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Senator Al Franken Accuses AT&T of "Skirting" Net Neutrality Rules
McGruber writes In a letter to the U.S. Federal Communication Commission and the Department of Justice, Senator Al Franken warned that letting AT&T acquire Direct TV could turn AT&T into a gatekeeper to the mobile Internet. Franken also complained that AT&T took inappropriate steps to block Internet applications like Google Voice and Skype: "AT&T has a history of skirting the spirit, and perhaps the letter' of the government's rules on net neutrality, Franken wrote."
why not go after the worst offenders?
lose != loose
Guess who won't be receiving much, if any campaign contributions for the next election from ATT? (Or Verizon, or Comcast).
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They'd make quite a team, and the debates might finally be watchable.
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Make a lot of noise but not actually do anything.
Even if AT&T did abide by these rules in three years their commitment is over and they can do what they want.
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Everyone skirts rules - no matter what the venue, no matter what the political affiliation. If you're up in arms about this, how do you feel about Obama "skirting" the rules that govern the IRS or Obamacare or immigration?
they'd never make it out of the Sheldon Primary
For those of you that don't know, any serious candidate for office in America gets approved by the top 1% here before they're allowed to run because without the support of the very rich they can't win.
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Al Franken and net neutrality bullshit are hopefully going the way of the dodo. People who think the FCC has any business controlling the internet are obnoxious, autocratic idiots (ie "progressives").
When I hear his name what first comes to mind is the skit I saw of him playing as a inept news reporter with a fake satellite dish on his head. I find it hard to take anything this guy says seriously regardless of the topic.
How do clowns like this get into office? In this case "clown" can be taken literally.
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Good old weird Al whose margin of victory in the last election was serial voters bused in from Sconi. He really picks the tough issues. Get your cock out of your mouth Al!
an ill wind that blows no good
"why not go after the worst offenders?"
"go after" means the Federal Government to **enforce** laws or pass new ones
Republicans block every effort to pass new Net Neutrality laws or enforce currenet ones
> enforcement: GOP excuse: "can't...no money to do it...we got us a budget crisis b/c of government spending"
> pass new laws: GOP excuse: "can't...new laws are 'regulation' and that's bad for business and jobs"
So the answer to "why not go after..." is simply BECAUSE REPUBLICANS
if you disagree...you must contradict my dual thesis...policy and laws exist and we enforce them...Republicans and Democrats control that...on both issues my thesis is that Democrats want to "go after verizon, comcast" and that Republicans oppose such actions by vote and by administrative decisions....you must show Republicans who advocate for both Net Neutrality AND increased enforcement/regulation on big teleco's specifically if you want to have a discussion
Thank you Dave Raggett
I have to appreciate the Senator going off on what could be a win for us. Although huge corporations have the lobbyists behind them Al Franken only has us. And I sure love the guy, crying out loud for the little consumer getting raked over the coals. Thanks Al Franken Go get 'em!. I wish you all the support you'll need.
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You know in his early days on SNL he wasn't all that funny. I never thought he'd be a Senator but you know he actually makes a lot of sense.
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He's a senator because the Democrats learned from the mistakes of the 2000 Presidential election and this time, made sure the ballots were counted "properly".
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He's a senator because he got very slightly more votes than his opponent, as determined in a painstaking recount that took months. This recount was overseen by a three-judge panel, and then examined at length by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Half of those judges were Republican appointees, and only two were DFL appointees. The Republican governor then signed the election certificate without any demur.
There were some problems found in the voting (most notably that the absentee ballot instructions didn't conform to absentee ballot law), and these were largely corrected later on.
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yeah...I addressed your point, directly...from the post you responded to:
the GOP controls the budget...exec branch included...this is the end of the discussion
Thank you Dave Raggett