Found this over on a Slashdot story about how attacks on voting machines are practical (despite arguments to the contrary): The problem is our elections are supposed to be transparent by law. The problem is our elections are supposed to have public oversight. The problem is a private company can not provide public oversight. The… Continue reading The Problems
Category: politics
Using Tax Money
“Using tax money to provide goods and services does two things: it hides the true cost by shifting the burden of payment onto other people and it eliminates choice. Those are both bad, but for different reasons.”
What Happened to an “Open and Transparent” Government?
A government which is above the law is not a government – it is a tyranny.
Open Government
Oh, yells yeah: A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency. […] The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails. The Government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract… Continue reading Open Government
CAN-SPAM Act is 5 Years Old
So it’s been 5 years since the CAN-SPAM act was introduced. Yet my inbox is still flooded with spam (I have to use 2 different spam-filtering services to keep it from being overwhelming – and even then stuff still gets through). An article on Slashdot asks the obvious question: what went wrong? “Five years ago,… Continue reading CAN-SPAM Act is 5 Years Old