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Green.TMC.com - FCC threatens to disrupt Internet free market: FCC threatens to disrupt Internet fre

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:06:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Internet/Op-Ed

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EDITORIAL: FCC threatens to disrupt Internet free market: FCC threatens to disrupt Internet free market

Tags: heartland institute, telecom, jim lakely

East Valley Tribune - FCC threatens to disrupt Web free market

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:41:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Newspaper/Quote

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FCC threatens to disrupt Web free market

"The investments and technological breakthroughs that made the digital era possible were the result of risk-taking in an environment defined by private property rights and the freedom to innovate," wrote James G. Lakely, a former journalist who is co-director of the Center on the Digital Economy for the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank. "If the products of that market process are separated from the property rights and freedom to innovate that made them possible, they soon would no longer be produced, the 'pie' would shrink, and we would all be less happy and less free."

Tags: heartland institute, telecom, jim lakely

Controversial New Video of Obama's Pastor

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:17:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The intertwining of these people is frightening. Others mentioned in the article are influencing and helping to set the White House's policies regarding our press, free speech and the control of the internet.

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Controversial New Video of Obama’s Pastor

A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama's pastor of 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government. Equally important, Wright is being introduced in the video by Robert W. McChesney, co-founder of Free Press, an organization which has come under scrutiny for its links to the Obama Administration and dedication to the transformation and control of the private media in the U.S.

He called America "land of the greed and home of the slave."

The McChesney introduction of Wright provides more insight into the political network, based largely in Chicago, that launched Obama's political career and still influences him.

his influence on the Obama Administration, as reflected in the FCC appointments, seems to be significant.

How the FCC and Liberal Churches Are Scheming To Shut You Up

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:49:43 GMT

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How the FCC and Liberal Churches Are Scheming To Shut You Up

The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on "hate speech" over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. President Obama's speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige.

Over the last week, an outfit called "So We Might See" has conducted a nationwide fast to protest "media violence" -- specifically, "anti-immigrant hate speech, which employs flawed arguments to appeal to fears rather than facts." Their ire is currently aimed at Fox News and conservative talk-show giants. But how long before they target ordinary citizens who call in to complain about the government's systemic refusal to enforce federal sanctions against illegal alien employers or the bloody consequences of lax deportation policies?

"The Artist in Chief" and "Navigating the Art of Change”

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:50:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: To borrow a line from the Artist in Chief, I’m “fired up and ready to go.”

Am I starting to sound like an advocate? Well, that seems to be a touchy subject. Some quote-unquote “journalists” have recently accused this agency of losing its independence and becoming a propaganda machine. While I want to state in no uncertain terms that the NEA is not a political agency and that when art becomes propaganda I lose all interest in it, I also want everyone to know that the days of a defensive NEA are over. We have a plan and we are going to, quote, “advocate” for it.

Remember, please, that the NEA is an unusual agency within the federal government. We have always been considered the champions of the arts and artists in the public sector. In a sense, we do “advocate” for them in a way that the IRS doesn’t advocate for taxes or the FCC for bandwidth. We promote the arts.

We Know Art Works: Rocco Landesman Addresses Grantmakers in the Arts

Clip Source: www.arts.gov

And I hope that you will tell us about it. We are opening up a page on the NEA’s web site – www.arts.gov – where each of you, and any of your colleagues can post examples and stories of how art works in your own communities. I will also be posting dispatches from the stops on my tour.

We need to compare notes, we need to get together and find where the best ideas are–in fact we are planning a gathering in the spring on art and neighborhood revitalization and we hope to have your active participation in that–but we need to do more than talk. We need to begin lasting partnerships in this arena, and there is nothing that will give Congress more confidence when appropriations time comes than showing how we–the public and private sectors–are working towards a common purpose.

And we need to start yesterday. Between the time of my nomination and confirmation I reached out to a number of important foundation leaders and my conversations with them were more than encouraging.

Tags: "art-works"-arts.gov, nea, rocco landesman, neighborhood, partnerships

How The FCC and Liberal Churches are Scheming to Shut You Up

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:49:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: from staunch critics of illegal immigration.

Open-borders groups have sought to marginalize, criminalize, and demonize those of us who have raised our voices for years about lax immigration enforcement " and to impose an Orwellian Fairness Doctrine-style policy on illegal alien amnesty opponents. During the presidential campaign, the National Council of La Raza launched a “We Can Stop the Hate” project to redefine tough policy criticism from the Right as “hate.”

Unsurprisingly, far Left billionaire George Soros’s money is backing the “So We Might See”/National Hispanic Media Coalition effort. And remember that the Soros-funded Center for American Progress has provided the Obama White House with its Fairness Doctrine-embracing “diversity czar,” Mark Lloyd.

Jeffrey Lord, who happens to belong to the United Church of Christ, reported in the American Spectator that not long after that speech, the UCC sent out a mass e-mail to its millions of members urging them.......

Clip Source: michellemalkin.com

The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on “hate speech” over cable TV and right-leaning talk radio airwaves. President Obama’s speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige.

The “interfaith coalition for media justice” is led by the United Church of Christ. Yes, that’s the same church of Obama’s race-baiting, Jew-bashing ex-pastor Jeremiah Wright. Other members include the Presbyterian News Service, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the National Council of Churches. (The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has denied being a part of the campaign, despite being listed as a coalition member. So has the Methodist church.) These religious liberals have partnered with the National Hispanic Media Coalition, which filed a petition in January demanding that the FCC collect data, seek public comment, and “explore options” for combating “hate speech”

Tags: fcc crack down, interfaith coalition for media justice, united church of christ, jeremiah wright, national hispanic media coalition, 0bama

Obama’s FCC, “Media Justice” Mob, and Liberal Churches

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:25:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: * Media change of all kinds must expose and directly confront the mechanics of structural racism and systemic oppression.
* Leaders from historically marginalized communities must be developed as effective media activists and strategic movement communicators.
* Media policy advocacy and strategic communications are more effective when clearly relevant to the primary justice issues of the movement for racial justice, economic and gender equity, and youth rights.
* Compelling communications and media activism campaigns must be both rooted in critical issues and coordinated across issue, sector, and region for national impact.
* When justice sectors strengthen communications strategies, center the use of culture as a communications tool, employ winning frames and messages, and strengthen their influence over media rules and rights, the possibilities for transformative change skyrocket.

“Transformative change” = a media landscape purged of the Right’s most powerful voices.

Clip Source: michellemalkin.com

Jeffrey Lord at the American Spectator first broke the story of how United Church of Christ officials met with kindred spirit/FCC Commissioner Michael Copps earlier this month before launching a nationwide campaign to pressure the FCC to crack down on cable TV and talk radio figures.

The motto of the “So We Might See” anti-”hate speech” campaign is: “Without media justice, there will be no social justice!” The same Marx-loving “social justice” crowd is behind the “media justice” mob — including George Soros’s Open Society Institute, Media Democracy Fund, and Media Matters; the Ford Foundation; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; etc., etc., etc. Their goal: government redistribution of media wealth. As “The Media Justice Fund” put it: The movement “is grounded in the belief that social and economic justice will not be realized without the equitable redistribution and control of media and communication technologies.” And there’s that phrase “transformative change” again:

Tags: crack down on cable tv and talk radio, fairness doctrine, fcc commissioner michael copps, united church of christ

Obama’s Media Control Strategy

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:27:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It looks like various progressive groups are lining up at the public trough for their share of the loot. They have in mind what the George Soros-funded Free Press calls "an alternative media infrastructure."

These days we have conservative talk radio, Fox News, and alternatives to the "mainstream" media on the Internet. It is obvious that the Obama Administration and its progressive backers don't appreciate this new state of affairs.

Ornstein contrasted what can be, under federal direction, to what we are witnessing "now on health reform," when so many dissenting voices are being heard. He added, "It becomes much more difficult when you have a cacophonous system with fragmented areas of communication." And that "cacophony and fragmentation" is most apparent on the Internet, he said.

In other words, those naughty conservatives are standing in the way of Obama's health care reform plan.

A new national broadband plan, combined with the just-announced FCC plan for . . .

Clip Source: www.aim.org

By Cliff Kincaid

You may not have noticed that the Obama Administration, in addition to trying to seize control of the health care and energy sectors, is implementing a national "broadband plan" to redefine the media and transform America's system of government. It's designed, they say, to provide "open government and civic engagement." But it looks increasingly like an excuse for the federal government to control the Internet and access to information and even tell us what is truth.

The idea of the federal government telling people how to “differentiate between authentic and inauthentic information” is frightening.

Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute recently explained at a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) "National Broadband Plan Workshop" that it is necessary to have "a common space with shared facts." Armed with $7.2 billion of "stimulus" money, the federal government is going to provide this.

Tags: 0bama, alternative media infrastructure, george soros-funded free press, julius genachowski, mark lloyd

John McCain - Telco/ISP Hack Bought and Paid For

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:30:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: He disgusted me as a candidate and he disgusts me as a Senator.

Clip Source: www.pcworld.com

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is the top recipient of campaign contributions from large Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast over the past two years, according to a new report from the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics.

McCain has taken in a total of $894,379 (much of that money going to support his failed 2008 bid for the presidency), more than twice the amount taken by the next-largest beneficiary, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. ($341,089).

Meanwhile, McCain has emerged as the ISPs' biggest champion against new "network neutrality" rules from the Federal Communications Commission, which voted Thursday to move forward in the process to adopt such rules. Shortly after the FCC vote, McCain introduced a bill (the "Internet Freedom Act") that would block regulation of the nation's largest broadband networks.

McCain introduces bill to block Net neutrality

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:44:08 GMT

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McCain introduces bill to block Net neutrality

Republican strategy is to paint Net neutrality as government 'control' of Internet

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced a bill in the Senate on Thursday that would effectively allow Internet service providers to slow down or block Internet content or applications of their choosing.

The move came the same day as the federal government decided to move forward on an official Net neutrality policy that would prevent ISPs from making those types of decisions.

The FCC's new rules would prevent ISPs, for example, from blocking or slowing bandwidth-hogging Web traffic such as streaming video or other applications that put a strain on their networks or from charging different rates to users.

McCain's bill, the Internet Freedom Act, would block the Federal Communications Commission from making Net neutrality the law of the land

The rule preventing ISPs from slowing down certain types of content would create "onerous federal regulation,"

McCain argued

AT&T Boss Asks Employees to Fake It

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:01:57 GMT

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Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

AT&T Boss Asks Employees to Fake It

by Tim Karr

AT&T has "asked' its employees to fake it in the fight against Net Neutrality.

The company’s top policy officer sent a memo to workers on Monday urging them to hide their company affiliation before posting anti-Net Neutrality comments to the Federal Communication Commission’s Web site.

“We encourage you, your family and friends to join the voices telling the FCC not to regulate the Internet,” AT&T Senior Executive Vice President James Cicconi wrote in an internal communiqué forwarded to Free Press (and posted here). “It can be done through a personal e-mail account by going to www.openinternet.gov and clicking on the ‘Join the Discussion’ link.”

Coming from one of the company’s most senior executives, it’s hard to imagine AT&T employees thinking the memo was merely a suggestion.

At&T employees encouraged to oppose FCC regulations

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:09:57 GMT

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AT&T's Hilarious and Shameless Astroturfing (or Sock-Puppeting)

Now that the FCC is articulating its commitment to a free and open Internet, watch the ISPs freak out.

AT&T has a really good (and democratic) plan to undermine FCC regulations in support of net neutrality: pressuring employees to post anti-regulation talking points on an FCC website while hiding their affiliation to the cable company. Grassroots!

In an internal company memo obtained by Free Press, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President James Cicconi writes "We encourage you, your family and friends to join the voices telling the FCC not to regulate the Internet. It can be done through a personal email account by going to www.openinternet.gov and clicking on the "Join the Discussion" link." (italics added).

That should totally work, because ordinary citizens are often inspired to make impassioned pleas about ISP regulatory policy.

The memo also helpfully provides talking points "in addition to your own thoughts," such as:

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FCC-Church Conspiracy to Silence Talk Radio and Fox?

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:45:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: via moonbattery.

Full article at source, a must read.

Clip Source: spectator.org

There is an organized campaign now afoot, a carefully planned, well-funded systematic assault on talk radio and Fox News that involves at least seven major liberal American religious denominations. All of whom are apparently planning to spread the gospel that talk radio and Fox News personalities are spreading hate speech. This message will be spread to their parishioners' children, in adult education materials, in sermons and through lay leaders -- people like me.

And to back it up, they are trying to invoke the legal authority of the FCC. After having a cozy, private lunch with a sympathetic FCC Commissioner on September 30.

Which brings us last, but certainly not least to: The White House.

The Obama White House is now quite specifically using the presidential bully pulpit to de-legitimize Fox News.

Note how this works:

Hello? Is anyone home here?

The American Spectator

Tags: church, state, fox news, white house, war

Is Barack Obama Anti-American?

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:05:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And with other dreams (for example, the Second Amendment) he’s doing a fancy dance by which he tries to hide his authoritarian impulses. But it doesn’t matter. This post isn’t about what Obama will actually do. It’s about what he wants to do, what his desires are vis a vis the American people " and it’s very clear that his desire is antithetical to the American essence. He wants to limit or destroy individual liberties.

Politically, too, Obama’s impulses are all antithetical to liberty. Again, some examples:

He has turned against the only democratic nation in the Middle East (that would be Israel), in favor of the bloodied tyrannical theocracies on her borders.
By reversing his pledge to keep a missile defense system in place in Poland and the Czech Republic, he has favored Iran’s Muslim tyranny
Figuratively and literally, he bows to dictators (Saudis, Venezuelans, Russians, Iranians, Cubans).
In Honduras, he sided with the delusional Zelaya against the . . .

Clip Source: www.bookwormroom.com

Barack Obama is anti-American because he wants to change this American essence.

He wants to remove any last vestiges of the marketplace from individuals’ control over their own health care, and put the government entirely in charge.

He’s willing to give government control over American businesses (i.e., Bank takeover ands Government Motors).

His administration, while on record as opposing the Fairness Doctrine, is aggressively exploring a backdoor regulatory scheme

His FCC wants to control the internet, which is a humming beehive of free speech, much of it critical of Obama.

Although he’s mostly erased the record, his dream is to create a civilian national security force

He’ll pay lip service to supporting the Second Amendment, but his fundamental goal is to use government to remove arms from individuals.

He wants to redistribute wealth. Without money, people have no choices.

Of course, not all these Obama dreams will become reality.

Tags: 0bama, 1st and 2nd amendments, anti-american, anti-liberty, anti-semitic, authoritarian, central planning, civilian national security, pro-dictatorships

Nuns Caught in the Crossfire

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:37:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The spokesperson declined to comment on whether Google Voice blocks calls to nuns, doctors or schools.

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Clip Source: www.dailyfinance.com

Mobile giant AT&T (T) has taken its ongoing battle with Google over net neutrality to a higher level. Literally. In the latest round of sniping between the two arch-enemies, AT&T has accused Google (GOOG) of using its voice web calling application to block phone calls to, wait for it, Benedictine nuns.

In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission sent Wednesday, AT&T contested Google's claim that the search giant blocks expensive numbers on its voice service that disproportionately are used by phone sex chat-lines. The letter comes after the FCC launched an investigation last Friday into Google's voice blocking.

"Contrary to the public pronouncements of Google and its allies, Google's rural call blocking regime is not limited to Google simply blocking calls to 'adult sex chat line' and 'free' conference calling services to avoid high access charges," AT&T says in the letter. Google also blocks calls to a convent of Benedictine nuns, according to the company.

Tags: google