w1ld wrote:
] ] "
] ] WASHINGTON--A last-minute addition to a proposal for a
] ] Department of Homeland Security bill would punish
] ] malicious computer hackers with life in prison.
] ]
] ] The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday evening
] ] voted 299 to 121 to approve the bill, which would reshape
] ] large portions of the federal bureaucracy into new a
] ] department combining parts of 22 existing federal
] ] agencies, including the Secret Service, the Coast Guard,
] ] and the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center."
]
]
] This better not even make it to a vote.

The U.S. Congress is clearly made up of ignorant luddites.

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