Should
Obama do an end-run around Congress to get his way?
Am 8:5, Jn 8:36, Re 13:1-18Net Neutrality
Controlling the internet
[Internet Regulation is a Policy Decision that
Congress Should Make by Dorothy Coleman] "...[C]omments today by FCC
Commissioner Julius Genachowski and his plan for the Commission to adopt
a Net Neutrality Order at its December 21st Open Meeting just create
more uncertainty. We share the views of Commissioner Meredith Attwell
Baker that the decision of “whether the Internet should be regulated is
a decision best left to the directly elected representatives of the
American people...”
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Should
Obama do an end-run around Congress to get his way?
Am 8:5, Jn 8:36, Re 13:1-18
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Response to comment [from a Christian]: "I'm not sure the FCC commissioners are going to change the regs to true net neutrality anyway..."
They'd like to control what you see and hear.
Why do think that is?
"Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) pushed back on Monday against a contention by
a Democratic FCC commissioner that the government should create new
regulations to promote diversity in news programming..."
FCC push to regulate news draws fire
Response to comment [from a Christian]: Hey Serpent...Live with the WikiLeakable world or shut down the net. It's your choice...
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste
(Emanuel)..."
"That's what they believe and want. Tragic I say."
They cannot win on the battlefield of ideas.
"I agree. But it is the means to pull this off, not the ideas that mean much."
Of course--
silence the critic.
Response to comment [from other]: "...We need to find a way to protect net neutrality..."
Or refrain from acting like a
control freak.
Response to comment [from other]: "I can't understand conservatives. We need to ensure the free flow of information..."
You don't think information is
already flowing
freely more than any other time in human history?
[Free-flowing communication] "What you don't seem to realize it that corporations are on the verge of ending that."
Run for the hills.
Senate votes to save net neutrality
Senate Dems Circulating Plans for Gov't Takeover of Internet
