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Obama appoints RIAA lawyer to Department of Justice
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article published on 10 January, 2009
Earlier this week US President Elect Barrack Obama announced his selections for some key positions at the Department of Justice. One of the names on his list drew a lot of attention among people who have been watching the RIAA's lawsuit campaign against file sharers.That's because his choice for Associate Attorney General happens to be a long time RIAA lawyer who has worked on some of their ... [ read the full article ]
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spamual
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10. January 2009 @ 17:15 |
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oh no obama is against piracy, therefore obama = bad president...!
/sarcasm
so what if he did that. you choose a government based on taxes, or how they can help the country, who gives a damn about if they are affiliating with the RIAA. what if he decided to intraveen and end the gaza attacks? you'll still be against him?
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10. January 2009 @ 17:38 |
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Originally posted by spamual:
oh no obama is against piracy, therefore obama = bad president...!
Theres a difference between against piracy and the tactics the corporations use.
Originally posted by spamual:
what if he decided to intraveen and end the gaza attacks? you'll still be against him?
That's the United Nation's business not America's, America is not the world's police. Especially in religion based wars.
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10. January 2009 @ 21:07 |
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Try Blue! It's the new Red.
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10. January 2009 @ 21:40 |
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Originally posted by MrGrimace:
Try Blue! It's the new Red.
Whats the color of bureaucracy or fascism?
Some shade of purple I'd wager...
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10. January 2009 @ 22:43 |
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After people like Bush, & Palin, isn't it obvious by now that any bozo out there can be in politics, especially some prick from the RIAA; who are known for their stupid actions like suing 9-year olds and old grandma's?
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ivymike
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11. January 2009 @ 05:50 |
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Let's face it, folks....I don't think that ANY politician in this day and age will support internet piracy. It's very similar to the issue of legalizing Marijuana. It makes sense to legalize pot (or in this case, piracy) if you want a lower crime rate (or innovation, in this case) but politicians are not known for making sense.
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11. January 2009 @ 07:49 |
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Dapsone
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11. January 2009 @ 08:27 |
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This is "Change" you can believe in...
At what point will liberals be happy with the further erosion of freedom in the US?
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11. January 2009 @ 09:32 |
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Originally posted by Leningrad:
well yeah, but that doesn't change the fact who would make a better president.
Why obama sux
- Stem cell research
- Abortion
funny, those are the 2 reasons why I think he's great. By the way, you forgot to add his belief in climate change and better access to healthcare....I'm assuming you're against those things as well.
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11. January 2009 @ 14:07 |
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Originally posted by L-Burna:
If a major corporation fails we should hold their hand and guide them out of trouble.The CEOs running these corporations make millions,and should be able to run these corps without any problems.If they can't get the job done then who is to blame for this mess,and do we really have to bail them out if they are tossing money around like its nothing.
That statement in itself is the big problem here. Does anyone need, require, or deserve that kind of salary. Including all of the bonuses on top of that. Lets face it the heads of the large corporations (banking and auto industry alike) caused these problems themselves. They are the ones to blame for all of the economic problems we have now. Yet we the everyday working class are the ones that have to deal with it. I say there should be a national salary cap of some sort imposed. Anyone making over a certain amount of money a year (say 1.5 mil). Anything after that goes directly into the national debt. Hell if something like that was done our national debt would be erased in about three years.
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11. January 2009 @ 17:19 |
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Originally posted by zztrevd:
Neither is the way to go, I think that's clear...please vote Ron Paul
I still wear my "Ron Paul 2008" sticker on my jacket.
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11. January 2009 @ 17:26 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
You have already joined with Mexico.. and Canada..
Check out the "amero" and see how far these lies go XD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_an...f_North_America
Purple is for people like me Zipp.. The fascists only believe in red and black.. or more likely red white blue and black.
In the states you have the 2 parties, red and blue, reaper and dim, they color the world in "purple" disarray :P
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11. January 2009 @ 17:49 |
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Originally posted by L-Burna:
My question of concern is do they really need to manufacture all these gas guzzlers.
sorry, but i will take my gas guzzling 13 mpg truck and my 20 mpg suv over my some-what non gas guzzler 30 mpg car. i would much rather drive something where i can see whats in front, behind, to the side of me, and if God forbid, i get into a wreck, i know i will survive and not be killed in.
but i do agree with you that no-one should have been given bailouts, especially ones they aren't going to pay back.
and my theory on the whole situation is the fact that banks and lending companies had to make all these ridiculous loans out to people that they knew werent ever going to pay them back due to not having a job that makes anything, but God forbid you tell them , hey sorry, your to poor to get the loan, or we know you wont have the money to pay us back down the road; and get sued or violating the equal opportunity lending act.
as racist, evil, or rude as that may sound, oh well, some people are just not meant to own a house, or a car, or whatever they wanted the load for. that is why we have people with rental houses, or apartments, and car leases instead of purchases.
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12. January 2009 @ 10:38 |
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Originally posted by L-Burna:
but i do agree with you that no-one should have been given bailouts, especially ones they aren't going to pay back.
I agree and what really pisses me off is when i read about these damn corporations using the bailout money to finance vacations in lush hotels such as AIG did. Yet AIG asks for more mmoney and gets it too. I also read that our money is being used to pay bonuses to employees. Yet we, the middle and low class americans get nothing.
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12. January 2009 @ 10:50 |
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Originally posted by L-Burna:
My question of concern is do they really need to manufacture all these gas guzzlers.
sorry, but i will take my gas guzzling 13 mpg truck and my 20 mpg suv over my some-what non gas guzzler 30 mpg car. i would much rather drive something where i can see whats in front, behind, to the side of me, and if God forbid, i get into a wreck, i know i will survive and not be killed in.
but i do agree with you that no-one should have been given bailouts, especially ones they aren't going to pay back.
and my theory on the whole situation is the fact that banks and lending companies had to make all these ridiculous loans out to people that they knew werent ever going to pay them back due to not having a job that makes anything, but God forbid you tell them , hey sorry, your to poor to get the loan, or we know you wont have the money to pay us back down the road; and get sued or violating the equal opportunity lending act.
as racist, evil, or rude as that may sound, oh well, some people are just not meant to own a house, or a car, or whatever they wanted the load for. that is why we have people with rental houses, or apartments, and car leases instead of purchases.
Unfortunately the car companies can not afford to build such things anymore, at least not with the 5-10 year life span they have in mind, mind you I realize these vehicles can last 20 years but for the first 5ish years they cover the warranty and the short life span they focus the build quality on them the more money they will have to spend to repair them. This creates the need to build more to be able to keep up with the up keep.
The car companies are going to have to focus on cheap 2-4 seaters that max out at 60-80MPH and can use 50-80MPG, they need to be easier to repair and cost no more than 5-20K.
The current liens of larger more feature rich vehicles need to be their limited secondary product line and priced at 40-70K or 50-100% more than they are now.
With the blue collar base losses in the US it can not sustain any car company in the coming years that builds larger inefficient vehicles.
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12. January 2009 @ 10:53 |
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gnovak1
when quoting people, make sure to quote the correct person, as l-burna did not state that, i did.
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12. January 2009 @ 21:54 |
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Originally posted by mike.m:
After people like Bush, & Palin, isn't it obvious by now that any bozo out there can be in politics, especially some prick from the RIAA; who are known for their stupid actions like suing 9-year olds and old grandma's?
Heh, now thats funny. Obama's RIAA fatcats will make the Bush legacy look like Doris Day and Mary Poppins. Think it is bad now..just wait. While Bush was an oil-chasing MBA from Harvard..Obama and the RIAA are ALL filthy lawyers who would gut your spouse in their sleep without batting an eye.
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13. January 2009 @ 19:59 |
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I wonder how this whole thing will play out. I hope that the people the Obamha elects in position do not cause his downfall that is the only thing that i will see that would work against president elect.
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15. January 2009 @ 01:23 |
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He's a lawyer he's paid to lie, twist the truth,or do whatever it takes to see his clients win,there is no such thing as an honest lawyer.
It's win or lose. for a Soldier its kill or be killed, Just because they have blood on there hands doesn't make them evil.
The number one issue is are non-conservative approach to everything
like What happens to old totaled cars, instead of striping the usable steels we crush it and stick it in a land fill. are old Military items
they dumped 30 Usable F-4 phantoms off a ship into the ocean. Same with old tanks instead of reusing valuable resources we waist them.
Steel may be the next Wootz ore if we don't stop waisting it.
the number two problem in America is they don't know when to stop making new stuff, the automotive industry is the number one all time contender to this problem every year the make a supposed new Automobile when in fact there has been no major Automobile improvement Since 2005's new fuel efficiency models.
America is in deep Crap, other Non-NATO Nations are gearing up for something and it ain't gonna be pretty.
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16. January 2009 @ 14:41 |
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Not just yet no....
And Hitler ran on a Xenophobic Nationalism beat more like Bush.co did...only...he was not as inept.....
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20. January 2009 @ 08:05 |
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Well Yanks get it while you can! The RIAA was able to relax its law suits because they knew happy days are here again.
Obama will throw money at the detroit crooks. The greedy unions have them unprofitable and management was only interested in how big they could make cars. The Hummer is a good example.
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20. January 2009 @ 11:41 |
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=offtopic=
the Hummer was an icon, the H1 was based on the HMMWV. some of the older H1's still had the armor mount points for the armor kits deployed by the military.
H2 and H3 are horrific examples of trying to make a great vehicle smaller. H1's are diesel and make a great bio diesel vehicle.
=on topic=
you people must see the future, Obama this Obama that. y'all weren't tooting the same tune when George dubya Dumbass went into office. you haven't even given this man a chance yet, when he does do something stupid your free to bitch moan and groan all you want.
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20. January 2009 @ 13:03 |
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DXR88, I thought that was the jest of this thread. We were complaining about him electing a lawyer from the RIAA for the justice dept. AD members like to complain. He has taken a very thankless job. Even if he gets it mostly right there will always be people to complain. You need to get used to it.
I personelly, will figure he did a great job if we don't get into a bigger depression than we are now.
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20. January 2009 @ 13:19 |
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i suppose, but i see present tense flying around like he Screwed up some how when he's just walking threw the door.
The thing is its just a lawyer, hell every well established lawyer, is bound to have some nasty little secrets and politics love there little secrets.
the depression is going to get worse, you can bet your shiny silver ring on that. i foresee a lot of dead thief's in my life.
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