Posted on 12/21/2010 8:15:26 PM PST by seamus
The Federal Communications Commission today moved in to regulate the Internet, which is the wonder of the modern age exactly because the FCC hasn’t been able to get its hands around its throat. Don’t just take it from me and others at The Heartland Institute. Some guy named Steve Wozniak wrote in The Atlantic that the little tech company he helped found would have never fundamentally transformed our economy and our lives if the rules the FCC just imposed were in place years ago.
I believe this is the end of the Internet as we know it. If the barrage of lawsuits soon to come don’t dislodge the FCC from a place it has no jurisdiction to regulate, it will burrow itself in for good. And we’ll all be the poorer for it — never knowing what cool stuff we’ll miss because of a world where companies play “Mother May I?” with bureaucrats before moving forward with their next innovation.
At a time when we need much less regulation across the board to encourage economic growth, the FCC has just inserted its muck-making machine smack dab in the middle of the only industry keeping America’s economy afloat.
Here are a couple of Heartland videos that help explain the net neutrality debate: (“Net Neutrality: Part 1” and “Why Obama is Wrong about Net Neutrality.”) Here is a Heartland policy study that exposes the Marxist history of the net neutrality movement. And here is my contribution to the statement Heartland released to the press today in reaction to this inevitable, but still depressing, news:
READ MORE HERE (and it gets worse).
(Excerpt) Read more at somewhatreasonable.com ...
I would remind freepers that the Shah of Iran was brought down by audiocasette tapes...
Unintended Consequences rules. If the libtards think they can end the New American Revolution by silencing us, they will be sadly rewarded. Forced to find new ways to communicate, messages will find an entirely NEW magnitude (and attitude). If you think freepers are rowdy now, just wait.
Now, the Internet is a THREAT, as facts and dissent are available freely, and they have to stop the Conservative push to overthrow the Communist Regime. The results of the 2010 elections show them that the word is out, and they are being exposed, and they now will shut down that access to the facts.
They likewise are attacking (via the FCC) the Conservative voices on talk radio, which will be the next information source to be muzzled.
Can REAL Americans be that dumb to not see where we're headed?
DeMint needs to start by explaining how he possibly could have voted for the “Food Safety” bill.
What a letdown.
You are not being irrational.
If the FCC can defy a court decision and an act of Congress, why couldn’t they start messing with conservative sites?
They are being tyrannical; you are not being irrational.
Now, the Internet is a THREAT, as facts and dissent are available freely, and they have to stop the Conservative push to overthrow the Communist Regime. The results of the 2010 elections show them that the word is out, and they are being exposed, and they now will shut down that access to the facts.
They likewise are attacking (via the FCC) the Conservative voices on talk radio, which will be the next information source to be muzzled.
Can REAL Americans be that dumb to not see where we're headed?
But to get a right minded, conservative FCC chairman, we have to get rid of the little tin god...and his entire administration.
We'll have that chance soon enough. And if the 2010 midterms were "the most important elections of our lifetime", then the presidential election upcoming in 2012 is positively earth shattering!
This time around, we need to find eloquent, conservative, hard-line, staunch, right minded candidates to run for ALL OFFICES UP FOR ELECTION....including the Presidency.
We desperately need to gain all the seats possible. This means running the candidate who can win and then voting for them. Let's get the seats (and the presidential office) first....we can "fine tune" later.
As an example...Scott Brown (R?) MA....he needs to be "fine tuned" out of office, but he MUST be replaced by another R....not a D!
So...let's get more "Rs" in there...replace the little tin god with a natural born US citizen who is also a staunch conservative....and the FCC will be taken care of in due time.
In this article, Obama is working with an international group for cybersecurity.
http://www.acus.org/program/international-security
INTERNET TAKEOVER – WHO IS PRESIDENT OBAMA WORKING WITH?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2646108/posts#21
Marsha Blackburn on Freedom Watch 12/03/10: FCC’s Net Neutrality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UogrD13z1do
Simple question. By what authority can the FCC just grab this power? Someone more learned than me please explain. It appears to me that they just declared that they have the authority to do this and those affected are expected to just go along. What if they don’t?
Can I simply claim for myself a new power? How about this? I declare the Net Neutrality power grab by the FCC null and void. How about that?
This may answer a few questions and fill in some background on the groups who brought this action and their methods.
The Net Neutrality Coup
The campaign to regulate the Internet was funded by a who’s who of left-liberal foundations.
John Fund
I second your decree. So shall it be.
“Not to worry FRiends....that which is done by dem/lib/prog/pop FCC chairmen can be undone by right minded, conservative FCC chairman.”
After their sorry performance on the START treaty it is clear the RINOs are easily bought off. When Google & ATT start lobbying in favor of this with big money the RINOs will scoop it up and sell us out. While it may be our freedom to them it is just another issue to be traded away for some cash or power.
It is simple. Most GOP politicians don’t like the free speech on the Internet. Most are just the same as the DNC.
Nothing will be done about this, other than a few selected complaints on the regulated airwaves. No one in power is very comfortable with the serfs being able to talk back.
bookmark
That is very disheartening.
The score I heard was 99-0.
It looks like McConnell sold us out on Food, DADT, START, and pork in the tax bill in order to kill the omnibus bill.
I hope I got bad info on that vote...but it wouldn’t make much difference at this point, would it?
AJ
Feel better? Would you like a tissue?
The FCC power grab will end on January 20, 2013, when we put a real American in our White House so the country can once again have a president - a leader who will preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, which she reveres as much as other patriotic Americans do.
O.W., I gave you some bad info on the “Food Safety” vote.
It was approved 78-22. Both DeMint and Coburn voted against it.
Sorry. I should know better than to pass along MSM information reported in haste.
That doesn’t make S510 suck any less but at least there are fewer sellouts in the Senate than what I thought there were.
Once again, my apologies.
More info from TexasFossil:
“That[99-0] was what was reported in “The Hill” but you could not find a reference anywhere on the senate.gov or Thomas websites. Nothing anywhere.
The explanation I heard was that they realized it had to originate in the House since it was a revenue bill, and resubmitted it. It took a couple of days before I could find the data.
This is being sold by the scare of preventing Al-Qaeda from using food contamination to attack the U.S. That is a stupid approach to solving that, but the real reason is the Global Ag Corps want this to eliminate the competition.
If you are hungry in 2011, don’t blame a farmer, blame the lying POLs. Same place to blame if your food costs sky-rocket this year. It could happen. The speculators are doing all they can to creat that problem now.
The Dems passed HR2749/S.510 about 1-1/2 years ago. They intended to use it for the ultimate population control tool. Food as a subjection tool. Commie Bas___ds!”
No problem. I found a thread after our discussion that indicated the vote. I thought I pinged you but last nite, when I was going through my comments, couldn’t find any evidence of that ping or article.
No question about it though, this bill is not intended for anything except control.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.