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from the it-takes-300-pages-to-redefine-neutrality dept.
The bloom may have already fallen off the Net Neutrality rose. As reported yesterday in the Wall Street Journal (paywalled):
When Google's Eric Schmidt called White House officials a few weeks ago to oppose President Obama's demand that the Internet be regulated as a utility, they told him to buzz off. The chairman of the company that led lobbying for "net neutrality" learned the Obama plan made in its name instead micromanages the Internet.
Mr. Schmidt is not the only liberal mugged by the reality of Obamanet, approved on party lines last week by the Federal Communications Commission. The 300-plus pages of regulations remain secret, but as details leak out, liberals have joined the opposition to ending the Internet as we know it.
It seems as though, in their zeal to "stick it" to the ISPs, most proponents didn't consider that when you allow 3 unelected people to issue rulings on something as large and ubiquitous as the Internet, bad things can happen:
Until Congress or the courts block Obamanet, expect less innovation. During a TechFreedom conference last week, dissenting FCC commissioner Ajit Pai asked: "If you were an entrepreneur trying to make a splash in a marketplace that's already competitive, how are you going to differentiate yourself if you have to build into your equation whether or not regulatory permission is going to be forthcoming from the FCC? According to this, permissionless innovation is a thing of the past."
The other dissenting Republican commissioner, Michael O'Rielly, warned: "When you see this document, it's worse than you imagine." The FCC has no estimate on when it will make the rules public.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Tuesday March 03 2015, @02:49PM
It's interesting: I think in the alternate Fox News universe, just the name "Obama" inspires the same kind of hatred usually reserved for Emmanuel Goldstein, so slapping it front of something is a sure way for people to hate it. And it's not entirely wrong: the people of Kentucky were OK with "Kynect" (their state-run exchange), but loathe "Obamacare", even though Kynect is Obamacare! And nationally, "Affordable Care Act" polls a lot higher than "Obamacare".
I get the distinct impression that for many there is some characteristic of Obama personally that has them all riled up. And since he's pretty run-of-the-mill as far as politicians go except for one thing, I have to assume it's that one thing that makes the vitriol directed at Obama much greater than the right-wing hatred of Bill Clinton.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 03 2015, @03:02PM
were you an adult in the 90s? trust me, the vitrol directed at Obama is nothing compared to the vitrol that was directed at Clinton.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Thexalon on Tuesday March 03 2015, @03:11PM
I remember the 1990's quite well. According to the "vast right-wing conspiracy", Bill Clinton supposedly murdered Vince Foster, had all sorts of extramarital affairs (that one's probably true), engaged in all sorts of shady dealings such as Whitewater in Arkansas, and of course was impeached over a bit of hanky-panky in the White House.
According to the same set of organizations and some of the same people, Barack Obama supposedly organized the death of Ambassador Stevens in Benghazi, is negotiating with Iran because he's a secret Muslim who wants to destroy Israel and America, and would round up all white Christians and put them into concentration camps if he thought he could get away with it.
So yes, the level of vitriol is different with Obama.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2, Informative) by TLA on Tuesday March 03 2015, @03:35PM
Oh, Clinton was quite the Ladies' Man. He fucked one intern, and got impeached over a spunk stain on a cheap frock. His successor fucked an entire nation and got reelected.
(yeah I know old joke but historically accurate)
Excuse me, I think I need to reboot my horse. - NCommander
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Pr. L Muishkin on Tuesday March 03 2015, @06:48PM
FTFY
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday March 06 2015, @06:20AM
The point is that Americans are too stupid and lazy to do anything about it.