Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill 296
adamdrayer writes "Wired recently conducted an interview with Pete Ashdown, the tech-minded ISP owner who is hoping for a major upset in the race for Utah's Senate seat against long-time incumbent Orin Hatch. Ashdown hopes to help pave the way for better decision-making on the Hill regarding technology. Hatch is among the more conservative politicians on the issues of 'digital privacy' and 'fair use,' while one of Ashdown's main objectives is to reform the Digital Millennium Copyright Act."
Re:Mormons. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Polls don't look so good for Ashdown (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Polls don't look so good for Ashdown (Score:3, Informative)
You might be trolling, but I'll bite.
According to http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0778562.html/ [factmonster.com] the UN ranks 9 other countries above the US on the livability scale. Although frankly for the most part I think that life is pretty much what you make of it. I've seen people living in what we would call bad or primitive conditions, and yet they didn't seem to fussed about it.
Those countries in the UN list from 1-9 are Norway, Iceland, Australia, Luxembourg, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland and Belgium. Except for Australia, it would be a bit cold in those countries for people who like tropical climates. Depends on taste and philosophical issues, like what is the best movie? So maybe the US is the better place for you, but you'll probably have people who would like to differ with your opinion as you've stated it such that the US is the better place for everyone.
Re:Polls don't look so good for Ashdown (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Unfortunately (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Polls don't look so good for Ashdown (Score:4, Informative)
Do you read the paper or watch TV? That's OK, you can catch up at my media page [peteashdown.org].
Re:Democracy etc (Score:4, Informative)
Education is one area where "No Child Left Behind" has put big government into the smallest classroom. In most cases regarding local issues, the feds should be cutting checks to local governments then getting out of the way. In non-interstate issues, the locals can always do it cheaper, better, and quicker than the feds.