They see those institutions as tools of their enemies. But most significantly, Smith is the chair of the House Science Committee, which he has transformed into an aggressively partisan instrument , using its investigatory powers — including sweeping new subpoena powers granted by fellow Republicans in — to harass and intimidate individual scientists, agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
You can read all about here and here. Smith is for conservative media and against liberal media, for conservative science and against liberal science. Agencies like EPA were built, deliberately, to have a great deal of independence, so that scientists could do their work and regulators could assess that work without undue influence from lawmakers.
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Please go do something anatomically impossible to yourself. You have yourself a nice day. Translation: I'm a big loser that has never won anything, therefore, I feel obligated to piss on everyone else's parade. Let him have his moment in the sun.
The apologists are big on self-congratulations and creating meaningless forms of self-recognition. I'm sure he wears it around town like an aging Soviet WWII vet with dementia and probably wears it to bed at night as well. You know pirates, it's all about the bling. Mike Masnick profile , 23 May am. Oh, lookie. Some deluded and naive pirate gave Mike a medal. I knew you'd be jealous. The eejit profile , 23 May am. Chuck Norris' Enemy deceased profile , 23 May am.
The Groove Tiger profile , 23 May am. The internet has scored.. At the time I couldn't donate damn international payment issues but I'm glad we actually funded TWO billboards!!!!!
This crowdsourcing thing is damn powerful o. The Spork profile , 23 May am. Josh in CharlotteNC profile , 23 May am. You mean the wifi logo? Since when did ClearChannel start using that - I thought theirs was a stylized C? I'm assuming that ClearChannel is the owner of the sign.
In my area, on billboards like that, there is a logo in the same spot which I know is the owner of most of the billboards in my city. The number on the lower left is the sign ID. If you want to advertise on that board, you then know who to call and also how to identify the sign to them to rent the space. Anonymous Coward , 23 May pm. Even its chief sponsor, Rep. Lamar Smith R-Tex , decided this was too broad and watered down the bill.
No matter how watered down the bill may be, SOPA is still a terrible idea. But there is no reason to believe somebody who is paying zero will pay more than zero — by definition, this would not be lost business. And most freeloaders will pay something for an experience better than a crappy pirated version — just not what the owner thinks is fair market value for a product.
They have 2, employees in San Antonio. He is not serving the needs and interests of his district. He is not serving the needs of the people of Texas. This is what happens when they stay in Washington, D. How about Smith's H. It's backed by President Obama's Justice Department. Mack: I'm a constitutional conservative.
I guarantee you I have some libertarian views and this is definitely one of them. In a day and age when the American people, especially Texans, are asking for less government in our lives, here comes Lamar Smith marching in with House Bill that completely wants to take over the Internet and have companies monitoring customers for the federal government. I want to ask Lamar Smith, "Where would you get such an idea? The approval rating for Congress has never been lower.
Lamar Smith is showing us why. Has there been a debate scheduled between you and Lamar Smith? Mack: I've already challenged him, told him that I will debate him at any time, any place. You know that he'll try to avoid it. He also knows that if he stands next to me in a debate, I'll prove that he's not the real conservative he says he is. You showed up on Reddit recently and joked that Steven Colbert is "not as funny as I am. What do you say to them?
Mack: You can vote for Lamar Smith, the Big Brother government guy, or you can vote for the guy who really will fight to get government off your back.
Lamar Smith is a tax, borrow, and spend guy.
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