Comments on: Flap Your Lips Friday

By: Rez

Rez — Sun, 11 May 2014 03:04:06 +0000

This may sound like a dumb question, but nobody has explained what, in real world terms, this FCC action means. Give real examples.

Lets take just one website – http://www.Commondreams.org. Will it mean that Commondreams will load very slowly, while YouTube or other Google utilities will load fast? Will it mean that ISP’s will become like cable TV – only a certain list of URL’s or IP addresses will be accessible at all – or only if a pay an extra fee?

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 11 May 2014 03:01:30 +0000

Rey#23, Occupy was a real beginning, the first chance in decades for effective street activism in the U.S. – it was brutally repressed through fascist, militarized police violence. No qualifiers there. Please we MUST remember this and remind ourselves. Life drones on as if we have not witnessed the demise of our democracy, even ignoring this most brazen of televised heists.

There is no commons any longer, no public square, it is owned by owners and elites. In fact, they flaunted this violence in our faces, as a warning to all. Any indication of real popular strength by U.S. citizens will now be dealt with as ‘terrorism’. NDAA, etc will see to that.

To pretend otherwise is to ignore the very real and violent events of 2011-12 in capitals, small cities and campuses across the U.S.

By: Gregory

Gregory — Sun, 11 May 2014 02:59:42 +0000

Yama#20, The duopoly is controlled by the same Top 0.01% oligarchs and the revolving door at the FCC during the Bush-Obama era has employed corporate-interest serving clones like Michael Powell, Julius Genachowski and now Tom Wheeler.

Lest not forget Meredith Baker who left the FCC two years early to accept a VP job at Comcast, lobbying on their behalf for a privatized internet, payola for preferential treatment at a higher cost to consumers no doubt.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 11 May 2014 02:32:43 +0000

Wait, did anyone else see that Tom Wheeler was a cable industry lobbyist? This reported 4-25-14 by Democracy Now!
Why do we think a mere petition of the ‘consumers’ will change his mind?

It is time to do something visible and to decry the ineffectiveness of the U.S. government to govern. In this case to actually regulate the internet utility on behalf of the people.

By: Juju

Juju — Sun, 11 May 2014 02:32:22 +0000

So what is the action? where is the organization to get action from millions of people. It just doesn’t happen because you talk about it, talk about action, want action. You haven’t asked anything of any of us.

Who is going to spread the word nationally for this action? Who will organize getting a million people in a couple places. How do we get the attention of our media own country politicians, we cant expect the media of Amerika to pay attention.