FCC Chairman Slams Trump Team's Proposal To Nationalize 5G (axios.com)

The Federal Communications Commission's Republican chairman on Monday opposed a plan under consideration by the Trump White House to build a 5G mobile network, nationalizing what has long been the role of private wireless carriers like AT&T and Verizon. From the report: "I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network," he said. The FCC's reaction doesn't bode well for the proposal the Trump administration is considering, first reported by Axios on Sunday night, since it's one of the main government agencies when it comes to wireless issues.

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“He” is Ajit Pai

[93 Escort Wagon]

Just thought I’d mention it since the editors didn’t...

Re:Funny how Ajit's name suddenly gets buried

[Anonymous Coward]

FCC CHAIRMAN HATES TRUMP! The headline blares

More loaded words like "nationalizing" 5G (never used when Obamcare nationalized the health insurance industry or student loans)

I'm assuming you're joking. The news was full of "socialized medicine" and "nationalized medicine" during the whole "Obamacare" situation. Even "Obamacare" is a term to make fun of the Affordable Care Act.

There was a poll done during Obama's term that showed 66% of Americans approved of the "Affordable Care Act" and 66% of Americans were against "Obamacare". Most informed people will notice that this is rather amusing considering Affordable Care Act and Obamacare are the same thing; just one has a deliberately negative spin to it. "Obamacare" sounds like a term to make fun of a plan no one but Obama would like.

Re:"He" is Ajit Pai

[93 Escort Wagon]

Obama: "Mitch (McConnell), I am required to select a Republican to the FCC. Who do you want me to appoint?"

McConnell: "My choice is Ajit Pai."

Obama: "Okay, I appoint Ajit Pai to the FCC."

Re:According to Slashdot

[dszd0g]

Are you trying to claim Trump is more coherent than Obama? Trump loses his train of thought mid-sentence all the time when giving speeches.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/op...

https://www.theguardian.com/tv...

I love this example of a Trump speech:

“Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you’re a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are — nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.”

https://www.snopes.com/donald-...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv...

Here are some more examples:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and...