Posted on 09/26/2016 6:25:40 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
Too many people are confused.
Let's cut through the lies and make this as simple as 'ABC'.
Lie Number 1: "ICANN's just a 'phone book'."
No, ICANN is the chained up guard dog in the back yard. [More on that later.]
The closest thing to a phonebook is a Top Level Domain like .COM or .MIL. But calling them 'libraries' would be closer to the truth.
So who is the TLD's librarian?
That would be the 'Registrar' who manages the TLD's registry.
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Simple as ABC:
A ... ICANN .. the chained up watchdog.
B ... TLD ... Top Level Domain ...[such as .com or .mil]
C ... Registrar ... the TLD's librarian.
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Lie Number 2: "ICANN can't do anything to your website."
That is a lie.
The pyramid of legal power is also as simple as ABC:
a. ICANN at the top.
b. The TLD's Registrar in the middle.
c. The web site's domain name at the bottom.
If anyone says 'there is no internet giveaway' just say this:
"ICANN regulates the TLDs with the 'Registry Code of Conduct'."
[I personally keep a copy of handy responses like this -- ready to paste at a moment's notice. Easy, done -- you're the debate's Wild Bill Hickock.]
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Lie Number 3: "This will be easy to fix."
Here's the simple, quick response:
*Not if ICANN signs a foreign contract before January.*
The USA bestowed ICANN with oversight powers. That is US law.
And this has wa .... ay too much limited government!
Not enough fees and taxes on the internet.
And worst of all ...
... too much freedom of speech!
It's too American.
TYRANTS UNITE!
The globalists in our government promised foreign tyrants [and their drones] that we would 'share' internet oversight with them.
A group hug in the name of censorship.
To do that, Obama is running out the clock. He's refusing to renew the IANA functions contract.
Deadline -- this Friday.
If Obama does not renew the contract by then, his crusade against us, the 'bitter clingers', is complete.
Off ICANN roams like a glob-trotting free range chicken to peck about and negotiate with foreign powers as an international defector who fled from the 'evil' USA.
Result:
ICANN can choose its harem of foreign brides to wed the power of US law with 'hate speech' notions.
NAZIs would have been first in line while roasting their wiener schnitzels at the book burning fire. And by the way, Japan also controlled the media back when they ravaged China and Korea to the point that Tokyo Rose was as close as they got to 'freedom of speech'. Ironic that China now emulates WWII Japan in that regard.
But I digress.
If Hillary is sworn in she has the 'internet gatekeeper' she always wanted.
And if Trump is sworn in he will need to untangle foreign contracts.
Here are three ways he might 'fix' this:
[1] Bribe foreign powers.
[2] Compromise with a new treaty that appeases ICANN's tyrant-buddies.
[3] Re-legislate ICANN's legal authority.
Option [3] might trigger a full blown cyber-war [or worse], and Obama made us woefully ill-prepared. [*a*]
Conclusion
According to Rosenzweig there is no telling how this 'transformation' could be fixed. He called it 'a shot in the dark'. John Bolton's view is even gloomier. Bolton is staking his reputation on his certainty that the damage would be beyond repair. [*b*]
‘... the treaty at that time was firmly rejected by congress on a bipartisan basis ...’
I don’t know the specifics of the International Telecommunications Union. If China likes it, then there’s a chance it’s involved. ICANN would be a free agent, so our senate would have no say about who they sign a contract with.
‘Local legislators will be contacted. I think they should contact their colleagues on the federal level, too.’
Actually, the spending bill could be voted on any day now. An indirect path might not be ideal at this point.
And even a government shutdown will not cause the contract to expire.
If you mean House members I agree.
Me, myself and I have contacted the US Congress. I wish to engage my state representatives in keeping ICANN in the USofA. They are represented by the same clowns in Washington, DC as I am. ;)
God bless you.
And you even called your state legislators?
If we had done that three months ago it would have been a powerful networking idea.
FRegards ....
[If Obama is for it, it’s probably destructive to America.]
History has proven that, repeatedly.
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