President Obama declared to the world that Internet should be free in his speech at the United Nations: Posted on 09/23/2010 9:13:25 AM PDT by Big Bureaucracy
President Obama declared to the world that Internet should be free in his speech at the United Nations:
"We will promote new tools of communication so people are empowered to connect with one another and, in repressive societies, to do so with security. We will support a free and open Internet, so individuals have the information to make up their own minds."It is important for the President to clarify what he means by Free Internet. Uncensored Internet? Or free of charge? If he meant Free Internet as uncensored, what is the difference between ‘free Internet’ and ‘open Internet’?
It would be very disturbing if the President of the United States is going around the world advocating for Internet to be for free. This is a clear path to gain control over the modern day of communications.
Soon the UN will be talking about the people’s right to access The Net. I doubt that the Internet providers will give away their product for free. Like the health care providers they will go out of business when mandates to provide their product for free collapse their business. The government will be there waiting to take over.
So the only way to give the world free Internet is if the tax-payers pay for it. That will ensure world-wide government control over the Net.
The free flow of ideas is causing too much head-ache for the rulers all over the globe. China and Iran are censoring the Internet content. President Obama frequently complains that the information on the Internet is not helpful to his agenda.
One sentence in a long speech may be planting the seeds of the future government control of the communications. I wonder how this sentence is translated all over the world. ‘Free’ as ‘freedom ‘or ‘free’ as ‘you don’t have to pay for it’?
Free and Open....Like for folks watching porn at the public libraries!!!
While we are handing out goodies, I have to say that I would like to have a mansion and a yacht.
I hate that graphic. It’s like the ‘workers of the world unite’ fists in the air.
the graphic is courtesy of Broadband.gov created by the Federal Communication Commission
Well.....there ya’ go. ;-)
Government owned web...who would have thunk....
The best way to have a Free and Open Internet, is for the gubmint to leave it well enough alone.
Keep yer mitz off my internetz!
I see that the “won” has his priorities straight as usual...
No idea what he was talking about.
i don’t understand. my most basic need is water. if the internet is free then why the hell do i have to pay for water. in fact i can think of other things more important than the internet. how bout food too, and electricity and a place to stay.
Obama’s idea of the word free is when someone else pays for it.
It is free in the communist Utopia land
So those of us that have already earned and sacrificed in other areas, to have broadband internet access, ON OUR OWN:
Do we get a cash credit?
Whenever Obastard or liberals talk about something for “free”, they really mean that they will force others to pay for it so that people who vote for them can get it with no charge.
No such thing as free. The American public would be paying for internet access for all the “poor” and “downtrodden” in the world!
ANOTHER scheme to disguise a massive transfer of wealth from those who worked for it to those who lob around and vote liberal.
Remove the “R” from free and it’s fee, so there ya “R”.
If you want free internet, walk (a free activity) down to the nearest library branch (also free) and use one of their internet-connected machines (also free).
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