(Must get this off chest).... Unless Obama walks his talk on Net Neutrality, he is a Phony

[Armstead]

156. Again I agree except for one fact

I believe the baseline of all this is very simple and straightforward. All of the issues you described, and other issues, are going to depend on who makes the rules, and to what purpose.

Do we want access to what has become a very basic part of our infrastructure to be totally controlled by Pirate Corporations who are only interested in profit (and perhaps censorship of voices opposing their interests)?

Or do we recognize that the channel of information IS a basic public resource,and thus the terms and use of it should be under the control of the public to ensure the pubic interest?

WE ALREADY SCREWED THE POOCH in terms of broadcasting and cable by letting the forces of total privatization win. And we've paid the price by the fact that radio, TV and cable are now totally screwed up and totally Unaccountable to the public. We now have the broadcast spectrum TOTALLY OWNED and controlled by a handful of MEGA MEDIA MONOPOLIES.

WE'RE GOING TO DO TE SAME THING to the Internet if the FCC/WH/Congress totally give away the keys to the greedy corporate piggies..... What Obama/Wheeler et. al are now considering will lead to the same kind of crap -- probably worse.

And they are going to try to wear us down to get it.

I agree with you we need to keep fighting against this But we shouldn't also have to be fighting the President and his Industry Stooge Appointee in addition to the Big ISP Corporations and the GOP.