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Posted on 02/24/2015 8:09:04 PM PST by fision
The Republican resistance in Congress surrendered to President Obama’s call to protect an open Internet, with rules likely to be approved by regulators on Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
so what are you wanting us to do what the NY times wants us to do to not call , twitter or email Congress? seems like it .
Yes the NY times is lying . is that a surprise? this battle is far from over. and with a massive call in campaign it can be undone. so you want us to give up and not fight , not call Congress. the trouble is most people believe the ny times and the media and so we don’t fight. We can’t just give up.We should all be organizing call in campaigns to stop this or undo these regulations as they can be undone. to whine and give up that’s what the NY time wants ,for us to surrender.
Until the current rino/gop-e leadership is expunged this is how everything will be.
Everything.
No matter how bad the Republican is, they can never reach the depths of depravity of a Democrat.
One goes along to get along which is bad enough, the other pushes the limits of evil with every passing day.
I’m not defending the gutless Cowards on our side, just calling it as I see it.
I had trouble understanding this story. Is that intentional on the part of the Times?
Why was it necessary to vote republican again?
I notice there’s no tolerance spec on those non-resistors.
To paraphrase Al $harpton...
“No resistance, no tolerance”.
There is no question, under law, which of the two "bodies" is preeminent. The FCC is "a creature of Congress" with zero statutory authority not previously deferred to it by Congress. What one Congress has given the 114th Congress can take away.
I'm prepared to believe this story for a number of reasons, including the uncertainty on the part of Congress concerning the political will of the People, the loathsome noise of those well-represented special interests pushing this profanity on the rest of us, the general noise level of the moment both real and drummed up.
At the same time, and for some of the same reasons, I am not prepared to give up on this. The sequestering of the proposed rules to be voted on by the commission on Thursday, a clear violation of the commission's tradition and history going back to 1933, is highly suspect. Once published, even after voted on, these rules are almost certain to create a firestorm on a grassroots level. It is possible our timid congressional leadership prefers to wait until the commission actually makes public the letter of these proposed rules before finalizing legislation.
Regarding the commission's statutory mandate, I don't know but that Congress has the simple authority to defer the former's actions with a simple majority, as it does (and often ignores) with nearly all regulatory authority promulgated by federal "rules making" agencies, again, in accord with Article I. There may be other checks directly on the FCC in the Act that created it, as amended, and I know there are virtually an unlimited number of ways Congress can put the screws on the commission -- all of which heavily depend on political will.
If we depend on the late NY Times either for information or satisfaction concerning this Congress we're lost, from the start. If, however, should the commission act in the manner we've been led to believe they will on Thursday, that will not be the end of the story, even if this present leadership, or some among them, claim the matter is "settled" or "out of their hands." It will totally depend on the reaction of the people, I think after the commission acts, or at least publishes these hellish anti-American rules, in concert with the FEC.
So keep those cards, letters, Emails and phone calls pressing on the quality time of congressional staffers. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
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“Its far worse than that. By funding this madness— the congress RATIFIES IT!!. The DOJ then argues “ they waived objection and funded it!! Please someone hear me. Are these elected officials so stupid that they don’t know the “doctrine of ratification” ? This is like a night mare only we are not asleep. McConnell is a traitor. Is Boehner?”
Its far simpler than that: dear leader, boehner, mcconnell are all on the same uniparty team. The rhetoric is of course different, but in the end the policies are the same. Not because of some bizarre coincidence or series of incompetent moves...but because they were on the same script all along.
“Republicans suck.”
Its one big, happy and corrupt uniparty. And we’re not in it.
“I am so over the GOP.They get the biggest majority they have had in 100 years and they wuss out.”
It wasn’t wussing out, or extreme incompetence, or failure to communicate, or stupidity. It was by design. We have a one party system: the uniparty. That uniparty has two factions, the ‘rats and the gop. Their rhetoric of course differs, but their underlying policies when in office are essentially the same. The “fighting” that you see in the public sphere is just kabuki theatre for mass consumption. WWF on a grand scale.
If you want freedom and liberty, you’ll have to get it for yourself.
Obama is Law-Less because Republicans are BALL-LESS!!!
“Yours is exactly the response the NY times wants to get out of this article. Do you understand who these people the media and the NY times are . do you all not see how they are your puppet masters and you are the puppets? you are being controlled by them.”
Close, but not quite. The manipulation is in that media organs like the NY slimes want to provide the appearance of opposing political parties. Nothing could be further than the truth. Yes, they are puppet masters. But the script isn’t liberal versus conservative, it’s uniparty now and forever.
While we're here, a peek at their government frenemies. See ones in the middle, in grey, are advertised as neutral? What's up with that little bit of devious bait-and switch, and I don't mean for the better. I mean, come on, anyone with half a brain already knows exactly where those greymeats stood on the issue--but I forgot what kind of special people this advertisement is targeted to...
I do wish we had seen this when it started last July, but that would have been too easy...
well hells bells,
When your “leaders are horse piss like Mitch and Boehner, What can one expect.
Don’t waste your time trying to persuade the losers in this latest FR surrender money pity parade. They wallow in defeat and are not worth your effort. As you stated, the media propaganda machine has completely brainwashed them to embrace hopelessness.
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