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It really doesn't matter.
I think the RIAA's boytoys in the Senate could pass a law making the RIAA a government entity, and it wouldn't matter. It would simply prove what bought-off idiots our congresspeople are, and serve to further piss off the populace and make them hate the entertainment industry eveh more than they do now, if that's even possible.
What nobody in charge seems to realize is that music and movies are frills; they are not necessities, they are not a public utility. We don't need Vivendi, Warner Brothers, and Sony Music. They are completely optional entities.
$20 CDs and online downloads for music? Great; that'll just make "piracy" (arrr, mateys!) go further underground.
I haven't bought a CD in 5 years, save -directly- from a band I liked, so whatever. I really don't see anything new and compelling coming out that makes me really give a crap. Nothing's going to save this business. Nothing.
(Although, I just did read Britney's new sh*t-coated album is number one. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MORONS!)
One thing is for sure though, anyone who votes for Bush next November under the guise "HES SAVING US FROM TEH TERRUR!" needs to be promptly get tattooed with "stupid" on his head. Never before has an administration and it's lapdog congress been so sickeningly friendly to big business and so into "servicing" the average citizen (George Carlin's definition, of course.) |
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evagilon
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um, REAGAN mabye? the term reagenomics ring a bell...? |
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Re: It really doesn't matter.
said by tcp1  :
One thing is for sure though, anyone who votes for Bush next November under the guise "HES SAVING US FROM TEH TERRUR!" needs to be promptly get tattooed with "stupid" on his head. Never before has an administration and it's lapdog congress been so sickeningly friendly to big business and so into "servicing" the average citizen (George Carlin's definition, of course.)
Right now I plan on voting for Bush, but that's only because I have yet to see a Democratic candidate whose plans include:
- Tax cuts/relief for middle class (at least I've gotten some money back under Bush)
- Good, strategic plans to keep our military properly funded (Bush has at least increased funding back to a somewhat reasonable level from where Clinton's "disassembly" strategy put it)
- Any reasonable changes to the PATRIOT Act and DMCA (neither Bush nor any of the Democratic candidates are any less bought-and-paid-for in this area)
I also have yet to see any Democratic candidate whose level of intelligence surpasses Bush-- and that's scary, considering what I think of him in general.
And, of course, some of the Democratic candidates making statements like the California recall election was "an attempt by the right wing" of this country to "take over" the state just plain makes me wonder how much psychiatric treatment they are currently undergoing. Such statements sound like rampant paranoia to me. Why must these candidates try so hard to play to the extreme "under psychiatric treatment" left wing of the Democratic party?
Or for that matter, why must Bush constantly try so hard to play to and help only the extreme right wing of the Republican party? I don't have a problem with a business-friendly administration creating an environment that fosters business growth, but such an environment should not be created at the expense of individual rights and privileges. I would be one of the first to agree that the Bush administration has been playing this game over the past few years.
At this point, I'm far from being a 100%, die-in-the-wool Bush supporter. I would have liked nothing better than to see somebody challenge him for the Republican nomination and win. That being said, why am I planning to vote for Bush? Simple-- because given the current field of presidential candidates, Bush seems to be the lesser of all evils.
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Be a responsible citizen:
Boycott all products from all RIAA members; Only buy used CDs
Boycott cable comanies (esp. Cox and Adelphia!)
Boycott all ILECs |
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Wichita, KS |  reply to tcp1
What does Bush have to do with this? Nothing that is what. Hatch was in office long before Bush ever became president. |
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Varangian
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Well if those position weren't lies, he might be an attractive candidate.
Nixon was run out in disgrace for far less than the current dictator has done. Bush jr couldn't carry tricky dick's jockstrap.
But back to hatch- I would think the normally fastidious mormons would have a problem being represented by shuch an obvious WHORE. |
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said by NOVA_Guy :
said by tcp1 :
One thing is for sure though, anyone who votes for Bush next November under the guise "HES SAVING US FROM TEH TERRUR!" needs to be promptly get tattooed with "stupid" on his head. Never before has an administration and it's lapdog congress been so sickeningly friendly to big business and so into "servicing" the average citizen (George Carlin's definition, of course.)
Right now I plan on voting for Bush, but that's only because I have yet to see a Democratic candidate whose plans include:
- Tax cuts/relief for middle class (at least I've gotten some money back under Bush)
- Good, strategic plans to keep our military properly funded (Bush has at least increased funding back to a somewhat reasonable level from where Clinton's "disassembly" strategy put it)
- Any reasonable changes to the PATRIOT Act and DMCA (neither Bush nor any of the Democratic candidates are any less bought-and-paid-for in this area)
I also have yet to see any Democratic candidate whose level of intelligence surpasses Bush-- and that's scary, considering what I think of him in general.
And, of course, some of the Democratic candidates making statements like the California recall election was "an attempt by the right wing" of this country to "take over" the state just plain makes me wonder how much psychiatric treatment they are currently undergoing. Such statements sound like rampant paranoia to me. Why must these candidates try so hard to play to the extreme "under psychiatric treatment" left wing of the Democratic party?
Or for that matter, why must Bush constantly try so hard to play to and help only the extreme right wing of the Republican party? I don't have a problem with a business-friendly administration creating an environment that fosters business growth, but such an environment should not be created at the expense of individual rights and privileges. I would be one of the first to agree that the Bush administration has been playing this game over the past few years.
At this point, I'm far from being a 100%, die-in-the-wool Bush supporter. I would have liked nothing better than to see somebody challenge him for the Republican nomination and win. That being said, why am I planning to vote for Bush? Simple-- because given the current field of presidential candidates, Bush seems to be the lesser of all evils.
GOD FORBID THAT YOU ACTUALLY VOTE FOR A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE! |
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