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Obama & McCain Conflicting On Net Neutrality
longacre writes "For all their incessant bickering in the first two presidential debates over conflicts of interest and government regulation, PopMech columnist Glenn Derene is puzzled that the candidates have yet to be challenged on a vital issue directly related to both those topics: Net neutrality. John McCain and Barack Obama have stated elsewhere their opposing views on the issue, with McCain being opposed to Net neutrality and favoring light regulation of the Internet, while Obama is in favor of neutrality and seeks Government involvement. In any case, since there is no standard accepted definition of 'network neutrality,' until the candidates elaborate on their positions (which they both declined to do for this piece, nor anywhere else so far, for that matter), 'both sides can make a credible case that they're the ones defending freedom of innovation and open communication.'"
Politicians typically utilize the most self-serving interpretations of their policies after the election, but my interpretation was pretty fluid on this subject.
I think this will play out as McCain wanting to shake down the pornographers and pedos, but also clamp down on anti-amerian sentiment on the net. Free speech has already taken a huge nosedive with the Bush administration at the helm. Many more years of that and everyone, not just the USA, is in trouble.
Obama seems to approve of funding to enforce net neutrality, something that maybe hasn't been considered. You have to pay people to go after those that would try to strip public privacy away or try to curtail democracy. Obama appears to want the USA to compete freely with other countries, but in a positive way. You can't enforce that unless you put money towards it.
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McCain: "against" Net Neutrality, in favor of "light regulation"
Obama: "for" Net Neutrality, in favor of "more Government involvement"
The positions look the same to me, with the exception that Obama is lying about his position.
Saying you're for network neutrality but want more Government involvement is like saying I'm for legalizing pot but I think that police need to step up their enforcement of people smoking it.
Please define "better". Is it now better because the world is possibly going into financial meltdown, and a lot of Americans have military training and automatic weapons? The US is sure going to be a fun place to live if everything does go to shit..
Don't know if that's flamebait or not - let's see :)
which is totally what she said
First Bill Clinton ran the economy into the ground. It started 300 days before he left office. His policies are to blame:
Nafta and Gatt sent jobs out of the country.
CRA required banks to make bad loans
Enviromental policies against Drilling for Oil and Bulding Refineries
I have never been a McCain fan, and he has not gone conservative by any means. He is trying to promise people all the same things Obama is promising them without having enough Guts to tell the American People that it is not Governments responsibility to provide Health Care, Welfare, etc.
Hillary might just be a little more conservative than McCain.
The Economy had recovered under Bush, but how long can an economy stand without manufacturing jobs, and with laws requiring banks to make bad loans? Bush has only had clear control of the Senate for 2 years of his administration (during and right after 911). Bush tried to fix the CRA but was shot down by Democrats. Bush also has not been much of a conservative when it comes to Federal Education spending, Medicare, etc.
But given the current options, I would love to have 8 more years of Bush.