FYI: Senate passed the FISA bill, Kyl(R-AZ) votes YES, and surprisingly, McCain(R-AZ) is NOT VOTING. http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00168 -jmz On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 21:57 -0700, Craig White wrote: >> On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 21:26 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote: >> > But the big issue for PLUG members, in FISA (and legislation of it's >> > type) is the new overly expensive required fiscal reporting for EBay >> > and others for "economic reasons"? >> > >> > Co-located Ecommerce will simply be moved out of country in the world >> > economy of the internet? >> > >> > This has the potential to impact our careers in a very big way, does >> > it not? >> > >> > Unless you want to move to a cheaper, less ethically warlike, foreign >> > country to work? >> > >> > Will we all be communicating (via webcam/email) from Canada, Italy, >> > Spain, India or Indonesia in 3 years? >> ---- >> perhaps a sleeper issue that escaped me. >> >> FISA itself is purported to be a timely and technological update of the >> original 1978 FISA legislation that was driven by the excesses of the >> Nixon administration and predecessors including the absurd things done >> by the CIA and the FBI preceding the legislation. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FISA_Amendments_Act_of_2008 >> >> The government has already provided economic incentives for corporations >> to move off-shore which many have done but I think you're sort of >> getting off-track of the FISA legislation itself. > ---- > I should have included this link because this completely summarizes the > problems with telecom immunity... > > http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Senator_Dodd_Speaks_in_Opposition_to_FISA_Bill_on_Floor_of_U.S._Senate > > Craig > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- "Never take counsel of your fears." - Andrew Jackson - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss