by nickynicky » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 21:57:51
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'G')olem, if that really is your back yard it's beautiful, man. Eastbay, if you favor Socialism, it's not my place to criticize you for it. Jay, I wish I was as smart as you. Mercurygirl, I'm sorry, I mean it.
OMG, this kissy makeup stuff is totally against the spirit of the internet. The world is truly coming to end after all.
Just in time:
Soon we will all have to give equal time to every view of ours.
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell raised that as a possibility after talking with bloggers at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. McDowell spoke about a recent FCC vote to bar Comcast from engaging in certain Internet practices – expanding the federal agency’s oversight of Internet networks.
The commissioner, a 2006 President Bush appointee, told the Business & Media Institute the Fairness Doctrine could be intertwined with the net neutrality battle. The result might end with the government regulating content on the Web, he warned. McDowell, who was against reprimanding Comcast, said the net neutrality effort could win the support of “a few isolated conservatives” who may not fully realize the long-term effects of government regulation.
“I think the fear is that somehow large corporations will censor their content, their points of view, right,” McDowell said. “I think the bigger concern for them should be if you have government dictating content policy, which by the way would have a big First Amendment problem.”
“Then, whoever is in charge of government is going to determine what is fair, under a so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine,’ which won’t be called that – it’ll be called something else,” McDowell said. “So, will Web sites, will bloggers have to give equal time or equal space on their Web site to opposing views rather than letting the marketplace of ideas determine that?”
"VEE VANT TO RRREGULATE YOURRR CONTENT!"