so now they get for free what I had to pay for. Just like Mortgages.
Woohoo!!
I want a gig internet connection!
With a gig connection, web pages will load much faster while I’m reading about the destruction of the country online.
A virtual bridge to nowhere.
Here’s the deal. Quiet simply...on the list of 100 top priorities in rural areas of America....this pretty much near number 88.
Farmers don’t have time to waste with high-speed access. Farmer’s wives have a pretty full day and fairly satisfied with 56k modem speed. If you give high-speed access to rural kids...you just get more addicted to World of Warcraft.
Who says that internet speed is a right? Who says that this is a priority? Who is pushing this entire agenda?
To offer some sarcastic views here. Farmer Joe will eventually cut back on farming hours (presently 15 hours a day), and spend six hours talking to Twinky Wilkerson who lives in NY City and is transgenedered. Farmer Joe will get involved in various online relationships...as will his neighbors. Half of them will eventually leave....and likely move to NY City to be near their online lovers. Who will farm the farm?
Farmer Joe’s wife? She will be a power-broker with various online syndicates out of France. She will eventually give up on her husband and move to Paris to paint abstract rural art with her lesbian girlfriend.
Farmer Joe’s son...Larry? He will become supreme commander of the galactic forty-four force within World of Warcraft. Larry will not pay any attention to the farm or learning the craft. At eighteen...he’ll move in with five other guys who sell oranges door-by-door....and play eighteen hours of gaming per day.
Farmer Joe’s daughter....Jenny? She will make a weekly video of herself riding a tractor with very little on, and share this via the high-speed connection. She’ll tweeter while she drives the tractor and have 188 different guys promising to be her future husband...of which 187 are 40 years old or more. One guy will be from Brazil.
We are delivering a service that will eventually bring down the farming belt.
Hughes Broadband Satellite service: available pretty much anywhere in US.
Wildblue Internet broadband service: available pretty much anywhere in US.
VSAT; Skyway USA; a few others:available pretty much anywhere in the US.
The big question is, “why is this a federal problem?”
How typical.
1) Demand $8 billion.
2) Figure out what to do with it.
I guess it’s just too much to ask that they have a plan in place before they confiscate our money from us and future generations.
I suppose it’s also too much to ask that the WaPo be mildly curious as to why broadband is the FedGov’s business to begin with.
This is just another foot in the door for controlling internet content.
If the government is footing the bill for your connection, they’ll usurp control over what flows there ... for your own good, of course.
Obama sems to be a mix between, Dave Dinkins of New York city and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Two Beauties.
Aren’t we lucky ?
I hope his admirers are just thrilled.
By the way Ron Emmanuel is reported to have his home declared a charitable organization and thereby pays no real estate Taxes on it.
On zillow.com the house is listed at $1,000,000.00 and taxes at over $ 12,000.00.
Obama sure picks winners.