Promoting the business interests of his district at the expense of Internet freedom...?
NK On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Collin Anderson <[email protected] > wrote: > Howard Berman has had a long tenure in Congress that is worth a deeper > evaluation than solely SOPA/ACTA, spanning legislation such as the > Anti-Boycott > Act, the infamous Berman Amendment (1988 Omnibus Trade and > Competitiveness Act), NAFTA, False Claims Act, et al. Whether or not > Berman would actually be an appropriate choice for Secretary of State, > evaluating his merits should not be done in as shallow a manner as > promoting the business interests of his district, Hollywood -- which is > pretty appropriate for an agent model of representation. > > -- > Collin Anderson > Sent with Sparrow <http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig> > > On Monday, November 12, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > > The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Congressman Howard Berman is > being considered as the replacement for Hillary Clinton when she steps > down as Secretary of State in coming weeks: > http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-berman-secretary-of-state-clinton-20121107,0,963486.story > > Berman was a lead supporter of SOPA. His position as Secretary of State > could be a disaster. > > I urge you to sign the petition against this nonsense: > http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/sos_berman/?akid=1847.98995.P8lsnV&rd=1&t=2 > > NK > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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