freedom on the internet threatened by congress 2006 (part 1 of 2)

The US House of Representatives passed the COPE Act in the dead of night by a three to one margin despite the efforts of those working in the public interest. The bill, which was largely written by the Bell Telephone companies, will fundamentally change the ability of our cities to control and be compensated for the use of public land on which the cable and internet systems depend. The Alliance was able to avert a last minute disaster-- an amendment which would have stripped as much as 1/2 of funding for PEG centers on top of the potential losses already in the bill. This was due to a last minute understanding between the Alliance and Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee who graciously withdrew the amendment. She should be commended for her understanding. The Senate is working on similar legislation. Time requires that those who care about Access and the internet speak loudly to prevent the same bad legislation from passing through the Senate.

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[TheNewVideo]

The American people need to vote out all the idiots like this who take our freedoms away every day in Congress and the Senate. We need to take their freedoms away before they take ours away!!!!!!!

[GrandeChiropractic]

Statists on the Left are the ones limiting freedom of the individual here, in the name of stopping big corporations. Statists will say anything to increase control.

[TheJoshuaful]

I don't think you guys know that they're doing this for a reason. The Internet as of today needs to be controlled, and not total control as in charging to access each site, but when it comes to laws, and creating new laws that is for the Internet.

[Blessed2BeeAlive]

Fire Congress & Impeach Obama & replace the US House of Representatives who've been there way too long & those who back them up. The Thugs & the Capitalist, etc.......: they need to go!!

[xyberfunk]

lol.. you are exactly right! I am glad to see more Americans finally seeing the light!

YOU are the John Henrys and the Paul Reveres!!

VOTE! and get 10 others to follow and save the flaming torch of Liberty from the liberal tidal wave which has devestated us....

[xyberfunk]

lol.. it's not just "freedom on the internet" it is "freedom and liberty EVERYWHERE"

You people need to wake the fuk up.

These liberals in the democrat and republican party are going to ruin our great Republic.

Nothing will stand in the way.. not opponents, not the facts, not big deficits, not the Constitution, not the Declaration of Independence.. NOTHING WILL STOP THE STATIST...

except for YOU that is...

VOTE! Take back the Republic! The PEOPLE must be heard!

[kondor26]

These bastards can't leave anything alone. They will find some reason to interfere and regulate the internet out of existence.

[csmith5716]

Folks, as you can see, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK...ENOUGH OF BEING RULED BY THUGS!

[littlerudi08043]

wow, I think we might be looking at the decline of caitalism here folks. fucking corporate bastards. die yuppy scum!

[captainhowdydoody]

Tony Riddle was one of the best Executive Directors of MNN.