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2003-06-17 Home Front

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Posted by Angry Federalist 2003-06-17 06:20 pm|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hatch is sane on about 95% of the days, even to the point of baiting Schumer over "dumb questions", which I loved. This is an example of the other 5%. Perhaps Fritz Hollings (D-Disney,RIAA) got to him?

Posted by Frank G 6/17/2003 6:27:58 PM|| 6/17/2003 6:27:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Frank, I agree with you. I love Hatch, this is why I am flabbergasted by his position. It seems that the punishment advocated is disproportionate to the crime.

Posted by Angry Federalist 6/17/2003 6:43:26 PM|| 6/17/2003 6:43:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hatch is sane on about 95% of the days, even to the point of baiting Schumer over "dumb questions", which I loved. This is an example of the other 5%. Perhaps Fritz Hollings (D-Disney,RIAA) got to him?

Posted by Frank G 2003-06-17 18:27:58|| 2003-06-17 18:27:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Frank, I agree with you. I love Hatch, this is why I am flabbergasted by his position. It seems that the punishment advocated is disproportionate to the crime.

Posted by Angry Federalist 2003-06-17 18:43:26|| 2003-06-17 18:43:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Just FYI - Metallica found a way to stop illegal downloads of their new CD, "St. Anger":

It's a piece of crap.

I like most Metallica and this one won't be pirated much, so Orrin and Lars can unfurrow those brows

Posted by Frank G 2003-06-17 18:57:47|| 2003-06-17 18:57:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Hatch needs an axehandle in the face. This little idiocy of his totally ignores due process, not to mention several other guarantees found in more than one Amendment in our Constitution. There is no way under the sun to guarantee that the person downloading files is actually the owner of the computer, or that the action isn't a legitimate download. This is the kind of crap that has clogged our courts for the last 75 years, and made the Constitution a roll of toilet paper. There is no excuse for anyone thinking like this. You don't solve one crime by committing another. Hatch should know better. If he doesn't he doesn't belong in Congress. If his aides haven't quietly pulled him aside and told him he's out of bounds, they need to be fired.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-06-17 20:24:35|| 2003-06-17 20:24:35|| Front Page Top

#7 To Mr Hatch, the downloaders who get their machines damaged will then say (in the immortal words of Bugs Bunny):

"Of course you know, this means war."

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-06-17 20:31:36|| 2003-06-17 20:31:36|| Front Page Top

#8 You're right, Frank; most of the time Orin Hatch has his head on straight, but when it gets out of joint it gets WAY out of joint.

I wish there were Senate and House rules that REQUIRED every piece of legislation to be submitted to a review against the Law Of Unintended Consequences, and a review of how that legislation might be maliciously applied. Even if it accomplished nothing more than slowing the legislative process down by 90%, that would be A Good Thing.

Come to think of it, that would be a VERY good thing...

Posted by Dave D. 2003-06-17 20:33:44|| 2003-06-17 20:33:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Dave D. = Dave Dilatush from Daily Pundit?

Posted by Frank G 2003-06-17 20:48:19|| 2003-06-17 20:48:19|| Front Page Top

#10 price of kalishnikovs in Peshawar?

Posted by Liberalhawk 2003-06-17 20:57:47|| 2003-06-17 20:57:47|| Front Page Top

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