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Rand Paul Moves To Block New "Net Neutrality" Rules
SonicSpike writes with news about another bump in the road for net neutrality. U.S. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican presidential hopeful, on Wednesday introduced a resolution to block new regulations on Internet service providers, saying they would 'wrap the Internet in red tape.' The 'net neutrality' rules, which are slated to take effect in June, are backed by the Obama administration and were passed by the Democratic majority of the Federal Communications Commission in February. AT&T Inc and wireless and cable trade associations are challenging them in court. Paul's resolution, if adopted, would allow the Senate to fast-track a vote to establish that Congress disapproves of the FCC's new rules and moves to nullify them.
Title 2 isn't Net Neutrality. Calling it that and watching people support it is one of the greatest branding thefts ever.
Indeed.
What Title 2 should be seen as is a reversal of the Kevin Martin policies which made it possible for monopolies like Comcast to come into existence surviving off the right of ways of the American people.
Of course, if anyone would like to use the example of today's industry driven, for-profit, internet infrastructure to point out how awesomely a "free market" solution functions, I'd honestly like to hear that.
Addressing your assertion directly, without Title 2, the FCC would have next to no control over these largely unregulated monopolies. This would eventually lead to Net Neutrality vanishing at whatever point industry leaders felt a larger profit could be had and/or when it was to their benefit to be able to regulate content for their personal gain.
If telcos decide to meddle with anything above they should
- lose common carrier status and become co responsible.
ISPs are already not classified as common carriers. That's why this whole debacle is even being discussed. The most obvious solution is for the FCC to classify them as the common carriers that they are.
I see the glass as full with a FoS of 2.
It's "you're an idiot".
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
Title 2 is how you get neutrality. Without it you cannot get it.
When you cant win, ad hominem.
Bullshit. That's been an exclusively GOP tactic
Excuse me; let me clarify: I'm talking about laws restricting people's ability to get on the ballot as a candidate (especially when said candidate lacks affiliation with the Democrat or Republican Party).
Having laws restricting who can vote is a different issue.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave its 2009 SmartWay Excellence Award to Georgia-Pacific, a Koch Industries company. “I commend Georgia-Pacific for its leadership in promoting sustainable transportation practices through the SmartWay Transportation Partnership,” said Margo T. Oge, director of EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality. “These actions demonstrate a commitment to a cleaner environment and more secure energy supply.”
EPA gives an environmental award to a Koch Industries business unit. What Koch does is not cater to the Far left viewpoint of Environmentalist / anti Capitalist / socialist agenda. You know the "build wind farms, just not where I can see them" Kennedy types
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
The rich must be awfully good at promoting their own agenda and making it look like it's in the interests of those people. A little sophistry goes a long way.
Americans have an intriguing tendency to vote as the social class they want to be, not the social class they are which seems heavily linked in to the American Dream. When you work hard, become a big success and make lots of money they don't want socialists to come take their money and give to slackers who haven't risen above the pack. Where in other countries workers allied together to get higher wages and better conditions on the bottom of the ladder, US workers are all about getting up the ladder and into a better job, those who can't don't deserve more.
Which might not be such a bad thing, if everybody started at zero. Reality is that most people are busy just making a living, while those with lots of free cash to invest make even more money so the rich get richer and the poor rarely make their dream come true. I think it goes far beyond rich men's propaganda, it's a cultural thing deeply embedded in Americans. What you've made is your own, I don't want it and when I get mine I don't want nobody taking it either. The rich just float on that attitude.
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