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

Reply to Guy Whitey Corngood (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 08:52 PM

Nov 2014

inundated with the sociopathic cruz' quotes.

From your link..

"Obama’s statement also set him at loggerheads with David Cohen, the executive vice-president of Comcast, who has been one of the president’s biggest fundraisers.

Cohen said the cable company “fully embraces the open internet principles that the president and the chairman of the FCC have espoused” but argued section 706 of the telecommunications act – the regulatory legislation preferred by the cable and telecoms industry “provides more than ample authority to impose those rules”.

The president’s move has set the stage for a political showdown in Washington where the cable industry has been left looking flat-footed by a vocal and well- organised grass roots opposition."

Thanks Guy Whitey

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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