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Senator Diane Feinstein Trying to Kill Net Neutrality

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wonder-what-the-payoff-was dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to the Register, Senator Diane Feinstein is attempting to put language into the stimulus bill that would kill net neutrality. The amendment that her provision was attached to was withdrawn, but lobbyists tell Public Knowledge that Feinstein hopes to put it back into the bill during the closed-door conference committee that reconciles the House and Senate versions." Bad Senator! No Cookie!

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  1. I didn't know Feinstein was a Republican.... by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, I thought it was the Republicans who were destroying America and the Democrats were going to save us? You mean to tell me that they are all beholden to business interests? Say it it isn't so!

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    1. Re:I didn't know Feinstein was a Republican.... by kick6 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What amendment changed "government of the people, by the people, for the people" to "government of the politicians, by the politicians, for the corporations.?"

    2. Re:I didn't know Feinstein was a Republican.... by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ah, but a corporation is a person by way of legal fiction. The politicians are just thinking of the people...

    3. Re:I didn't know Feinstein was a Republican.... by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Funny

      does this make barak an oilman now?

      Shit, I always suspected he had ties to the Middle East but who knew it was via oil ;)

      (That was sarcasm for those too dense to grasp it)

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    4. Re:I didn't know Feinstein was a Republican.... by rthille · · Score: 3, Funny

      90210 probably gets more respect...

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  2. Ummm... by internerdj · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcomed our new Democratic overlords, but now I'm not so sure...

    1. Re:Ummm... by ekimminau · · Score: 5, Funny

      But what they REALLY didn't understand was going to happen was: cd /oldUS
      rm -rf Democracy
      cd /newUS
      ./configure --opt ++Socialism ++cronyism ++ChicagoPolitics ++PorkSpending
      make
      make install

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  3. Re:How ridiculous. by greg_barton · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right... Because Republicans are just mindless automatons

    Yep, by their own admission, in fact. I'm not sure how it happened, but I ended up on the RNC mailing list. The lastest message from Michael Steele (RNC chair) said, "The battle is joined. As you all know, the Republican Party is unified in our opposition [to the stimulus]"

    This is a common republican theme: we are unified, and we fight. Sounds like mindless automatons to me...

  4. Re:How ridiculous. by CannonballHead · · Score: 3, Funny

    Almost spit my Mountain Dew all over my desk

    Probably would have been a good idea, it's not good for you. ;)

  5. Re:Why not? by flitty · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your sources are diverse and correct! Everyone knows Open standards for medical documents is a one way road to Socialism. Just ask anyone on slashdot what open standards does to a buisiness! It's evil, don't touch it! You don't have to read deep into Torvaldis' Das Penguinal to see that communism follows.

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