated caves and eating our food raw.
These are not $20/hr union jobs. These are high paid science and technology jobs.
I assume they are going into Raleigh because it is part of the Research Triangle.
I'd like to point out that a 90% failure rate for entrepreneurs is common. 90% of small businesses go bankrupt within 5 years of founding. A lot fewer than 10% of all actors actually make a living in their profession.
The problems with copyright are interesting. On one hand there is I think the legitimate need for copyright as was laid out in the Constitution. On the other hand we have the impossibility of enforcing it given the ease of copying and distribution given the internet and the incomparable rapacious exploitation of the copyright concept by business interests far in excess of the original intent.
The result is the conflict we have today. I don't think it is soluble without distortion of the way we live, meaning that copyright will have to be replaced by some other means of incentivising creative works.
You are living in some sort of La-La cloud.
Homelessness is a real and growing problem in Canada. Children and young people are the fastest growing subgroup of the Canadian homeless population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Canada
Amazon is not an out of state business. They operate distribution centers in Indiana.
Amazon has a physical presence in Indiana. They have been operating a distribution center there. This is not interstate commerce.
Amazon has physical facilities in Indiana. They were operating under a previous exemption which was recently negotiated away.
As usual the summary is pants because it doesn't clearly identify the important issues.
If you get in a trade secret dispute you have to be able to show that you took fairly stringent precautions to protect the secrecy of the trade secrets including keeping the information under some sort of lock.
Having them sitting on employee phones is a pretty dicey position to be in.
http://www.fenwick.com/docstore/Publications/IP/Trade_Secrets_Protection.pdf
>there is too much money to be made on "popular" science like this for there to be any real hope of getting sound scientific data right now...
>I don't see a lot of logic and reason with this entire issue.
I hope someday that you realize that an ad hominem attack doesn't exactly put you in the domain of logic and reason.
So is mercury, and I don't think jumping that up in concentration is a good idea.
Thesis disproven.
The US does not have control of DNS right now. All they have control of is a few name servers.
Anyone can (and I hope will) put up alternative name servers.
Imagine the shit hitting the fan when the Congresscritters realize that SOPA is useless.
The problem is that we already support low oil prices with all sorts of taxes - subsidies, paying for a large military to keep supply lines to the Middle East open, etc.
These taxes should be applied to oil rather than coming from general revenues. This would result in oil and the process that use oil being fairly priced.
A Subaru Outback has just as much ground clearance as most large SUVs or pickups.
You do not need a giant turd of an SUV.
The problem with current situation is that it leads to a severe balance of trade deficit which has the result of crippling the US when it comes to international competitiveness.
It also results in massive needs to militarily defend an untenable long supply line.
It's ok to do that if you want to but don't pretend this doesn't have massive negative effects.
What we have in fact is a multi-trillion dollar subsidy of gasoline prices. Without it we would have a far sounder economy, much cleaner air and far fewer issues with people from the Middle East wanting to blow up our airliners.
Actually it is in the Constitution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_United_States_law
The Founders weren't stupid.
And what happens to your R&D department when their work is copied by your competitors as soon as they find out about it? Why would you spend money on an activity that provides no benefit to your company?
Except that the really high tech stuff like airliners and heavy earth movers and CPUs is still made in the US.
It's the cheap ass consumer crap that's made in China.
The so-called 'Republican Fix' did far more harm than good.
Both have been decreasing on a total income basis. The Federal component more rapidly.
It is the best way to create a giant cluster fuck I can think of.