Sunday is a very slow email day, with only a few items arriving overnight in my in-basket. If I want to know what has happened to the world outside of this house, I have to search for the information; it’s not being delivered to me. I did receive the New York Times and read an Op-Ed piece on the plans of the two political parties to sneak in some legislation vital to their common interests; one is a bill that would modify campaign financing rules and allow unlimited financing of internet campaigns. The other, not a bill, is the plan for Bush to use Recess Appointment powers to appoint new Federal Election Commissioners. He is planning on giving both parties some “reliable” members, ones that will remember just how they came to power, not like Scott Thomas, the F.E.C. Chairman. Though he is a Democrat, the Democrats want to dump him because he has been fair and impartial. In politics? What was he thinking?
And; can you imagine what the internet will look like with unlimited money being spent on political advertising? Next will be a bill to outlaw the use of spam and pop-up blocking software…!
There is another “internet”. Like a parallel universe, but we have no access to it. Only the privileged few use it, and just like the original, it’s all about data…not a pop-up in sight! We could use a good alternate internet right about now.
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