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RKP5637

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2. I understand the part about wanting to control the Internet. It's a threat to

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 07:14 PM

Feb 2012

authoritarian control. No authoritarian and/or control freak wants the freedom of the Internet. And I really don't think they want nations to be closer together as it undermines their reign.

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Oh dear Freepers are in an uproar again. Internet Freedom is under threat. [View all] Justice wanted Feb 2012 OP

Here's an article from Slate: Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #1

K&R !!! RKP5637 Feb 2012 #3

Thank you for the link. Now maybe I can make heads and tails out of all of this. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #4

I understand the part about wanting to control the Internet. It's a threat to RKP5637 Feb 2012 #2

It is bullshit, the WSJ article is written by an FCC member who is lamenting that the US police stockholmer Feb 2012 #5

Thank you for the articles. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #6

Bio of McDowell -- Bush appointee, reappointed by Obama FarCenter Feb 2012 #7

thanks for the info stockholmer Feb 2012 #9

and he just got money from an unknown uncle in Nigeria rurallib Feb 2012 #8