[Kenny]

Color me naive but this seems like a huge decision for one guy. Shouldn't this have to be approved by Congress? I know many of them have been effectively neutered but I'd like to at least see some debate.

[Starboard]

Congress doesn’t want to be responsibile for anything.

[PoloSec]

Well...they certainly gonna to try!

[Logical me]

King Obama is our dictator. This jackass is crazy as a bed bug and should be impeached by the House. Screw the Senate. Get it done and we can hold this over his head until we get the Senate. He does not have the right to give the internet without the consent of Congress.

King Obama is a traitor and must stopped..

[GeronL]

favorite sites being blocked will be a common thing

[The Duke]

SCENARIO: A US citizen invests and works his butt off to build a successful Internet business and one day he discovers that all his business traffic has been re-routed to a knock-off web site hosted in China.

This is EXACTLY what is going to happen.

[Carbonsteel]

With the administration we have right now, having the Russians or Chinese in charge of the Internet will be 6 to 1 and half dozen to the other versus the current care takers.

[right way right]

The ruling class wants to to kill the internet.
Makes sense to me.

[CincyRichieRich]

Our stupid ass congress is so inept to not even put this at the forefront of the news...hey, let’s give away the Panama Canal, our ports, give the Chicoms satellite technology...the keys to the kingdom for goodness sakes!

[Jumper]

This is about commercial control and protocols. The ability to stop the flow of data will always be in US hands.

[Billthedrill]

Welcome to carbon credits redux. In the interest of "fairness" we need to reserve 90% of the assignments to underdeveloped countries. Developed ones can purchase address space...for a price.

Watch it happen.

[pallis]

What exactly would Obama do about it? The little faggot is totally ill-equipped mentally and morally to be a leader, so he has resorted to being a lousy, incompetent dictator. Other countries laugh in his face. China and Russia are way too much for him to handle. The Democrat Senate is stupid enough to worship him, and the GOPe House is afraid of him. Say hello to the Chicom internet.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The Obama administration is keenly aware of the potential for an authoritarian regime to seize power over the Internet.

Which is why I'd think he'd want to hang on to it! /S

[Secret Agent Man]

president mom jeans’ carter panama canal moment. right here.