Preserve Internet Neutrality

April 7, 2010

Dear Arnold Please only send e-mails that have to do with Epilepsy to

me. Not political matters. I happen to believe in free speech not net

neutrality. Barb

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:26 PM, <arnoldgore@...> wrote:

>

> Dear Arnold,

> Today we sent an alert asking for public comments to the FCC in support of

> net neutrality. Hours after we sent the e-mail, the D.C. Court of Appeals

> issued a ruling that has made our cause more urgent. I wanted to briefly

> explain what happened and why, more than ever, _we still need you to submit

>

> public comments to the FCC by Thursday's deadline if you haven't already._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5419 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=1)

> In 2002, the FCC, working in alliance with the Bush administration and its

> corporate backers, went on a deregulation binge. The FCC decided to

> classify and treat broadband Internet service providers outside of the

> legal

> framework that traditionally applied to the companies that offer two-way

> communications services.

> Today, the court held that as long as that Bush-era reclassification

> stands, the FCC lacks the authority to impose on broadband providers

> certain

> important regulations, including net neutrality. Because both the D.C.

> Court

> of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court are consistent allies of corporations

>

> over citizens, it is unlikely that this will be overturned.

> Despite the ruling, the FCC can still impose net neutrality rules. But

> first the FCC must reclassify broadband companies as telecommunications

> carriers. The FCC has the ability to do this, but it needs to see strong

> public

> support to justify revisiting the Bush-era decision. It is now even more

> urgent that we _speak out in support of net neutrality before Thursday's

> deadline if you haven't already done so._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5419 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=2)

> Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager

> CREDO Action

> P.S. For more information, check out articles in the _Los Angeles Times_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5420 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=3) and

> _Washington Post_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5421 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=4) and a

> Huffington Post blog from _Free Press_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5423 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=5) .

> ____________________________________

>

> _Thursday deadline: Protect net neutrality._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=6)

> _Overcome Glenn Beck's lies._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=7)

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=8)

>

> Submit your comment in support of strong net neutrality rules to the FCC.

>

> SIGNATURE DEADLINE: Thursday, 10 a.m. PT

>

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=9)

> Dear Arnold,

> One of Glenn Beck's latest conspiracies involves a " gang of communists "

> who want to turn the Internet into a " Marxist utopia. " That dangerous gang

> of

> communists he's warning Fox News viewers against? They're net neutrality

> supporters.

> Glenn Beck has it all wrong: Net neutrality protects — not threatens —

> free speech online. Net neutrality is the principle that Internet users,

> not

> Internet service providers, should be in control. It ensures that Internet

> service providers can't speed up, slow down, or block Web content based on

> its source, ownership, or destination.

> The FCC is accepting public comments until Thursday on a proposed

> regulation that would protect net neutrality. Will you say that you won't

> be fooled

> by scare tactics and that you support an open Internet?

> _We've made it easy to submit a public comment in support of net

> neutrality. Just click here for a sample comment and talking points._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=10)

> When the FCC initially took comments in January, pro-net neutrality

> submissions vastly outweighed comments from opponents of Internet freedom.

> As a

> result, big telecom companies are running scared. They're worried that the

> FCC might agree with us and prohibit them from inspecting and filtering the

>

> Internet content you access, blocking Web sites and applications they don't

>

> like, and overcharging you for using the Web. Out of the 120,000 comments

> submitted, 98,000 of them — a whopping 74 percent — were from CREDO Action

> members like you.

> The FCC has opened a second round in the comment period. So we need to

> repeat that performance and beat back the media monopolists once again.

> _You can help us dominate the second round, too. Submit your comment

> today!_ (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=11)

> The big telecom companies have deployed hundreds of lobbyists and pushed

> outrageous lies. Their goal? Overcome our voices by duping the public into

> believing their net neutrality myths.

> We have only two days to debunk these lies and protect the free-flowing

> Web, as the FCC is only accepting the second round of comments until April

> 8.

> We've made it easy for you to submit your comment on our site — but we'll

> need it by 10 a.m. Pacific time on April 8 in order to get it into the

> docket by the deadline.

> Without strong net neutrality rules, we might have to rely upon the good

> will of large telecoms to protect our access to the diversity of political

> perspectives. We might have to trust companies like Comcast, which actively

>

> and secretly interfered with users' ability to access popular video, photo

> and music sharing applications; AT & T, which censored anti-Bush comments

> made by Pearl Jam's lead singer during a concert; and Verizon Wireless,

> which

> interfered with NARAL Pro-Choice America's ability to send text messages to

>

> its members.

> Without net neutrality, the Internet would cease to be a public platform

> for free speech, political organizing, and equal opportunity.

> _Speak out against the corporate lies. Submit your public comment today.

> _ (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=12)

> Thanks for speaking out for a free and open Internet.

> Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager

> _CREDO Action from Working Assets _

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=11 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=13)

>

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=3854 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=14) Did you

> know CREDO has a Facebook page?

> _Click here to check it out!_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=3854 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=15)

> Get action alerts on your mobile phone! _Click here_

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>

April 7, 2010

I guess Arnold is free to express his views too!

linda

>

> Dear Arnold,

> Today we sent an alert asking for public comments to the FCC in support of

> net neutrality. Hours after we sent the e-mail, the D.C. Court of Appeals

> issued a ruling that has made our cause more urgent. I wanted to briefly

> explain what happened and why, more than ever, _we still need you to submit

>

> public comments to the FCC by Thursday's deadline if you haven't already._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5419 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=1)

> In 2002, the FCC, working in alliance with the Bush administration and its

> corporate backers, went on a deregulation binge. The FCC decided to

> classify and treat broadband Internet service providers outside of the

> legal

> framework that traditionally applied to the companies that offer two-way

> communications services.

> Today, the court held that as long as that Bush-era reclassification

> stands, the FCC lacks the authority to impose on broadband providers

> certain

> important regulations, including net neutrality. Because both the D.C.

> Court

> of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court are consistent allies of corporations

>

> over citizens, it is unlikely that this will be overturned.

> Despite the ruling, the FCC can still impose net neutrality rules. But

> first the FCC must reclassify broadband companies as telecommunications

> carriers. The FCC has the ability to do this, but it needs to see strong

> public

> support to justify revisiting the Bush-era decision. It is now even more

> urgent that we _speak out in support of net neutrality before Thursday's

> deadline if you haven't already done so._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5419 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=2)

> Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager

> CREDO Action

> P.S. For more information, check out articles in the _Los Angeles Times_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5420 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=3) and

> _Washington Post_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5421 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=4) and a

> Huffington Post blog from _Free Press_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5423 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=5) .

> ____________________________________

>

> _Thursday deadline: Protect net neutrality._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=6)

> _Overcome Glenn Beck's lies._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=7)

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=8)

>

> Submit your comment in support of strong net neutrality rules to the FCC.

>

> SIGNATURE DEADLINE: Thursday, 10 a.m. PT

>

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=9)

> Dear Arnold,

> One of Glenn Beck's latest conspiracies involves a " gang of communists "

> who want to turn the Internet into a " Marxist utopia. " That dangerous gang

> of

> communists he's warning Fox News viewers against? They're net neutrality

> supporters.

> Glenn Beck has it all wrong: Net neutrality protects â€” not threatens â€”

> free speech online. Net neutrality is the principle that Internet users,

> not

> Internet service providers, should be in control. It ensures that Internet

> service providers can't speed up, slow down, or block Web content based on

> its source, ownership, or destination.

> The FCC is accepting public comments until Thursday on a proposed

> regulation that would protect net neutrality. Will you say that you won't

> be fooled

> by scare tactics and that you support an open Internet?

> _We've made it easy to submit a public comment in support of net

> neutrality. Just click here for a sample comment and talking points._

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=10)

> When the FCC initially took comments in January, pro-net neutrality

> submissions vastly outweighed comments from opponents of Internet freedom.

> As a

> result, big telecom companies are running scared. They're worried that the

> FCC might agree with us and prohibit them from inspecting and filtering the

>

> Internet content you access, blocking Web sites and applications they don't

>

> like, and overcharging you for using the Web. Out of the 120,000 comments

> submitted, 98,000 of them â€” a whopping 74 percent â€” were from CREDO Action

> members like you.

> The FCC has opened a second round in the comment period. So we need to

> repeat that performance and beat back the media monopolists once again.

> _You can help us dominate the second round, too. Submit your comment

> today!_ (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=11)

> The big telecom companies have deployed hundreds of lobbyists and pushed

> outrageous lies. Their goal? Overcome our voices by duping the public into

> believing their net neutrality myths.

> We have only two days to debunk these lies and protect the free-flowing

> Web, as the FCC is only accepting the second round of comments until April

> 8.

> We've made it easy for you to submit your comment on our site â€” but we'll

> need it by 10 a.m. Pacific time on April 8 in order to get it into the

> docket by the deadline.

> Without strong net neutrality rules, we might have to rely upon the good

> will of large telecoms to protect our access to the diversity of political

> perspectives. We might have to trust companies like Comcast, which actively

>

> and secretly interfered with users' ability to access popular video, photo

> and music sharing applications; AT & T, which censored anti-Bush comments

> made by Pearl Jam's lead singer during a concert; and Verizon Wireless,

> which

> interfered with NARAL Pro-Choice America's ability to send text messages to

>

> its members.

> Without net neutrality, the Internet would cease to be a public platform

> for free speech, political organizing, and equal opportunity.

> _Speak out against the corporate lies. Submit your public comment today.

> _ (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5418 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=12)

> Thanks for speaking out for a free and open Internet.

> Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager

> _CREDO Action from Working Assets _

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=11 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=13)

>

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=3854 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=14) Did you

> know CREDO has a Facebook page?

> _Click here to check it out!_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=3854 & id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=15)

> Get action alerts on your mobile phone! _Click here_

> (http://act.credoaction.com/signup/mobile.html?id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x & t=103)

> to join CREDO Mobile

> Action; we'll text you on important issues when your voice is urgently

> needed in Congress.

> This is a message from CREDO / Working Assets. To change your email

> address or update your contact info, please visit:

> _http://act.credoaction.com/subscrip/coa.html?id=8550-80770-7SUw0_x_

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>

April 8, 2010

Without internet neutrality, might not be so easy to discuss alternative

medicine for epilepsy and other conditions in the future. We need to try to keep

our freedom including health freedom which is so important.

I also think that Arnold had contributed with a lot useful information on

alternative medicine for seizures and some other medical conditions in this

group.

>

> >

>

> >

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > Dear Arnold,

>

> > Today we sent an alert asking for public comments to

> the FCC in support of

>

> > net neutrality. Hours after we sent the e-mail, the

> D.C. Court of Appeals

>

> > issued a ruling that has made our cause more urgent. I

> wanted to briefly

>

> > explain what happened and why, more than ever, _we

> still need you to submit

>

> >

>

> > public comments to the FCC by Thursday's deadline

> if you haven't already._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5419 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 1)

>

> > In 2002, the FCC, working in alliance with the Bush

> administration and its

>

> > corporate backers, went on a deregulation binge. The

> FCC decided to

>

> > classify and treat broadband Internet service

> providers outside of the

>

> > legal

>

> > framework that traditionally applied to the companies

> that offer two-way

>

> > communications services.

>

> > Today, the court held that as long as that Bush-era

> reclassification

>

> > stands, the FCC lacks the authority to impose on

> broadband providers

>

> > certain

>

> > important regulations, including net neutrality.

> Because both the D.C.

>

> > Court

>

> > of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court are consistent

> allies of corporations

>

> >

>

> > over citizens, it is unlikely that this will be

> overturned.

>

> > Despite the ruling, the FCC can still impose net

> neutrality rules. But

>

> > first the FCC must reclassify broadband companies as

> telecommunications

>

> > carriers. The FCC has the ability to do this, but it

> needs to see strong

>

> > public

>

> > support to justify revisiting the Bush-era decision.

> It is now even more

>

> > urgent that we _speak out in support of net neutrality

> before Thursday's

>

> > deadline if you haven't already done so._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5419 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 2)

>

> > Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager

>

> > CREDO Action

>

> > P.S. For more information, check out articles in the

> _Los Angeles Times_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5420 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t= 3)

> and

>

> > _Washington Post_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5421 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t= 4)

> and a

>

> > Huffington Post blog from _Free Press_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5423 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t= 5)

> .

>

> > ____________ _________ _________ ______

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > _Thursday deadline: Protect net neutrality._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 6)

>

> > _Overcome Glenn Beck's lies._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 7)

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 8)

>

> >

>

> > Submit your comment in support of strong net

> neutrality rules to the FCC.

>

> >

>

> > SIGNATURE DEADLINE: Thursday, 10 a.m. PT

>

> >

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 9)

>

> > Dear Arnold,

>

> > One of Glenn Beck's latest conspiracies involves a

> " gang of communists "

>

> > who want to turn the Internet into a " Marxist

> utopia. " That dangerous gang

>

> > of

>

> > communists he's warning Fox News viewers against?

> They're net neutrality

>

> > supporters.

>

> > Glenn Beck has it all wrong: Net neutrality protects

> â€” not threatens â€”

>

> > free speech online. Net neutrality is the principle

> that Internet users,

>

> > not

>

> > Internet service providers, should be in control. It

> ensures that Internet

>

> > service providers can't speed up, slow down, or

> block Web content based on

>

> > its source, ownership, or destination.

>

> > The FCC is accepting public comments until Thursday on

> a proposed

>

> > regulation that would protect net neutrality. Will you

> say that you won't

>

> > be fooled

>

> > by scare tactics and that you support an open

> Internet?

>

> > _We've made it easy to submit a public comment in

> support of net

>

> > neutrality. Just click here for a sample comment and

> talking points._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 10)

>

> > When the FCC initially took comments in January,

> pro-net neutrality

>

> > submissions vastly outweighed comments from opponents

> of Internet freedom.

>

> > As a

>

> > result, big telecom companies are running scared.

> They're worried that the

>

> > FCC might agree with us and prohibit them from

> inspecting and filtering the

>

> >

>

> > Internet content you access, blocking Web sites and

> applications they don't

>

> >

>

> > like, and overcharging you for using the Web. Out of

> the 120,000 comments

>

> > submitted, 98,000 of them â€” a whopping 74 percent

> â€” were from CREDO Action

>

> > members like you.

>

> > The FCC has opened a second round in the comment

> period. So we need to

>

> > repeat that performance and beat back the media

> monopolists once again.

>

> > _You can help us dominate the second round, too.

> Submit your comment

>

> > today!_ (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 11)

>

> > The big telecom companies have deployed hundreds of

> lobbyists and pushed

>

> > outrageous lies. Their goal? Overcome our voices by

> duping the public into

>

> > believing their net neutrality myths.

>

> > We have only two days to debunk these lies and protect

> the free-flowing

>

> > Web, as the FCC is only accepting the second round of

> comments until April

>

> > 8.

>

> > We've made it easy for you to submit your comment

> on our site â€” but we'll

>

> > need it by 10 a.m. Pacific time on April 8 in order to

> get it into the

>

> > docket by the deadline.

>

> > Without strong net neutrality rules, we might have to

> rely upon the good

>

> > will of large telecoms to protect our access to the

> diversity of political

>

> > perspectives. We might have to trust companies like

> Comcast, which actively

>

> >

>

> > and secretly interfered with users' ability to

> access popular video, photo

>

> > and music sharing applications; AT & T, which

> censored anti-Bush comments

>

> > made by Pearl Jam's lead singer during a concert;

> and Verizon Wireless,

>

> > which

>

> > interfered with NARAL Pro-Choice America's ability

> to send text messages to

>

> >

>

> > its members.

>

> > Without net neutrality, the Internet would cease to be

> a public platform

>

> > for free speech, political organizing, and equal

> opportunity.

>

> > _Speak out against the corporate lies. Submit your

> public comment today.

>

> > _ (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 12)

>

> > Thanks for speaking out for a free and open Internet.

>

> > Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager

>

> > _CREDO Action from Working Assets _

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=11 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t= 13)

>

> >

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=3854 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 14) Did you

>

> > know CREDO has a Facebook page?

>

> > _Click here to check it out!_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=3854 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 15)

>

> > Get action alerts on your mobile phone! _Click here_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/signup/ mobile.html? id=8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 103)

>

> > to join CREDO Mobile

>

> > Action; we'll text you on important issues when

> your voice is urgently

>

> > needed in Congress.

>

> > This is a message from CREDO / Working Assets. To

> change your email

>

> > address or update your contact info, please visit:

>

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>

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>

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>

> > http://act.credoact

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>

> >

>

> >

April 8, 2010

Amen!

>

> >

>

> >

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > Dear Arnold,

>

> > Today we sent an alert asking for public comments to

> the FCC in support of

>

> > net neutrality. Hours after we sent the e-mail, the

> D.C. Court of Appeals

>

> > issued a ruling that has made our cause more urgent. I

> wanted to briefly

>

> > explain what happened and why, more than ever, _we

> still need you to submit

>

> >

>

> > public comments to the FCC by Thursday's deadline

> if you haven't already._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5419 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 1)

>

> > In 2002, the FCC, working in alliance with the Bush

> administration and its

>

> > corporate backers, went on a deregulation binge. The

> FCC decided to

>

> > classify and treat broadband Internet service

> providers outside of the

>

> > legal

>

> > framework that traditionally applied to the companies

> that offer two-way

>

> > communications services.

>

> > Today, the court held that as long as that Bush-era

> reclassification

>

> > stands, the FCC lacks the authority to impose on

> broadband providers

>

> > certain

>

> > important regulations, including net neutrality.

> Because both the D.C.

>

> > Court

>

> > of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court are consistent

> allies of corporations

>

> >

>

> > over citizens, it is unlikely that this will be

> overturned.

>

> > Despite the ruling, the FCC can still impose net

> neutrality rules. But

>

> > first the FCC must reclassify broadband companies as

> telecommunications

>

> > carriers. The FCC has the ability to do this, but it

> needs to see strong

>

> > public

>

> > support to justify revisiting the Bush-era decision.

> It is now even more

>

> > urgent that we _speak out in support of net neutrality

> before Thursday's

>

> > deadline if you haven't already done so._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5419 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 2)

>

> > Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager

>

> > CREDO Action

>

> > P.S. For more information, check out articles in the

> _Los Angeles Times_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5420 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t= 3)

> and

>

> > _Washington Post_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5421 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t= 4)

> and a

>

> > Huffington Post blog from _Free Press_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5423 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t= 5)

> .

>

> > ____________ _________ _________ ______

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > _Thursday deadline: Protect net neutrality._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 6)

>

> > _Overcome Glenn Beck's lies._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 7)

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 8)

>

> >

>

> > Submit your comment in support of strong net

> neutrality rules to the FCC.

>

> >

>

> > SIGNATURE DEADLINE: Thursday, 10 a.m. PT

>

> >

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 9)

>

> > Dear Arnold,

>

> > One of Glenn Beck's latest conspiracies involves a

> " gang of communists "

>

> > who want to turn the Internet into a " Marxist

> utopia. " That dangerous gang

>

> > of

>

> > communists he's warning Fox News viewers against?

> They're net neutrality

>

> > supporters.

>

> > Glenn Beck has it all wrong: Net neutrality protects

> â€” not threatens â€”

>

> > free speech online. Net neutrality is the principle

> that Internet users,

>

> > not

>

> > Internet service providers, should be in control. It

> ensures that Internet

>

> > service providers can't speed up, slow down, or

> block Web content based on

>

> > its source, ownership, or destination.

>

> > The FCC is accepting public comments until Thursday on

> a proposed

>

> > regulation that would protect net neutrality. Will you

> say that you won't

>

> > be fooled

>

> > by scare tactics and that you support an open

> Internet?

>

> > _We've made it easy to submit a public comment in

> support of net

>

> > neutrality. Just click here for a sample comment and

> talking points._

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 10)

>

> > When the FCC initially took comments in January,

> pro-net neutrality

>

> > submissions vastly outweighed comments from opponents

> of Internet freedom.

>

> > As a

>

> > result, big telecom companies are running scared.

> They're worried that the

>

> > FCC might agree with us and prohibit them from

> inspecting and filtering the

>

> >

>

> > Internet content you access, blocking Web sites and

> applications they don't

>

> >

>

> > like, and overcharging you for using the Web. Out of

> the 120,000 comments

>

> > submitted, 98,000 of them â€” a whopping 74 percent

> â€” were from CREDO Action

>

> > members like you.

>

> > The FCC has opened a second round in the comment

> period. So we need to

>

> > repeat that performance and beat back the media

> monopolists once again.

>

> > _You can help us dominate the second round, too.

> Submit your comment

>

> > today!_ (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 11)

>

> > The big telecom companies have deployed hundreds of

> lobbyists and pushed

>

> > outrageous lies. Their goal? Overcome our voices by

> duping the public into

>

> > believing their net neutrality myths.

>

> > We have only two days to debunk these lies and protect

> the free-flowing

>

> > Web, as the FCC is only accepting the second round of

> comments until April

>

> > 8.

>

> > We've made it easy for you to submit your comment

> on our site â€” but we'll

>

> > need it by 10 a.m. Pacific time on April 8 in order to

> get it into the

>

> > docket by the deadline.

>

> > Without strong net neutrality rules, we might have to

> rely upon the good

>

> > will of large telecoms to protect our access to the

> diversity of political

>

> > perspectives. We might have to trust companies like

> Comcast, which actively

>

> >

>

> > and secretly interfered with users' ability to

> access popular video, photo

>

> > and music sharing applications; AT & T, which

> censored anti-Bush comments

>

> > made by Pearl Jam's lead singer during a concert;

> and Verizon Wireless,

>

> > which

>

> > interfered with NARAL Pro-Choice America's ability

> to send text messages to

>

> >

>

> > its members.

>

> > Without net neutrality, the Internet would cease to be

> a public platform

>

> > for free speech, political organizing, and equal

> opportunity.

>

> > _Speak out against the corporate lies. Submit your

> public comment today.

>

> > _ (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=5418 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 12)

>

> > Thanks for speaking out for a free and open Internet.

>

> > Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager

>

> > _CREDO Action from Working Assets _

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=11 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t= 13)

>

> >

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=3854 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 14) Did you

>

> > know CREDO has a Facebook page?

>

> > _Click here to check it out!_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/r/ ?r=3854 & id= 8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 15)

>

> > Get action alerts on your mobile phone! _Click here_

>

> > (http://act.credoact

> ion.com/signup/ mobile.html? id=8550-80770- 7SUw0_x & t=

> 103)

>

> > to join CREDO Mobile

>

> > Action; we'll text you on important issues when

> your voice is urgently

>

> > needed in Congress.

>

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>

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>

> >

>

> >

June 6, 2010

Feel free to call their office and find out what their reasoning was. Let

me know!

I wonder if their reason was that they didn't want to " empower " the FCC.

Although currently the administration of the FCC would insure " net

neutrality " with their power, but what happens when a different FCC

administration

comes about and has the power to kabash or not the net? Eileen

Every which way we turn there are issues that require attention, but net

neutrality should demand our highest priority. The 'establishment' controls

the mainstream media. Now they want to control our last vestige of free

and open communication. Once the internet goes down, allternate talk radio

will soon follow, because that is the primary way the too few heroes of

true journalism bypasses the editorial censors.

If email for non-profit sites or users can be sent on a slower track, it

will be harder to get objective information out there.

Good blogs and email lists will become relics of the past and pressure on

the mainstream media to cover vital news in the public interest will not

exist. The who's who top management of major corporations are members of an

exclusive old boys club. Companies like ATT & T, Verizon and Comcast will

ask how high, when told to jump by the occultist demigods.

If you are running real progressive web sites, your freedom to continue

will end. Your ability to listen to your favorite talk show hosts on the net

will be gone. Only politically correct programs will ultimately be given

access to broadband.

It will be the ultimate beginning of the end of freedom as we have known

it.

Phil

[MCM] 74 Democrats say " no " to Net Neutrality-SAY NO TO THEM!

74 Democrats sold you out to AT & T, Verizon and Comcast

_http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/74_dems/?r_by=9443-848892-dO825U_

(http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/74_dems/?r_by=9443-848892-dO825U)

x & rc=confemail

74 Democratic members of Congress just sold you out to AT & T, Verizon and

Comcast.

They signed industry-backed letters telling the FCC to abandon efforts to

protect Internet users by prohibiting big companies from blocking Internet

traffic.

Not only is this letter an attack on net neutrality, but by signing the

industry letter, they are attempting to drastically undercut the FCC's

ability to make a fast, affordable and open Internet available to everyone in

America. They are actually taking a position against the interests of rural

and low-income communities.

This is unacceptable.

We need to make sure these members of Congress know that their

constituents are paying attention and will hold them accountable when they

undermine

net neutrality protections.

Sign our petition to these representatives telling them that you're upset

by their decision to side with the wealthy telecommunications corporations

over their constituents.

What this comes down to is a principle known as " net neutrality. " Net

neutrality means that Internet users, not Internet service providers, should be

in control. It ensures that Internet service providers can't speed up,

slow down, or block Web content based on its source, ownership, or destination.

Of course broadband providers are insisting that we should just trust them

and there's no need for consumers to be protected by net neutrality rules.

But we cannot trust AT & T, Verizon and Comcast to protect a free and open

Internet any more than we could trust BP to protect the oceans.

Without strong net neutrality rules, we might have to rely upon the good

will of large telecoms to protect our access to the diversity of political

perspectives. We might have to trust companies like Comcast, which actively

and secretly interfered with users' ability to access popular video, photo

and music sharing applications. We might have to trust companies like AT & T,

which censored anti-Bush comments made by Pearl Jam's lead singer during a

concert.

A free and open Internet is an important part of 21st Century democracy,

but these 74 House Democrats signed a letter that undercut the efforts of

the FCC to make sure the Internet stays free and open.

In other words, they decided to stand with wealthy corporations rather

than stand up for your interests.

The simple fact of the matter is that powerful companies with a vested

interest in this fight like AT & T have armies of lobbyists to push their agenda.

If these 74 House Democrats are going to get the message that it's

unacceptable for them to sell out their constituents, it's only going to be

because people like you speak up.

So take a minute right now to sign our petition.

The following Democratic members of the House signed the industry-backed

letter:

Bobby Bright (AL-02), Mike Ross (AR-04), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Ed

Pastor (AZ-04), le Giffords (AZ-8), Dennis Cardoza (CA-18),

Jim Costa (CA-20), (CA-37), Joe Baca (CA-43), Loretta

(CA-47), Boyd (FL-02), Corrine Brown (FL-03),

Alcee Hastings (FL-23), Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24), Sanford D Bishop, Jr.

(GA-02), Barrow (GA-12), (GA-13), Leonard

Boswell (IA-03), Wally Minnick (ID-01), Bobby Rush (IL-01), Debbie

Halvorson (IL-11), Baron P Hill (IN-09), Dennis (KS-03), Charlie

Melancon (LA-03), Kratovil, Jr. (MD-01), Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-2),

Elijah Cummings (MD-07), s (MI-9), Lacy

Clay Jr (MO-01), Russ Carnahan (MO-03), Childers (MS-01), Bennie G

(MS-02), Gene (MS-04), G. K. Butterfield

(NC-01), Heath Shuler (NC-11), Adler (NJ-3), Albio Sires (NJ-13),

Harry Teague (NM-2), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Meeks (NY-

06), ph Crowley (NY-07), Ed Towns (NY-10), Yvette e (NY-11),

McMahon (NY-13), (NY-20), Bill Owens

(NY-23), Arcuri (NY-24), Maffei (NY-25), Steve Driehaus

(OH-01), Charlie (OH-06), Marcia Fudge (OH-11), Zachary

T. Space (OH-18), Dan Boren (OK-02), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Brady

(PA-01), Chaka Fattah (PA-02), Kathleen Dahlkemper (PA-

03), Altmire (PA-04), Carney (PA-10), Allyson Schwartz

(PA-13), Tim Holden (PA-17), Lincoln (TN-04),

Tanner (TN-08), Al Green (TX-09), Hinojosa (TX-15), Charlie

(TX-20), Ciro (TX-23), Ortiz (TX-27),

Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Gene Green (TX-29), Eddie Bernice (TX-30),

Glenn Nye (VA-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Nick Rahall (WV-03)

Dear Friend,

74 Democratic members of Congress just sold you out to AT & T, Verizon and

Comcast.

They signed industry-backed letters telling the FCC to abandon efforts to

protect Internet users by prohibiting big companies from blocking Internet

traffic.

Not only is this letter an attack on net neutrality, but by signing the

industry letter, they are attempting to drastically undercut the FCC's

ability to make a fast, affordable and open Internet available to everyone in

America. They are actually taking a position against the interests of rural

and low-income communities.

This is unacceptable.

We need to make sure these members of Congress know that their

constituents are paying attention and will hold them accountable when they

undermine

net neutrality protections.

I just signed a petition to these 74 House Democrats telling them that I'm

upset by their decision to side with the wealthy telecommunications

corporations over their constituents. I hope you do, too.

Have a look and take action at the link below.

_http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/74_dems/?r_by=9443-848892-dO825Ux & rc=co

nfemail _

(http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/74_dems/?r_by=9443-848892-dO825Ux & rc=confem\

ail)

--

June 6, 2010

Sometimes a subject is off topic but Internet Neutrality is important. This

post is somewhat misleading because it is a message to Democrats and

Progressives leaving out the fact that 170 Republicans were joined by those 74

Democrats making an easy victory. There is probably no more important subject

to us than Freedom to Use the Internet for our purposes and that of knowledge

more pertinent than Main-Street pap. If you have a Republican Representative

be sure to write or call them while not ignoring any of the 74 'joiners'.

There is still a Power Of The People, but it needs to be exercised. Me? I'll

start with The White House, Pelosi, and Reid moving then to local

representatives both Republican and Democratic. Free Internet access poses a

danger to politicians and the Establishment in general. Let's try to keep it.

Joe C.

Subject: [ ] Preserve Internet Neutrality