I am sure glad the Democrats are in charge of Congress

The revolution will not be televised.

har de har har

tee hee

guffaw

snort

It does take a while to undo six years of damage =\ Though I agree the '100 hours' bullshit didn't get started off with a bang lol.

your kidding right its been 11 fucking days lol They are creating a bill supporting net neutrality which benefits us all.

this is the fucking problem...democrat...republican...all the fucking same, bunch of fucking low lifes working to push their own individual agendas...congress would be better of if the GFY community was seated, at least we would use simple fucking commom sense....ok i am done....

p.s. i would slip in some pork barrel funding for universal porn memberships for all.....

not so much

A politician who does nothing is a good politican, as far as I care.

Why is net neutrality good?

http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=19006

Democrats’ “New Direction”

The Democrats new promise “A New Direction For America - Vote Democratic”

The stock market is at a new all-time high and America’s 401 K’s are back. A new direction from there means, what?

Unemployment is at 25 year lows. A new direction from there means, wh at?

Taxes are at 20 year lows. A new direction from there means, what?

Federal tax revenues are at all-time highs. A new direction from there means, what?

The Federal deficit is down almost 50%, just as predicted over last year. A new direction from there means. what?

Home valuations are up 200% over the past 3.5 years. A new direction from there means, what?

Inflation is in check, hovering at 20 year lows. A new direction from there means, what?

Not a single terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11/01. A new direction from there means, what?

Osama bin Laden is living under a rock in a dark cave, having not surfaced in years, if he’s alive at all, while 95% of Al Queda’s top dogs are either dead or in custody, cooperating with US Intel.

A new direction from there means, what?

Several major terrorist attacks already thwarted by US and British Intel, including the recent planned attack involving 10 Jumbo Jets being exploded in mid-air over major US cities in order to celebrate the anniversary of the 9/11/01 attacks. A new direction from there means, what?

Just as President Bush foretold us on a number of occasions, Iraq was to be made “ground zero” for the war on terrorism — and just as President Bush said they would, terrorist cells from all over the region are arriving from the shadows of their hiding places and flooding into Iraq in order to get their faces blown off by US Marines rather than boarding planes and heading to the United States to wage war on us here. A new direction from there means, what?

Now let me see, do I have this right? I can expect:

a.. The economy to go South
b.. Illegals to go North
c.. Taxes to go Up
d.. Employment to go Down
e.. Terrorism to come
f.. Income Tax breaks to go Out
g.. Social Security to go away
h.. Health Care to go the same way gas prices have gone

But what the heck! I can gain comfort by knowing that Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Edward Kennedy, Howard Dean, Harry Reid, and Barak Obama have worked hard to create a comprehensive National Security Plan, Health Care Plan, Immigration Reform Plan, Tolerance of Everyone and Everything Plan, How to Return all Troops to the U.S. in The Next Six Months Plan, A Get Tough Plan, adapted from the French Plan by the same name and a How Everyone Can Become as Wealthy as We Are Plan. I forgot the No More Katrina Storm Plan.

Now I know why I feel good after the elections. I am going to be able to sleep soooooo much better at nights knowing these dedicated politicians are thinking of me and my welfare.

maybe you can enlighten me . . . how so?

How did that answer the question?

Porn and Politics dont mix LOL

I will use this thread to make good on one of my new years resolutions which is not to argue politics on boards anymore.

like oil and water

I'm glad they decided to take a day off this week for college football

http://www.freepress.net/docs/nn_fac...tion_final.pdf
great pdf

Since that pdf just seems to want to hang up my system, how about telling me in your own, unbiased words, how net neutrality is a good thing. I would really like to know.

My personal opinion has been that if you pay for better service you should get better service. I don't see how this promotes that philosophy.

Hahaha thats great and sadly so true

That pdf is great it was put out by consumer reports.
First Net neutrality is not new the net always ran on it. Whats to stop them from making all porn a lower level tier. The net has been a very level playing field if a few companies get their way that would stop.

Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success...A number of justifications have been created to support carrier control over consumer choices online; none stand up to scrutiny."
- Vint Cerf

What is the incentive to do that? Isn't porn making enough money for them?

In the big picture porn isnt a big player. I thought you were more of a open thinker and your part of a hosting company it surprises me you buy the right wing talking points.

Two points. First, it's great if yoru already established and making money. It's not going to cost you a whole lot plus it almost eliminates anyone new from challenging you. Second, we already pay for it. We pay our hosts for bandwidth not only in how much we use but for the size of the pipe your hooked up to so that your surfers don't have to wait for your shit to load. When the head of AT&T comes out and start complaining because Google is making money and he wants some of it, it just smacks of a money grab. It's kind of like what some tier 1 companies were doing with spam. They talk about how it's such a horrible thing and it clogs up thier system, yet in private you hear stories of how they are offering to let people mail to their hearts content for $XXXXX/month. As far as I'm concerned its just a way to bullshit people whos major activity on the web is check email and myspace. And when I hear a lobbiest for the ISP's say "if the internet continues as it is now it will get to the point where you can't get to any sites because we are all loosing money" (an interview I heard on NPR one morning) it doesn't do anything to change my mind.

Our politicians reflect our populace, and the people who elected the Dems are idiots.

Doesnt get much worse than the fuckin moron you've been supporting the past 6 years.

fight fight fight...love to read these threads and stayout of the frey

So if Dems are idiots what does that make Republicans? Bush is a fucking moron so if he's a reflection of you I guess thats all I need to know.

99% will die in the Senate so it's really just a show !

actually, I am asking questions because I don't understand net neutrality. Just asking based on what I have read

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality

have you seen their site? http://savetheinternet.com/

read that

I would prefer something unbiased . . . .if that is even possible

From a purely property rights perspective, shouldn't the cable companies/backbone companies get some $ for investing in the infrastructure of the Net? Because unlike Radio content, internet content ultimately has to go through pipes/data networks they invested in.

I was under the impression consumer service-fees covered those expenses.

To a very limited extent it does (the logic can even be extended to arguing that this is already factored into your Phone-DSL/Cable bill). However, the big issue is that of SYSTEM LOAD DISTRIBUTION--whether those sites that impact the network heavily have to pay more since they "load" the system more.

Thinking out of the box, it doesn't have to be a Win/Lose situation. The cable/network providers/pipe owners can be the collection agent of content owners--thereby providing a new revenue stream for Internet content companies. But this is precisely what people who want to keep the internet OPEN are most afraid of......

See, this is why I am not convinced that this isn't a good idea.

Are you a Communist?

Okay, let's put aside network neutrality aside for a moment. Let's say that yes, NN is a great thing, and thank whatever god you praise, they are taking action on this.

Now . . . is this the most important thing going on in our country right now? Is it such a priority that the first 100 hours should be devoted towards it?

Counldn't NN wait a couple weeks?

Certainly, there are far more important issues in the United States that need to be addressed.

i can never decide who is funnier to watch...

...all the idiots who promise change and a new direction and have been doing so since the beginning of time and their arguments of why they will be different and better than the other side...

...or all the idiots that get actually start getting excited that things will be better now that their guy is in office

... or all the idiots on the other side screaming how every campaign promise they made was a lie once they are elected and how their side would have done so much better.

... or those poor souls who finally come to realize that the entire system is built on people lying to get power and then doing little with it, once they have it and spending most of their time fighting against those who want it.

only a moron really believes in an idea like "my selfless, compassionate, caring and honorable career politician is much better than your lying, greedy and selfish career politician"

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