Obama’s FCC Votes to Consider Controlling Internet. Elections Have Consequences.

October 22, 2009

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The FCC has never regulated the internet. It has nothing to do with their charter. Today, by fiat, they announced their intentions to start considering rules to bring about so called “net neutrality” rules to act as a sort of traffic cop on the internet. The Legal Times (here)

In a notice of proposed rulemaking, the FCC invited public comment on six principles intended to “preserve and promote an open Internet.” “Given the potentially huge consequences of having the open Internet diminished through inaction, the time is now to move forward with consideration of fair and reasonable rules of the road,” said Chairman Julius Genachowski in a statement. “Indeed, it would be a serious failure of responsibility not to consider such rules, for that would be gambling with the most important technological innovation of our time.”

Now here is what the above actually means. My commentary in brackets.

In a notice of proposed rulemaking [we’re talking about making rules on something that’s not even in our purview], the FCC invited public comment [you have to fight for freedom on the internet now that they’ve asserted our right to control it], on six principles intended to “preserve and promote an open Internet” [only with government control will there be openness on the internet]. Given the potentially huge consequences of having the open Internet diminished through inaction [if we don’t do something then we can’t control it and we’re the only ones who can bring openness], the time is now [while there’s an Obamunist in the White House who has our back] to move forward with consideration of fair and reasonable rules [as we government aparachiks interpet ‘fairness’] of the road,” said Chairman Julius Genachowski in a statement. “Indeed, it would be a serious failure of responsibility not to consider such rules [we need to seize control before anyone figures out that it’s not our job], for that would be gambling with the most important technological innovation of our time” [don’t tell anyone that since its inception the internet has been free and unfettered and available for use by anyone without the goverment’s help or hindrance.]

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