All hail the new "Copyright Czar"
I assumed that one of the benefits of having the Democrats take over Congress was that we'd no longer have to put up with crap like this. No such luck.
U.S. lawmakers approved the creation of a cabinet-level position of copyright czar as part of sweeping intellectual property enforcement legislation that sailed through the Senate on Friday.
Just what we need, another cabinet level czar, this one no doubt designed to spend billions in taxpayer money to harass kids swapping songs online. Oh well, we can always hope he'll be every bit as successful as the "Drug Czar." But that's small consolation. The problem with the war on drugs is not just that it's failed, or that it's squandered vast sums, but that it's caused a genuine erosion of civil liberties in the process.
You know what else is interesting about this article? The Democratic Senate tried to give the dictatorial Bush Administration broad powers to sue copyright offenders on its own, but the White House declined.
However, a controversial measure granting the Justice Department the authority to sue copyright infringers on behalf of Hollywood and the music industry was removed after the White House lobbied against assuming those new powers.
Interesting, huh? It doesn't really fit with the narrative espouse by Bush critics who love to bandy about the term "unitary executive" without understanding what it means, though.
Comments
You'd think people taking loans that they know they can't pay for would be a little higher on the priority list at this particular moment...
Posted by: Adam | September 28, 2008 11:55 AM
I'm so sure that you are accurately reporting that the Democratic congress is begging Lord Chimpboy to grab even more more power, this time even legally!
Like all Repugs, you can't say anything without sounding retarded.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 28, 2008 01:35 PM
Awwww look at this.
Mouse goes running away from me on another post because he can't defend the Pelosi-Reid's last two years.
Well, sometimes retreat IS the best policy.
So, it sounds "retarded" to Mouse that the Senate can pass a Bill mandating a Cabinet Level position?
Really?
Read much of the Constitution lately???
"U.S. lawmakers approved the creation of a cabinet-level position of copyright czar as part of sweeping intellectual property enforcement legislation that sailed through the Senate on Friday."
FROM: Senate Passes Bill Creating 'Copyright Czar'
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/senate-passes-b.html
Hmmmmm....I guess the answer to my question ("Read much of the Constitution lately?") is...."Nah. Not that much."
And that's OK.
What isn't as OK is getting angry (basically calling Barry a "retard") with people simply because they know more than you do.
At any rate, HEY! How about those gasoline prices?
$2.33/gallon annual average for 2006, compared to $3.93/gallon (so far) for 2008!
Again, I THOUGHT the Pelosi-Reid Congress was going to "get right on that."
OK mouse, if as you say, India's and China's increased demand is "NOT to blame," then maybe the government...specifically Congress IS!
In that case, I think we should all write as large a check as we can to the RCP.
Posted by: JMK | September 28, 2008 03:36 PM
If you weren't retarded yourself, Rush Jr., you would have noted that I was talking about the notion that the congress begged Neocon Chimpboy to have more disasterous authority to ruin yet another aspect of American life.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 30, 2008 01:52 PM
Yes, that's the inane response of yours that I responded to; "So, it sounds "retarded" to Mouse that the Senate can pass a Bill mandating a Cabinet Level position?
Really?
Read much of the Constitution lately???
"U.S. lawmakers approved the creation of a cabinet-level position of copyright czar as part of sweeping intellectual property enforcement legislation that sailed through the Senate on Friday."
FROM: Senate Passes Bill Creating 'Copyright Czar'
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/senate-passes-b.html
"Hmmmmm....I guess the answer to my question ("Read much of the Constitution lately?") is...."Nah. Not that much."
"And that's OK.
"What isn't as OK is getting angry (basically calling Barry a "retard") with people simply because they know more than you do."
Wash, rinse, REPEAT...wash, rinse, REPEAT.
The Congress apparently passed that legislation without asking OR being asked by the current administration.....see how that works???
Posted by: JMK | October 8, 2008 04:05 PM