Why should pols and special interests waste valuable time when frictionless capitalism could come to their rescue? I propose an eBay that would let clashing interests bid for the votes of politicians. That way, Cisco, Intel and friends could compete openly and directly against anti-Net industries like movies or the big-time recording biz. Imagine the economies. Special interests wouldn’t have to shell out big bucks on, say, Jack Valenti or oversized offices on K Street. We could do away with trade associations and campaign dinners. Just think how pleased H.L. Hunt‘s ghost would be.

Luckily the above is satire. Not so happily, the item posted earlier this morning, about Rep. Berman, is reality.

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