The NY Times just reported that a Federal Judge has struck down the Bush Admin’s changes to the Forest Management Rules, the ones that strip away pretty much all environmental protections and allow rampant deforestation on Federal land and the replacement of trees with cellphone towers (probably with fake branches to make them look like […]
In a very interesting document protesting the proposed Illinois Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007 (HB 1500) the Illinois Municipal League analyses in depth the protections to municipalities, and the rights of citizens that are not addressed in the language of the legislation. Just to summarize some of the more interesting highlights-
The bill ignores […]
Last fall the Telecomms tried, and failed to get a federal level franchise system put in place for delivery of TV content. The move was defeated at Senate level because of the Net Neutrality issue. Since the Telecomms only had a partial victory on the Fed level so far, with Kevin Martin’s ruling re time […]
The Future of Music Coalition has decided to take on the fight and bring it to the people. Musicians are getting signatures on petitions, doing fundraising, providing research to Congress, and other grassroots organizing in support of Net Neutrality. These are Independent Musicians, ones who aren’t represented by RIAA member labels.
One thing I’m sure of. […]
When this issue is presented on Big Media it’s as if National Health Care and National Health Insurance are the same thing. They’re not. Insurance Companies make money by denying claims and by making it difficult for people to collect, so if you think the US has a health care crisis now, well, I’m telling […]
Though I’m very glad the vote on the House floor yesterday to set a pullout date for the War in Iraq, I have a lot of mixed feelings about the process.
First of all, there are Democrats who voted against the bill because it didn’t pull the troops out fast enough???? I want to bitchslap every […]
There’s an absolutely horrifying in depth NY Times article on The Women’s War, an article every woman should read. It’s about how women soldiers perceive Iraq, their experiences, their tales, and the fact that more of them are coming home with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome than are men. Why? Not only are many of them […]
It appears that Representatives Dingell and Markey are tag teaming Chairman Martin of the FCC quite effectively these days. When Martin appeared at a House Hearing Wednesday, it was clear from the outset that Net Neutrality was the order of business.
When Martin argued that the Telecomms might not have incentives to build out the network […]
Allyn Gibson posts some interesting thoughts regarding Pete Stark’s “coming out of the closet” with his “nontheism”.
I’ve been an atheist (or nontheist - the latest term for “I don’t believe in God”) ever since I can remember - I don’t now nor have I ever had any need for that sort of dogma in my […]
PennPIRG has posted an article reporting that the AT&T/Cingular network is blocking calls to free conference call services such as FreeConferenceCall.com. This free conference call service competes directly with Cingular’s pay for play conference calling service. The free conference call is a legal and legitimate service. The access numbers are legal and legitimate access numbers […]
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
-Plato
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