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Mon Nov 10, 2014, 05:48 PM

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Bwaaahaaahaahaa!!! Cable companies 'stunned' by Obama's 'extreme' net neutrality proposals [View all] Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2014 OP

if it pisses off big business and/or republicans, it must be the right thing to do for the people! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #1

Exactly! santamargarita Nov 2014 #15

Ha, spot on. Flatulo Nov 2014 #23

+1 rock Nov 2014 #24

+1 ... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2014 #31

Bingo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2014 #56

It pisses off only one group of big businesses adieu Nov 2014 #69

Making it a public utility would piss off ALL the corporations.... Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #100

All during the workup of the ACA, I kept looking for medical insurance companies stock to tank. I brewens Nov 2014 #89

RE DISH choices, you must be w/o CNN, TMC like me. Bummer. I only watch 8-10 channels too. appalachiablue Nov 2014 #93

What people don't seem to get.... vi5 Nov 2014 #102

I get it about the free channels. I'm sure I would save something with a la carte by not choosing brewens Nov 2014 #104

Of course they can jack everything up. vi5 Nov 2014 #108

I think you have missed a key detail quakerboy Nov 2014 #110

They still get some ad revenue from those channels. vi5 Nov 2014 #116

I was reading India has required an Al A Carte option quakerboy Nov 2014 #119

I've done away with cable altogether as well. vi5 Nov 2014 #120

I think you are incorrect quakerboy Nov 2014 #121

I think you are optimistic. vi5 Nov 2014 #122

No doubt about that one. madokie Nov 2014 #99

This! yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #103

+1 BadGimp Nov 2014 #111

+1 C Moon Nov 2014 #118

They're shocked -- SHOCKED! rocktivity Nov 2014 #2

"Good heavens man! What do you mean by public?!!!" :-P Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2014 #4

appoints officials who oppose his views. then pulls a nice PR stunt like this. cool nt msongs Nov 2014 #3

Point taken. Let's see what happens now..... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2014 #6

Yes. This is a common DiFi technique, too, namely fighting a battle she's already rigged to lose RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #40

This typical Obama bait & switch has worked FOR us at times, but we've been on the short end loudsue Nov 2014 #97

+1 GoneFishin Nov 2014 #105

I'm Confused Here - What Is Ted Cruz Objecting To?..... global1 Nov 2014 #5

Basically Mr. Cruz wants us to fellate Comcast and AT&T while granting them human ownership of our Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2014 #7

In return Cruz will be ass fucked with wads of cold hard cash, some inserted secretly and darkly. Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #98

Internet companies want to be able to charge more NewJeffCT Nov 2014 #27

Actually, that's not quite right . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #35

No, if a website pays more, it will get to your computer faster. SharonAnn Nov 2014 #41

No. That exists now and is 100% legal Recursion Nov 2014 #92

Ted Cruz isn't objecting to net neutrality, he is objecting to anything Obama related chelsea0011 Nov 2014 #32

That's the whole stinking reason.... a kennedy Nov 2014 #37

this is correct. I believe this is the position of 90% of the GOP littlewolf Nov 2014 #45

Government's don't run the Electric Companies charliea Nov 2014 #74

^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2014 #109

K&R nt myrna minx Nov 2014 #8

Cable & Telcos still can't catch a break. lpbk2713 Nov 2014 #9

Cable companies will do just fine, there is a republican Congress in power... Spazito Nov 2014 #10

Sounds Like a Great Campaign Issue jalan48 Nov 2014 #11

oops. merrily Nov 2014 #64

Obama is a leader for the future. Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #12

Smart move alright if you don't want net neutrality. He can propose all he wants and it means rhett o rick Nov 2014 #17

Exactly . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #57

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #59

You forgot the sarcasm thingie. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #62

We are not going to win this next election if we don't come in strong. Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #70

Someone said on another board that younger voters War Horse Nov 2014 #13

"John Oliver�s net neutrality rant may have caused FCC site crash" WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2014 #16

I do... ReRe Nov 2014 #39

Immigration? (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2014 #48

No, that will be a good thing... ReRe Nov 2014 #73

Yes, good. I was thinking more along the lines of "controversial." WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2014 #82

Third thing is the Grand Bargain on "entitlements." nt truebluegreen Nov 2014 #117

"I really do not understand Obama's timing." Enthusiast Nov 2014 #58

I'm cynical enough, thank you! WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2014 #63

This is a viral issue in internet communities RedCappedBandit Nov 2014 #19

It's true. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #77

then why did he wait until a week after the election? Doctor_J Nov 2014 #87

I'll be the head of the FCC has his phone ringing off the hook. C Moon Nov 2014 #14

Well, now they have their grounds for impeachment. Orrex Nov 2014 #18

Welcome to the party... Oktober Nov 2014 #20

This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside... DeadLetterOffice Nov 2014 #21

It's official: You either stand with POTUS or Time Warner. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #22

It's official: if the President had been serious about net neutrality in the first place . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #61

Whatever. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #67

It's a very commendable stance for the President to take . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #79

yep. Phlem Nov 2014 #90

Mr President we have your back lsewpershad Nov 2014 #25

Stunned, I tell you, stunned! drm604 Nov 2014 #26

The only time it works in America is when you grease the wheel with MindMover Nov 2014 #28

I've got a shiny Roku box shenmue Nov 2014 #29

�the internet should not operate at the speed of government.� Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #30

The internet is powered by hot air??? Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #42

Twitter.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #85

Yeah, I had to leave earlier so I couldn't self delete. Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #86

The Internet's not a big truck! Thav Nov 2014 #33

�...the internet should not operate at the speed of government.� proReality Nov 2014 #34

Good thing we already pay the most for mediocre service. Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #46

Good - will this be replicated TBF Nov 2014 #36

and isn't it true that here in the States, we've got the slowest and most expensive cable rates a kennedy Nov 2014 #38

Yes. Already. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #51

Why, to a Republican, is "government" crappy at everything but war? THAT they think govt is WinkyDink Nov 2014 #43

in reality, we haven't been that great at war. merrily Nov 2014 #60

Well, I do know that. But I'm a Democrat against illegal invasions. WinkyDink Nov 2014 #72

Actually, we're super fantastic at war. Calista241 Nov 2014 #94

I think we've been lousy at wars for decades. merrily Nov 2014 #95

They're going to set up internet death panels. n/t Crunchy Frog Nov 2014 #44

I'm sure Obama can strike a "compromise" with them. He's very good at that sort of thing. blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #47

This isn't good considering the media acts as if Ted Cruz is a paragon of wisdom. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #49

Democrats should have played this theme The Wizard Nov 2014 #50

the true Tragedy DonCoquixote Nov 2014 #52

K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2014 #53

Kabletown has a sad. DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2014 #54

Fuck them! Let them be stunned. This, is how things get done and moved forward. I'm fed up with RKP5637 Nov 2014 #55

"Stunned" in a play-acting sort of way I think. NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #125

I think we're watching more kabuki theater. Marr Nov 2014 #65

Bingo! n/t markpkessinger Nov 2014 #80

I hope you're wrong and I'm sure you do as well. But I'm guessing neither one of us will Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2014 #114

Robert Reich says elleng Nov 2014 #66

internet and the world plcdude Nov 2014 #68

Good.. Puglover Nov 2014 #71

It was still take years to get the rules changed. deaniac21 Nov 2014 #75

GTFO! I had hoped months not years. If so, we're truly fucked. It just seems Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2014 #115

Let them squirm... malokvale77 Nov 2014 #76

K&R Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #78

Hopefully the FCC complies TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #81

That's the trick right there. Appointing industry hacks to this board won't Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2014 #113

One On The Plus Side For Obama colsohlibgal Nov 2014 #83

Another fucking reason to have voted for Dems.. we wouldn't have to get DU's pages Cha Nov 2014 #84

er, there is no election now for two years Doctor_J Nov 2014 #88

But, but, but she has over 150,000 posts. Phlem Nov 2014 #91

Words are just words unless actions are taken. Fearless Nov 2014 #96

If made Public JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #101

It's time for them to pay back. Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #106

Precisely why it will likely never come to be. Good talking point though. nt NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #107

Never is a long time. lonestarnot Nov 2014 #112

Wheeler operates independently. Are we perhaps just being scammed with some more NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #123

As I said above. We'll see. I can't blame anyone for their skepticism. This was posted more because Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2014 #124