It’s Official – The FCC Will Vote to Take Over the Internet in December
by Seton MotleyJust this past Friday, we warned you that a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) December Internet power grab was probably coming.
Well, we now know that it is – and it may be even worse than we thought.
Details have been sketchy, and successive reports often contradictory, but what follows is what seems to be looming over us in December. (We will know for sure on Wednesday, November 24 – if the FCC maintains its current December 15 meeting date.)
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski appears to be preparing to dramatically increase the FCC’s regulatory role over the Internet (in TWO ways; more on that later).
He is doing so without the necessary Congressional authority – which he himself acknowledges he doesn’t have. And he is doing so by torturing and twisting the regulatory language he is drafting – so as to keep this extraordinary dictatorial seizure within the current Title I confines.
The latter is for The Chairman merely an optical effort. If he can feign the appearance of remaining within Title I, he avoids Reclassification to Title II – against which many of us have long been rightly fighting. He will then portray his fealty to Title I as testament to the alleged “moderation” of his (un)modest proposal.
This will be a totally bogus assertion, but he will make it – and the media will inparrot-esque fashion repeat it. The Chairman should bring crackers to the press conference.
Free Press and the Media Marxists – who have long cried for Title II Reclassification – will on cue rail against The Chairman’s “sell-out.” This will further “bolster” his claim that he has found the magical, mystical Third Way – winding a path between the leftist Open Internet absolutists and the evil telecom companies.
The Chairman should also bring nuts to the press conference – in case Free Press & Co. show up.
(An aside: How are the telecom companies “evil” – when they have invested hundreds of dollars in building the Internet infrastructure? Which has resulted in the free speech, free market Web Xanadu we consumers all currently enjoy. Free Press and the Media Marxists haven’t invested a dime – yet they somehow successfully lay claim to the mantle of “consumer advocates.”)
Of course, this attempted sleight of regulatory hand does not get The Chairman past one glaring problem – the D.C. Circuit Court has already unanimously ruled that the FCC doesn’t have the authority to regulate the Internet under Title I – at least as far as enforcing Network Neutrality is concerned. (Which is why Free Press & Co. have been clamoring for Title II Reclassification.)
And Net Neutrality is why The Chairman has engaged in – and forced us all to endure- this one year-plus kabuki dance. Testimonium – The Chairman now looks poised to have the FCC again attempt to enforce Net Neutrality – under his now stretched-beyond-all-recognition Title I. What a short, selective memory he has.
And most economically destructive of all – it appears The Chairman will try to impose Net Neutrality not just on wired broadband Internet service – but on wireless “smart phones” as well.
This would be a titanic overreach by The Chairman – and an immense blow to the economy. The uncertainty caused just by The Chairman’s prolonged flirtation with the Media Marxists and their ridiculous Internet notions has already cost us billions of dollars in private sector Web investment.
The cost in investment dollars and jobs lost when Net Neutrality is actually imposed will be cataclysmic.
These aren’t the fake “saved or created” jobs of the alleged “stimulus” – these are very real jobs denied or destroyed by the ridiculous and ridiculously damaging Net Neutrality. Imposed by an FCC and its Chairman who know in advance that they do not have the authority to do so.
What will follow will be years of litigation forced upon us by The Chairman – to undo what he knew beforehand he didn’t have the authority to do.
What will follow will be years of diminished and diminishing Web capacity, caused by an absurd policy wrongfully jammed down our throats by a dictatorial, rogue Executive Branch Commission.
What will follow will be years of stagnant or declining job growth, as investment capital rightly flees a regulation-constricted Internet which is no longer amenable to free market success.
What will follow this essay may very well determine the free market, free speech future of the Internet – are you ready to place some calls and send some emails and faxes to protest this preposterous policy proposal and demand that it never be enacted?
Stay tuned – we will soon tell you how you can be a part of the preventative solution.
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Congress has been made powerless and impotent. The FCC has assumed their responsibility and authority while ignoring whats left of the constitution.
Damn these criminals!
Ya see, I said a long time ago, throw the bastards in jail while we still have a few freedoms left to appreciate.
I also find it unConstitutional that Congress is powerless when they're Reps. but when the Dems were in control they did everything under the sun. I'm not buying it!
I am so freaking sick of this government that I could just SCREAM. Why do we keep letting all of these bureaus circumvent congress, FDR started it and it's just continued right on down the line. Our legislators better get a clue and put a stop to this madness.
Just so. This, the continuing TSA groping debacle and the ongoing defrauding of the citizens by the big banks is solid proof that our Constitution has become nothing more than toilet paper in Washington.
How do you kill a snake? Cut off the head! Impeachment of Obamama is the only recourse. All the evil power grabbing weenies will slither back into hiding until 2012 when they can be ex-patriated to Guantanamo. Biden needs to be forced to look into the light during the process and shown the path to salvation, he is an idiot of course but like most idiots he is lazy and propeely frightened he will choose the right path.
This is purely and simply the latest attempt by the left to suppress free speech and dissent. I wonder how many of the sheeple realize that they are about to get screwed by these thugs, and they haven't even been kissed. Perhaps the good that can come from this is a final awakening by the public to just how much of their Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms the left is trying to remove, and the long-awaited backlash that the left deserves.
Don't worry, all worthwhile speech will be protected, to the full extent of some bureaucrat's whim.
It'll just be a lot more expensive…
And don't worry, your internet entertainment options will be completely unaffected.
""""""NEWS FLASH""""""
FCC set to vote on tyranny!
What will the outcome be?
More tyranny.
The regulatory arm of the government is a pickpockets dream.
Taking without DUE PROCESS.
The foremost enemy of liberty and freedom, the use of Regulatory agencies to take from one and give to another.
" I am Jacks raging bile duct"
I see November 6, 2012 from my house.
From slow simmer to rapid boil. Just the way Obama likes it.
Here it comes. The commies have figured out that too many people are waking up due to the free flow of information on the Internet—- they got to shut it down.
They will fail.
Obama is following the Latin marxist model. Get elected with lies, then rig the system and crack down on free speech so the lies can continue and you keep power. Investment and money flees, the economy is destroyed.
"FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski appears to be preparing to dramatically increase the FCC’s regulatory role over the Internet (in TWO ways; more on that later).
I did say a while back that I didn't think Genachowski had it in him to be responsible for this. He will be the focus of much dismay. I am recanting that remark now. I believe he is being sacrificed for the "ends justify the means" agenda. He must know it and have been promised something grand.
Jerk that cinch up an extra notch boys and girls, this Lame Duck session proves to be anything but
a smooth ride. The demoCRAPPERS are desperate to enact as much of their far LEFT agenda as pos-
sible before Jan 2011.
The 112th CONgress will have a full agenda just overturning and stripping power from o's Czars and
Czarinas. It is the most blatant miscarriage of justice in my lifetime.
Fight on PATRIOTS!!!
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Well, the Democrats know that the power of communicating unfiltered truth is what kicked their ass this month. Can't have that happen again.
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When they can't win in the arena of ideology, they slink to the level of just stiffling free speech all together.
Pathetic cowards, all.
Obama and this administration has totally lost their minds,if they can flaunt the law like this and get away with it we are in BIG trouble.
Seems to me that after the House re-convenes it will be time to stop funding regulatory agencies like DOE,FCC,EPA,FDA and whatever other mischief makers are out there. With no money, they can't enforce anything.
Take the government shutdown option and only give a continuing budget resolution that is so painstakingly detailed in it's scope that you can effectively cut government spending by 30-45%.
"The 112th CONgress will have a full agenda just overturning and stripping power from o's Czars and
Czarinas."
Don't get your hopes up.
Something has changed in the past week or ten days. I can't put my finger on it yet, but something stinks.
This is not going to end well..
When the people no longer have a voice, the only option left will be to take action or kiss what's left of our Liberty goodbye….
Well if/when they do this what can we do? We need to flood talk radio immediately.
Tyranny in progress, Obama style.
You think that puppet is the head? The downside of a republic is that there is not one tyrant, but many.
Congress is not quite impotent, they control the money. Congress is just overran with leftist that is allowing the FCC to do by legal fiat what they cannot do on the floor. Trust me, if we get enough votes on the floor, that is, elect more conservatives, the FCC will get put in its place.
In the meantime, we will suffer.
Statist Washington must control the narrative, if not people might consider themselves free. Mr. Issa you have another investigation, and Mr. Boehner, cut the damn money off.
Well leave it to a Cowboy to catch a stench in the wind. LOL
You are correct. I believe that the radical left is about to start the bottom up activities. Watch for unrest, prepare for upscaled crime, and God forbid some more activity from our peace loving Islamic pals. You are so correct. There is a foul stench in wind and we must be ready.
Trust us.
We are from the Government and we know what is best for the great unwashed.
Well kiss my ass.
NO, they don't.
And in a completely unrelated note a congressman goes on the record to say that he wants to see Fox News shut down, but don't worry, IT'S COMPLETELY UNRELATED!!
" I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
LMAO….There you go pissin' on my optimism you ol koot. Had to damn near take the day off from
the BIG's yesterday, to nourish it back to it's current feeble condition.
Seriously though, tell me what got you sniffin' the wind? Don't leave me hangin', flappin' in the
breeze. That's cruel and unusual punishment. I certainly DO NOT question your instinct. I realize
how much territory you cover news-wise compared to most of us.
LOL,…Thanks for the heads up, I guess.
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It's almost as if November's election never happened…
Republicans need to defund the FCC in January.
So from what I can discern, one of the "Free Press" group's biggest beefs is that some internet providers don't let you access certain websites. Having never experienced this problem myself, I dug a little deeper. Apparently, they are mad that many cellular internet providers block people from streaming video from sites like Netflix over their cell phones. The providers claim allowing their users to do so would utterly collapse their networks. It seems this is an "outrage" to the Free Press Maxists because in their minds, the "people" own the networks that these private companies have spent billions building and therefore the government must seize control like they've done in China. I mean, if they can stream video on their cell phones in China, we should be able to as well, right?
What do you make of N. Korea brother? Is this a Soros move?
" I can't put my finger on it yet, but something stinks. "
I smelled the stench as soon as the criminals trespassed on our hill.
Please explain how this will functionally work. Please use "The Bigs" or Drudge as an example.
Fortunately, this FCC move comes after the midterm election.
the new congress should defund the fcc in feb. no money no employees
YEP!!!
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You Know P2O, I know exactly how you feel. I didn't believe for an instant that Pelosi would push through the Senate's version of so called "healthcare reform". I didn;t think the House members themselves would actually do it. But they sure did. And they are going to do this too, me thinks.
This article is on point, do it, regardless, and let the courts fight it out for decades to come. It is exactly what they did with guns and it worked for the grabbers and banners for 70 years and running. All this is frosting on the cake though, as the SCOTUS picks were what this was all about in the first place.
I am starting to think the only way out is to elect a President and a Congress bent specifically, and openly, on shutting down entire Departments.
Julius Genachowski needs to be on our New Congressmember's list for investigation in 5 weeks. Chairing the FCC is a pivotal position and needs to have checks and balances.
Count me in!
We can load our pitch forks, tar and feathers and leave them in a back up bus, in case they give us trouble.
They did that back in the day. History repeats itself….maybe that's what we're missing…..our pitch forks. ; )
Barack Obama has declared war on the American people. First he took all the money and spent it on Soros and other cronies. Next he has the TSA sexually assault us.
Now he takes our speech and internet away by stealth.
This is his revenge for us voting against him. He needs to be impeached quickly.
They severely underestimate the power of the internet. The backlash will be a sight to behold and may end up bringing about the destruction of the FCC altogether.
The Dems are acting like caged animals now. Their freedom is being thwarted so they are going to go full out for 5 weeks. They will try to push the START Treaty, the anti-AmericanDream Amnesty Act, Net Neutrality, and all of their Islamic projects through.
Only a clever pro-active strategist can successfully blunt their efforts by publicizing their intents. The kick-back from the publicity has stopped them before.
I'm a realistic optimist like you onecornpone. I think American ideals will prevail in the end. This will be the roughest 5 weeks because of their desperate agenda, but the Regime is beginning to losing momentum due to public outcry from people like us.
"… what we're missing"… Pitchforks yes, but BACKBONE is the main thing missing. Witness
the man who is reported to have removed his own son's shirt to prove to the TSA the poor kid
wasn't booby-trapped.
What kind of a man does that? Our populace has been emasculated over the last few decades
through TV, and movies, etc. The US male has been the brunt of jokes for many, many years, it
HAS had its effect.
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I don't see his fingerprints on this…
It appears to be a result of our backing off, by not moving our carrier into the Yellow sea during the joint exercises…
Obama is seen as weak. And weak he is.
No, you are wrong. There IS backbone in this country and the Tea Party is proof.
I don't know about yours, but MY husband hasn't been emasculated.
I'm starting to believe that we no longer have a representative republic…
Agreed. We have to physically stop this if need be. If they take the internet, we'll never get it back.
You know, these manifestations of fascism (the FCC's latest action, and the TSA's crotch groping) coming to a head, following the election victory, is starting to smell like a setup to me…literally. Think bowling pins in the middle of the lane at a kiddie bumper bowl session.
Who thinks a certain sugar santa isn't getting ready to knock down these kiddie pins with an executive order putting a temporary moratorium on the grabbing and groping?
Doing so would serve the dims' and Hussein's purposes, in so many ways.
Yep.
Commies and Muslims have been emboldened by O.
There are 714 days until Election Day 2012 when we take the country back (if there is anything left).
No one in congress has the courage to even suggest such a thing…
It'll never happen…
Brother I tell ya! Genachowski is a gutless weasel and that is why I didn’t originally believe he would do it. I didn’t think he would want to be the single point of angst among the American people and business. I can only assume that if he does this, it is because they have promised to protect him and offered a handsome compensation.
I wonder if these servants of progressivism are even remotely aware that history will be a very harsh judge for them and their families.
This Dem congress made themselves powerless by not only giving their powers to the executive branch but also supporting obama's Socialist take over of our gov. Where's the separation of power. Hopefully this can be halted in Jan 2011.
Grabbing power at every chance they get. History will be brutal on them and their future generations. I would not want to be their offspring.
First counter-move: Denial-of-service attack on FCC and its collaborators.
Like Soros and the Unions.
This is just another piece of Obama's "framework" in his pursuit of "fundamentally transforming The United States of America". We are living in very perilous times, and these statist asshats must be stopped.
Once we have a clear understanding as to what we as American citizens need to do to thwart the usurpage of power by the FCC, we need to collectively move immediately and with a vengeance to stop this outrageous behavior of stealing our freedom of speech.
It will also require serious resolve and education of what this will mean to the younger generation who’ve adopted the technological advances in communication with respect to twitter, facebook, youtube, internet, emails, myspace, etc. Seeing my own experiences within my circle of family and friends, it is quite enlightening that many of the younger generation don’t realize the affect it will have on their appetite to electronically communicate and associate with others. Take a cell phone away from a teenager and watch the convulsions begin.
To what purpose?
Can't wait until he shows upon their doorstep, subpeonas in hand.
I am left to wonder if folks like this worry about future history's judgment. At times, I think they so believe they are doing "the right thing" that they see history looking favorably on them and their actions. At other times, I see them as so corrupt that they just don't care.
One thing is for sure, the instant people can't access their regular website routine is the instant the economy shuts down altogether. Social Security and Medicare may well have been the bellwether third rail for decades, but a new one has taken its place. And rightfully so, as the First Amendment is. well. First.
I fear civil war is afoot if this does not stop and stop very soon.
Yep. ISP's that support this crap will find themselves bereft of customers overnight. Ghostly "non-internet" internets will spring up, thanks to enterprising, tech-savvy Americans. The FCC can't regulate what it can't locate!
This is why every federal agency that has been granted regulatory power needs to be shut down. The Constitution says Congress shall make the laws… there is no exception for anyone else.
Andrew and Matt decide content now.
Andrew and Matt will not decide content anymore because they will be "regulated" as to what content they must include.
This is the fairness doctrine for the internet.
To let them know we are here and pissed off. An opening salvo, shall we say.
Obama's crew are just trying to cause trouble where none exist. He'll push the black hats into a massive response and claim its now "for your own safety" while Soros makes more shorting on companies he knows will lose out on this. The NEW congress wants something to investigate? How about dirty `ol George's financial machinations on a time-line with Obama's enacted policies and their fallout. Care to wager dirty `ol George made a pile of money knowing in advance what the government was going to do before it actually did?
So where are all the usual Lib Hacks here to "defend" this??
We are waiting.
Any response yet from our Tea Party reps?
My fear as well. But Mr. Jefferson did say that it is required from time to time.
This is why there should be no regulatory agencies (period).
They are having a moment of insight – as this will affect them too……
So Andrew decides he wants to report on a future Obama pardon for payment scandal. The government comes in and requires Andrew to post the opposing view, that Obama is innocent?
I suggest a meeting at the Tree of Liberty for the Patriots.
That……or the government comes in and "enlightens" Andrew that there is "no story at all to publish"……
Kinda like, making him an offer he can't refuse……
From my understanding. Andrew needs no license to broadcast his thoughts, nor do we. Are you saying that he will now be subject to a similar scheme that broadcast television operates under?
ps. Making certain people offers they can't refuse is unwise.
How can you impeach someone if you don't know he is officially qualified to even serve? Yes, yes it's one of my 2 yr old questions but WE CAN REMOVE him from office for dereliction of duty and treasonous and unconstitutional behavior. Chapter 4, 25th Amendment.
This FCC crap will be challenged all the way up the Supreme Court but thats irrelevant. The relevant thing here is this obscene move by the administration to show us that "Yes, we can" do whatever we want because we are all powerful and you people of America are stupid and helpless.
Joe, I am no expert in these matters……
I just have a tendency to lean towards the expectations of the current norm for our government….also known as "the Chicago Way".
I don't put it past these thugs to use fear and threats of violence to keep a controlling thumb over the internet and it's content. They want dissenting voices but this voice they want is "their" voice….not the voice of the people. Like I said, I don't put nothing past them…..they have a track record 20 miles long and it grows by the day……
very true……
If FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has admitted that he does not have the authority to proceed and does it anyway, I believe he can be held personally and criminally liable. Those harmed by such regulation need to band together and compose a team of lawyers that are experts in holding government officials personally and criminally liable.
The solution is to put Mr. Genachowski in jail, then federal agencies will do less of this kind of nonsense.
Ahhhh, reverse psychology. Create a crisis and the great messiah will come and save the people. I don't think he thinks in that direction. HE WANTS TO RULE no matter what.
Agreed. The only thing that ever stops bullies of any type is the law. The entire Obama Administration needs to be investigated for their actions, and Legislation of the last two years. My guess is that 70% of it was criminal. Obama and key players should be removed from Office. No traitor should be allowed to Govern in these United States!
That is the ONLY thing to save us, get rid of these USELESS Buereacrats, this Country became GREAT without them………..
Slowly over many years the progressives have put a machine into place that is going to be very difficult to stop. Not only are they ignoring the constitution but the Federal Court system too.
I am afraid we have been asleep for too long.
I wish I had a Xerox copy of every presidential pardon we will never know about. This guy Obama is a criminal.
Remove them from Office. Those who do not follow the Constitution should be investigated and prosecuted. No one who breaks our laws should be allowed to Govern in these United States!
We MUST purge our country of the criminal element in Washington!! NOW!!
ObamaDeathCare, The Dream Act, FCC tyranny, Bush Tax Credits, North Korea, Iran, Gulf Spill, Mexican Border etc etc…..this moron has a lot of phuck ups to add to his non-existent resume.
Ah I agree but the puppet is the POTUS and without him the snake is powerless ie dead. Dead until the Puppet master creates a new Manchurian Candidate the LSM can string us with. No lefty POTUS no Executive orders bypass the separation of powers
obama has NO STRENGTH to confront ANY nation, he is on his knees to Russia and China and now bowing to the Palistinians, Iran & North Korea. He's losing control of his Marxists Dreams….He reached his "Peter Principal" when he became a "State" Senator………
This is tyranny. This is what it looks like. The FCC was absolutely slam dunked by the court, and they decided to act illegally.
Mark Lloyd is the driving force, not Genachowski. That moron couldn't pour piss out of a boot unless instructions were plainly printed on the heel. Lloyd is Maobama's czar in FCC. Do some homework on Lloyd, another scary dude.
Wally Pieper
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McHenry, Illinois 60051
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wally@wallypieper.ws
Makes a good slogan…..":Obama; Tyranny in Progress". GOOD GRAFFITTI MATERIAL on every wall in America….
It's official, these assholes are out in 2012!! +Hanzo+
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