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U.S. regulatory czar nominee wants Net 'Fairness Doctrine' [censoring the Internet]
http://www.worldnetdaily.com ^ | April 27, 2009 | © 2009 WorldNetDaily

Posted on 04/27/2009 6:34:44 PM PDT by luv2ndamend

Cass Sunstein sees Web as anti-democratic, proposed 24-hour delay on sending e-mail

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama's nominee for "regulatory czar" has advocated a "Fairness Doctrine" for the Internet that would require opposing opinions be linked and also has suggested angry e-mails should be prevented from being sent by technology that would require a 24-hour cooling off period.

The revelations about Cass Sunstein, Obama's friend from the University of Chicago Law School and nominee to head the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, come in a new book by Brad O'Leary, "Shut Up, America! The End of Free Speech." OIRA will oversee regulation throughout the U.S. government.

Sunstein also has argued in his prolific literary works that the Internet is anti-democratic because of the way users can filter out information of their own choosing.

"A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government," he wrote. "Democratic efforts to reduce the resulting problems ought not be rejected in freedom's name."

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To: Brad's Gramma

Frankfurter Professor. I couldn’t have said it better myself.


81 posted on 04/27/2009 9:41:51 PM PDT by Shaun_MD (Velius In Evidens Visum)
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To: Brad's Gramma; Jim Robinson
Did you see this?

Why Societies Need Dissent
Cass R. Sunstein
In this timely book, Cass R. Sunstein shows that organizations and nations are far more likely to prosper if they welcome dissent and promote openness. Attacking "political correctness" in all forms, Sunstein demonstrates that corporations, legislatures, even presidents are likely to blunder if they do not cultivate a culture of candor and disclosure. He shows that unjustified extremism, including violence and terrorism, often results from failure to tolerate dissenting views. The tragedy is that blunders and cruelties could be avoided if people spoke out.

Sunstein casts new light on freedom of speech, showing that a free society not only forbids censorship but also provides public spaces for dissenters to expose widely held myths and pervasive injustices. He provides evidence about the effects of conformity and dissent on the federal courts. The evidence shows not only that Republican appointees vote differently from Democratic appointees but also that both Republican and Democratic judges are likely to go to extremes if unchecked by opposing views. Understanding the need for dissent illuminates countless social debates, including those over affirmative action in higher education, because diversity is indispensable to learning.

Dissenters are often portrayed as selfish and disloyal, but Sunstein shows that those who reject pressures imposed by others perform valuable social functions, often at their own expense. This is true for dissenters in boardrooms, churches, unions, and academia. It is true for dissenters in the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court. And it is true during times of war and peace

82 posted on 04/27/2009 9:46:33 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Just A Nobody

Has a mouth on both sides of his head, this hypocrite.


83 posted on 04/27/2009 9:50:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: luv2ndamend

That weenie can kindly come here to PA and kiss my white, Greek, butt.


84 posted on 04/27/2009 9:54:31 PM PDT by Windcatcher (Obama is a COMMUNIST and the MSM is his armband-wearing propaganda arm.)
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To: Just A Nobody

Cool. I’m a Gramma. I ROCK at the “Dissent” thing.

I even come with references.

Bring. It. On. You. Loser.


85 posted on 04/27/2009 9:57:46 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Life is but a big granola bar.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck; Brad's Gramma
There is more.

Republic.com (2001)

Risk and Reason (2002)

The Second Bill of Rights (2004)

Check out his other articles and books.
Laws of Fear: Beyond the Precautionary Principle (2005), Worst-Case Scenarios (2001), and Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler, 2008). He is now working on various projects involving the relationship between law and human behavior.

This guy is a real piece of work. Of course I expected nothing less from the pres__ent usurper.

86 posted on 04/27/2009 10:17:05 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Brad's Gramma

LOL! Gramma’s are the best!


87 posted on 04/27/2009 10:17:53 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: SunkenCiv

I know it’’s wiki but....

Sunstein’s 2006 book, Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge, explores methods for aggregating information; it contains discussions of prediction markets, open-source software, and wikis. Sunstein’s 2004 book, The Second Bill of Rights: FDR’s Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More than Ever, advocates the Second Bill of Rights proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among these rights are a right to an education, a right to a home, a right to health care, and a right to protection against monopolies; Sunstein argues that the Second Bill of Rights has had a large international impact and should be revived in the United States. His 2001 book, Republic.com, argued that the Internet may weaken democracy because it allows citizens to isolate themselves within groups that share their own views and experiences, and thus cut themselves off from any information that might challenge their beliefs, a phenomenon known as cyberbalkanization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Sunstein

OHMYGOD!


88 posted on 04/27/2009 10:28:43 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Just A Nobody

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=gm&q=Huffington+Post&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=gm&q=Daily+KOS&btnG=Search

http://www.freerepublic.com

There. I’ve been fair and (un)balanced by linking not ONE, but TWO lefty sites.

I’m soooooooooo fair and balanced, I can’t stand myself.


89 posted on 04/27/2009 10:32:41 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Life is but a big granola bar.)
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To: Brad's Gramma
I’m soooooooooo fair and balanced, I can’t stand myself.

After linking Huff and Puff KOS, I'm wondering if I can stand you. LOL! jk!!!

The good news is I don't have to click on the links. ;*)

90 posted on 04/27/2009 11:32:35 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Just A Nobody

Heh. I didn’t DIRECTLY link......

So you have to SORTA like me now. ;)


91 posted on 04/27/2009 11:35:21 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Life is but a big granola bar.)
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To: Fred Nerks
Hiya Fred! LTNS.

Among these rights are a right to an education, [10th plank of the communist manifesto] a right to a home, [We are in the middle of that fiasco] a right to health care, [the commies are working on it now] and a right to protection against monopolies;

Your response is acceptable. ;*)

92 posted on 04/27/2009 11:37:13 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Brad's Gramma
I do, I DO!!! ;*)

Off to bed I go. Have fun!

93 posted on 04/27/2009 11:38:13 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Just A Nobody

Sleep well! :)


94 posted on 04/27/2009 11:42:15 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Life is but a big granola bar.)
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To: Brad's Gramma
Thanks...you too, when the time comes. ;*)

Until tomorrow.........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

95 posted on 04/27/2009 11:47:16 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Just A Nobody

You’re a wuss.

The day is YOUNG! :) :)


96 posted on 04/27/2009 11:47:49 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Life is but a big granola bar.)
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To: Just A Nobody

My jaw dropped. Another marxist scumbag. The vermin is coming out of the woodwork.


97 posted on 04/27/2009 11:49:17 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: luv2ndamend
More tar , feather, run out on a rail material.Times are soon gonna be fun!
98 posted on 04/27/2009 11:53:46 PM PDT by Candor7 (The weapons of choice against fascism are ridicule,derision ,truth. (member NRA)
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To: luv2ndamend
If they start this crud with the Internet first, Talk radio will have no recourse or outlet
when the Communists come for them.
99 posted on 04/27/2009 11:54:01 PM PDT by MaxMax (America's population is 304-Million. Obama must punish America for the other 4.7 Billion)
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To: luv2ndamend

I would love to not be bombarded by liberal news headlines when signing on the net.

Bet that wouldn’t change with this communist czar’s plans.


100 posted on 04/28/2009 1:19:34 AM PDT by Luke21
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