You get one question to ask Congressman Pallone - GO!

my question (4.00 / 1)

Given the corruption in Washington, including several members under indictment, why won't you file an ethics complaint and use the only institutional machinery available for the House to police itself?

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by: Matt Stoller @ Sat Feb 18, 2006 at 15:13:03 PM UTC

Pallone versus Electronic Freedom (4.00 / 1)

Please explain your support for the "Broadcast Flag", which would stifle market competition among providers of television accessories, and obstruct consumers' choices of how to view video content that they paid for (http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/three_minute_guide.php).

The entertainment companies don't like tools that give you more control. The movie studios boycotted TV because they thought it would clean out the movie theaters. Then they complained that the remote control would make it too easy to skip commercials. Then they freaked out over the VCR, saying it was the "Boston Strangler" of the American film industry and accusing the Japanese (i.e., Sony) of deliberately sabotaging the American economy by targeting the made-in-America film industry with their infernal VCRs. They're not fond of video-capture cards, sued into bankruptcy a personal video recorder company (like TiVo)...and the list goes on and on. (Electronic Frontier Foundation -- EFF.org)

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by: runnerupnj @ Sat Feb 18, 2006 at 19:11:22 PM UTC

those are great questions above (0.00 / 0)

Mine is less important.

It's been reported recently that NASA is slashing science budgets in order to pay for the space shuttle and space station cost overruns. Strangely, NASA plans to discontinue the shuttle and station anyway in a few years.  This especially includes funding for studies of the Earth's climate.  Do you have plans to oppose these cuts and to restore the 'wall' between science and manned flight costs which was removed by Congress?


Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

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by: Hopeful @ Sat Feb 18, 2006 at 19:28:13 PM UTC

incidentally (0.00 / 0)

I have to say that I really like his press releases:

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/nj06_pallone/~list.html

(even if the blog on his website seems to have died). 

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

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by: Hopeful @ Sat Feb 18, 2006 at 19:39:18 PM UTC

[ Parent ]

Here is mine (4.00 / 1)

Why aren't more Democrats using the Medicare boondoggle against the Republicans?

Will this be an issue? If not why not?

Seems to me that the largest voting block out there has suffered pretty badly thanks to the Republican Medicare boondoggle.

In fairness, Pallone has a new website with a new blog:
http://www.pallonefornewjersey.com/

Media In Trouble

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by: Media In Trouble @ Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 13:26:59 PM UTC