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Why Silicon Valley is the new revolving door for Obama staffers
Washington Post ^ | 02/27/2015 | By Cecilia Kang and Juliet Eilperin

Posted on 02/27/2015 1:44:56 PM PST by Macoozie

"Now, near the end of his administration, the extent of Obama’s commitment to Silicon Valley has become clear. And nowhere is that more evident than net neutrality, an issue where the president pressured the government to pass regulations with major implications for how consumers experience the Internet."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: dc; siliconvalley; staffers
Hollywood is dead.

Change the country by controlling information and education.

Big Brother is here.
1 posted on 02/27/2015 1:44:56 PM PST by Macoozie
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To: Macoozie

More insidious than Big Brother.

By leaving doubt about what is “allowed” in brave new world of post-Net Neutrality, the regime can manipulate people and companies into self-censoring themselves much more than with the heavy hand of clear and present overt government censorship.


2 posted on 02/27/2015 2:25:04 PM PST by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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To: Macoozie

The Washington revolving door now opens to the west as well as to the northeast. Follow the money.


3 posted on 02/27/2015 2:34:12 PM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: Macoozie

Makes sense.
I saw that Plouffy is at Uber now.


4 posted on 02/27/2015 2:35:49 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Macoozie

“”In 2004, when Barack Obama was running for the U.S. Senate, he made his first visit to Google’s campus and saw firsthand how a search on the Internet worked.””

Imagine that! Most of us sat in our own homes with our first computer and figured it out for ourselves. Amazing! No wonder he’s labeled brilliant! I never realized how brilliant!!!


5 posted on 02/27/2015 4:19:19 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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