hutcheson - 5:01 pm on May 13, 2009 (gmt 0)

This is coming from a lobbyist, not a government official. And lobbyists don't tell you what they want. Nor do they care what you want. They tell you that their proposal will solve a problem you're concerned about. It's like marketing in a way. If I want you to waste money on cosmetics....I tell you your failures with the opposite sex are a result of your ugly mug, which my product will hide. Actually, I don't care how well you get along with persons of any sex. I just want you to run to the store and give my friend money.

I'm absolutely sure the CDC doesn't care about click fraud. But I'm also absolutely sure that the CDC is getting money from someone who wants the government to spend more time watching what you and I do on the internet. (RIAA/MPAA would be the obvious candidate, although there might be other people with similarly fascist goals.) And the CDC paid for polls to see what their audience THAT DAY was concerned about? Click Fraud, check, click fraud it is, "our, um, new deoderant will protect you from click fraud."

Most of you guys are IN marketing, you know how it works.