Good Samaritan catches rocker Moby's hand as it falls off at left wing protest...
Posted on 05/18/2006 5:15:08 PM PDT by bstein80
May 18, 2006
A free market coalition led by FreedomWorks and Protest Warrior crashed the press conference held today by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), MoveOn.org and musician Moby. Our sign “Net Brutality” proved fitting, as one of the Left’s activists struck one of our members in the face with a sign. This incident interrupted the press conference, causing Rep. Markey and Moby to turn and look at the commotion. The man was swiftly ushered away by the MoveOn crowd as to avoid further embarrassment. MoveOn claims that the man was not a member, but was “some random guy from off the street.”
FreedomWorks staff and volunteers attended the press conference with signs that said, “Say No to Net Neutrality,” “Hands Off the Internet” and “No Net Neutering.” FreedomWorks handed out copies of Researcher Arpan Sura’s piece on net neutrality published in Human Events Online, as well as today’s The Wall Street Journal’s piece on the same topic.
The would-be Internet regulators tried to block these signs and marginalize the message of FreedomWorks and Protest Warrior. However, as the pictures show, we were able to avoid being censored.
The hypocrisy of the Left was evident today, as they did not welcome any dissenting views. The Left’s frustration was apparent as reporters began snapping photos and pointing their TV cameras at the protestors, and Rep. Markey’s message got lost in the battle for positioning behind him. One Hill staffer was particularly upset when a FreedomWorks staff member was interviewed by NPR news. The Hill staffer even interrupted the reporter, to which the reporter instructed the Hill staffer to let him to do his job.
After the press conference, FreedomWorks staff handed a copy of our position on the issue to Moby, who said he would read it. He also apologized for the bad behavior of the belligerent activist who used tried to use his sign as a bludgeon.
The rain that fell at the end of the rally was almost symbolic. Using grassroots tactics and the element of surprise, FreedomWorks and Protest Warrior supplied the proverbial rain on the Internet regulators’ parade.
There are some great photos on the website!
Great job!!! Man, that glare from Moby's head is blinding!
Good on ya mate!
Ed Markey is one of God's gifts to the intelligence of most Americans..
He's such a great example of what the smart people go through trying to "speak truth to Morons"
Look up 'moron' in the dictionary, Ed's photo will be there!
Good job.
LOL. Wonderful work.
I remember Moby. I saw him on TV once saying that he thought Hillary Clinton was "the perfect woman."
That automatically makes any apology from him insincere and worthless.
I agree -- the photos are great. Did anyone get a photo of the confrontation with the moveon.org brute?
Thanks for posting this report and thanks to all for being front and center.
FReep On!
Please, please tell me that "Belly Girl " is OK.
Great job dude.
"MoveOn claims that the man was not a member, but was 'some random guy from off the street.'"
And I should believe that because ................ ???
Remember folks .. MoveOn types do not allow for anyone other than their own people into their events. This is why Protest Warriors had to "crash" the event.
In photo #1 it looks like Moby could use some 'wrist strengthening' excercises...not that there's anything wrong with that.
Generally, I don't agree with trespassers. Freedom of Association and all that. Since this was outside, unless they were chanting & shouting down the conference, I don't have a problem with it.
Eeew! You don't wanna touch that; you don't know where it's been! BTW, that looks even limper than Moby's you-know-what.
Thanks, enjoyed the pictures. Markey and Joe Wilson brothers?
Great Freep!
"BTW, that looks even limper than Moby's you-know-what."
Whale?
I assure you there was not chanting, nor shouting. It was a silent protest. We handed out fliers and held up our signs.. they never told us to leave..
Human Events Online reported the story:
http://humaneventsonline.com/blog-detail.php?id=14989
More like a minnow...
Bless her, whoever she is.
No matter which way I look at it, the protestwarrior sign supports the same message as every other sign at the news conference.
Is Armey bought and paid for by telcos and ISPs?
How can you possibly whore yourself out to do this publicly?
This "counter protest", if it can even becalled that, has no message, makes no sense, and doesn't even correlate to your stated goals, your press release, or the general purpose statement of your organization.
But what do i know...
How does FreedomWorks wrap around destroying ney neutrality? The whole thing looks contrived.
Tell the truth, that was your drinking buddy you convinced to punch you in front of the cameras.
This isn't a personal attack, it's an attack on your methods, see these posts as devil's advocate work.
Why are you posting it on the website forum 2nd or 3rd most likely in the USA to suffer from politicized bandwidth blackmail from politicized pipe providers? Net neutrality is the last measure limiting efforts to severely limit internet forums such as FreeRepublic.
I hope the Beltway work is working out for you, hopefully you can find a more reputable line of work in the field.
I will not address your juvenile comments, but will provide you with some answers.
Perhaps you should review all the issues we work on, including taxes, spending, school choice, property rights, tort reform and techology freedom.
We are a "free-market" think tank/advocacy organization. If you need a refresher, please see Milton Friedman's "Capitalism and Freedom" or F.A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom." Our stance on net neutrality stems from our free market principles, which includes the idea that competition is good, and federal controls on the internet are bad.
Freepers purport to believe in free market principles, so you have me wondering whether you consider yourself a Freeper and a free-market conservative.
The policy experts can explain the case against net nuetrality better than I can. I'll leave most of that to them.
Will you argue that National Review and The Wall St. Journal bought and paid for, since they recognize net neutrality is federal regulation of the net?
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmRjMGQ2ZjI0ZDAzOGMxZGJiODkxYWJiMmRjYzQwNTQ=
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008391
Your Human Events link has links to great photos. Were they expecting the mass of signs behind them?
It's frightening to think where that hand's been.
Nope. They were completely surprised by us!
Check us out on CNET:
http://news.com.com/2300-1028_3-6074100-1.html
And on Internet News:
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3607371
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/665/843/1600/net%20neutrality%20protest%201.jpg
Another cool photo. This one is of Moby, Markey and a FreedomWorks activist...
BTTT.
Great job!! I am curious though ... what the hell IS their arguement FOR regulating the internet? I can't fathom what it would be ... where are their talking points? I ask only to 'know thy enemy'.
I think that it boils down to controlling speech. The mainstream media controlled the release of information for many years, but the Internet has allowed people to discuss issues on a national level, outside of the control of the news editor. IOW, the left can no longer control the news and that scares them. So, they want to package and market a system whereby the people feel as though they are getting something beneficial. But in reality, they are getting a bureaucracy with the sole purpose of controlling which web sites are "proper" and which are not.
This has nothing to do with Internet security and everything to do with information control.
Isn't that called assault and battery? Get in touch with a law enforcement officer - go after that bastidge!
Good job!
I remember Moby. I saw him on TV once saying that he thought Hillary Clinton was "the perfect woman."
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????
Is he a homo?
If someone tries to suppress what you have a right to say, you have met your enemy. Their talking points have no legitimacy.
"bureaucracy with the sole purpose of controlling which web sites are "proper" and which are not."
Wasn't it just a couple of months ago that these same types were all up in arms because the Chinese government was trying to do just that same thing?
Why is it wrong there, but according to Moby et all, it is needed here?
I don't even know what you guys are arguing about. The semantics are very confusing.
What position are you taking, and on what issue?
Is this about the notion of charging content providers (and perhaps their audience) for streaming of bandwidth intensive content... the so called "two-tier" internet?
If so, who is on what side?
My position would be, one internet for all. I want the right to stream my own news broadcast from my own server and not be charged for it.
It is very confusing, and each side has cleverly crafted catch-phrases that muddy the waters. I believe on its face that this is a fight about whether or not to charge content providers for streaming/providing content.
Underneath that argument is this notion that congress may pass a law, ostensibly, either to allow this or to prevent it... but in either case any law passed by congress would be de facto federal regulation of the internet, and I believe (but am not sure) that is what protestwarrior is arguing against. He seems to be arguing against any legislation effecting the internet of any kind.
It obviously depends on what is in the law how odious the law will be, but knowing congress they would probably fill the law with all kinds of crapola, so it's hard to argue with that. The internet works pretty good right now as an open, unregulated market for ideas and commerce. Doing nothing is probably the best choice.
My take on Cindy Sheehan is that she's never been the brightest bulb in the box, and she is enjoying the attention and notoriety she's getting by exploiting her son's death that she could never generate on her on.
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