When I made my donation to Kerry I had a twinge of discomfort knowing that I'd be in a publicly searchable database as supporting "America Haters" if Bush won. When I mentioned to friends that the database of donations could be used to help make decissions as to who should be allowed to join the local country club, or who gets certain services or contracts, or who gets a job or not I was scoffed at as being a kook.
Then this came along:
The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission meets three times a year in various cities across the Americas to discuss such dry but important issues as telecommunications standards and spectrum regulations. But for this week's meeting in Guatemala City, politics has barged onto the agenda. At least four of the two dozen or so U.S. delegates selected for the meeting, sources tell TIME, have been bumped by the White House because they supported John Kerry's 2004 campaign.