Pic Of The Moment: Obama Strongly Supports Net Neutrality

[EarlG]

Bwaaahaaahaahaa!!! Cable companies 'stunned' by Obama's 'extreme' net neutrality proposals

Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet

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[Xipe Totec]

1. Don't Panic

Oh, who am I kidding? Run, motherf@&%#s, RUN!

[TBF]

2. It's a good statement

[Scuba]

3. Words: I support net neutrality. Actions: I'm naming Tom Wheeler to head the FCC.

I'm afraid my cynicism meter is redlined on this issue.

[corkhead]

4. looks like he plans to poke the Repukes in the eye for the next couple of years

good on him. Hopefully this will somehow come to pass.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Everyone knows the Internet leans to the Left....

And that means it's where the Dems raise the most money.

[santamargarita]

6. Look at the shit he is up against including the fascist 5.

[deutsey]

7. K&R

[rhett o rick]

8. I am a bit confused. Why did he appoint Tom Wheeler? Seriously, why? nm

[jalan48]

9. Saying the Right Things

Maybe it's just part of Obama's "Hope and Change" act. Say the right things, get elected, then abandon those ideals once in power. Now that he knows Republicans control the government he can go back to saying the right things, knowing that what he says has no chance of coming about.

[pscot]

10. Watch what we do, not what we say

Still good advice, after all these years.

[lark]

11. Yep, that's my main issue with Obama.

He talks leftist but his appointments and actions (TPP) are definitely right leaning.

[Plucketeer]

15. I'll heartily

second your astute observation!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

21. That is a bit odd, eh? I have to think about that for a minute...

[ReRe]

12. Who knows...

... Question is, if PO appointed him, can he fire him? Seriously.

[rhett o rick]

13. I doubt that he can fire him, but I bet he can pressure him into resigning. nm

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

22. Anyone that is appointed (involves only the executive branch)

can be terminated at any time. You serve at the "Pleasure" of the President.

[NorthCarolina]

33. Wheeler operates independently which frees Obama to experience a populist epiphany

on the issue for public consumption, without any fear of jeopardizing the goal of giving back to the corporate overlords. Wheeler will will fall on the anti-neutrality sword and be richly rewarded for it. The only real losers will be...the consumer. BUT, we will all be able to draw comfort from the knowledge that Obama was against it after he was for it.

[rhett o rick]

34. And those living in denial will think that Obama did all he could. Kind of like Gitmo and the Chain

Chained CPI. I expect him to announce any day that he wants the Patriot Act rolled back.

[Initech]

14. Good, the last thing that the ISPs need is more money.

By caving to net neutrality all we're doing is feeding the wealth addiction. Good for Obama.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. I already donated to the cause.

[tecelote]

17. And, this should be a bi-partisan position.

I know.

But, still. do Republicans want more rules and regulations restricting their access to information? Especially freedom loving tea baggers?

Republicans are the party of the rich but they know that if they lose their lower middle class base they're toast.

Restrict the internet and let's see how many tea baggers say "Wow! This is Great!!"

[Thor_MN]

18. I wish they would abandon the "paid prioritization" meme and call it what it is.

Paying the carriers to slow down competitor's traffic.

[easychoice]

19. If Comcast doesn't like it

You know you have a winner...

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

20. Fuck them in the left nostril with a uncooked piece of spaghetti!

Someone else should suggest the next step.

[Cha]

23. Thanks Obama! I don't care what the whiners have to say about it.. thank you! And, thank you

EarlG!

[Number23]

25. I know I should have been surprised by all the folks here that are downplaying, minimizing

"questioning" and just full of endless concern about this issue but at this point, it is clear that nothing will ever assuage their deep and prevailing belief that this president is horrible and always out to get them. No wonder nobody's even bothering to engage them anymore.

[Cha]

27. Yeah, I don't like talking to brick walls, Number23..

The White House ✔ @WhiteHouse
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I'm urging the @FCC to keep the internet open and free. Here's my plan to protect #NetNeutrality for everyone: http://go.wh.gov/net-neutrality –bo
4:20 AM - 10 Nov 2014 3,034 Retweets 1,374 favorites

A Free And Open Internet. Thanks, President Obama

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/10/a-free-and-open-internet-thanks-president-obama/

[japple]

28. Amen and amen.

[japple]

24. Get up and support the President on this one. If you haven't given him a whit of support for

any of the good things he has accomplished, at least support him on this one. If you can't do this, then just chalk up one on your tally sheet for "one unhinged ignoramous who doesn't give a shit that s/he's going down the tubes."

[Number23]

26. Co-sign

[Cha]

29. Hey japple! Well said!

[Andy823]

30. Excellent post!

Sadly I do believe there are a lot of those unhinged ignoramous who don't give a shit around here when it comes to admitting the president has done a lot of good things since he was elected.

[polynomial]

31. Neutral or Neutered or Birth control for the Internet

Or the idea of neutrality in the Internet is when the citizen can own a fixed plant or mobile traveling communications that connects all the major government agencies that were produced by tax dollars. It is said the military created the Internet; there it should be self-evident that we the people own it.

Exampled by all the sophisticated electronics that have been developed over the decades through government military grants, through the university systems, especially funding for secret projects that have been declassified into the public domain and exploited by the so called free market, the advantaged one percent.

From my view the American public does not have Internet Neutrality. President Obama knows we don’t. We the people need our own war on this so called Conservatism Tea Party extremist of today that wants to shape the electorate for selfish needs rather than perusing an advanced society.

It could change for the better. We could start out with a fully digitized library of easily accessed HR Bill’s passed and failed in Congress. Especially legislation that could have highlighted portions that have been specifically built by our representatives, or HR Bill’s specifically uncovered to be written by lobbyist.

That said to get rid of this paradigm double standard in our culture that citizens can’t lie but politicians, with corporate and mainstream media complicity bloviate, postulate, deride, deceive, and ridicule at their discretion with arrogance defiance, retaliation, and prevent what is needed from happening.

These one percent people are using and exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum especially through political commercialism appears evil. Simple and basic service to the electorate, and non- electorate alike is dysfunctional deficient and immoral to extremes where we will destroy ourselves, or did Bin Laden Win? I hope not…

[NorthCarolina]

32. I recall he also Strongly Supported a Public Option.

Now he strongly supports an open internet (after appointing anti-net neutrality Wheeler to head the FCC). If he keeps this up with this extreme populist rhetoric he may replace Ghandi someday.

[jjewell]

35. Almost exactly...

...what I was about to post.

I guess "Strongly Supporting" and "ensuring implementation" are two different things...