Posted on 11/29/2010 9:14:47 AM PST by MichCapCon
Saul Anuzis has announced he's running for chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. The former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party pits himself against sitting RNC Chairman Michael Steele.
Anuzis garnered respect in the state for employing strategies resulting in recent Republican takeovers of the governorship, state House of Representatives and Michigan Supreme Court, expanding the party's majority in the state Senate and increasing the GOP congressional delegation by two seats.
As a staunch advocate for net neutrality, however, Anuzis rows against the tide established by the majority of his party. (It should be noted that on Nov. 2, all 95 Democrats who signed a pledge supporting net neutrality lost their respective elections throughout the country.)
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I see a BIG vacuum created here....and ANYTHING or ANYBODY can slither in to fill a vacuum....or retain incumbency like Steele.
This situation is not good. Why don't we hear of alternatives? Aren't there any capable, proven conservatives throwing their hat into the ring....or is any news of that being withheld from us?
Leni
With all the Media outlets and availability of all kinds of content, why do we need any of this kind of legislation? We can’t protect people from laziness or stupidity, but I sure don’t want Big Bro & Big Sis figuring out what is “neutral.” Am I missing something?
Net neutrality is, as MichCapCon has pointed out, "a bad marriage of government and the Internet." Heck, these two shouldn't even live together.
I am absolutely astonished that Anuzis would embrace such an ill-advised policy plan as "Net neutrality" with one hand and then shamelessly use this quote from Professor Wolfram with the other:
“I have known Saul since he was a student of mine many years ago. He attracted my attention with his belief in individual liberty and understanding that, as Friedrich Hayek noted, the social order requires nothing more than the spontaneous order of the market. Ludwig von Mises, one of Hayek's mentors, demonstrated nearly a century ago that market capitalism is the only system capable of creating wealth for the masses and that central planning not only impoverishes us, but takes away our freedom.”
In closing, if Anuzis doesn't come up with some kind of reasonable explanation and a reversal, I can only quote Mr Anuzis himself:
"That's Saul, Folks."
/bingo
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To make sure all of those outlets and kinds of content are available to you, that the carriers aren't blocking or degrading some in preference to others.
I sure don’t want Big Bro & Big Sis figuring out what is “neutral.”
That has nothing to do with net neutrality. Under net neutrality nobody cares about the content, thus nobody is dictating what is "neutral."
The telco industry spent millions on a huge disinformation campaign about net neutrality, and a bunch of conservative organizations swallowed it and parroted it. It is understandable that you have net neutrality and fairness doctrine confused. That was their goal.
That would be incest, since the Internet is the government's child, and is still under the government's control.
Net “neutrality,” among other things, sets up the government to decide what is “neutral” and therefore can have the power to censor.
The heck with that.
Anuzis is the top Romney supporter in Michigan.
I’m surprised no one has pointed that out.
Thanks for pointing that out! Not a pretty word picture...
Because the "last mile" of Internet access (phone and cable lines) are controlled by government-granted monopolies. If there were a half-dozen different phone lines and cables to each household, the free market could solve the problem, but that isn't the reality.
On the one hand I would ask what his belief on net neutrality has to do with his ability to run the RNC? On the other hand I believe only an idiot or someone with a disregard for the rights of the individual would support net neutrality. I think it’s safe to scratch this loser off the list.
Anuzis already.
Steele is not perfect but he deserves praise for speaking out against Obama’s War in Afghanistan. He’s a rare Republican who actually will stand up to BO on that issue!
I don't care if he's for banning bacon!!!
If he had a significant role in those successes then he is the man.
Ok.
Seriously, what a disappointment.
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