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takyon
on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:30AM
from the I-have-a-vision-for-SIGNAL-LOST dept.
from the I-have-a-vision-for-SIGNAL-LOST dept.
Not too long ago both Rand and Ron Paul were pushing a copyright maximalist agenda. Today the chickens have come home to roost. Rand Paul's presidential announcement has been blocked by a copyright claim from Warner Music Group due to a clip of a song used in the announcement. Even more apropos of the (less and less as time goes by) libertarian-leaning Republican candidate, it wasn't a DMCA takedown raining on his parade, but the purely private ContentID system that Youtube put in place in order to appease the copyright cartel.
Here is a transcript of Rand Paul's announcement.
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(Score: 2) by CirclesInSand on Thursday April 09 2015, @06:42AM
Yes, Hillary has a record, that is the point. Politicians with records don't often get elected president because it is so easy for the media to hang them with their own words.
The president is the chief secretary of congress. His job is to see that the wishes of congress are carried out. So a person should ideally have served a few terms in congress before even being considered. When presidents are elected who haven't served with the federal government, they end up being pushed around and bullied. The military and copyright interests and wall street interests just roll right over politicians who have never had to test their philosophy against the challenge of federal office.
People elect presidents with no federal experience, and then those presidents have no backbone to deal with the pressure of federal interests. It is one of the reasons why we can't have nice things. I would support a constitutional amendment requiring presidential candidates to have served 2 terms in congress, or simply revert to congress electing the president, and end the pop star elections.