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On Sep 30, 6:36*pm, N∅ ∅baMa∅
wrote: New Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski could have used a few more dollops of genuine humility in his Monday speech advocating enforceable “network neutrality” rules for the Internet. Despite declaring “we cannot know what tomorrow holds on the Internet,” he showed he intends to lead the FCC as if it were all- knowing. That will only end up choking the greatest engine of innovation in modern times. Genachowski laid out his plans in a highly anticipated speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. The mostly voluntary concept of net neutrality — which encourages the free flow of content across the Internet — would be transformed into formal rules Internet service providers (ISPs) would violate at their peril. Instead of managing traffic in response to market forces, ISPs would be forced to cede such decisions to the FCC, which would decide which practices are “fair” and “reasonable” on a “case-by-case basis.” But it would be foolish to replace the swift judgment of millions of consumers with the dictates of a handful of slow-footed, uninformed, unaccountable bureaucrats. [...]http://sroblog.com/2009/09/29/new-fcc-chairman-targets-internet-ameri... http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/..._targets_inter... Thank god. The future of the internet was looking pretty grim for a while there. Ooooooooohhh, regulation! Poor consumers, not gonna get to shape the future of the.....wait, wait, I is a consumer! Did I SHAPE through the natural genius of the MARKET and my thus endowed POWER my relationship with Google (track me track me)? With my mortgage company (now that's cheating, pick on the poor mortgage companies when they're down, poor angels)? With Microsoft (I'm gonna get me a better word processor spreadsheet powerpoint an' ever otha kindo softwares raht now dang it !!!! )? With my gentle, loving bank, caring for my best interest, Wells Fargo? With my beloved airlines (it's ok, just go to the bathroom in the seat, we gotta get off this tarmack sometime this week, otherwise it'll cause a GLITCH in the profits!! And you can rest assuuuuured, young lady, that your government ain't gonna touch a hair on the precious head of our free airline market forcesssssssszzzzz!!!! ) Gee, I guess I musta! An I DIDN"T FEEL A THING! Free markets haleluuuuuuuah *&*)$&*^& shoot them commies raht now sir *()&^%$ !!! And who am I ??????? The voice of REASON !!!! TRUTH incarnate and no less!! Listen, heathens!! Repent, protectors of the ole joke about the bartender, the lobbyist, the congressman, and the CEO !!!! Yessuh....yessuh..... |
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