I’ve been using Yahoo as my search engine. Their politics aren’t any better, and I know it won’t make a difference in Google’s bottom line, but hey there are other search engines.

Thank you for covering this issue. This move by the FCC combined with the nomination of Elena Kagan just proves how much the current administration does not respect individual free speech and press. In my mind this is not too much different than how China censors the internet for its citizens. The FCC is becoming like a “Red America” agency that is out of control.

It cures a whole lot of this uppity bureaucratic business. Americans better get the FCC under control while we still have any freedom of speech at all.

Copps = jail.
McLaughlin = jail.

Or rather, the conversation that is needed took place about 220 years ago, and the conclusion was “Congress shall make no law…”

But I’m not sure how exactly Google ties into this specific issue. Yes, Google wants Net Neutrality. I seriously doubt that they want censorship of the web though, or any sort of “voluntary” standards designed by politicians in Washington – it would seriously damage their prize business, which is quickly connecting consumers with just about any sort of content they might desire.

I think you’re conflating two issues – censorship of the internet, and regulation of access to the “pipes” of the internet. They really aren’t the same issue, I don’t think.

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And you use the same tools to author web sites that you would to author sites anywhere else.

This will just put small US web hosts out of business as people who want freedom in their political speech move their web servers off shore.

Announcements like those from MMS and SEC could be used to support need to control content. Have you heard of anyone actually being charged or named? Me neither.

Objectively, the nation’s voters spoke and elected Obama. Is that because you guys were too lazy to vote? Maybe. But the facts are that “they won”. This indicates a mandate by the American public for this “hope and change” BS, so they are going out to do it. That includes the FCC. And as far as Google, they are in business to make money. If they fight the White House, they will fail as a business, Don Quixote style. They will also fail their shareholders, and possibly be liable to criminal charges, thanks to this “hope and change” administration who loves to take over corporations (especially ones that are too big to fail). So maybe Google is just doing business with the Devil currently in office. And maybe you guys should get out and vote next time instead of twittering away your time preaching to the choir. Just my 2c

To think that net neutrality isn’t censorship because it’s only trying to “fix” the pipes is folly. When you don’t pay your water bill what happens? They shut it off. The internet deals with intellectual capital, when you have a govt. “screener”, he’ll shut off what he doesn’t like, especially when they’ve paid the govt. for the privalege. Progressive presidents have shut down loyal dissent on at least 2 occasions. When the “fairness doctrine” came into being, what “pipes’ were involved there? Preachers’ sunday radio shows, outting l.b.j. for pulling dead people votes out of their church cemetaries in texas. They read every piece of mail during w.w.2.. Wilson’s minions monitored speech in print and in person. Like a computer virus, this censorship will spread throughout, with a speed unseen historically, intellectual capital is tied directly to advertizing capital, redirect the pipes to govt. friendly sites, others critical to the govt., dry up.

Obama Only Dem Candidate To Pledge “Google Government”

First Posted to the Huffington Post, 08-26-07 11:34 AM

While the obviously anti-business Obama Administration launches investigations, inquiries and lawsuits against virtually every big business that breathes, its friends can roll.

The Obama Federal Trade Commission allows Google to purchase AdMOb a major player in mobile display ad technology for $750 million. Its decision was completely unexpected, to say the least. Even The Wall Street Journal had written that both Google and AdMob expected the FTC to block the deal over antitrust concerns. Google completed the takeover before you could say “crony”.

Its nice to know that with Obama its not what you do, it’s clearly who you know, who you back and to whom you donate.

Can it be termed “Corrupt Capitalism”? “Crony” seems to benign.

Please read my conservative blog: http://www.per5iodictablet.com

A disgusted Superamerican.

Obama Only Dem Candidate To Pledge “Google Government” (First Posted to the Huffington Post, 08-26-07 11:34 AM)

While the obviously anti-business Obama Administration launches investigations, inquiries and lawsuits against virtually every big business that breathes, its friends can roll.

The Obama Federal Trade Commission allowed Google to purchase AdMob ,a major player in mobile display ad technology, for $750 million. Its decision was completely unexpected, to say the least. Even The Wall Street Journal had written that both Google and AdMob expected the FTC to block the deal over antitrust concerns. Google completed the takeover before you could say “crony”.

It’s nice to know that with Obama it’s not what you do, it’s clearly who you know, who you back and to whom you donate.

Can it be termed “Corrupt Capitalism”? “Crony” seems too benign.

Please read my conservative blog: http://www.periodictablet.com

A disgusted Superamerican.

I seem to recall that Google and China had a big fight because China wanted to sensor web searches and Google didn’t want to play along. Or something like that. I am in no mood to go looking for the specifics, though it would likely help me if I did. Anyway, my point is, they had that nice big ruckus over there, and now they come *here* to do it? Dad came home one day reporting that some of the uppity elite wanted us to be just like China for a day. Yeah. Just like China. Halfway there already…