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Posted on 04/27/2009 6:34:44 PM PDT by luv2ndamend
Cass Sunstein sees Web as anti-democratic, proposed 24-hour delay on sending e-mail
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama's nominee for "regulatory czar" has advocated a "Fairness Doctrine" for the Internet that would require opposing opinions be linked and also has suggested angry e-mails should be prevented from being sent by technology that would require a 24-hour cooling off period.
The revelations about Cass Sunstein, Obama's friend from the University of Chicago Law School and nominee to head the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, come in a new book by Brad O'Leary, "Shut Up, America! The End of Free Speech." OIRA will oversee regulation throughout the U.S. government.
Sunstein also has argued in his prolific literary works that the Internet is anti-democratic because of the way users can filter out information of their own choosing.
"A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government," he wrote. "Democratic efforts to reduce the resulting problems ought not be rejected in freedom's name."
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Cassie is a Harvard turd who is married to another Obama appointee.....On July 4, 2008, Sunstein married Samantha Power
Apparently when Obama said "Yes we can.", "we" didn't include the citizens.
Oh, then let the Government Info-Czar filter out what it doesn't want the sheeple to see. That's much more "democratic"! Talk about cranial-anal inversion...
Well at least we can't say Oambarama lied to us.
This isn’t just big Government, it’s Statist Totalitarianism.
friggin hippy scum is running the country ..F U CASS,,and get a mans name while your at it .
“A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government”
NAZI BASTARD!!!!
...has advocated a "Fairness Doctrine" for the Internet that would require opposing opinions be linked and also has suggested angry e-mails should be prevented from being sent by technology that would require a 24-hour cooling off period. Cass Sunstein, Obama's friend from the University of Chicago Law School... also has argued in his prolific literary works that the Internet is anti-democratic because of the way users can filter out information of their own choosing. "A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government," he wrote. "Democratic efforts to reduce the resulting problems ought not be rejected in freedom's name."Y'know, because free speech is a resulting problem, as is freedom of choice. Opinions don't matter, only *peer-reviewed, approved, consensus* views will be permitted to be disseminated.
This guy’s another of Obama’s czars who bypass the Senate’s Advice & Consent.
This convoluted logic reminds me of the slogan in 1984: War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. The leftists have finally gotten to the point where they can say that freedom of speech is a bad thing because it may cause people to think for themselves. They are Stalinists.
So, who gets to define “angry”?
“A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government,” he wrote. “Democratic efforts to reduce the resulting problems ought not be rejected in freedom’s name.”
Oh, really?
This statement can only be correct if you choose to CONTROL the debate!
This staement in and of itself is “rejected in freedom’s name.”
Most politicians have disappointed me in one way or another, but not Obama. He is the only politician so far that hasn’t disappointed me at all. On the contrary, he surpasses my expectations. He is exactly how I said he would be, and more. He is a totalitarian who is steadily and systematically implementing his socialist agenda with the approval and the assistance of the media.
Consider that he is actually a Professor of Constitutional Law!
I can’t wait to tell my kids and grandkids about our Constitution. I will explain to them that it was ruined by her nation’s own ignorance. Her nation’s own refusal to stand up and say enough is enough. We’ve got to stop taking this NOW.
“A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government,” he wrote. “Democratic efforts to reduce the resulting problems ought not be rejected in freedom’s name.”
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This is the same sentiment as Hitler. He thought America was chaotic, disorderly, and weak because we argued with each other so much. Boy was he wrong, and same for Scumstein.
My God. Is Caller ID next?....anti-democratic because you can filter out intrusions of your own choosing.
Which one is he, the conehead or the hippy?
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