Posted on 02/15/2007 4:49:32 PM PST by John Jorsett
Here's the newest from Sen. Ted Stevens, the man who described the Internet as a series of tubes: It's time for the federal government to ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from schools and libraries.
Early in January, Stevens introduced Senate bill 49, which among other things, would require that any school or library that gets federal Internet subsidies would have to block access to interactive Web sites, including social networking sites, and possibly blogs as well. It appears that the definition of those sites is so vague that it could include sites such as Wikipedia, according to commentators. It would certainly ban MySpace.
The bill is, in part, a rehash of a similar bill introduced last year, the Deleting Online Predators Act, also called DOPA. That bill passed the house, but got bogged down in the Senate.
Many people are calling this year's bill "Son of DOPA" because of its similarity to last year's bill.
There are so many things wrong with this bill, it's hard to count them all. But its greatest irony would be banning Wikipedia -- perhaps the most widely used reference resource in the world -- from libraries and schools. I have plenty of problems with Wikipedia, including how easily it can be manipulated, and the way that student rely on it far too heavily. But ban an educational resource merely because it's interactive? If true, it's bizarre beyond comprehension.
It's easy to characterize Stevens as little more than a buffoon. He's certainly a buffoon, but he's a dangerous one. A law like his passed the House of Representatives last year. We're coming up to a presidential election, which always unleashes a kind of madness among candidates, especially when it concerns anything to do with children. So don't count this law out.
Sometimes you just want to tell some people, "get off my side." Ted "Bridge to Nowhere" Stevens is an embarrassment.
What I'm most worried about is that Ted will step down...and his son will get elected.
Despite its faults, Wikipedia is the best source for biographies of muscians, sports, and geography. I literally surf the site while I'm at work (like I'm doing now Mu-ha-ha-ha)
...no kidding....both he and Robert Byrd, kings of Pork Barrel spending should retire together to the Happy Farm
There's little chance of that now. The only way Ben Stevens could get to the Senate would be if Palin appointed him and that isn't going to happen.
McCain/Stevens '08!
LOL!
>>>>and social networking sites
Hope none of the activities use websites and forums.
It wouldn't be the end of the world if schools banned Wiki IMO.
In the dictionary next to RINO it says "See: Ted Stevens."
Stevens has won numerous Porker of the Month awards, from CAGW (Citizens Against Government Waste) the b@stard...
What a total scum bag, it makes you ill
I'd rather they just ban computers from all schools EXCEPT high schools......maybe then kids could learn to read, write, do math, etc.....they can get the computer stuff they need elsewhere. (And, yeah...I used to work at INTEL, so I'm NOT a non-techie.....just know that like TV it can be a BIG time/money waster - especially in primary/jr hi grades)
Al gore should of never invented the internet..........
"It wouldn't be the end of the world if schools banned Wiki IMO."
You are correct. It would not be the "end of the world". It would however be stupid and pointless.
I sometimes find myself asking if so many solid and persuasive ideas are found on the right, as I strongly believe, why do so many jackasses find the right amenable also?
'Tis a puzzlement.
Is that the test for federal legislation? "It won't be the end of the world if we do this, so let's do this?"
Hands off the 'net. :)
Senile ole coot!
He is as bad as his cohort, Orin Hatch, who advocated blowing up computers that had illegal music files on them.
should've
How does a fool like this end up in the US senate?
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