When HTML came to congress...

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The Obamacare hearings have begun, (cue wingnuts yelling Benghaziii!!!Obamacare!), and they are pretty much exactly as idiotic as you would expect them to be.
The looniness took full hold when Joe Barton (R - Clueless) pointed at the code (pdf) below, and tried to get a contractor to admit that it violated HIPAA
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) grilled CGI’s Campbell on a warning on the Web site that information visitors entered into the system would be subject to greater disclosure than the medical forms Americans typically fill out. That information is protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a privacy law. 
“Are you aware this was in the source code? Do you think that’s HIPAA compliant?” Barton asked. “Admit it! You're under oath.”
In case you don't feel like zooming, the code that the Honorable Rep. is so incensed about is this
<!--<p>To continue you must accept the terms and conditions...
   <li> You have no expectation of privacy...
   <li>... this information may...be used... for any lawful government purpose...</p> -->
Get it?
Its commented out!
Thats what the <!-- ..... -->  does!
Everything in between is a comment.

Mayhaps someone should have told him about this.
Then again, he probably wouldn't give a shit...





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