The best thing about the new Congress that will be seated in January is that they will be able to stop some of the laws President Obama is attempting to put into effect without the benefit of legislation. One of these laws concerns the ability of the government to control the internet.
Today Big Government posted an article by Phil Kerpin about the “network neutrality” regulation. The article reports that the Federal Communications Commission announced its agenda last night at midnight for their December 21 meeting–the FCC is going to regulate the Internet!
According to the article:
“Network neutrality (also known by the even more lovely sounding marketing term “open Internet”) is an outgrowth of the larger so-called media reform project of radical left-wing activists like Robert McChesney, the socialist founder of the misnamed group Free Press, which has enormous influence on the FCC, where its former communications director, Jen Howard, is FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s press secretary.
“McChesney explained where net neutrality leads to SocialistProject.ca:
“You will never ever, in any circumstance, win any struggle at any time. That being said, we have a long way to go. At the moment, the battle over network neutrality is not to completely eliminate the telephone and cable companies. We are not at that point yet. But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.”
The idea here is to have the government control the internet. Keep in mind that the internet is probably the most powerful outlet for alternative news sources. The aim of the Obama Administration is to control the news.
The article concludes:
“Congress should act immediately next year to overturn the FCC’s network neutrality regulations with a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, which the new Republican majority can pass in the House and which can then be forced onto the Senate floor with 30-senator petition. It cannot be filibustered and would need just 51 votes to pass.
“Obama could veto it, but to do so he would have to take full personal responsibility for ending the most remarkable driver of economic growth, innovation, and free expression we have in this country: the free-market, unregulated Internet.
“Congress must show the White House that the strategy of pushing hard left inside the executive branch won’t stand. Congress must do what the American people asked for in this election: stop Obama’s big government agenda.”
Government control of the internet (and thus control of the news) is the end of our democracy. Hopefully the Republicans in Congress will have the courage to end this move quickly.