Following the vote to rescind Obama era regulations on the internet,FCC chairman Ajit Pai issued this statement:
It’s difficult to match that mundane reality to the apocalyptic rhetoric that we’ve heard from Title II supporters. And as the debate has gone on, their claims have gotten more and more outlandish. So let’s be clear. Returning to the legal framework that governed the Internet from President Clinton’s pronouncement in 1996 until 2015 is not going to destroy the Internet.It is not going to end the Internet as we know it. It is not going to kill democracy. It is not going to stifle free expression online. If stating these propositions alone doesn’t demonstrate their absurdity, our Internet experience before 2015, and our experience tomorrow, once this order passes, will prove them so.
This is how CNN reported it:
From what I’ve read, the Obama-era regulations favored the biggest internet providers while stifling investment by the kinds of small companies that were willing to extend better service to rural areas. That sounds typical of something Democrats would do, doesn’t it? Anyway, I can believe this is what the regs actually accomplished, because I’ve got a friend who lives in the boonies who, can you believe this, still has DIAL UP. Her connection is so slow that, if I want to send her a photo, I have to reformat it so the file is less than 100 kb.
On Thursday,the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality rulesthat imposed greater regulation over the internet.
No big surprise, the vote was along party lines, with Democrats favoring the FCC’s 2015 heavy-handed, utility-style regulation of broadband internet access service and Republicans favoring returning to the traditional light-touch framework that was in place until 2015.
The 2015 regulations led to regulatory uncertainty and less investment in broadband, plus hampered innovationamong smaller ISPs in rural areas.
Two presidents; one current, one former. As water seeks its own level, so too do people ultimately settle into their comfort zone. What a difference a day makes. As a final FU to the country, Obama sent $221 million to Abbas and the Palestinian Authority. If you are worried about what he’s been doing the last three days, fear not…. he soldiers on.
Next stop Necker Island: Barack and Michelle Obama are all smiles as they pose with immigration officials in British Virgin Islands before heading straight to Richard Branson’s private retreat
Barack and Michelle Obama touched down in British Virgin Islands on Monday
They flew in to the Caribbean on host Sir Richard Branson’s private plane
Former first couple will spend some time on his private retreat, Necker Island
British billionaire Branson campaigned against Trump throughout his campaign
They spent the weekend with friends in Palm Springs, California, after President Trump’s inauguration on Friday
IT WAS RAINING IN PALM SPRINGS; NO BIGGIE, WE GOT PLENTY OF RICH FRIENDS TO MOOCH OFF OF.
THESE TWO GET 6 SUV’S FOR THEIR SECRET SERVICE ENTOURAGE; BUSH HAS TWO.
Today, America gets a new First Lady. She’s beautiful – a former model! – with an impeccable wardrobe and the money to buy all the couture she wants. So why, when President Trump and his family are long out of the White House, and his administration is enshrined in the annals of history, will Michelle Obama – a woman with no connection to the fashion industry before she came into public view – be remembered as the more iconic of the two?
It’s simple. Becoming an icon is about more than just a pretty face and an international platform. YEAH, A REAL FASHION ICON
Glad to see Obama go, Gulf Arabs expect Trump to counter Iran
Saudi Arabia in particular appears relieved at the departure of Barack Obama, who it felt considered Riyadh’s alliance with Washington less important than negotiating a deal in 2015 to neutralize Iran’s nuclear program.
The relationship is a pillar of the Middle East’s security balance. But it has suffered since Riyadh took issue with what it saw as Obama’s withdrawal from the region, and a perceived inclination towards Iran since the 2011 Arab uprisings.
MEANWHILE, WHAT DID TRUMP DO HIS FIRST FULL DAY IN OFFICE? OH, NOT MUCH
Teamsters Respond to TPP Withdrawal – PRAISE TRUMP! “The Teamsters Union has been on the frontline of the fight to stop destructive trade deals like the TPP, China PNTR, CAFTA and NAFTA for decades. Millions of working men and women saw their jobs leave the country as free trade policies undermined our manufacturing industry.
We take this development as a positive sign that President Trump will continue to fulfill his campaign promises in regard to trade policy reform and instruct the USTR to negotiate future agreements that protect American workers and industry.”
AFL-CIO Praises President Trump’s Move to Withdraw from TPP, Renegotiate NAFTA, Target Big Pharma Trump’s populist appeal to American workers in states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio was critical to his landslide electoral college victory, when he stunned the bi-coastal political, financial, and cultural elites in places like New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles with a 306 electoral vote landslide win over Clinton on Nov. 8.
FORCED UNION DUES HAVE BEEN A CASH COW FOR THE DEMOCRAT PARTY FOR DECADES.THE LEADERS GET RICH,BUT THE WORKERS ARE GOING TO REALIZE AT SOME POINT THAT THEY’VE BEEN PLAYED FOR FOOLS ALL THIS TIME.
Trump Revives Reagan-Era Ban on Use of Foreign Aid for Abortion Counseling Coming as one of Mr. Trump’s first executive orders, it was likely to please the anti-abortion lobby at home. But critics say it also symbolizes the new administration’s defiance of the women’s reproductive rights movement, an important force in the weekend protest marches in Washington and other cities that followed Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
Top US Executives Rave About Productive Meeting with President Trump at White House
Top executives from several US based companies raved about President Trump and his initiatives after meeting with the President on his first day of work in the White House.
Andrew Liveris from Dow Chemical and Mark Fields from Ford Motor Company cheered President Trump for his promise to cut regulations by 75%.
Trump Wants To Cut Regulations By 75% At the time Trump was sworn in on Friday, the Federal Register contained 89,535 regulations — many of which Republicans say are outdated and duplicative. Those regulations have piled up since the government’s rulebook launched in 1935.
Trump just made a vocal opponent of today’s ‘open internet’ laws the next FCC boss While expected, the appointment aligns with signs that Trump’s FCC would roll back Obama-era policies — most notably the 2015 Open Internet Order, which set today’s net-neutrality rules.
Broadly speaking, those laws regulate the internet as a public utility. More practically, they’re meant to keep internet service providers from blocking or slowing down certain content — which could benefit services owned by an ISP itself — or forcing others to pay fees to receive preferential treatment.
Trump’s New CIA Director: “Jesus Christ Is The Only Solution For Our World” Pompeo is a well-respected figure in the national security community. He is also an army veteran, and a staunch pro-life advocate.
Two years ago, Pompeo gave a church speech where he said Muslims who think Islam is “the only way” needed to be dealt with.
“These folks believe that it is religiously driven for them to wipe Christians from the face of the earth,” he added. “They abhor Christians,” he said of a small minority among Muslims.
Hillary: If FBI Is Investigating You, You Shouldn’t Be Able To ‘Just Go Buy A Gun’
BUT YOU CAN,APPARENTLY,RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Activist Demands Reparations for All Fat Black Women
Ashleigh Shackelford says she’s owed everything from housing to free Beyoncé tickets. According to a piece on an “intersectional feminist media” website, “fat, black” women are owed reparations due to the “trauma” that comes with being one. “The case for reparations for fat Black b****** is: f*** you, pay us,” self-described “queer, agender Black fat femme writer, artist, and cultural producer” Ashleigh Shackelford writes in a piece for Wear Your Voice.
White Leader of Black Lives Matter Movement Says Banning White Men Would Stop Mass Shootings…
THE WHITE HOMEY WANNABE TALKS OUT HIS ASS AGAIN
Ken Burns trashes Trump at Stanford graduation, calls on ‘Vichy Republicans’ to reconsider
COMMENCEMENTS HAVE DEVOLVED INTO LITTLE MORE THAN CONSERVATIVE-BASHING SCREEDS
KEEP IN MIND ALL HIS PROJECTS ON PBS ARE FUNDED BY THE TAX-PAYING TARGETS OF HIS BILE
Documentarian Ken Burns launched an extended attack on Donald Trump during a commencement address at Stanford University Sunday, calling Trump a “proto-fascist” and calling on “Vichy Republicans” to reconsider their support for him.
Burns began, “For 216 years, our elections—though bitterly contested—have featured the philosophies and characters of candidates who were clearly qualified.” He added, “That is not the case this year.” Burns encouraged Stanford grads to work to defeat Trump saying, “Before you do anything with your well-earned degree you must do everything you can to defeat the retrograde forces that have invaded our democratic process….”
Who insults veterans, threatens a free press, mocks the handicapped, denigrates women, Muslims and all immigrants, a man who took more than a day to remember to disavow a supporter who advocates white supremacy and the Ku Klux Klan. An infantile, bullying man who depending on his mood is willing to discarded old and established alliances, treaties and long-standing relationships…
COURT UPHOLDS NET NEUTRALITY RULES ON EQUAL INTERNET ACCESS
In a big win for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government’s “net neutrality” rules that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally.The 2-1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a victory for consumer groups and content companies such as Netflix that want to prevent online content from being blocked or channeled into fast and slow lanes.
THE ELECTION WILL DETERMINE WHETHER WE WILL STILL BE HERE
The judges in this case:
Judge David Tatel: Clinton appointee
Judge Sri Srinivasan: Obama appointee…HE WAS BEING TOUTED FOR SCOTUS AFTER SCALIA PASSED AWAY
Jeh Johnson: Gun Control Is Now ‘Part and Parcel of Homeland Security’
“With great respect, Mr. Secretary, you are head of Homeland Security. What do you think?” Rose asked.
“I believe that meaningful, responsible gun control is part of homeland security, and it’s something we have to address,” Johnson said.
King asked if this was a new public stance for him.
“I have not talked about gun control publicly at this point, but I think that we have to face the fact that gun control is part and parcel of homeland security and how things are evolving,” Johnson said.
OUTRAGED OBAMA Lectures GOP on His Refusal to Use Term RADICAL ISLAM
HOW DARE THEY CRITICIZE THE LEADER! HE WON!! TWICE!
Obama WENT OFF on Republicans and Americans who want him to accurately describe the enemy.
Obama went on and on and on lecturing America on using the term Radical Islam.
Obama showed more angst and hatred for Republicans than he did about the mass murderer in Orlando.
UNREAL!
Obama even went back to lecture America on its abusive history.
It was a grab baggery of Republican hatred. He just wouldn’t stop!!
In case you were interested in anything,here’s some of the video and related commentary.
Cruz: “The Next 20 Months Are Going to Be Very Dangerous”
You know, prior presidents have been repudiated [and] they’ve reacted with contrition. [P]resident Obama, instead, reacted with anger and defiance.”
“I believe the next 20 months we are going to see a degree of lawlessness that will exceed anything we’ve seen in the previous six years,” he continued. “I think we’re going to see executive order after executive order. I think we’re going to see the abuse of regulations in a way that crushes small businesses, destroys jobs. I think we are going to see the continued weaponization of the IRS in the federal government, and it is going to be dangerous.”
The Wisconsin governor continued his pivot toward the right in his CPAC speech Thursday, and the crowd loved it.
“Here in America there is a reason we celebrate the Fourth of July and not April 15th,” Walker said. “Because in America, we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it.”
Walker got an unexpected opportunity to flex his legendary anti-union muscles on stage when protesters interrupted his speech by shouting from the crowd.
“Those voices cannot drown out the millions of Americans who want us to stand up for the hardworking taxpayers,” Walker said to the protesters.
Joni Ernst Honors Military Veterans at CPAC.
“At this time, if you are able, I would like to ask all of our military men and women to please rise and allow us to show our deep gratitude and appreciation,” Ernst had just said.
Despite record low trust in government, the epic failure of Obamacare, an IRS targeting scandal, the targeting of journalists at the AP and Fox News, NSA overreach, and Washington DC dysfunctionality at near historic levels, the government will change the Internet forever starting tomorrow when it releases its plan to regulate what was once a free and open Internet.
If you believe that this plan, which is deceptively called #NetNeutrality, is in any way “neutral” or fair, I encourage you to use a search engine (which is still free, no thanks to government) to search the phrase “broken government promises.” This plan is an adventure in crony-capitalism disguised, and creatively marketed, as a “David vs.Goliath” fight against ISPs just like Obamacare was supposed to be a fight against health insurance companies. What they’re not telling you is that the companies fighting for “Net Neutrality” have an enormous financial interest in its implementation, just as some health insurance industry and pharmaceutical industry supporters backed Obamacare.
Eventually the government, as it typically does, turned on the doctors, health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies and left them holding the bag, just like it will turn on the companies fighting for Net Neutrality. Jonathan Gruber’s videos explain how this was the Obama administration’s plan the entire time; lie to the people, get their vote and support, screw them over, and then get them to blame anyone other than government.
Internet taxes, a licensing requirement for websites, and the heavy foot of government on the face of the Internet is inevitable if Net Neutrality is allowed to stand. And, to all of those “government knows what’s best for me” types who claim this is a good idea remember, you are as responsible as they are for opening the door and letting them in. They will never leave your house once that door has been opened.
Right after I wrote the above, I saw this in my email from Mozilla:
We accomplished what seemed impossible:we stood together, took on the goliaths, and won.
This was no small feat. It was the biggest show of public engagement the FCC had ever seen — a mass movement of historic proportions. Millions of public comments flooded Washington on this issue. By banding together, we’ve helped to keep the Web open and accessible for everyone, equally.
It will take place Thursday without much fanfare in the media. It will signal the Chosen One’s greatest usurpation of power since Obamacare. The FCC is set to vote on new ‘net neutrality’ rules which will make broadband more expensive,far slower and the point of the whole thing is to impose regulations to restrict the free speech rights of ordinary citizens. You can’t say the bastard didn’t have a plan to completely dismantle our liberties. For a long time the FCC had four members,two democrats and two republicans and not much happened. Then,if memory serves,he used one of his infamous recess appointments to install his personal stooge to tip the balance to do his bidding. He’s seized healthcare,will push amnesty through,is handing Iran nuclear weapons capability,is bent on sacrificing Israel for the ambitions of his muslim brothers and he’s about to make sure dissent of the government is stifled. This blog has been a big part of my life for a very long time. I don’t have much time left and at this point the future is in somebody else’s hands. There’s nothing we can do about it.
Republican FCC Commissioners Ask Wheeler To Delay Net Neutrality Vote, Release Proposal
Three days before the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on the most significant Internet regulations in history, two commissioners are asking Chairman Tom Wheeler to delay the vote and release his proposal to the public.
“We respectfully request that FCC leadership immediately release the 332-page Internet regulation plan publicly and allow the American people a reasonable period of not less than 30 days to carefully study it,” Republican Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly said in a statement Monday. “Then, after the commission reviews the specific input it receives from the American public and makes any modifications to the plan as appropriate, we could proceed to a final vote.” (RELATED: FCC/FEC Commissioners: Net Neutrality Regs Threaten Political Free Speech Online)
The commission is set to vote on Wheeler’s aggressive proposal — which will regulate Internet service providers as public utilities and set new standards for speed and pricing — on Thursday, when it is expected to pass by a partisan vote of 3-2. (RELATED: Republican FCC Commissioner Slams ‘Obama’s 332-Page Plan To Regulate The Internet’)
“With the future of the entire Internet at stake, it is imperative that the FCC get this right,” the commissioners said. “And to do that, we must live up to the highest standards of transparency. Transparency is particularly important here because the plan in front of us right now is so drastically different than the proposal the FCC adopted and put out for public comment last May.” (RELATED: FCC Votes For New ‘Net Neutrality’ Regulations)
The FCC traditionally never releases proposed regulations prior to their implementation, prompting Pai to spend the weeks since Wheeler laid out the foundation of the plan to point out its most aggressive regulations in press releases and op-eds with commissioners from fellow agencies. (RELATED: FCC/FTC Commissioners: ‘The Internet Isn’t Broken, And We Don’t Need The President’s Plan To ‘Fix’ It)
Obama’s regs will make Internet slow as in Europe, warn FCC, FEC commissioners
“These Internet regulations will deter broadband deployment, depress network investment and slow broadband speeds. How do we know? Compare Europe, which has long had utility-style regulations, with the United States, which has embraced a light-touch regulatory model. Broadband speeds in the United States, both wired and wireless, are significantly faster than those in Europe. Broadband investment in the United States is several multiples that of Europe. And broadband’s reach is much wider in the United States, despite its much lower population density,” the two wrote.
They also joined to warn about the Democrat-chaired Federal Election Commission eyeing regulation of political speech on the Internet.
“The Teamsters Union has been on the frontline of the fight to stop destructive trade deals like the TPP, China PNTR, CAFTA and NAFTA for decades. Millions of working men and women saw their jobs leave the country as free trade policies undermined our manufacturing industry.
Trump’s populist appeal to American workers in states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio was critical to his landslide electoral college victory, when he stunned the bi-coastal political, financial, and cultural elites in places like New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles with a 306 electoral vote landslide win over Clinton on Nov. 8.
Coming as one of Mr. Trump’s first executive orders, it was likely to please the anti-abortion lobby at home. But critics say it also symbolizes the new administration’s defiance of the women’s reproductive rights movement, an important force in the weekend protest marches in Washington and other cities that followed Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
At the time Trump was sworn in on Friday, the Federal Register contained 89,535 regulations — many of which Republicans say are outdated and duplicative. Those regulations have piled up since the government’s rulebook launched in 1935.
While expected, the appointment aligns with signs that Trump’s FCC would roll back Obama-era policies — most notably the 2015 Open Internet Order, which set today’s net-neutrality rules.
Pompeo is a well-respected figure in the national security community. He is also an army veteran, and a staunch pro-life advocate.
