That was in the news... -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:15 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: FW: Obama administration to reject Keystone XL
this is I think the third time that Leahy has introduced copyright legislation. And each bill has been worse than the last. I saw a rumor go by on Twitter yesterday that he was trying to work a deal out with Kyl. Have not followed up on that to check it, but the source was mmm, I would say, likely to have some basis for saying this. It's nowhere near dead. On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Lamar Smith, a republican from Texas (go figure), has promised to > bring it back up this spring...so it's not dead...it's zombie legislation... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:08 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: FW: Obama administration to reject Keystone XL > > > check out Obama's campaign contributions from Hollywood. I was worried > that he would sign it. Still am, a little. That he had to come out > against it is a measure of how bad the bill really is. I am still > afraid that while we are looking at the SOPA boogieman, compromise > legislation will go through that is only moderately poisonous to the > internet. > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Absolutely true in this case. I am aghast that Patrick Leahy, who > > was one of the very few politicians I actually liked, introduced the > > PIPA bill. Did some serious rethinking of my opinion of him as a result. > > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Indeed. The whole copyright legislation issue involves both > > > Democrats and Republican legislators. Opposition and support for > > > these bills is bipartisan. The people who spoke up about it > > > yesterday disagree on many other issues. It is possible to decide > > > something is wrong without > > checking > > > the party line. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345575 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
