No no.

howdandy — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:52:47 GMT

CISPA and SB 1052 have nothing in common. Texas bills aren't that long, and I feel like it only takes a cursory reading to debunk the 4 of the 5 points above.

Requires any Internet provider that serves Texans to hand over private communication and files.

- Sure. If there's a lawfully obtained warrant. Why was that left out of your statement? Is it because it sounds less scary and exciting?

Sets no standard for warrants for such seizures, enabling arbitrary violations of Texans' privacy.

- This is the opposite of truth. All warrants in Texas require a burden of proof that is defined in other, existing, well-established laws. This bill would require a warrant for the seizure of electronic records. None was required before. Is it not better that now, in order to seize electronic records a warrant would be required? A warrant has to be obtained from a judge and presents a way for potential defendants to appropriately respond to any potential evidence collected.

Forces Internet providers to respond within 15-30 days (and sometimes 4-30), giving them almost no time to protect information not targeted.

- Yes. The time limit is ridiculous for electronic records and might cause undue trouble to the organization or person served. Thank goodness the billion dollar industries that would be served these warrants have sufficient legal recourse to correct this issue if SB1052 is passed and and signed by our horrible governor.

Makes it a crime for an officer, director or owner of a company to not comply with the request within the 15-30 day window.

- Yep. Like all warrants and court orders, one has to comply||contest or one gets in trubs with the man.

Opens the door to politically-motivated seizures of online communication.

- Of course it doesn't; unless you believe that obtaining a warrant for spurious and illegal reasons is something that is easy to do in Texas or goes unnoticed when/if it happens. We Texans don't live in a never-ending John Grisham novel of shadowy intrigue and illegitimate legal processes.

I'll mention in passing that HR3523 defined how the federal government can use information voluntarily shared by ISPs. There's not a single mention of warrants in HR3523.

I understood why everyone read the devil into the many versions of CISPA. Federal bills are long and the bulk of HR3523's 18 pages outlined federal accountability for information obtained which makes for boring dystopian fiction. SB1052 is just two or three pages long with the new addenda and reads plainly.

Either you didn't read it, you have rather poor reading comprehension, or you're blatantly lying about SB1052's contents in order to entice and titillate with the hope that no one will actually read the bill but will visit your site.

I found BOR because someone posted a link to this story, urging me to call my district's senator to ensure that this bill dies on the floor. I'm guessing they read your 5 point "summary", assumed for whatever reason you were being honest, and summarily gasped and shared away. I followed the shared link and spent about 30 minutes on the site. You got at least 3 good ad impressions. Good job; but blatant misreads and lying to get you a couple of bucks in ad revenue doesn't make you a journalist. It just makes you another G. Beck.

Less regulation?

MsInformed — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:33:32 GMT

Small Government? All Bullshit!
Just the freedom to believe as the religiously crazy people want you to.

The numbers of those who don't know

sdhook — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:15:23 GMT

if Obamacare has been repealed will clear up quickly as the IRS begins enforcement.

Rico Reyes for HD-50

intern2010 — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:53:46 GMT

Well, Rico Reyes is officially in it! He's a great guy and would make an outstanding state representative. Check out his website, ricoreyes.com, to find out about his story and vision.

You are correct

PDiddie — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:31:16 GMT

For a Democratic darling, keynote speaker at the national convention, blahblahblah, 67% isn't "whopping".

In fact the bigger news is that perennial candidate (and Green Party activist) Rhett Smith came in second with 13% of the vote.

That one out of every three votes cast in a pathetically weak turnout election were "not Castro" actually speaks relatively poorly of the incumbent.

BOR: - Recent Comments

No no.

Less regulation?

The numbers of those who don't know

Rico Reyes for HD-50

You are correct