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Cable Lobbyist Tom Wheeler Confirmed As New FCC Chief

Posted by Unknown on from the jealous-of-australian-data-caps dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. Senate confirmed Tuesday the nomination of a new chairman to the Federal Communications Commission. Wheeler is a former investor and head of telecommunications industry groups. President Barack Obama said, when announcing Wheeler as his choice in May, that 'for more than 30 years, Tom has been at the forefront of some of the very dramatic changes that we've seen in the way we communicate and how we live our lives.'"

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  1. thank you sir by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    may i have another?

  2. Dare to Hope by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dare to Hope; Prepare to be Disappointed.

    1. Re:Dare to Hope by ApplePy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Hey now... we were promised transparency by the Precedent, and we got it! All the corruption is completely out in the open now!

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      That I'm right, and you don't like it, doesn't mean I'm a troll.
  3. Re:Regulatory capture by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is why a lot of people say it's better to do government operations as close to the people as possible. That is, if it can be done at a city level, do it at a city level. If it can be done at a state level, do it at a state level. Only a few things should be done at the national level.

    The farther things get from the people, the easier it is for them to be corrupted (or rather, if some town gets corrupted, it doesn't affect people outside that town).

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  4. Like Wile E Coyote named head of Roadrunner rescue by JoeyRox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know a government is corrupt when they don't even bother to hide it anymore.

  5. Re:Regulatory capture by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Problem is, this central agency is already bought and paid for.

    At risk of pointing out the obvious, that's a good part of why you don't have a chance of doing it centrally.

    You think it sounds easier centrally, because you think, "If I were in charge, we could........." but you are not in charge, and good luck getting a non-corrupt person in charge and keeping him there. Do you REALLY think you have a chance of getting a less-corrupt president than Obama in the next election?

    However, if your goal is to get a less-corrupt mayor......that is a lot more achievable for someone like you.

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."