I don't think so. I think it has always existed, but was below board and not-to-be-talked about, which caused them to be circumspect.
Also, a good number of those elected were "fire-breathing" believers of one sort or another. And a good number were true statesmen who thought of "the good of the country". I think the Citizens United decision removed all final restraints, and now it is the wild west where bought and paid for legislators are not even pretending otherwise. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > As if we needed more proof that the only people Congress represents are the > ones lining their pockets. > > The question I have is, has it always been this blatant and we are just > hearing more of it because of the Internet? > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *http://tinyurl.com/cklaq9d* > > * > > * > > The broad language of the bill, which imposes its standards above "any > > other provision of law," would effectively void privacy contracts between > > companies and their customers. Specifically it states that > "Notwithstanding > > any other provision of law, a self-protected entity may, for > cybersecurity > > purposes ... share such cyber threat information with any other entity, > > including the Federal Government." Companies could not be held > accountable > > for violating terms of service agreements or other arrangements in which > > they promise not to share customer information with other parties. > > > > This is just so wrong; on so many levels... > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363033 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
