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The Name Game

August 17, 2005

It appears that the provisions of Sen. Ensign's proposed Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act (BICCA) fail to live up to the bill's title.� Many industry insiders are proclaiming that BICCA would re-monopolize the telecommunications market.�

Mind you, BICCA is just one of a series of�paradoxically named federal statutes that have come down the pike in recent years.� A few examples...

The Clear Skies Act - Essentially okay's increased pollution.� Call me crazy, but I don't think people should get black lung from walking down the street....

No Child Left Behind - Mandate so much testing that teachers wind up teaching to the test while removing creative thinking and problem solving from the curriculum.� If�a school's numbers don't measure up, then the federal gov't will withdraw�funding.� Makes sense.� Schools in need tend to perform much better when they have less money at their disposal.� Oh, and let's compile a database of students' names to military recruiters.

Patriot Act - while I certainly acknowledge that measures need to be taken to improve homeland security, there is nothing patriotic about�going overboard in limiting civil liberties.

Can anyone add to the list?�




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