Showing posts with label Net Neutrality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Net Neutrality. Show all posts

Monday, November 2, 2009

Another Radical Resigns - Quietly

SusanCrawfordIf you didn't hear about it, you're not alone. Susan Crawford, who championed Net Neutrality, quietly resigned last week for reasons that appear to be a pattern of leftist radicalism that the White House is trying to pull away from. Rumors circulating within the White House say that her resignation comes about because of reported tension within the Obama administration in regards to just how radical the administration has become when it comes to policy making.

Crawford, who was part of Obama's transition team and then continued on as a key adviser in the technology and communications department, was credited with starting the template that guided the appointments of other radicals, such as Mark Lloyd, in the FCC. She was also a staunch supporter of the infamous Net Neutrality, which would essentially allow the government to control and regulate the Internet, as well as controlling the private sector.

In short, another Marxist radical.

However, the prevalent rumor as to why she has left was because she ended up on the Larry Summer's black list. Summer's supposedly didn't know just how radical Susan Crawford was until her drafts were looked over in regards to Net Neutrality. One White House aide stated, "All of sudden Larry is getting calls from CEOs, Wall Street folks he talks to, Republicans and Democrats, asking him what the Administration is doing with the policies, and he isn't sure what they're talking about. He felt blind-sided, and Susan was one of those people who heard about it."

According to Crawford, she resigned because she needed to return to her tenured position at the University of Michigan. This is a bizarre reason because the university gave her  a two year waiver before she signed on to the administration before requiring her to return.


Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Big Brother Wants To Control the Internet

crosshairs_2First it was the banks, then it was the auto industry, now they are trying to take over health care and energy. If you thought that the Internet was immune, then you would be dead wrong.

Nope, the Internet is locked in the cross hairs to be targeted for control by our government.

Spearheading the assault on cyberspace is the Special Assistant for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, Susan Crawford. She is the creator of OneWebDay, which was modeled on EarthDay who in turn gave it the momentum to move forward. The mission of this insidious project? In the Wall Street Journal, she is quoted as saying:

"We should do a better job as a nation of making sure fast, affordable broadband is as ubiquitous as electricity, water, snail mail, or any other public utility."

In the political lexicon of double speak, that means transforming Internet access into a government entitlement program, which means government intrusion and total control to ensure everyone gets it for free. If you do some simple poking around on the web, you'll notice that one group that is participating in this next government take over is Free Press, which is the biggest organization pushing for sweeping changes in regulating the Internet and broadcasting.

Why should you be concerned about Free Press? Well, it was founded by Robert McChesney, who is a self avowed Marxist. He is a leading proponent of Net Neutrality, which means in a nutshell, that everyone, no matter how big or small, gets the same amount of bandwidth allotted to their websites.

On a website that advocates a socialist revolution, he stated:

"Instead of waiting for the revolution to happen, we learned that unless you make significant changes in the media, it will be vastly more difficult to have a revolution."

Both Crawford and Robert McChesney have the complete support of the Obama administration and FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski has stated what the agenda is to take over the Internet. If you think that Obama doesn't know anything about it, think again. Remember this statement during the campaigns last year:

"I will take a back seat to no one in my commitment to net Neutrality."

What will net neutrality do to industries that uses the Internet for their enormous bulk of sales? Why, it will cause a collapse of private investments in the Internet infrastructure. After all, who would want to invest in a business who's traffic is no different from the lone blogger sitting in his home, while pounding Doritos in his mouth and slugging back a half rack of Red Bull and waiting for his next welfare check?

Advocates of net neutrality have always used the tactic that the Internet companies, like Comcast will block websites and throttle back bandwidth. The last I checked, we don't have the Great Firewall of China and they have been whining about it since 1999-2000. Yet, we haven't seen it happen yet.

However, when the government takes it over, and you try to visit one of your favorite hangouts on the web, you may just see a message that says:

THIS SITE HAS BEEN BLOCKED...