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Wave goodbye to Internet freedom
The Washington Times ^ | 12-2-10 | The Washington Times

Posted on 12/04/2010 1:37:27 PM PST by Graneros

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to add the Internet to its portfolio of regulated industries. The agency's chairman, Julius Genachowski, announced Wednesday that he circulated draft rules he says will "preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet." No statement could better reflect the gulf between the rhetoric and the reality of Obama administration policies.

With a straight face, Mr. Genachowski suggested that government red tape will increase the "freedom" of online services that have flourished because bureaucratic busybodies have been blocked from tinkering with the Web. Ordinarily, it would be appropriate at this point to supply an example from the proposed regulations illustrating the problem. Mr. Genachowski's draft document has over 550 footnotes and is stamped "non-public, for internal use only" to ensure nobody outside the agency sees it until the rules are approved in a scheduled Dec. 21 vote. So much for "openness."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fcc; governmentagencies; internet; lossoffreedom; netneutrality
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I believe the internet as we know it will disappear within 5 years, maybe sooner, when the FCC gets control. The FCC is one of the absolute worst Government agencies in existence.

Freepers howling for Julian Assange's head and the dismantling of Wikileaks had better think again. If the FCC or any other agency brings down Wikileaks for printing the truth they'll have no problem getting rid of Rush, Fox News, or any website they deem subversive and yes that will include Free Republic.

Herr Goebbels' spirit is alive and well in the USA.

1 posted on 12/04/2010 1:37:31 PM PST by Graneros
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To: Graneros

The House should bring this dick head Genachowski in for waterboarding first chance.


2 posted on 12/04/2010 1:41:59 PM PST by boomop1
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To: Graneros

the fcc is another puppet...


3 posted on 12/04/2010 1:42:05 PM PST by bareford101 (For me, there is no difference in a tolerant, open mind and a cess pool. Both are open to filth.)
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To: Graneros

None of FR, Fox, Rush have gone and spied out classified or secret diplomatic documents, nor have they ever shown signs of caring to do so. If repercussions cannot be brought upon an out and out spy who uses the internet as his bulletin board, whom can they be brought upon?


4 posted on 12/04/2010 1:42:59 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: HiTech RedNeck
If repercussions cannot be brought upon an out and out spy who uses the internet as his bulletin board, whom can they be brought upon?

The real enemy of the administration: Conservatives!

5 posted on 12/04/2010 1:45:12 PM PST by freedumb2003 (FYI: everything I post is IMHO -- YOU JACKWAGON! [no offense -- I just like that word])
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“The House”

The house should water-board themselves then shoot themselves.

6 posted on 12/04/2010 1:45:36 PM PST by Cisco Nix
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To: Cisco Nix

The New House the present morons are in bed with the nitwit in chief.


7 posted on 12/04/2010 1:49:13 PM PST by boomop1
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To: bareford101

The FCC is among my top 10 list of federal agencies that need their budgets slashed so hard that they can’t afford to function. We now control the purse strings and we made it clear that reducing the size of government was a top priority so get ready to start cutting where it counts.


8 posted on 12/04/2010 1:49:35 PM PST by RC one (WHAT!!!!)
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“The House should bring this dick head Genachowski in for waterboarding first chance.”

Agreed. Heck, I already wanted to see them hung from a lamppost for imposing digital TV on us.

I tell you, the so-called do-gooders in government have been doing nothing but make our lives as irritating as possible. They junk a TV system that had worked perfectly fine for decades so cell-phone companies could have more bandwidth, they want to force crappy, mercury-filled light bulbs on us, low-flush toilets that don’t actually save any water, and now they think they can impose Chinese-style internet censoring?


9 posted on 12/04/2010 1:52:06 PM PST by Strk321
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To: freedumb2003

From past palaver about this matter, it looks like it is a looie libertarian push to ban ISPs from furnishing cut-rate premium content associated with themselves which other ISP customers would have to pay the full rate to get. If this is being pushed to an out-and-out viewpoint discrimination, I’d think this would go to the USSC as a First Amendment case pretty quick.


10 posted on 12/04/2010 1:53:13 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Strk321

I am 68 a lot of my friends have passed, this is a temporary and disturbing part of life, my goal is to live long enough to see these people brought down.


11 posted on 12/04/2010 1:59:45 PM PST by boomop1
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To: Graneros; freekitty; Todd Kinsey; callisto; ElkGroveDan; holdonnow; flat; unkus; ...

Start calling members of the new Congress 24/7 demanding they do something about the current police state!


12 posted on 12/04/2010 2:01:55 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Graneros
Administrative law will be the (well one of many) ruin of us. How did we come to Political appointees making law?
13 posted on 12/04/2010 2:04:43 PM PST by Red Dog #1
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To: Graneros
If this were the 1800's, this administration would have a "Leaflet Fairness Act" which would have banned all leaflets thus limiting free speech and descent. Isn't is neat that this same crowd, growing up in the 60's-70's, would have been the first ones to support free speech and descent, and now that they are in charge, want it suppressed?

Hillary: We have a right to debate and disagree with ANY administration!

14 posted on 12/04/2010 2:05:45 PM PST by SERKIT (TSA-Form 2 Lines: Irradiation or Humiliation)
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I believe the internet as we know it will disappear within 5 years

We knew this was coming, or at least I did, hellooooo "unfairness" doctrine.

15 posted on 12/04/2010 2:11:01 PM PST by SouthDixie (The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.)
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To: SERKIT

When they are finished, the only “freedom” left will be the “freedom” to be a pervert of one variety or another.


16 posted on 12/04/2010 2:13:34 PM PST by mrsmel
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To: boomop1
The new house will not be seated until January.

There needs to be tea parties being held this month and continually throughout the year, both to keep the pressure up and to find candidates to take the reigns of power from establishment Republicans.

17 posted on 12/04/2010 2:18:00 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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To: Graneros

Wickileaks is already down, and Assauge has an arrest warrant issued by Interpol.


18 posted on 12/04/2010 2:26:44 PM PST by Kackikat (There is no such thing as a free lunch, because someone paid, somewhere.)
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I am 68 a lot of my friends have passed, this is a temporary and disturbing part of life, my goal is to live long enough to see these people brought down.

I'm 47 and can say the same thing.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

19 posted on 12/04/2010 2:29:56 PM PST by The Comedian (Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
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To: Graneros

A federal court already has ruled that the FCC does not have authority to do this. The new Congress should reverse this ASAP and start budget cuts with the FCC.


20 posted on 12/04/2010 2:30:23 PM PST by The Great RJ (The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
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