INDEX
- Vote 'NO!' to Government Regulation of Privacy at The Economist
- FCC Stalls on Internet Regulation; Asks for More Comments
- Why was the Volcker Commission Constrained by Obama’s Tax Pledge, but not the Simpson-Bowles?
- Daily Media Spotlight September 2, 2010
- Harry Reid Looks to Resurrect RES During Lame-Duck
- Calculating the Cost of Government (CFA Site »)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight September 1, 2010
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Obama Tax Commission Report:
Baby Step Toward IRS Tax Preparation - Dina Titus Launches False Attack Ad on Joe Heck and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- Indiana LaunchesTransparency Website (CFA Site »)
- Rally for Jobs Kicks Off Today in Texas
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 31, 2010
- Let us All Join in on the NOT so “Green Cause”
- California Bag Ban Bill Up for Vote Today
- Norquist to Gov. Pat Quinn: Pick a Flawed Income Tax Hike and Stick With It
- Phil Moffett Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Kentucky Gubernatorial Race
- New Mexico Sets Trends in Transparency Websites (CFA Site »)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
- Robert Gibbs’s Fuzzy Tax Hike Math
- Daily Media Spotlight August 30, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
- 2011 Could Be Ugly for Nevada Taxpayers
- Lame Duck Governor Ed Rendell Not Going Gently Into That Good Night – New Call for Higher Taxes
- Happy Cost of Government Day, California
- Bay Staters Spent 239 Days Paying for Government Burdens in 2010 (CFA Site »)
- Washington Welcomes Cost of Government Day (CFA Site »)
Friday, August 27, 2010
- Spill Commission Should Lift Moratorium Which Has Cost Gulf Residents 12,000 Jobs and $2.1 Billion
- Daily Media Spotlight August 26, 2010
- Why is Dan Onorato Knowingly Misleading Pennsylvania Voters?
- Unions plan on spending big this election cycle
- Utah Tobacco Sellers Feeling the Impact of Tax Hikes
Thursday, August 26, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 25, 2010
- WI Democrats Launch “Blatantly False” Attack on Sean Duffy
- Unions plan on spending big this election cycle (AWF Site »)
- Philly's New Blog Tax May Foreshadow Other eTaxes
- BNA: For 14 States, Existing Tax Code Leaves Room for Etax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Philly's $300 Blogger Tax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Cost of Government Day Arrives in the Commonwealth
- Pennsylvania Finally Celebrates Cost of Government Day
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
- California Budget Proposal Advocates eTax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Daily Media Spotlight August 24, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 23, 2010
- Government Workers' Pensions are Underfunded by $3 Trillion
Monday, August 23, 2010
- Fourteen Ways to Reduce Government Spending
- FCC Report on Broadband Performance: A Scare Tactic
- Sen. Al Franken Doesn’t Understand Wireless Networks...or the First Amendment
Friday, August 20, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Administration Pushes Ahead With Internet Takeover
From Tim Andrews on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 4:12 PM
As if the disappointment of the budget wasn’t enough, supporters of a free and robust economy were again disappointed yesterday when President Obama, in his “youtube” interview, stated he remained committed to government regulation of the internet:
Well, I'm a big believer in net neutrality. I campaigned on this. I continue to be a strong supporter of it. .. so this is something we're committed to.
Indeed, despite the public outcry against this power-grab, despite all the evidence that it will slow internet speeds, stifle innovation, and destroy jobs, President Obama seems determined to stay the course.
The irony, of course, is that this was uttered on the very internet that President Obama and FCC chairman Julius Genachowski wish to regulate and shut down. Make no mistake, once we begin replacing network administrators with bureaucrats, once we start telling companies how to structure their networks, once we start outlawing efficient management, then online productivity will grind to a halt. The hard-left ideological radicals will rejoice, for equality will be achieved – no-one will have a good internet connection. And all Americans will suffer.
Comments
Tim, what specifically is wrong with net neutrality? Please elaborate on why you don't think we deserve it. The last time I looked it was the AT&T, Verizon and Comcast crowd who were trying to have fast special ramps for those who can afford it or for their favorite traffic, relegating everyone else to the space left over in one cluttered pipe. Already these corporations have been caught censoring public traffic and website messages they disagreed with. From what I understand it was WE the people who funded the research and development of the Internet and handed it over to these companies to manage and make profits from. Just like the airwaves they must follow certain rules for this privilege.
>> Eric Bischoff Wednesday, February 3, 2010 12:44 PM Report Comment
Eric B. We deserve net neutrality? What part of that don't you understand? You seriously want the USA Government screwing around in the internet? Can you tell us how many extra milliseconds you had to wait for pages to load, or how many times that occured? Obama and his Czars! The most dangerous group of people in the world to my freedom. The Administration will give you want you want, and continue onward to Police the internet, and have another takeover, ala Health Care, Banks, Auto companies, etc. Government has to control EVERY aspect of our lives. There is way too much freedom on the net! You can't achive Socialism with "FREE SPEECH" on the net, it must be silenced. The first step is "Net Neutrality".
>> EA Hughes Monday, April 5, 2010 8:28 PM Report Comment
Does this country really need to be "Watched" by "Big Brother" ? Freedom of speech ! Keep the govt. out of what "we" have to say. The Internet is not something for the Govt. to be placing control over, their are Parental controls for the parents to control children. Why do adults need this control. Is this country going to far left towards Communism.
>> Rosco Monday, May 17, 2010 8:59 AM Report Comment
Why would you propose more UNREGULATED CORPORATE CONTROL of the Internet & CENSURE of what they don't like in our free speech? Should we get rid of military & police because that's govt control? We need better laws & agencies to enforce them, otherwise we end up with mining & oil drilling disasters and economic bubbles that almost take down the entire world economy. We deregulate corprations and they act recklessly. We should be fighting the Verizon's & AT&T's giving govt access to all traffic. This is payback to them for allowing govt to spy on us. Corporations are the ones trying to take over the internet not govt. You are about the blow the last battle in free speech. You are confused.
>> Eric Bischoff Monday, May 17, 2010 10:06 AM Report Comment
Well, If you don't like the internet and believe it needs policing then just turn off that computer and leave ! I don't want others telling ME how to live any more than I am being told already. If I'm not hurting you or anything, then get another life !
>> Rosco Monday, May 17, 2010 2:31 PM Report Comment
I am a Chief Information Technology Officer and I have been using the Internet since 1996. I don't like big brother telling me what to do and watching my every move. That is what the Patriot act has done. It has taken a lot of of liberties and freedoms away. But in this case I can tell you that I know what I speak of. You have it backwards. Corporations want to control the Internet. They want to decide and be the censors. They have already been caught censoring traffic. The FCC under Powell gave all the power to the corporations. This FCC is trying to say keep the Internet neutral No one should control it and that is exactly what we need for freedom.
>> Eric Bischoff Monday, May 17, 2010 2:40 PM Report Comment
EA Hughes has it right! Too much free speech on the Internet! Too many people posting anti-Govermnent opinions and information. Obama can't govern with the negative Internet chatter, with Fox News constantly informing us what Obama is doing wrong, how the USA is near bankrupt, how the stimulas bill failed, new information of how much of a lie was told about the health care bill, costing more than we were told, just to get it jammed down or throats. With the Internet nuetralized by Obama and his zcars, we won't know all that yucky stuff, and eveyone will be happy! If you think the Government has our best interest at heart, you don't know what a pack of thieves, liars, socialists and commies are in control.
>> EA Hughes Monday, May 17, 2010 9:00 PM Report Comment
You people are all out of your minds. You are not capable of understanding basic concepts. Is it because you are driven by fear and bigotry? I don't know why I bother there's obviously very little intelligence here. It doesn't appear that you are able to carry on a rationale debate withg actual facts.
>> Eric Bischoff Monday, May 17, 2010 9:43 PM Report Comment