Hillary Calls for 'Net Neutrality'(major attempt by the government to regulate the Internet)

Newsmax ^ | Tuesday, June 20, 2006

[IrishMike]

Sen. Hillary Clinton has thrown her support behind "network neutrality” regulations that conservatives say mark the first major attempt by the federal government to regulate the Internet.

In a mass e-mail to supporters, Clinton writes: "I want to tell you a little bit about Net neutrality, why I believe it’s so important to our democracy, and what you can do to help.”

In the Net neutrality debate, cable and telephone companies that provide Internet service, including AT&T and Verizon, are pitted against major Internet players like Google and Amazon and large-scale users, like the left-wing MoveOn.org.

The Internet providers are lobbying to create a two-tiered Internet in which Web sites that pay them large fees would get priority, including faster loading.

Users like MoveOn – and Clinton – support Net neutrality legislation that would require all Web sites to continue to be treated equally.

[jodiluvshoes]

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I heard Hillary's opponent JOHN SPENCER on the MuscleHead Show yesterday and this guys is anything BUT a RINO. John Spencer is the real deal and he looks GREAT compared to her. Kevin did a write up on him with the podcast included... I'm re-listening to it now...

His website is cool too - www.joinspencer.com

[wolfcreek]

Reason #45673 why We can't let this beast become leader of the free world.

[IrishMike]

Don't forget sales taxes on e-commerce!


That had slipped my mind, and if the Feds start dipping, the States are sure to follow.

[IrishMike]

Thanks for the tip !

[IrishMike]

Reason #45673 why We can't let this beast become leader of the free world.




I like your thinking, and reason #45673 is one of MC^ squared of the number of reasons.

[Roccus]

On this point, taxes on e-commerce, I think the States will lead the way. The Fed will merely make it OK for them to do so.

[doberville]

GMTA. Ever since the Clinton Curse years, free information exchange has been Hillary's bane. The question was never 'if' but 'how' would she attack the forums.

Now we know.

[Wuli]

"Net nuetrality" is nothing other than the Googles trying to protect their business model in which the telecom/cable network providers are prohibited from having tiered services (for content providers like Googole) while Google incorporates tiered services into what it offers.

As usual, when liberals are demanding something you know there's some hypocrisy in there somewhere.

[P-40]

to continue to be treated equally.

Continue to be treated equally? That is news to me. I pay a lot for my high volume sites but nearly zip for the low volume ones.

[SerpentDove]

I can't wait for the cowardly Republicans to roll over on this one.

[GaltMeister]

Remember this little gem? Hillary calling for a 'gatekeeper' function on the Internet. This was not long after the drudgereport broke the Lewenski scandal:

"We're all going to have to rethink how we deal with the Internet. As exciting as these new developments are, there are a number of serious issues without any kind of editing function or gatekeeping function... ." 1 Hillary Rodham Clinton

She is dangerous. How would you like a Hillary 'gatekeeper' approving or editing your posts on FR?

Here is a link to an article from 1999:

http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/Hirsen-internet8-99.html

[mewzilla]

And just so no-one misunderstands, even honest people need a lawyer at times, and even the guilty are entitled to defense- I'm just saying that we are over-lawed, over-taxed, and over-regulated nearly to death.

Amen! :)

[stockstrader]

Steve Forbes wrote a great article opposing Net Neutrality in the recent Fortune Magazine--I recomment it. Government egalitarian intrusion and regulation will not encourage competition--and will result in bigger, more controlling govt.

Combine that will Hilarity's support of Net Neutrality--and its easy to see what side to support.

[StormEye]

"Clinton writes: "I want to tell you a little bit about Net neutrality, why I believe it’s so important to our democracy, and what you can do to help."

The Leftists are always so insistent in saying that America is a "democracy." America is not a "democracy" and was not set up to be a "democracy." Republicans fall into saying this nonsense too.

[IrishMike]

Many, many thanks for the post & link

[IrishMike]

Many, many thanks for the post & link

[IrishMike]

"Clinton writes: "I want to tell you a little bit about Net neutrality, why I believe it’s so important to our democracy, and what you can do to help."
The Leftists are always so insistent in saying that America is a "democracy." America is not a "democracy" and was not set up to be a "democracy." Republicans fall into saying this nonsense too.


America is Republic....

thanks for the reminder.

[GaltMeister]

Here's another link, with a lot more on Hldebeast's internet editor/gatekeeper comments:

http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,10230,00.html

Democrats love power, but hate freedom.

[IrishMike]

Thanks again Ping.

[Feldkurat_Katz]

I'm very suspicious of anything that is supported by AT&T and Verizon. Basically, these are calcified old-style companies that care little for innovation; their business model relies on trying to achieve monopoly, or close to monopoly status.

Where I live, broadband is a duopoly - only Comcast and Verizon.