{"id":182,"date":"2009-10-26T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2009-10-26T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T09:35:00","slug":"mcconjob-wants-your-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/26\/mcconjob-wants-your-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"McConJob Wants Your Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First please accept my apology you today\u2019s slim offering and for being way behind on answering comments and visiting other blogs.&#160; I have a very severe case of flu here.&#160; My effort will improve as I do.&#160; On to the story.<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday I posted an article on FCC plans to adopt <a href=\"http:\/\/politicsplus.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/telecom-firms-face-net-neutrality.html\" target=\"_blank\">Net Neutrality<\/a>.&#160; The idea of a free and open Internet did not sit well with the giant telecoms who want to skew the Internet, so they sent their favorite lackey ton the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">The &quot;Maverick&quot; just played his hand on Net Neutrality, and the cards reveal a man who&#8217;s outsider image doesn&#8217;t quite add up.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">On Thursday, Sen. John McCain introduced legislation to kill the open Internet, the deceptively named &quot;Internet Freedom Act.&quot; The bill would stop all<\/font> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savetheinternet.com\/blog\/09\/10\/22\/historic-day-net-neutrality\" target=\"_blank\">FCC efforts<\/a> <font color=\"#000000\">to have an open and public discussion about proposed Net Neutrality rules.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">This comes from a senator who has received more money (<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/realtime.sunlightprojects.org\/2009\/10\/22\/fighting-net-neutrality-telecom-companies-outside-lobbyists-cluster-contributions-to-members-of-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\">$894,379<\/a><font color=\"#000000\">) from AT&amp;T, Verizon, Comcast and their lobbyists than any other member of Congress.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">McCain also infamously told the media that he is &quot;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2009\/10\/23\/xeni-on-rachel-maddo-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">illiterate<\/a><font color=\"#000000\">&quot; when it comes to using the Internet and computers\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/timothy-karr\/john-mccains-series-of-tu_b_332979.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Maddow covered this well:<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QJKtSp2_kQ4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QJKtSp2_kQ4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>McConJob\u2019s trust sidekick, Mooseolini, had no comment, except that she can see the Internet from her porch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First please accept my apology you today\u2019s slim offering and for being way behind on answering comments and visiting other blogs.&#160; I have a very severe case of flu here.&#160; My effort will improve as I do.&#160; On to the story. 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