Posted on 09/08/2016 10:46:45 AM PDT by PROCON
As the October 1 deadline approaches for the us to turn over control of ICANN, the domain name non profit, to the international community, several congressional Republicans are vowing to fight the move because they say it's dangerous and premature.
Politico:
GOP lawmakers have long warned that the administration's plan to relinquish its authority over ICANN, the global nonprofit that manages the internet's domain name system, could give authoritarian countries like China and Russia an opening to make an online power grab. Now, as the actual date of the transition approaches — Oct. 1 — Republicans are looking at throwing up new obstacles.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is pledging to make the issue his primary focus this month, beginning with a floor speech on Thursday, in which he's expected to rail against the Obama administration's strategy. Cruz has already launched a website claiming the president is “giving away the internet," complete with a spinning countdown clock against a black background. And he's scheduled a hearing of the Senate Judiciary oversight subcommittee he chairs next week to “investigate the possible dangers” of the plan.
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If 0bama can turn ICANN over to foreign governments, it would be his greatest, single accomplishment in his 8 year quest to destroy America and our sovereignty .
Oh God, Ted Cruz is on our side. He’s against it!
That means he’ll vote for it, and have a very good sounding (to him) reason.
It’s Al Goron’s, they can’t give it away.
You read Cruz as well as I do. Good on ya!
LOL!
“:^)
Hey, it is what it is.
We’re pretty much always on the same page.
D1
It seems perhaps you don't think this ICANN giveaway is a big deal.
The question should never be if the Republicans can do something,it’s always Will they do something
The question is, does the GOP really WANT to stop it?
This is the biggest deal and the media’s blacked it out. Average Joe doesn’t know a thing about it.
GOP won’t stop anything O does to America
GOP could have impeached and removed the illegal IslamoNazi immigrant invader.. years ago
GOP is bought off and sold out, lock stock and barrel (at least insofar as the treasonous “establishment leadership” is concerned).... we gotta get them out of office along with, of course, Obama/Kerry/Hilliary/Pelosi and their entire evil cabal
ASAP
Who is in favor of this? Maybe it’s because I’m in the SF Bay Area where there are a lot of tech workers, but I haven’t met anyone who’s for this.
The problem with Ted, is he says a lot of things, then does the opposite.
He didn’t want TPP, so he voted for TPA which had to pass so TPP could come into being.
If you don’t want legislation to pass, you don’t vote for supporting legislation that will make it possible.
The guy is as phony as a $3 bill.
BTW: No I do not want the hand-off.
Where was Ted on this six months ago? Where was he a year ago on this? What was he two years ago on this?
Isn’t this sort of things why we don’t want Hillary Clinton to be President? And isn’t Ted Cruz dead set against helping Trump get elected?
Screw Ted Cruz. He’s Tead to me.
Ted Cruz is not Mr. Conservative.
He’s Mr. Conswervative.
he's scheduled a hearing of the Senate Judiciary oversight subcommittee he chairs next week to “investigate the possible dangers” of the plan.
Lol. That'll teach obunghole! Speeches & hearings! Talk about worthless.
If we don't support ALL the GOP senators, (it's not just Cruz), who are fighting this tyrannical crap, we may not have Free Republic website anymore.
Nope. Speeches and hearings won't do a damned thing. Kabuki theater. That's all it is.
There's our problem. Not a damned one of them are fighting this tyrannical crap.
It's a tall order - first you have to get Mitch "0bama's Bitch" out of whatever bar he's in, and next convince Paul Ryno (closet dem) to go against his butt boy master, Hussein.
[[The November election notwithstanding, THIS is the most important issue we face, IMHO.
If 0bama can turn ICANN over to foreign governments, it would be his greatest, single accomplishment in his 8 year quest to destroy America and our sovereignty . ]]
They had better stop this .
This is the single most import thing next to the election .
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