Or at least I assume their must be some sort of study that shows that, or else Republicans wouldn't be trying to pass a totally ridiculous law about it, again. Right?
(via www.zephoria.org)
DOPA (the Deleting Online Predators Act) is a crappy, crappy law that would restrict access to "social networking" sites like Myspace and Facebook (and very likely, Amazon, Yahoo and others as well) in schools and libraries, force school systems to buy expensive filter programs even though they will interfere with legitimate research, and make it illegal to disable those programs so students can research unless an adult is present at all times. Wikipedia has an excellent entry on it. It puts a financial burden on local schools and libraries, puts low-income students who don't have computers at a disadvantage to their peers, and um... has no benefits. Republicans couldn't get it through the Senate when they were in control, now Ted Stevens from Alaska (the craziest Senator there ever was) is trying to get it slipped through in another bill.
DOPA also changes the official motto of the American school system to "More Expensive, Less Effective."
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Wait, you think Ted Stevens is crazier than Brownback and Inhofe? I don't think I buy it.
It's not that I think he has crazier politics, it's that I think he's suffering from dementia.
This cartoon sums it up pretty well, I think.
www.bigfatwhale.com/archives/bfw_269.html
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Haha. Not as senile as Senator Bunning of Kentucky, although likely more influential.
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