FCC Chair Defends Regulations, Calls FCC a ‘Cop on the Beat’ .....

Just another power grab where Government can once again try to pick the winners and losers.....can anyone say Solyndra and Evergreen.... 

Now, imagine if you will, the headline if this were GWB...

"Bush's FCC CHAIR TO RULE the Internet World with MONSTROUS POWER GRAB - the FIRST AMENDMENT is shredded!"

And what do we get right now on the News broadcasts..?.....crickets chirping...


Critics point to the lack of disputes between companies and Internet providers, noting that no provider has ever shut an Internet-based company out of the market or deliberately limited bandwidth. Critics also point out that the only case in which a bandwidth dispute has arisen – between Verizon and a music-sharing website – the two companies came to an agreement without the need of government involvement.

Twitter hands over protester's private data ....

I know the world has tipped upside-down when I agree with the ACLU.....

An ACLU spokesman told The Huffington Post UK last week: "It is becoming increasingly clear that law enforcement around the U.S. is aggressively issuing subpoenas and obtaining court orders to obtain information about people’s internet activities and communications. We don’t know exactly how often, because the vast majority of these requests are never made public, and many are kept secret by court order. But we do know that it is occurring a lot."