[FairfieldLife] Re: Congress is selling out the internet
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > Google, Amazon, MoveOn. All these entities are fighting back as > > > Congress tries to pass a law giving a few corporations the power > > to > > > end the free and open Internet as we know it. > > > You can do your part today. > > > > > > Tell Congress to preserve the free and open Internet. > > > > > > > > > Click Here > > > > > > Dear MoveOn member, > > > > > > Do you buy books online, use Google, or download to an Ipod? > > > These activities, plus MoveOn's online organizing ability, will > > > be hurt if Congress passes a radical law > > > > If Moveon.org is protesting a Congressional bill and they are > > referring to it as "...if Congress passes a radical law..." and not > > something like "...if Republicans in Congress have their way...", > > why do I suspect that it is DEMOCRATS that are behind the proposed > > law? > > > > I could be wrong > > You're wrong, of course. > > > -- and I haven't checked it out who it behind the > > law -- but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case! > > Actually, it would be *astounding* if the Democrats > were the ones behind it. > For no other reason than they have no control, so how CAN they be behind a major initiative without Republican cooperation? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Congress is selling out the internet
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > Google, Amazon, MoveOn. All these entities are fighting back as > > Congress tries to pass a law giving a few corporations the power > to > > end the free and open Internet as we know it. > > You can do your part today. > > > > Tell Congress to preserve the free and open Internet. > > > > > > Click Here > > > > Dear MoveOn member, > > > > Do you buy books online, use Google, or download to an Ipod? > These > > activities, plus MoveOn's online organizing ability, will be hurt > if > > Congress passes a radical law > > > > > > > > If Moveon.org is protesting a Congressional bill and they are > referring to it as "...if Congress passes a radical law..." and not > something like "...if Republicans in Congress have their way...", > why do I suspect that it is DEMOCRATS that are behind the proposed > law? > > I could be wrong -- and I haven't checked it out who it behind the > law -- but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case! > > Well, given that the repulicans control both Houses of Congress AND the White House, the Democrats would have a hard time "putting one over" on the Republicans without their consent... > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Congress is selling out the internet
In a message dated 4/21/06 2:27:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If Moveon.org is protesting a Congressional bill and they are referring to it as "...if Congress passes a radical law..." and not something like "...if Republicans in Congress have their way...", why do I suspect that it is DEMOCRATS that are behind the proposed law?I could be wrong -- and I haven't checked it out who it behind the law -- but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case! But then maybe Moveon.org needs to expand a mailing list they sell others. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Congress is selling out the internet
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > Google, Amazon, MoveOn. All these entities are fighting back as > > Congress tries to pass a law giving a few corporations the power > to > > end the free and open Internet as we know it. > > You can do your part today. > > > > Tell Congress to preserve the free and open Internet. > > > > > > Click Here > > > > Dear MoveOn member, > > > > Do you buy books online, use Google, or download to an Ipod? > > These activities, plus MoveOn's online organizing ability, will > > be hurt if Congress passes a radical law > > If Moveon.org is protesting a Congressional bill and they are > referring to it as "...if Congress passes a radical law..." and not > something like "...if Republicans in Congress have their way...", > why do I suspect that it is DEMOCRATS that are behind the proposed > law? > > I could be wrong You're wrong, of course. > -- and I haven't checked it out who it behind the > law -- but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case! Actually, it would be *astounding* if the Democrats were the ones behind it. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Congress is selling out the internet
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Google, Amazon, MoveOn. All these entities are fighting back as > Congress tries to pass a law giving a few corporations the power to > end the free and open Internet as we know it. > You can do your part today. > > Tell Congress to preserve the free and open Internet. > > > Click Here > > Dear MoveOn member, > > Do you buy books online, use Google, or download to an Ipod? These > activities, plus MoveOn's online organizing ability, will be hurt if > Congress passes a radical law If Moveon.org is protesting a Congressional bill and they are referring to it as "...if Congress passes a radical law..." and not something like "...if Republicans in Congress have their way...", why do I suspect that it is DEMOCRATS that are behind the proposed law? I could be wrong -- and I haven't checked it out who it behind the law -- but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case! > that gives giant corporations more > control over the Internet. > > Internet providers like AT&T and Verizon are lobbying Congress hard > to gut Network Neutrality, the Internet's First Amendment. Net > Neutrality prevents AT&T from choosing which websites open most > easily for you based on which site pays AT&T more. Amazon doesn't > have to outbid Barnes & Noble for the right to open more properly on > your computer. > > If Net Neutrality is gutted, MoveOn either pays protection money to > dominant Internet providers or risks that online activism tools don't > work for members. Amazon and Google either pay protection money or > risk that their websites process slowly on your computer. That why > these high-tech pioneers are joining the fight to protect Network > Neutrality1and you can do your part today. > > The free and open Internet is under seigecan you sign this petition > letting your member of Congress know you support preserving Network > Neutrality? Click here: > > http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7361-3763225- > ogJOyxD2Kx4pxbxGYxzhWw&t=4 > > To save the Internet, there needs to be a public groundswellso > please forward this to 3 friends. Let them know protecting the free > and open Internet is fundamentalit affects everything. When you sign > this petition, you'll be kept informed of the next steps we can take > to keep the heat on Congress. Votes begin in a House committee next > week. > > MoveOn has already seen what happens when the Internet's gatekeepers > get too much control. Just last week, AOL blockedany email mentioning > a coalition that MoveOn is a part of, which opposes AOL's proposed > "email tax."2 And last year, Canada's version of AT&TTelus blocked > their Internet customers from visiting a website sympathetic to > workers with whom Telus was negotiating.3 > > Politicians don't think we are paying attention to this issue. Many > of them take campaign checks from big telecom companies and are on > the verge of selling out to people like AT&T's CEO, who openly says, > "The internet can't be free."4 > > We need to let Congress know we are paying attention. Together, we > must make sure they listen to our voices and the voices of people > like Vint Cerf, a father of the Internet and Google's "Chief Internet > Evangelist," who recently wrote this to Congress in support of > preserving Network Neutrality: > > My fear is that, as written, this bill would do great damage to the > Internet as we know it. Enshrining a rule that broadly permits > network operators to discriminate in favor of certain kinds of > services and to potentially interfere with others would place > broadband operators in control of online activity...Telephone > companies cannot tell consumers who they can call; network operators > should not dictate what people can do online.4 > > The essence of the Internet is at riskcan you sign this petition > letting your member of Congress know you support preserving Network > Neutrality? Click here: > > http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/?id=7361-3763225- > ogJOyxD2Kx4pxbxGYxzhWw&t=5 > > Please forward to 3 others who care about this issue. Thanks for all > you do. > > Eli Pariser, Adam Green, Noah T. Winer, and the MoveOn.org Civic > Action team > Friday, April 21st, 2006 > > P.S. MoveOn is part of a broad SaveTheInternet.com coalition check > it out! > > P.P.S. If Congress abandons Network Neutrality, who will be affected? > > Advocacy groups like MoveOnPolitical organizing could be slowed by a > handful of dominant Internet providers who ask advocacy groups to pay > "protection money" for their websites and online features to work > correctly. > NonprofitsA charity's website could open at snail-speed, and online > contributions could grind to a halt, if nonprofits can't pay dominant > Internet providers for access to "
