The Fool wrote:
> The Lawmakers
> These lawmakers in Congress and the Senate wrote more anti-technology
> legal code than any of their co-legislators.
> Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX 21st district) 2 bills $87,112
> P2P Piracy Prevention Bill, COPA
Yeah, well, he was our representative (still is, I guess, until the next
session begins, at which point, unless something *extremely* unforseen
happens tomorrow, our rep will be a guy by the name of John Carter), and
he was one of the ones who got a copy of the letter explaining why all
our money earmarked for political contribution was going to the EFF and
*not* to any Republican supposedly representing us in Washington. (And
I intend to write him lots of letters; any heads-up in advance on issues
such as these would be greatly appreciated.)
I'm hoping that Carter will be more amenable to reason; his main base
now is southern Williamson County, which contains among other businesses
the headquarters of Dell, and a lot of his constituents work in high
tech. Smith is based in San Antonio. (Not that I mean any slur against
San Antonio, I just think he's out of touch with the concerns of
"Sillicon Hills" as someone dubbed the high-tech area around Austin.)
Julia
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