Posted on 05/11/2010 10:11:20 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Obama administration refuses to take no for an answer in its desire to control the Internet.
Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals Court for the District of Columbia delivered a unanimous and unambiguous repudiation of the Federal Communications Commission's attempt to dictate how a cable company should run its business as an Internet-service provider. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski responded last week by proposing a "third way" around the court decision: He will redefine the Internet as if it were a telephone.
The FCC, a New Deal relic, derives its current authority from the Telecommunications Act of 1996. At the time the law was enacted, Congress wisely decided to take a hands-off approach to the Internet by creating a new "information service" category explicitly designed to remain free from the tangle of red tape that the agency layers on top of telephone service, cable, broadcast television and radio.
Mr. Genachowski, however, is upset that this plain reading of the statute deprives him of the authority to "safeguard privacy," "empower consumers" and "lower the costs of investment." He seeks to remedy this by imposing new rules on the Internet's network infrastructure. In a rather Orwellian fashion, he claims these regulations would not involve regulating the Internet itself. Mr. Genachowski insists that he has no intention of meddling with online content.
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Well said!
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Republicans convened a Constitutional Committee to investigate all current laws under the lens of the Constitution? Any laws that aren’t specifically enumerated in the Constitution would be repealed and the issues thrown at the States. If the States don’t want to approve them, they don’t have to and can freely regulate based on their liking. Otherwise, anything not specifically enumerated in the Constitution would be repealed including laws, codes, amendments, agencies, committees, and NGOs that deal directly with the Executive branch.
It should be a committee in both houses of Congress that investigates these things and then drafts legislation. It would be likely that a majority of the legislation would never see a vote on the floors of the respective houses, but it should send a message to everyone that they are serious about reforming this Republic!
What does it take to create a bicameral committee?
Let’s see if I understand this:
NObama want to protect my “PRIVACY” on the internet.....by giving the imposter in the Oval Office complete control over the internet.........
NObama wants to have ALL my MEDICAL RECORDS electronically filed so that ANYONE could get my PERSONAL medical information with just a few keystrokes.
Soooo- to sumarize:
I need to have my PRIVACY “Protected” on the internet by NObama & his minions......
BUT: my very PRIVATE PERSONAL MEDICAL information is going to be out there for anyone to see.
Not the kind of “Privacy Protection” I ever thought I needed.
I’think he has staffed the balance of power with his goons, so he goes uncontested. A previously unthinkable concept! Perhaps he has overlooked the power of the people. We shall see.”””
I am convinced that the CZARS are a Shadow Government. They all report to & are accountable ONLY to NObama.
Amen! Your scenario is a great example of the lengths our Liar-in-Chief and his thugs will go to to gain absolute control over all of us.
World Health Organization Moving Ahead on Billions in Internet and Other Taxes...
Hmmmmmmm............ What a coincidence!!!! FCC wants to take over the internet and WHO wants to tax the internet
If they regulate the Internet, how will they pay for it?
I think the shadow government has been around far longer than Barrack Obama has. For many generations it has existed in the Trilateral Commission,the Council on Foreign Relations,and the Illuminati. Congress and the Senate, the media, the financial institutions, the Federal Reserve,College and University presidents, are all are well staffed by members of the above societies. The ultimate aim is none other than one world government.
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We nned to hold em all off until November.
How can the WHO tax us? Only congress can raise federal taxes.
True, and November can’t come soon enough (actually 01/01/11).
Elementary, my dear Watson. They won't be called "taxes." They will be "internet fees." Maybe some "fines" too.
Has the constitution mattered to these guys yet? They do what they want.
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