[abb]

This just in...

[abb]

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[a fool in paradise]

Power ghraib.

[RandallFlagg]

I-have-no-idea-what-this-means-bookmark.

[KoRn]

/mark

[Nachum]

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[Responsibility2nd]

 

Nothing to see here, people. Move along.

[TChris]

YAGPG

(Yet Another Government Power Grab)

[Pontiac]

Can’t they take our Kenyan too?.

The Obama Doctrine

If Congress does not give me the power to do what I want; I will just have the bureaucrats re-interpret existing law to do what I want.

[apillar]

Looks like the FCC is cruising for another Supreme Court smackdown...

[Tzimisce]

When we said “Free Speech”, we didn’t mean for you. :)

[1010RD]

Rent seeking behavior.

Government is the problem. Liberty, not force.

[upchuck]

If you’re a barrister, join the line to the left.

This is a VERY dangerous precedent. Once the FCC gets their hands on the Internet they will surely ruin it. The government destroys anything it takes over from the private sector.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks abb.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has decided to reregulate Internet lines to protect net neutrality, siding with consumer groups and Internet companies worried that Internet providers have too much power.

...and the difference between "Internet companies" and "Internet providers" is...

• Washington Post Co. to Sell Newsweek (Dumpin' It: Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)
• Washington Post Co. looking to sell Newsweek (Buh Bye)

[kara2008]

How does the FCC have the authority to do this??!! Didn't the courts just rule that the FCC does not have the authority? Can someone explain how they can do this?

This "net neutrality" will be coupled with the so-called "fairness doctrine" as an attempt by the statists to stifle free speech. It will also crush the ISP/broadband industry and internet access prices will skyrocket w/metered use!

[bamahead]

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[livius]

This is the worst news I have heard not only all day, but for many a long year. How can Obama/Waxman get away with this?

Is there any recourse?

[plain talk]

Julius Genachowski info from Wikipedia

“He worked on the select committee investigating the Iran-Contra Affair and for U.S. Representative (now Senator) Chuck Schumer. He was Chief Counsel to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, a position he left in 1996 to go into business.

For the Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign, Genachowski was Chairman of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications policy working group that created the Obama Technology and Innovation Plan. He also advised and guided the Obama campaign’s innovative use of technology and the Internet for grassroots engagement and participation.

He co-led the Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform Group for president-elect Barack Obama’s presidential transition team. On January 12, 2009, several news outlets reported that Genachowski would be President-Elect Obama’s choice to head the Federal Communications Commission as Chairman. This was confirmed by a press release on March 3, 2009.”

[HAL9000]

The solution is for the telco utilities to give up their quasi-governmental powers like eminent domain and rent-free usage of everyone’s private property in return for complete deregulation. Then they can operate like any other business in the USA, without the special privileges.

[Rocky]

If you like your current internet connection, you will be able to keep your current internet connection. I promise. No, I really mean it this time.

[tutstar]

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