Joe Biden: The RIAA Candidate

[unixronin]

Looks like a vote for Obama-Biden is a vote for the RIAA.  Dear Senator Joe also thinks that there's no such thing as too much wiretapping, and that if you use encryption you should have to surrender the keys upon demand; and his Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995 laid the groundwork for the much-reviled PATRIOT Act and has co-written bills with him.

Heck, Dianne Feinstein likes him.  That should be enough of a counter-recommendation for anyone.

Comments

[cipherpunk.livejournal.com]

I realized some years ago the best way to attract a lot of government attention nowadays is just to quote the Federalist Papers and advocate those same ideals the authors did.

About three seconds later I realized what that said about America.

I’m sentimental, if you know what I mean —
I love the country, but I can’t stand the Scene.
And I’m neither Left nor Right
I’m just staying home tonight
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I am stubborn as those garbage bags which Time cannot decay
I’m junk, but I’m still holding up my little wild bouquet —
Democracy is coming… to the U.S.A.!

Leonard Cohen, Democracy

I think Democracy ought to be the song of our discontent this election season. I’ve yet to hear anything as honest, as bleak, and yet as hopeful, about the entire American Experiment.

I only wish I could share in its optimism.

[luxobscura.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that reply.