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October 09, 2003
Thursday
 
 
Disney Senator slated to retire
Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland)  North American affairs
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Radley Balko has an article in Fox News today on a subject near and dear to my heart. Senator Fritz Hollings is at long last ending his dismal career.

This is the same Senator who in 1986 attempted a media grand stand play over the graves of the seven Challenger Astronauts. He is the luddite who can not deal with the modern world of technology and information and who wants us to return to a post-WWII world of backbreaking labour. He is the Senator who wants to make the internet safe for Disney and the RIAA.

For decades he has been the best Senator money can buy. I'm sure someone will miss him, but it certainly will not be me.

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That certainly counts as this week's good news.


Posted by R.C. Dean at October 10, 2003 12:02 AM

Well, Michael Eisner will probably miss him. Just let me add an additional observation that this is good news.


Posted by Michael Jennings at October 10, 2003 01:10 AM

Foghorn Leghorn will certainly not be missed in my home state. Good riddance.


Posted by Ironchef at October 10, 2003 02:02 PM

Having grown up in South Carolina, my response is "Good riddance, and don't let the door hit you in the butt"!


Posted by David R Beatty at October 10, 2003 03:50 PM

yeah, this is great news. He's a luddite and a protectionist to boot. His home state is classic example of globalization done right. They lose textile jobs, but have to console themselves with a heavyly industrialized corridor that has tons of cutting edge jobs including a BMW plant.

I also found it fascinating how a deep south Democrat became Hollywood's most outspoken supporter. First Strom (god rest his soul) and now Hollings. South Carolina is coming into the modern world. It's welcome news.


Posted by Russ Goble at October 10, 2003 04:17 PM

Much as I'd like to think we've seen the last of him, I'm already half-resigned to seeing him offer his consluting services to Hollywood, and spouting half a dozen flavors of techo-illiterate horse-hockey on TV.

Sigh...


Posted by Ian at October 11, 2003 10:41 PM
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