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Prophet 451

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1. We techies have been screaming about this for years

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Apr 24, 2014, 04:29 AM

Apr 2014

And even liberals have yawned and called us Chicken Littles. Yes, I'm bitter.

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Obama pledges Net neutrality laws if elected president [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 OP

We techies have been screaming about this for years Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #1

Regulatory capture by the Oligarths Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #2

I don't doubt it Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #4

One chart describes it all Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #7

campaign as a democrat,then when you get elected.... nt msongs Apr 2014 #3

Well that's a ''compasionist conservate'' way of putting it Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #5

So... jberryhill Apr 2014 #14

Yep. I'm furious about this. NC_Nurse Apr 2014 #6

Pretty soon We might not be able to find Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #8

Where is your comment from January? jberryhill Apr 2014 #15

OBAMA�S BAD PICK: A FORMER LOBBYIST AT THE F.C.C. Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #18

Nonetheless how do you explain the NN rules which were enacted? jberryhill Apr 2014 #22

Obama won't put up with this. We need to elect him. Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #25

It wasn't his appointee who struck down the rules jberryhill Apr 2014 #28

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Apr 2014 #9

Damn, I wish that guy had been elected. Scuba Apr 2014 #10

^^^this^^^ L0oniX Apr 2014 #41

Another promise kept n2doc Apr 2014 #11

Where were you when the previous rules were made? jberryhill Apr 2014 #24

So, where's teh Y? Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #30

It is between teh W and teh Z jberryhill Apr 2014 #36

So you don't actually have a response Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #37

The FCC can at any time choose to reclassify broadband as a public utility Dragonfli Apr 2014 #45

It's just another lame "Obama bad" meme treestar Apr 2014 #44

you never loved him anyway... KG Apr 2014 #12

Federal Appeal Court Strikes Net Neutrality Rule jberryhill Apr 2014 #13

I guess he had good lawyers Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #16

Yes, that's how a case gets to an appeals court jberryhill Apr 2014 #20

Again, where is the attempt to minimise harm? Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #31

What is the subject of this thread? jberryhill Apr 2014 #33

Um, maybe Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #38

Such facts don't help spread the outrage. So they tend to get overlooked. JoePhilly Apr 2014 #17

So was his pick of Wheeler Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #19

Ah, Wheeler made the court do it jberryhill Apr 2014 #23

It's kind of hard to overlook... jberryhill Apr 2014 #21

Here is a quote from your link.... dotymed Apr 2014 #27

Once again... jberryhill Apr 2014 #32

Outstanding response ... and it applies in situations beyond this situation. JoePhilly Apr 2014 #34

First of all dotymed Apr 2014 #39

I'm sure the OP will be edited to include the missing information anytime now... Chathamization Apr 2014 #42

Net Neutrality Demsrule86 Apr 2014 #26

This thread is not about net neutrality jberryhill Apr 2014 #35

The FCC � under the leadership of former Chairman Julius Genachowski Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #29

Exactly.... Recommend this post. KoKo Apr 2014 #40

... warrprayer Apr 2014 #43

"Change that we can believe in" vs the change that we can see. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #46

Too bad we didn't elect that guy as President ... 1000words Apr 2014 #47