I just noticed that a Telecom front group is blessing Jesus' General with its advertising dollars. Their ad is the cartoonish one titled "Don't Regulate The Internet!" Who can argue with that.After all, regulation is a bad thing. Regulation denies coal companies the opportunity to improve our air by giving it color and substance. It prevents chemical companies from sharing the wonder of flammable rivers with us. And regulation forces us to actually enter into the woods if we want to see the forest behind the trees.
One need only look at the credit card and oil industries to see the benefits we receive when corporations are freed from regulation. Is it too much to ask that the telecom industry get the same treatment?
The internet is far too important to be left in the hands of the rabble. It needs a firm, corporate hand to guide it so that it can become like the rest of our media, a bully pulpit for the powerful. Wouldn't we all feel a little better if Disney replaced Atrios or Rupert Murdock took up residence at Firedog Lake? That's all the telcos want. Who are we to deny it to them?
After all, they're defending our freedom by providing Our Leader with things like this:
Update: MyDD has more.
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