Posted on 12/27/2010 7:31:26 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
As a recent column in the Wall Street Journal reminds us, online freedom is jeopardized in the name of “net neutrality” (The FCC’s Threat to Internet Freedom). This is just another case of the state re-labeling things to sound benign but that are really invasions of liberty and property rights–another good example being use of the term “intellectual property” to masque the true nature of state-granted monopoly privilege rights (patent and copyright) (see my post Intellectual Properganda).
It is true that some corporations probably have extra-market power to control aspects of the Internet, as the result of state interventions such as IP, FCC licensing, antitrust law, big business favoritism, and so on. But the solution is not to grant the state even more power to regulate private companies.This is the criminal gang that has fouled things up in the first place. Another recent example of federal Chutzpah is the Obama administration’s proposal to provide a "Web Privacy -Bill of Rights'"-how obscene. The mob that is the greatest threat to online privacy freedom, and rights will protect us? I’m reminded of the phrase, "We're from the government. And we’re here to help." Thanks, but no thanks, guys.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
how aggravating. It looked fine in the preview........ *sigh*
Ahh, the voice of Verizon. When regs make them money, they want them. When regs cost them money, they don’t want them and wrap themselves in the flag.
What is it with this weird net neutrality debate lately? Has Rush Limbaugh been stirring up his clones on it?
Thin skin is certainly interested in usurping the internet with the neutrality doctrine, but he didn’t invent the thing.
It comes from a marxist named Tim Wu. All the people over at the miss named group “free press” are marxists.
Go figure. A marxist comes up with a plan to silence all opponents, then calls it neutral.
Things were certainly neutral in the USSR. *rolls eyes*
-—————What is it with this weird net neutrality debate lately?——————
It’s the latest power grab. Beck outlined it quite well not too long ago. I’ll ping you in a sec..........
Everyone keeps telling us with great flare what the problem is. Now, will someone stand up and do something about it?
Could making money off the ills of others be stopping them?
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Yeah, and 80 years ago, a similar plan was divised under the name of "Fairness Doctrine". Which, of course, was anything but "fair".
It's how they operate - they put a pleasant name on it, but the purpose is the opposite of what the name implies.
It's as if a rapist were to bring his victim flowers.
======= in the name of “net neutrality†==========
has to be showing up on others' screens as well.
Not on mine. Everything looks great, that is why the ?
Obama was like captain picard, Wu told him about it, and he said “make it so”....LOL
“It’s the latest power grab. Beck outlined it quite well not too long ago. I’ll ping you in a sec.....”
So did Beck cover how GW Bush supported net neutrality for 8 years?\
Or how without neutrality, Fox, Rush, CNN, etc. can crush all the little guy competitors like FreeRepublic by cooperating with Verizon, etc.?
-———————So did Beck cover how GW Bush supported net neutrality for 8 years?-—————
He has in the past, yes. Just for curiousity, I went digging with google and found that way, way way back in december is one such example I found of him talking about it.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/49018/
-——————Or how without neutrality, Fox, Rush, CNN, etc. can crush all the little guy competitors like FreeRepublic by cooperating with Verizon, etc.?-——————
That’s the sales pitch of net neutrality. The problem is when net neutrality meets up with reality. Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2pIU5H0PaU
That’s him in his own words. And he *CAN* make it happen.
So while you worry about what “can”, or “might” happen based on some marxist sales pitch, Net Neutrality just happened at the FCC. So there is no maybes. The threat is here. The threat is now.
Amazing how so many so called “conservatives” even on this site are fooled by this net neutrality.
Maybe if we tell them that is net neutrality is funded by Soros groups and groups on the left, then MAYBE these morons will understand that this is Marxist ploy
Well all here on this site believed the democrat mainstream media when the mainstream media lied and said that the BP oil disaster was really a disaster when it wasn't.Ditto for the swine flue, e coli etc. When will people see?
This is the way the media/Democrats/socialists have always operated: create an imaginary threat and then pass laws that increase government regulations that cripple industry and freedom and that grow government power.
Amazing how so many so called “conservatives” even on this site are fooled by this net neutrality.
Maybe if we tell them that this net neutrality is funded by Soros groups and groups on the left, then MAYBE these morons will understand that this is a Marxist ploy
Well all here on this site believed the democrat mainstream media when the mainstream media lied and said that the BP oil "disaster" was really a disaster when it wasn't.Ditto for the swine flue, e coli etc. When will people see?
This is the way the media/Democrats/socialists have always operated: create an imaginary threat and then pass laws that increase government regulations that cripple industry and freedom and that grow government power.
Your post and the picture look fine to me.
Whatever lobbyist came up with this “Net Neutrality = Fairness Doctrine” earned the hell out of his bonus this year.
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