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Old 10-24-2009, 01:58 AM   #1
xoxoxoBruce
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Net neutrality

You probably heard the FCC voted thursday to move forward with the open Internet rule-making process. Big win for us internet users... but

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Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican, introduced a bill late Thursday that would short-circuit the FCC's ability to enforce its proposed open Internet rules. In a press release, McCain said the new rules will "stifle innovation, in turn slowing our economic turnaround and further depressing an already anemic job market." McCain is particularly opposed to extending net neutrality to the wireless space, and his bill, the Internet Freedom Act of 2009, comes as opponents of net neutrality launched a furious attack on the FCC and the Obama administration.
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Glenn Beck, the popular TV and radio host with 3 million nightly viewers, has blasted net neutrality as a "Marxist" plot by the Obama administration to take over the Internet.
Who loves ya, baby? It sure ain't McCain and Beck.

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