Ego Tripping

I wanted to post this earlier, but pass this on as soon as possible.

Speak up to save the Internet.

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LHM

Another step in the right direction for the ole' NWO.

Flamin' buggers they are.

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scottishbastard

I seriously don't know how I feel on this matter. I don't believe in censorship, but I also think it's stupid that a private company like eharmony, who's owned by evangalists, can get in trouble for not having a homosexual section for their website.
There's a delicate balance here between censorship and invasion into privately owned companies' rights and privacy.

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Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
You think you hold the high hand
I've got my doubts
I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts
.....

And even if I have to go to Claremont
Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont
Let me go
Let me lie low

Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
And you send your dark messengers to tempt me
I come from Chino so all your threats are empty

- the mountain goats

Kompressor

Uh, Net Neutrality was already ruled a week or two ago.

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verklingen

^ McCain introduces bill to block Net neutrality | Raw Story

signed

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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

Kompressor

Touché, but likely to fail.

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verklingen

thankfully!

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Ego Tripping

Seriously? That's awesome. I can't seem to find any articles on it, can you post some?

And fuck john mccorpse. Jesus christ, can't these people die yet?

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verklingen

soon enough bro, progress is happening and the incompatible are weeding themselves out

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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

Kompressor

Hard to find one without McCain now.

FCC Votes for Net Neutrality, McCain Wants to Stop Them

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Sir-Ex

Maybe someone should stab him in the ass.

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Smile

Ditch the cigs!!!!!!

Kompressor

Surprise: McCain Biggest Beneficiary of Telco/ISP Lobby Money

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is the top recipient of campaign contributions from large Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast over the past two years, according to a new report from the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics. McCain has taken in a total of $894,379 (much of that money going to support his failed 2008 bid for the presidency), more than twice the amount taken by the next-largest beneficiary, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. ($341,089).

Meanwhile, McCain has emerged as the ISPs' biggest champion against new "network neutrality" rules from the Federal Communications Commission, which voted Thursday to move forward in the process to adopt such rules. Shortly after the FCC vote, McCain introduced a bill (the "Internet Freedom Act") that would block regulation of the nation's largest broadband networks.

Net neutrality rules would amount to a federal mandate that broadband providers cannot block or hinder the internet traffic of any web site or service, regardless of whether or not that site or service completes with a similar site or service offered by the ISP itself. In other words, a telco ISP could not limit bandwidth used for Skype VoIP traffic, while maximizing bandwidth available for its own VoIP service.

As Congress considers legislation that would codify net neutrality into law, cable and phone companies are hoping to cut a better deal on Capitol Hill than they are likely to get from the FCC, the Sunlight Foundation's Bill Allison says.

As the network neutrality issue has come to a head over the past year, due in large part to the new FCC's interest in it, telco and cable lobbyists have been flooding the offices (and coffers) of lawmakers. The Sunlight Foundation study found that some 244 members of Congress were the beneficiaries of contributions--totaling more than $9.4 million--from January 2007 to June 2009. The analysis was based on a survey of giving by eight large broadband providers and two trade associations that represent them, all which have disclosed lobbying on net neutrality issues.

The telecom interests also targeted House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. ($275,275), Senate Finance Committee chair Max Baucus, D-Mont. ($248,999) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ($198,972).

Verizon and AT&T have been particularly active in this effort; they also were the sources of all the clustered contributions among broadband providers, with AT&T and its outside lobbyists combining to give to 110 members, followed by Comcast (105 members) and Verizon (96 members).

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The Rev

Fuck the Internet. If it weren't for the Hot Picture Thread, I wouldn't be caught dead in this dump.



The Rev

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Ego Tripping

Thanks Komp...good to know we're that closer. McCain won't succeed, same as he didn't succeed in his last major endeavor.

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