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Andrew

US Pirate Party vice chair.

As Vice Chair (and former Chair) of the US Pirate Party, I've experienced my own share of ballot access issues. Do you think a major issue with US politics today is the EXTREMELY high barrier to entry in most states for new candidates and parties to challenge the entrenched status quo. And is reform here more, as or less important than campaign finance reform?

Andrew US Pirate Party Vice Chair, Pirate Party of Georgia Vice Chair

On behalf of the Pirate Party, a quick Hi, and that it's important to work on the political aspects as well, showing incumbent politicians there's an alternative to them if they don't shape up. We've had a lot of success in Europe, but we need people to support, and participate in things stateside, to get things done here. After all, the US is one of the hardest countries in the western world to register a political party in.

And it's not just the US, it's worldwide; the EU elections are this summer, and after the amazing work Amelia and Christian did fighting off ACTA, we need to keep the pressure on things and keep pirates in parliaments.

Andrew Norton Vice Chairman, US Pirate Party (http://uspirates.org) Vice Chair, Pirate Party of Georgia (http://piratepartyofgeorgia.org) Governor, Pirate Party of the UK (http://pirateparty.org.uk)

As a personal matter, I like nuclear power. I've spent some time around reactors, including small (fusion-based) ones made by hobbyists in the US.

My personal opinion is that it's probably the best, safest, and most reliable means of energy generation we have at present.

Net Neutrality basically means 'data is data, you can't treat it differently because of the source or type' (I've got a dog in this, as I led the TorrentFreak research into Comcast/Sandvine 7 years ago that started the debate)

The key word is 'neutrality' as in 'not picking sides'. that's different from a sheer 'quantity' limit. Quotas/restrictions/caps are a problem themselves, but that's a separate problem from 'net neutrality'.

The only area they cross at is when you have data they claim doesn't count towards the cap, like t-mobile and certain music streaming services, or a cableco claiming some of their own services don't count. But that's just a problem in TWO areas, rather than two aspects of one problem.