[pp.int.general] Joe Biden is an enemy

[Per von Zweigbergk]

21 jan 2009 kl. 16.43 skrev Andrew Norton:

> Per von Zweigbergk wrote:
>> 21 jan 2009 kl. 14.56 skrev Reinier Bakels:
>>>> It's not exactly news, nor is that 2 weeks ago, omaba nominated two
>>>> former RIAA civil suit prosecutors to 2nd and 3rd places in the
>>>> Department of justice (first being the Attorney General). Thats got
>>>> coverage in the Us and even in Sweden, with references made to  
>>>> PPUS.
>>>
>>> Well, for me it was news, but for insiders like yourself it  
>>> obviously isn't. Could you - as an insider - tell me whether there  
>>> are any (powerfull?) PP-friendly politicians in the US?
>> I'd like an answer to this as well. I had heard about the  
>> nomination of the former RIAA prosecutors to the DoJ posts (via  
>> Slashdot as well as via Swedish news), but I was not aware of Joe  
>> Biden's role in the document Reiner posted in the first e-mail of  
>> this thread.
>
> Biden's been a 'pro copyright' guy for about 5-6 years. Him, Orin  
> Hatch (a republican) and Howard Berman (aka 'the distinguished  
> gentleman from Hollywood')

Orrin Hatch? Hah. I knew about him. I recall remembering him proposing  
some kind of system to remotely destroy computers participating in  
copyright infringement, or something similarly kooky. (Again, I  
probably read this on Slashdot.) I could probably be persuaded to find  
a link if anyone wants to know more and can't find it himself. :-)

Reiner's original query remains though, are there any prominent US  
politicians currently that are favorable to Pirate Party goals?

> Sorry if I'm snippy. When I wrote it, I'd been standing in -10C  
> weather with my kids, waiting for the school bus for 30 mins (it was  
> 30mins late) and I was very cold and very annoyed. I'm sorry. Here  
> in Georgia, in January, temperatures in the teens are more usual,  
> not negative teens, and houses are built accordingly.

Apology accepted.

> At the time of the endorsement (over a year ago now) our then  
> Operations officer, Ray Jenson, had been in contact with the Obama  
> chief of Staff, and said they were favourable towards our position.  
> Middle of last year, when things went the way they are going now  
> (not only the Biden VP pick, but also Obama voting FOR the  
> warrentless wiretapping, while McCain had a 'no-vote') I called for  
> a retraction of the Obama endorsement. It failed. The general  
> consensus was 'lets wait and see'. The two biggest opponents were  
> myself (who didn't like anyone in the end) and Glenn (who favoured  
> Nader).

Thanks for the information about the proceedings. Either way, what's  
done is done, and -- in reference to Glenn's comment that arrived  
about the same time as your e-mail -- I agree that there's no point in  
dredging up prior poor PP US decisions and flaming about them. What's  
done is done, and hindsight is always 20/20.

-- 
Per von Zweigbergk

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