"Each side has legitimate aspirations – and that is what makes peace so hard. And the deadlock will only be broken when each side learns to stand in each other’s shoes. Each side can see the world through the other's eyes. That’s what we should be encouraging."
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Rep. Bob Turner (R-NY) was sworn in today for the congressional seat previously held by Anthony Weiner, Charles Schumer and Geraldine Ferraro.
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Harry Wilson, a former adviser to President Barack Obama’s Auto Task Force, talks about market reaction to the president's $447 billion jobs proposal and Wilson's investment strategy.
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Some things transcend partisan politics. Former President Bill Clinton struck the perfect tone in his remarks today at the Flight 93 tribute in Pennsylvania. His ability to place the heroic deeds of the passengers of that flight into historical context was brilliant and moving.
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Democratic political analyst James Carville appeared on Good Morning America and gave his critique of the White House's handling of the "Jobs Speech" schedule conflict with the GOP debate.
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Yesterday the controversial PROTECT IP Act unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The bill now moves forward to the Senate, but getting a vote on it will not be easy.
Just a few hours after it was passed by the committee Senator Wyden already put it on hold.
According to the senator the bill aims to protect intellectual property at the expense of free speech, technological innovation and the very foundations of the Internet.
Wyden released the following statement:
“In December of last year I placed a hold on similar legislation, commonly called COICA, because I felt the costs of the legislation far outweighed the benefits. After careful analysis of the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, I am compelled to draw the same conclusion. I understand and agree with the goal of the legislation, to protect intellectual property and combat commerce in counterfeit goods, but I am not willing to muzzle speech and stifle innovation and economic growth to achieve this objective. At the expense of legitimate commerce, PIPA’s prescription takes an overreaching approach to policing the Internet when a more balanced and targeted approach would be more effective. The collateral damage of this approach is speech, innovation and the very integrity of the Internet.
“The Internet represents the shipping lane of the 21st century. It is increasingly in America’s economic interest to ensure that the Internet is a viable means for American innovation, commerce, and the advancement of our ideals that empower people all around the world. By ceding control of the Internet to corporations through a private right of action, and to government agencies that do not sufficiently understand and value the Internet, PIPA represents a threat to our economic future and to our international objectives. Until the many issues that I and others have raised with this legislation are addressed, I will object to a unanimous consent request to proceed to the legislation.”
Source: Anti-Piracy Bill a Threat to Innovation and Free Speech, U.S. Senator Says.
