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Thursday, May 18, 2006
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Lawrence Lessig: "There has been good progress in the Net Neutrality debate. Critical to this debate is that it not become a left/right issue - because however much we on the left push it, it is not properly seen as a left/right issue. The Christian Coalition has now helped by announcing their support for Net Neutrality principles."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
6:42:58 PM 
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Left in the West: "The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that a lesbian couple can be found to be de facto parents of a child that they have raised, and the US Supremes have declined to intervene...It seems obvious, and we don't talk about it much without a constitutional initiative to battle, but homosexual folks are not treated equally in our country, and that is a damn shame."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
6:19:48 PM
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The Daily Kos has a roundup of the president's approval ratings in several categories including amongst women. From the post, "Women still approve of [President George W.] Bush less than men do, although the gap has narrowed. Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho are notable pink spots in a sea of blue on the May 2006 map for women.
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
5:53:14 PM
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Yahoo! News: "Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor considered a potential 2008 candidate for president, headlined a fundraiser Thursday for former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed in his run for Georgia lieutenant governor. The two politicians were effusive in their praise for one another as they entered the Atlanta fundraiser just before noon."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
5:42:02 PM
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Ed Cone: "Holman W. Jenkins Jr. in the Wall Street Journal defends the telcos in their fight against network neutrality by laying out the case for network neutrality more clearly than most proponents ever do: 'Verizon and AT&T have made clear they, too, will reserve a big share of their new pipes for their own value-added services, namely TV, and for other content distributors who are willing to pay for access to it.' That's it in a nutshell, isn't it? The Internet is going to become the property of a few rich corporations, or it isn't."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:48:51 AM
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Don Surber: "USA Today's big scoop last week that Pentagon spies were given phone records is unraveling. Quickly. Officials at BellSouth and Verizon deny giving the Pentagon telephone records. Journalism 101 required USA Today to get the telephone companies' side. USA Today did not."
Bull Moose: "The Moose has supported both the NSA intercept program that was revealed last year and the 'data mining' program that reported on by USA Today last week. The Moose has also always made clear that there is a line to be drawn on the surveillance of communications. The sole purpose of the surveillance must be tracking down the Jihadists and related foes who wish to do us harm. The line is a clear and bold one. Any violation of that principle would make the surveillance illegitimate.
"If it is ever conclusively proven that the Administration improperly obtained intelligence communications for anything other than direct national security purposes, the Bushies will not only have betrayed their duty to uphold the law- they will also have critically impaired our efforts to fight this war. A revelation that it violated the public's trust on surveillance would be devastating.
"However, that has yet to occur despite the near hysteria over the latest revelation. It is perfectly legitimate to data mine to discover patterns in numbers to detect terrorists. It is far less intrusive into our privacy than is what gleaned from a CVS card. If a government seeks to abuse its power, there is far more damaging information on citizens at the IRS than is held by the NSA."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:46:40 AM
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A fence along the U.S. - Mexico border is now part of the Senate immigration bill, according to the Los Angeles Times via the Denver Post. From the article, "The Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure Wednesday to build at least 370 miles of double- and triple-layered fences along the Mexico border, moving its immigration bill closer to the enforcement-focused approach favored by conservatives. While parts of the California and Texas border are already fenced, the provision would replace and extend fencing along the Arizona border, where illegal crossings have surged to the nation's highest levels. Should the illegal entries shift to other places, the measure authorizes fence construction in 'areas that are most used by smugglers.' It also calls for erecting 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the entire Southwest border...
"Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., warned that the proposal would be 'a downpayment for a fence of 2,000 miles' - the length of the U.S.-Mexico border. He also expressed concern that the fence would sour ties with Mexico. The amendment passed, 83-16. The fence amendment was one of several added to the Senate legislation Wednesday that may improve the chances that Congress can reach agreement on a bill to overhaul U.S. immigration policy and send it to President Bush for his signature...
"Another of the amendments the Senate added to its bill that has potential appeal to conservatives would decrease the number of illegal immigrants who could pursue U.S. citizenship. Under this amendment, the citizenship provision would not apply to illegal immigrants who have been convicted of felonies, repeatedly committed misdemeanors or skipped deportation hearings.
"A third amendment adopted Wednesday would tighten restrictions in the bill's temporary-worker program. It would require the Labor Department to certify that there is not a U.S. worker able, willing, qualified and available to fill the job that is offered to a foreign worker."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:08:59 AM
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