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Thursday, June 7, 2007 12:00 AM

The U.S. Senate says the Internet is very dangerous

Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama and 16 other senators want the country to recognize all that's hazardous online.

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  • Thursday, June 7, 2007 07:51 PM

    Huh?!?

    "...20 percent have had real-life meetings with folks they first met online..." - and that's supposed to scare us?

    I first met my wife-to-be online. Obviously our wonderful son would never have been born WITHOUT the internet. But apparently those senators consider that to be a bad thing.

    I knew that Joe Lieberman was a supercilious son-of-a-bitch, but I'm slightly surprised at Barack Obama. Although the bloom was fading from his rose pretty quickly already, as far as I was concerned. Screwing his MySpace supporter was a clear indication that he's just like Hillary and so many other phony populist politicians: he'll say anything he thinks we rubes want to hear.

    Too slick and manipulative by half.

    The internet is very dangerous? How about pandering politicians?

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