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Bob Dole will protect us against those who want to destroy the Internet!

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Jeremy Reimer	Posted on: Thu Apr 26 14:25:32 2012
Joined: Fri Nov 19 10:21:20 2010 Postcount: 9105 Rank: First Lord of the Admiralty Achievements:	It’s true. http://www.dolekemp96.org/agenda/issues/internet.htm Bill Clinton Wants to Put "Big Brother" in Your Computer Bill Clinton believes in bureaucratic micro-management of the information economy. Within his first 100 days as President, Bill Clinton proposed the Clipper Chip -- a secret government-controlled encryption algorithm -- and a companion key escrow system where two government agencies would hold a copy of the keys for every Clipper user. Since then Bill Clinton has released updated versions of encryption proposals which insist that the government hold a key to individual’s private data communications. But most importantly! The Clinton Administration’s Internet Task Force has proposed legislation that would reduce the rights of users of copyrighted material if that information is used on the Internet. Their infamous "NII White Paper" ignored important court decisions which balance the rights of information users with those of information creators. I have read those two sentences over and over and I still have no idea what they meant. I’m sure Bob Dole didn’t. But it’s sort of reassuring to know that, a mere twenty-two years later, the leaders of the United States still have absolutely no idea what the Internet does or what should be done about it.
Jeremy Reimer	Posted on: Thu Apr 26 14:25:50 2012
Joined: Fri Nov 19 10:21:20 2010 Postcount: 9105 Rank: First Lord of the Admiralty Achievements:	Er, math fail. Sixteen years later. Also, this post was in loving memory of Duffman. sniff
AllYorBaseRBelong2Us	Posted on: Fri Apr 27 02:30:33 2012
Joined: Sun Dec 5 06:23:12 2010 Postcount: 10365 Rank: Admiral Achievements:	AYB has the answer. Nothing should be done about it. The Interwebs works fine.
Jeremy Reimer	Posted on: Fri Apr 27 11:09:55 2012
Joined: Fri Nov 19 10:21:20 2010 Postcount: 9105 Rank: First Lord of the Admiralty Achievements:	Well, you know that, and I know that, but does Bob Dole know that? Does any politician know that? All they know is the words their lobbyists put in their mouths.