This does not look like a very well-defined or comprehensive list, but it is good to see some kind of movement. I support immediate and binding legislation to

This does not look like a very well-defined or comprehensive list, but it is good to see some kind of movement. I support immediate and binding legislation to fix things in the states, but overall, looking at the politics, I really think this is bad news. Here's why: 1) It's not something that's going to pass. It's not like the White House got together with members of the opposing party and came out with a bipartisan document that would survive the election cycle. There's no indication of having the votes necessary, there's little or no coordination with members of their own party on the hill, and there's no competing sets of legislation where this would be a beginning negotiating position. 2) The fixes required, I believe, are going to have to be constitutional amendments. Something like this would be a nice effort (if it had a chance of passing), but the situation is so murky that we need real absolutes, a real set of rights, not an addition to the current system. I'm left with the somewhat sad conclusion that this only begins to firm up opposition in the Republican party -- although they'd never admit it with Ron Paul currently doing so well in their polls. This is a statement something along the lines of "Hey! We get it! We're on this problem and we want to fix it." That's a great political statement to make. But I think in terms of actually fixing the problem, it takes us backwards rather than forward. A simple statement along the lines of "Something is really wrong with online privacy. We look for partners in the opposition party to move this forward immediately." could have done the same thing without as much counterproductive posturing. I leave it to the reader to determine whether the goal here is actually fixing the problem or staking out a political position for the upcoming election. I remind people, including Ron Paul supporters, that's it's very possible for elements of a party to make all kinds of noise that folks want to hear -- while actually creating a long-term fight that will continue to draw donations and support. There are many scenarios in politics where creating a good fight is much more advantageous than fixing the problem. In my analysis, this is the purpose of that document. I'm desperately hoping over the next couple of years that the Republicans do not rise to the bait. The last thing I want to see is the Republicans spinning libertarian values as some excuse for my every move to be tracked.