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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #75 on: November 10, 2014, 08:02:21 PM »
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There is already bipartisan support for patent reform, which the president calls a top priority. Other than patent-troll firms and their plaintiff lawyers, there is broad agreement that software patents have become a huge tax via litigation on technology companies of all sizes.

The House this year passed a patent-reform bill 325-91. One of Harry Reid ’s most outrageous acts as Senate majority leader was to block a vote in May at the request of plaintiff lawyers. Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, described himself as “furious” with Mr. Reid. Sen. Leahy should send the reform to the full Senate during the lame-duck session.

Until recently, it was bipartisan policy to keep technology companies free to innovate and to protect the Internet from government control at home and abroad. Perhaps one day these will again be bipartisan positions.


This should have (does have) bipartisan support, agreed?
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #76 on: November 10, 2014, 08:04:49 PM »
If dems and reid are the problem, perhaps Cruz and the pubs should hold themselves to a higher standard?

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #77 on: November 10, 2014, 08:05:40 PM »
I think the fear that FCC regulation of content could lead to something more is legitimate. I agree we should have net neutrality generally though.

This should probably be discussed as a potential bipartisan tech support endeavor, presently unilaterally blocked by Czar Reid (beholden to the trial lawyers lobby)
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N0SV39S20141106?irpc=932

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It's one of the most powerful lobbies in DC, numbnuts. It's been rebranded as the association for justice or some other misnomer.

This is incorrect.

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #78 on: November 10, 2014, 08:09:50 PM »
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There is already bipartisan support for patent reform, which the president calls a top priority. Other than patent-troll firms and their plaintiff lawyers, there is broad agreement that software patents have become a huge tax via litigation on technology companies of all sizes.

The House this year passed a patent-reform bill 325-91. One of Harry Reid ’s most outrageous acts as Senate majority leader was to block a vote in May at the request of plaintiff lawyers. Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, described himself as “furious” with Mr. Reid. Sen. Leahy should send the reform to the full Senate during the lame-duck session.

Until recently, it was bipartisan policy to keep technology companies free to innovate and to protect the Internet from government control at home and abroad. Perhaps one day these will again be bipartisan positions.

This should have (does have) bipartisan support, agreed?

Seems like they should outlaw these patent trolls.  How's their lobby?
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #79 on: November 10, 2014, 08:14:09 PM »
Thanks for putting a dash in between Bi and partisan, SD. Nobody does that for some reason.

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #80 on: November 10, 2014, 08:17:48 PM »
Thanks for putting a dash in between Bi and partisan, SD. Nobody does that for some reason.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bipartisan?s=t

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #81 on: November 10, 2014, 08:18:02 PM »
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1. Patents

A Republican majority, say many observers, could mean near-instant movement on legislation aimed at so-called patent trolls who hold patents solely so they can sue potential infringers. Going after patent trolls is wildly popular on Capitol Hill; the House passed a  troll-targeting bill by 325 to 91. But a Senate version of the bill was killed in late May, after Senate Majority Leader Reid Harry Reid (D-Nev.) refused to bring it up for a vote.

Why did Reid back off the patent troll bill? He was reportedly leaned on by opponents, chief among them trial attorneys who objected to provisions that would stick those who bring abusive lawsuits with the costs of the legal proceedings. But trial lawyers and Republicans traditionally go together like Mayor Bill de Blasio and groundhogs, and they'd likely hold less sway in a Congress where Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is majority leader.

"To the extent that the current leader is a obstacle to patent reform," says Michael Petricone, the senior vice president for government affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association, a Republican-handover "could make a difference." Reining in trolls is something that Congress and President Obama could quickly agree upon.


Why won't the resident leftists get behind this bipartisan measure?
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #83 on: November 10, 2014, 08:20:17 PM »
I'm for getting rid of patent trolls, and super fast, affordable internet. So whatever gets us there.

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #84 on: November 10, 2014, 08:23:52 PM »
get rid of patent trolls as long as actual patents still matter and it's not just a corporations do whatever they want bill. trial lawyers can eff off pretty much
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #85 on: November 10, 2014, 08:25:18 PM »
Net neutrality is good too, and I support it.

I'd prefer legislative measures (eg statutes) rather than administrative (just having the FCC define what "neutral" is). The current administration has been so abusive of its administrative power, I'm surprised anyone has any faith they can do anything in a non partisan manner.
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #86 on: November 10, 2014, 08:27:49 PM »
liberals are much less partisan than conservatives
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #87 on: November 10, 2014, 08:28:14 PM »
I don't follow Ted Cruz or know much about him, but i assume he's on the, "eff unelected Bureaucrats" train. Maybe not though.

Bipartisan legislation seems to be the best way to make sure whichever parties president is running the show doesn't go off and get all power thirsty.
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #88 on: November 10, 2014, 08:28:46 PM »
Maybe an executive order.....

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #89 on: November 10, 2014, 08:29:12 PM »
My prescience is fully engorged.  It throbs with righteous accuracy.  I am sated.

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #90 on: November 10, 2014, 08:29:28 PM »
liberals are much less partisan than conservatives

Much like the trial lawyers only seek justice for patent trolls.
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #91 on: November 10, 2014, 08:31:25 PM »
fsd would get a huge (?)  neoboner if cruz was his congressman. guaranteed fsd would vote for him in the neoprimary
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #92 on: November 10, 2014, 08:33:01 PM »
trial lawyers can eff off pretty much

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #93 on: November 10, 2014, 08:33:36 PM »
liberals are much less partisan than conservatives

I don't think this is true.

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #94 on: November 10, 2014, 08:34:55 PM »
Ted Cruz is basically just the conservative Nancy Pelosi.

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #95 on: November 10, 2014, 08:37:48 PM »
liberals are much less partisan than conservatives

Maybe. Most of us just don't shout as loud.

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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #97 on: November 10, 2014, 09:11:43 PM »
Net neutrality is good too, and I support it.

I'd prefer legislative measures (eg statutes) rather than administrative (just having the FCC define what "neutral" is). The current administration has been so abusive of its administrative power, I'm surprised anyone has any faith they can do anything in a non partisan manner.

This is also my concern. NN sounds good, but I'm skeptical of the unintended (of perhaps intended hidden) consequences of administrative regulation.
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #98 on: November 10, 2014, 09:25:27 PM »
Net neutrality is good too, and I support it.

I'd prefer legislative measures (eg statutes) rather than administrative (just having the FCC define what "neutral" is). The current administration has been so abusive of its administrative power, I'm surprised anyone has any faith they can do anything in a non partisan manner.

This is also my concern. NN sounds good, but I'm skeptical of the unintended (of perhaps intended hidden) consequences of administrative regulation.

It's an obvious concern, which is why I assumed this was a troll thread and offered the Harry Reid bullshit on a similar issue to turn it on its head.
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Re: Hopefully An Issue We Can Get Some Bi-Partisan Agreement On
« Reply #99 on: November 11, 2014, 03:12:40 AM »
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Washington is mired in partisanship. Since 2008, the electorate has been subjected to an endless rhetorical tug-of-war between the GOP and Obama, who has become a remarkable manifestation of Republican fears projected on the national stage. Unfortunately, that means even rational policies that ought to be uncontroversial can become tainted by mere association with the president. If Cruz's comments today are a sneak peek at Republican opposition to net neutrality for the next two years, we'll be in for a rough ride.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/10/7186433/what-senator-ted-cruz-just-said-should-scare-anyone-who-wants

Obama needs to RT a link to this thread. I was clueless before I walked into this thread, now I'm an expert in Net Neutrality.