The House of Representatives voted Thursday to eliminate funding for nine “Czars” in the Obama Administration. The affected posts include health care, energy and climate, green jobs, urban affairs, the closure of the Guantanamo Bay, oversight of TARP executive compensation, diversity at the Federal Communications Commission and the auto industry manufacturing policy. “Czar” is a [...]
John Fund, the astute Wall Street Journal columnist, wrote an excellent piece on the FCC's misleadingly named "net neutrality" action yesterday, which is the administration's first step in taking over the internet. According to Fund: The Federal Communications Commission's new "net neutrality" rules, passed on a partisan 3-2 vote yesterday, represent a huge win for [...]
This was originally published on BigGovernment.com: Video: Why Net Neutrality Is a Terrible Idea by Seton Motley Network Neutrality is a metaphysically bad idea. But it remains a Leftist wish list item. So Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Don Quixote – I mean Julius Genachowski – is set to ram it down our throats on [...]
This first appeared on BigGovernment.com: Nothing Changed This Week-The FCC Still Has No Authority to Regulate the Internet by Seton Motley The news to be culled from this latest Federal Communications Commission (FCC) attempt to usurp Internet regulatory authority and impose Network Neutrality is – there really is no news. At least in the broadest [...]
This first appeared on BigGovernment.com: It’s Official – The FCC Will Vote to Take Over the Internet in December by Seton Motley Just 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 [...]
This first appeared on BigGovernment.com: The ACLU Is Wrong: Net Neutrality Is About Government Control of Internet Content by Seton Motley I sincerely hope followers of the Network Neutrality (NN) debate were wearing their seatbelts last week. The pro-NN Media Marxists’ rapid lurch in position on the issue would otherwise have ensured full chiropractor employment [...]
This first appeared in BigGovernment.com: November 30th Could Be the Day the Government Seizes Control of the Internet by Seton Motley November 30th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could potentially engage in one of the largest federal power grabs we have ever seen. After two years of this Presidential Administration and this Congress, that [...]
As a newly minted political writer, I have been closely watching President Obama's approach to the media, keeping in mind his promise of “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” And true to his standard form, his strategy is murky, making it easy to miss the enormous dangers of what he is pursuing. It’s become clear that [...]
