Time for Republicans to do the same

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9 commentsFriday, July 25, 2008

Democrats Come Out For Net Neutrality

Time for Republicans to do the same

9 Comments

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sat, 09/20/2008 - 09:55

Sheesh! Commentors above

Sheesh! Commentors above are dancing all around, spouting all kinds of stuff, ignoring the point of the article. The author did a lot of research to find out who we should vote for if we want network neutrality. You can vote for your mythic hero and watch the big corporations stifle the internet or you can vote for people who will keep it open. Your choice.

By L.W. From Reddit (WPN reader) - Tue, 07/29/2008 - 04:01

Social Media Will Hopefully Help The Cause...

A lot of people in power just don't like the thought of any of that power being taken away. When they don't have as much say so as to what goes on, it makes them feel less accomplished.

I guess it makes sense given that a lot of big companies are actually owned by Rebublicans. If all of that power is divided up all across the web, that may hurt their over stronghold.

I never understood the connection between Republicans and the lust for power...

By TerryV (WPN reader) - Mon, 07/28/2008 - 09:32

Same Old Tax and Spend

All I can say is watch your internet wallets. Democrats have been talking of putting a user tax on the internet for years.

By David (WPN reader) - Sun, 07/27/2008 - 20:19

Keep your hands off of it

I am among the disenfranchised majority. It is pretty simple to me. Keep government hands off of it. In case any of you haven't noticed the miserable failure of both Democrats or Republicans to intelligently run this nation (somewhere besides into the ground).

The Democrats regularly tax and spend (our money) while the Republicans regularly borrow and spend (our money) I don't really see a huge difference in either party one leans toward socialism the other toward fascism, except that they routinely screw up.

My word to the congress, Keep your hands off of it!

Dave G.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sun, 07/27/2008 - 16:24

Of course this is the same

Of course this is the same Democratically controlled Congress that wants to prohibit anyone involved with Congress from posting anything on any website not specifically approved by them. +1 for net neutrality, -1 for blatant hypocricy.

By Hugh Robinson (WPN reader) - Sun, 07/27/2008 - 10:59

net neutrality

net neutrality is a misnomer. The web stopped being neutral the day censorship was introduced by Google.

The we had enforced geolocation for any non .com website which is isolationist to say the least.

The original Google ethos of vision and customer service has been lost in the drive for profit. Google is no longer a supplier of a broad base of knowledge as can be seen after page three of their serps.

Where are the milions of pages that give good information but are rejected by an algorithim that supresses innovation and forethought.

Googles form of consorship is ensuring that every website conforms to its way of thinking. For my money yahoo.com is the king of information.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sun, 07/27/2008 - 10:18

net neutrality

be for us or be against us, ROFL that is what Jesus said...so if you aren't for him, then you are against him...good luck with that.

By agraham1 (WPN reader) - Fri, 07/25/2008 - 11:29

Campaign for Telecoms to take Net Neutrality Pledge

I am part of a new campaign to switch to the first Telecom to take the Net Neutrality Pledge. It is a new type of campaign because people can join the campaign without switching but once the first Telecom takes the Pledge (as long as they provide service in your area) then all the members will switch. If you're interested check it out here: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/first-telecom-to-take-the-net-neutrality-pledge-wins-our-business

Thanks and let’s spread the word about keeping an open internet.

By Judy (WPN reader) - Sun, 07/27/2008 - 05:53

Neutral?

With Meg Whitman playing patty cake with McCain, it's likely the Republican notion of net neutrality is akin to Ebay's, i.e, manulate a lot of little people to write letters to their congressman while flagrantly ignoring the entire concept of free flowing connectivity. As the Evil Ebay Empire forges ahead with blocking all links off the site, Ebay isn't part of the web: it's a giant Venus flytrap. Once users go in, they'll play hell getting out again. By the time Mafia Meg gets done explaining it to John n the boys, we'll have to pay a fee to use Google and the entire world will just log in to Ebay, forget the rest of the web.