Posted on 09/23/2016 7:35:10 PM PDT by Freedom56v2
The White House mocked GOP nominee Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz for trying to prevent the Commerce Department from transferring technical oversight of the Internet to an international body.
"It doesn't withstand scrutiny," President Obama's spokesman Josh Earnest said on Thursday.
"It also strikes me as a curious position for a self-described small government conservative to shut down the government to ensure that the federal government can continue to control the Internet," Earnest said of Cruz. "It doesn't make any sense."
Cruz is trying to stop the multi-year transition that will leave the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in control of things such as naming Internet domains, by attaching a provision to a must-pass package that would keep the government funded past the Oct. 1 start of the new fiscal year.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Unfortunately the dark web uses the same fiber used for everything else ... all controllable by the government.
Go ahead and add me to that list
“I am not up to date on this issue- If Obama transfers control, then it is possible that the net could be censored by foreign countries?”
We could, theoretically, be denied use.
Onion router maybe
Never give up your franchise, and the internet is most certainly an American franchise.
What total a-holes.
Unless they want to provoke a riot by snuffing out all the orders to Amazon for movies of Justin Bieber, I doubt it would be shut off. But FR might not be listed any more.
The US developed the Internet.
Do NOT relinquish control!!!!!
Buck Farrack!
I thought that our government’s responsibility was to protect US citizens from foreign enemies. How does giving away the backbone of our commerce and national security to to potential enemies achieves this goal, idiot?
Everyone needs to call, email, or tweet their elected officials and bring the vote to the floor for the Protection of Internet Freedom Act - HR5418 or SB3034 and this needs to be done IN NEXT 7 DAYS~no pressure folks :(
For anyone in mood to contact Pelosi or Reid, they can be told to stop loading up the Continuing Resolutions with liberal pork==that is their ploy to make the CR with additional add ons not possible for GOP to vote on...
We need to add on the Protection of Internet Freedom Act to keep the internet here!
Taking over healthcare, but...they REALLY want small government..!
SURE..!
If something “makes sense” to this administration, it’s a near certainty that a sane person not otherwise engaged in destroying the country by any means available would never wish to do it. Conversely, I seriously want anything done from here to the end of 0bama’s term to not make sense to this admin.
In fact, I think the GOP should introduce the “Pay 0bama to Leave Office Early Act”.
Theres a 99.999999% chance Obama has already made a Secret Deal with the New Owner to enlarge his Retirement Fund
Regardless, everyone needs to call, email, or tweet their elected officials and bring the vote to the floor for the Protection of Internet Freedom Act - HR5418 or SB3034 and this needs to be done IN NEXT 7 DAYS~no pressure folks :(
For anyone in mood to contact Pelosi or Reid, they can be told to stop loading up the Continuing Resolutions with liberal pork==that is their ploy to make the CR with additional add ons not possible for GOP to vote on...
We need to add on the Protection of Internet Freedom Act to keep the internet here!
Its a step UP to a BIGGER World Government, Barry.
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Agreed...Here is what John Bolton is saying:
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/09/22/john-bolton-within-ten-years-internet-know-will-end/
Everyone needs to call, email, or tweet their elected officials and bring the vote to the floor for the Protection of Internet Freedom Act - HR5418 or SB3034 and this needs to be done IN NEXT 7 DAYS~no pressure folks :(
For anyone in mood to contact Pelosi or Reid, they can be told to stop loading up the Continuing Resolutions with liberal pork==that is their ploy to make the CR with additional add-ons not possible for GOP to vote on...
We need to add on the Protection of Internet Freedom Act to keep the internet here!
Dub it PAYOLA.
Because you’re transferring it to foreign governments you dick. The only thing worse than a US government that can’t be trusted is a foreign government that can’t be trusted.
Even if it were to private interests it would still be a train wreck with foreign interests unaccountable to us controlling our free speech.
I am at capacity with Obama hatred but this clown consistently keeps it at the brim.
Fool me once..... Fool me twice.......
Yielding to Islam is also limited govt. Idiots.
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