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Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman: 'Oversight of the Internet is One of His Top Priorities'
Monday, February 16, 2009 | Kristinn

Posted on 02/16/2009 6:59:38 PM PST by kristinn

The American Spectator's Prowler column published today has a disturbing report on the plans by the Democratic Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Henry Waxman to regulate political speech on the Internet.

In addition to details of methods Waxman is considering to rein in conservative talk radio, The Prowler reports on Waxman's desire to use the power of the federal government to investigate amd control political content on the Internet.

The article quotes an unnamed committee staffer as saying of Waxman's power grab:

"Does one heavily trafficked Internet site present one side of an issue and not link to sites that present alternative views? These are some of the questions the chairman is thinking about right now, and we are going to have an FCC that will finally have the people in place to answer them."

"Internet radio is becoming a big deal, and we're seeing that some web sites are able to control traffic and information, while other sites that may be of interest or use to citizens get limited traffic because of the way the people search and look for information. We're at very early stages on this, but the chairman has made it clear that oversight of the Internet is one of his top priorities."

"This isn't just about Limbaugh or a local radio host most of us haven't heard about. The FCC and state and local governments also have oversight over the Internet lines and the cable and telecom companies that operate them. We want to get alternative views on radio and TV, but we also want to makes sure those alternative views are read, heard and seen online, which is becoming increasingly video and audio driven. Thanks to the stimulus package, we've established that broadband networks -- the Internet -- are critical, national infrastructure. We think that gives us an opening to look at what runs over that critical infrastructure."

The article reports that Waxman intends to work with Democratic Party President Barack Hussein Obama's nominee to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, who is awaiting confirmation by the Democrat controlled Senate, to investigate and regulate free speech on the Internet.


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One if by land, two if by sea.....
1 posted on 02/16/2009 6:59:38 PM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

You mean TAX the internet, don’t you!


2 posted on 02/16/2009 7:01:12 PM PST by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: kristinn

As he is Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, I’d like to know WHAT is it his JOB to be bothering with things like government censorship? Or ‘regulating’ the internet, or the fairness doctrine???

Seems to me his job is ENERGY and COMMERCE, is it not???


3 posted on 02/16/2009 7:01:54 PM PST by J40000
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To: kristinn

Hatred is an understatement about the feeling I have for this tool waxman.


4 posted on 02/16/2009 7:02:05 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: kristinn

Speaking of ‘by sea’, I see why Google is considering offshore data centers. Maybe it is time to start backing up or co locating servers overseas.


5 posted on 02/16/2009 7:02:12 PM PST by mnehring
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To: kristinn

You gotta be bloody kiddin’ me...


6 posted on 02/16/2009 7:02:24 PM PST by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: kristinn
This is getting kind of scary. Elections matter.
7 posted on 02/16/2009 7:03:04 PM PST by exist
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To: CIDKauf

Partially.


8 posted on 02/16/2009 7:03:28 PM PST by allmost
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To: kristinn
Well, at least they are almost completely out of the closet now. We've been pushed too far for too long. What now?
9 posted on 02/16/2009 7:04:05 PM PST by dixiedarlindownsouth (I love my country, but I fear my government)
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To: kristinn

Here comes the Nazi Doctrination.

Pray for America


10 posted on 02/16/2009 7:04:07 PM PST by bray (The District of Corruption fits Obama like a Glove)
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To: kristinn
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Obergruppenfuhrer Waxman is watching you right now! Note the ears!

11 posted on 02/16/2009 7:06:10 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have You Punched A Democrat Today? - Do it for the children.)
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To: kristinn

Drunk with power and fixing to wrap the bureaucratic Buick around the good old American oak tree.


12 posted on 02/16/2009 7:06:16 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: kristinn
Mess with the first amendment, get corrected by the second.
13 posted on 02/16/2009 7:06:24 PM PST by Nateman (The Obamanation begins.)
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To: kristinn
Henry is way too nosey... I don't want Henry up my nose either..
Sorry.. Something about Henry that makes me think of nose stuff..
14 posted on 02/16/2009 7:08:25 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: kristinn

We really really need to start jailing politicians who ignore the law.


15 posted on 02/16/2009 7:08:30 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Batboy should’ve pulled out the night he banged Hank’s mama.


16 posted on 02/16/2009 7:08:34 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

could one imagine a dentist working on his teeth, and having to deal with that nose?


17 posted on 02/16/2009 7:08:47 PM PST by JoanneSD (illegals represented without taxation.. Americans taxed without representation)
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To: kristinn
“Oversight”...

What was the song that Rockwell, or whatever his name was,
did back in the eighties...

“I always fell like some body’s watching me”...

18 posted on 02/16/2009 7:09:28 PM PST by Semper Mark (Second Amendment Guarantees The First Amendment)
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To: kristinn

We are accelerating towards socialism at 1000 mph.


19 posted on 02/16/2009 7:09:32 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: kristinn
I read the first part of The Prowler article today and thought the entire paper was satire. a teleprompter for Obama at pressers etc...
20 posted on 02/16/2009 7:09:53 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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