Our Clueless Congress...

As if our congressmen have nothing better to do with their time. Global warming? Iraq? Economy? No, let's punish poor kids trying to go to college. And this came from the Democrats. The bill will tie financial aid funding to Universities that impose stiff penalties for file sharing and to Universities that subsidize subscriptions to DRM-based music services. Why don't they just admit they are so in bed with the music and movie lobbies that instead of actually doing something productive they waste time on things like this. As if college students won't be able to get around this anyway. The traditional music and movie distribution system is dead. Anyone with half a brain already knows it. Let's move on and worry about more important things. And Politicians wonder why they are so reviled...

Debate Recap...

Probably like all of the free world I missed last nights democratic presidential debate. This was not an accident on my part. I have not bothered to watch any of the debates yet. I say yet because it is way too soon to be narrowing the field down to the final candidates for next November's election. Yes, we are still more than a year away from the next Presidential election. I have not ignored the debates completely though. I do try and catch a recap of events on the internet. I particularly like Salon's recaps. You can read the latest one here. They do a good job of giving the highlights of what was said and still manage to entertain. And at this stage of the election process a little entertainment is most welcome...