Posted on 02/27/2015 7:51:19 AM PST by RoosterRedux
oday’s vote by a bitterly divided Federal Communications Commission that the Internet should be regulated as a public utility is the culmination of a decade-long battle by the Left. Using money from George Soros and liberal foundations that totaled at least $196 million, radical activists finally succeeded in ramming through “net neutrality,” or the idea that all data should be transmitted equally over the Internet. The final push involved unprecedented political pressure exerted by the Obama White House on FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, head of an ostensibly independent regulatory body.
“Net neutrality’s goal is to empower the federal government to ration and apportion Internet bandwidth as it sees fit, and to thereby control the Internet’s content,” says Phil Kerpen, an anti-net-neutrality activist from the group American Commitment.
The courts have previously ruled the FCC’s efforts to impose “net neutrality” out of bounds, so the battle isn’t over. But for now, the FCC has granted itself enormous power to micromanage the largely unrestrained Internet.
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Our fathers would have burned DC to the ground; already. USG trying to seize control of internet and everything else.
US Congress _passed_ funding for amnesty.
No government preferences for Big Internet.
Three unelected people DO NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY OR JURISDICTION to make law.
They will file lawsuits but ultimately submit for further punishment and abuse.
Want to bet “Organizing for America” will get a huge contract and be involved BIG TIME
The FCC is lawless.
Remember they promised to release the papers after the vote, and they still refuse.
Nevertheless, 3 unelected people do not have the jurisdiction or legal authority to make law.
Remember too the FCC chairman refused to go before congress.
Their lawless and the Republican congress is doing nothing to stop this and reverse it.
SHOUT IT FROM EVERY ROOFTOP !!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is this a bad thing?
Everyone needs to keep repeating this over and over.
So any type of enforcement of this is illegal.
Three unelected people DO NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY OR JURISDICTION to make law.
They are making law bypassing the U.S. Congress.
They cannot do that.
They are trying to tax and hold people to legal standards passed by congress.
It’s flat illegal and they are breaking the law by lying and trying to trick the public.
I’m sorry but three unelected people DO NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY OR JURISDICTION to make law.
They are acting outside the U.S. Constitution.
The FCC DOES NOT HAVE REGULATORY POWER OUTSIDE OF CONGRESS.
They can do anything they want as long as no one is willing to stop them.
Well then they are completely lawless, and its only a matter of time until it descends down to the public.
Ok, thanks for the info.
“...or creating paid fast lanes on the Internet...”
On a postive note, will be doing away with the tolls on the NJ Turnpike!
I cancelled cable months ago and haven’t missed it. There are more shows on regular tv than I have time to watch.
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