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From: Tex on 10 Aug 2010 19:29 On Aug 5, 8:25 pm, "R&B" <none_of_your_busin...(a)all.com> wrote: > For those who have dozed through the "net neutrality" debate, here's > the result. > > You're about to start paying more for the internet. And the internet > you get will be a tiered system, like cable television, where you pay > extra to access everything. > > No longer will you just be able to surf the 'net and go to any website > you want. The internet service providers (and telecoms) will be able to > "slow the faucet" to certain sites that don't pay a premium fee to be > served up with everything else. And some sites will just be restricted > altogether, unless you buy the "premium package" from your ISP to be > able to access them. > > Oh, and if your company has its own website, that website may or may > not be as accessible to just anyone as it's been up to now if your > company doesn't pay a fee to Google or Verizon (or whoever else gets a > piece of this action). > > Your tax dollars at work. > > This is what happens when a citizenry sleeps through a critically > important matter -- a matter some are arguing is the First Amendment > issue of the 21st century. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html?_r=2&hp > > It's almost here. > > And you can thank the corporatists in Congress -- both Republicans and > Democrats -- for siding with the telecoms on this. > > Douchebags. Your "boy" was in charge Randy....I'll know you'll blame Bush and the Republicans, even though they had *nothing* to do with it (Pelosi and Dems have been in charge since '07)...but then, you'd never say, "it's our fault". Tex
From: R&B on 10 Aug 2010 23:24 On 2010-08-10 19:29:41 -0400, Tex said: > On Aug 5, 8:25�pm, "R&B" <none_of_your_busin...(a)all.com> wrote: >> For those who have dozed through the "net neutrality" debate, here's >> the result. >> >> You're about to start paying more for the internet. And the internet >> you get will be a tiered system, like cable television, where you pay >> extra to access everything. >> >> No longer will you just be able to surf the 'net and go to any website >> you want. The internet service providers (and telecoms) will be able to >> "slow the faucet" to certain sites that don't pay a premium fee to be >> served up with everything else. And some sites will just be restricted >> altogether, unless you buy the "premium package" from your ISP to be >> able to access them. >> >> Oh, and if your company has its own website, that website may or may >> not be as accessible to just anyone as it's been up to now if your >> company doesn't pay a fee to Google or Verizon (or whoever else gets a >> piece of this action). >> >> Your tax dollars at work. >> >> This is what happens when a citizenry sleeps through a critically >> important matter -- a matter some are arguing is the First Amendment >> issue of the 21st century. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html?_r=2&hp >> >> It's almost here. >> >> And you can thank the corporatists in Congress -- both Republicans and >> Democrats -- for siding with the telecoms on this. >> >> Douchebags. > > Your "boy" was in charge Randy....I'll know you'll blame Bush and the > Republicans, even though they had *nothing* to do with it (Pelosi and > Dems have been in charge since '07)...but then, you'd never say, "it's > our fault". > > Tex Actually, you're wrong. This is one more place where the left and right differs. While the right likes to "stand by their man" even when he's demonstrably behaving like an idiot, the left will not hesitate to call out their leaders when their leaders fail to do what we elected them to do. Obama has been curiously silent on this. A group of Democrats (37 of them, I believe, although the number could be off) signed a document saying they would side with the telecoms. And Alan Grayson, for the last year a darling of the left, shocked progressives everywhere a few days ago when he came out in support of the telecoms on this matter. They're all wrong. To be fair, however, the Democratic congressional leaders in both the House and Senate are pretty good on this issue. Of course there's not a single Republican who isn't siding with the telecoms on this. They all are. You conveniently failed to mention that. Randy
From: MNMikeW on 11 Aug 2010 10:40 "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message news:2010081023240999746-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... > > While the right likes to "stand by their man" even when he's demonstrably > behaving like an idiot, the left will not hesitate to call out their > leaders when their leaders fail to do what we elected them to do. Too funny. > > Obama has been curiously silent on this. A group of Democrats (37 of > them, I believe, although the number could be off) signed a document > saying they would side with the telecoms. And Alan Grayson, for the last > year a darling of the left, shocked progressives everywhere a few days ago > when he came out in support of the telecoms on this matter. > > They're all wrong. > > To be fair, however, the Democratic congressional leaders in both the > House and Senate are pretty good on this issue. > > Of course there's not a single Republican who isn't siding with the > telecoms on this. They all are. > Wrong. Seventy-four Congressional Democrats and 37 Senate Republicans on Monday signed penned two separate letters to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC, asking him to abandon plans to reclassify broadband Internet access. http://www.crn.com/news/networking/225200172/house-democrats-senate-republicans-gang-up-on-fcc-over-net-neutrality.htm
From: Moderate on 11 Aug 2010 10:45 "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message news:2010081023240999746-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... > > Actually, you're wrong. This is one more place where the left and right > differs. While the right likes to "stand by their man" even when he's > demonstrably behaving like an idiot, the left will not hesitate to call > out their leaders when their leaders fail to do what we elected them to > do. So sayeth the Bill Clinton apologists.
From: Mitchell Kolcz on 11 Aug 2010 13:49
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