Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote

^^ understatement of the goddamned century.

In this case wasting money is the tip of the iceberg. Those fools keep renaming their barf and trying to pass it time and time again, everytime making it even worse, somehow.

The median age (that means half are older, half are younger) of US Senators is almost 63 years. Right now, 4 are in their 80s (seriously) and 9 are in their 40s. Most of them (37) are in their 60s. The oldest one was born in 1924. I'm pretty sure he didn't even have electricity in his youth (hey, he was in New Jersey /joke). Or, if anything, he didn't have running water. Or indoor bathrooms. You name it.

These guys don't know anything about the Internet. And, sure, it's likely some of them know a few things - I do know a 70 years old man who regularly sends emails and read online newspapers, but that's pretty much it. But a Senator works all day, and when you've got to meet about a handful of law every week, you don't have time to educate yourself about each and every one of them.

So basically, to them it's the big scary thing of the century where there's no law. It'd be like me telling you about Dihydrogen Monoxide: it can cause death in a few minutes if inhaled, you can overdose on it pretty easily, if you don't know how to handle it with care you could suffocate...

By the way, that's plain water. See? The citizens are asking these guys to take action on things they don't know anything about. A way to prevent that is to give more power to independent organisms who'd study what the Senate wants and make a report on it. Or, the US could just switch to a true democracy (right now it's a Republic) and start letting the people vote on every law.

Edit: who's the better man now? ;)