The Justice Department is spending millions on a lawsuit in Pennsylvania defending the Children's Online Protection Act. And, companies that provide Internet access and other web services are spending aggregated millions complying with Justice Department subpoenas for information regarding porn sites on the web. Which causes one of those companies to respond:
"That money could be [...]
Entries from March 2006
March 31, 2006
Using clubs to enforce policy on the Net
March 31, 2006
Not quite done yet
Well, the session is over — now the clock starts ticking for the Governor to sign all those bills. Perdue has 45 days to review – and decide whether he signs, vetos, or simply lets the bills become law.
Will have to do a post mortem once the legislative databases are updated for all of last [...]
March 30, 2006
Tags, we don’t need no stinking tags
The Lt. Gov has just chided the Senate for doing nothing but tag bills this am.
With all the important stuff on the table, worrying about a prestige license plate somehow seems beneath the purpose of this body
March 30, 2006
Voic.us thinks Today’s Blogging will be fun !
Actually, today is a a cross between Christmas and a funeral.
Some are in mourning – others in giddy expectation of presets to be unwrapped
Right now, Senators are attempting to amend a license plate bill that will let Equine Research be funded
Seems there are other license plates that need creating — or amending as well.
March 30, 2006
So you watch
Today is a day for watching
You watch for who talks to whom
For example, the young ladies working for the Georgia Family Council are surrounding the House Rules Chairman so your wonder what bill may get added later when another supplemental calendar is set. And you wonder is it SB 425 (email) or SB 596?
You watch [...]
March 30, 2006
Last Chance for that Last Dance…
House Rules will meet at 9:00 am to put a list of bills together for the House to consider today. Lot's of survivors like SB 425 — The Email Tax (also known by its title The Georgia Family, Chidren and Schools Communication Protection Act) and SB 596 – Delivering the Cure; Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood [...]
March 30, 2006
Newsflash!!! Lobbyists write legislation!
The AJC continues their superior and, non-pulitzer prize winning, quality reporting of the Georgia General Assembly with the following story:
Legislature 2006: Lobbyists craft much legislation
And it took 2 reporters to provde that insight…
March 30, 2006
Day 40 – Day of Reckoning (or as they say in South Ga – recknin)
The Constitution of the State of Georgia says:
The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in January of each year, or otherwise as provided by law, and may continue in session for a period of no longer than 40 days in the aggregate each year.
This hold over from the days when [...]
March 29, 2006
Down the rabbit hole
The White Rabbit, one of my favorite characters from Alice in Wonderland, cautioned Alice on not believing what she saw – "Things are not always as they seem," says the Rabbit.
Well, word in the hall Under the Dome is that the "battle", as described by Brandon Larrabee of Morris News, was all a ruse, contrived [...]
