Pat: I agree that supporting/ electing techno-literate and fiesty Congresspeople and hiring some professional lobbying would both be useful.

But in order for either of those things to happen, we need to build a real movement behind these issues. In my experience, the folks who care most passionately about these issues tend, well, let's just say we tend not to be joiners. Somehow, though, we've got to get our friends, colleagues and allies to realize that unless we start working together in an organized movement, we're going to lose. Period. As Mathowie said, we can only route around bad laws for so long.