On Thursday 18 January 2001 10:15, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Quite right. Ashcroft is objectionable, as is any candidate George W. would propose, but he is arguably less objectionable than Reno.
Here's what he said yesterday about Microsoft: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41264,00.html
To all the people who find Ashcroft objectionable, let me concur with Declan that there is no one they will not find objectionable. In my opinion, anyone that doesn't burn little children in their churches is at least an order of magnitude better than Janet Reno. I'd also like to point out that anything he says in the confirmation hearings is likely to be whatever he thinks the questioner wants to hear. He will whisper sweet nothings into Dianne Feinstein's ear about his new plans for the fascist state if he thinks it will turn Feinswein's vote. Do you really think Feinswein will vote for him? Who cares. Nothing short of a libertarian (small l) renessaince will stop the tide of fascism that continues to reverberate through our body politic. Someone needs to register www.slavestate.org and have a real time track of the level of subjugation on this land of ours. (Hint: The DEA wants to put people in prison for possessing hemp soap. Its totally out of control.) jim