"government can be a force for good and ill, and we prefer the good."
We agree on that. I do believe that with most government interference in the marketplace the law of unintended consequences rears it's ugly head. The road to hell is, after all, paved with good intentions.
That was a cool video, thanks for sharing. If you can believe the video they appear to be doing just fine without us. Of course, it was filmed in a city where just about everybody works for the ruling regime. I think the jury is still out on whether loosening the embargo on Cuba will result in weakening the dictatorship there.
“Considering the track record of North Korean deceptions, it seems sensible to assume that any North Korean SLBM [submarine-launched ballistic missile] capability is still a very long time in the future, if it will ever surface.”
Let me get this straight. You make fun of the WSJ because they were happy congress renewed the FISA Amendments Act with little debate - but that was just renewing an existing law. Now when they support debating the USA Freedom Act, which changes the law, you berate them for supporting a healthy debate.
You can't have it both ways - either you support a healthy debate or you want the senate to push it through without debate. Your assertions that they issue has already been debated is a non-starter since the bill they would be debating is a new bill.
In regards to your first point. I don't apologize for recommending that people read the rules.
In regards to your second point. Many would and have argued that the Title II must apply to the entire US Internet infrastructure because of the very nature of Title II (it was originally written to regulate the phone system, although I'll assume you knew that so as not to insult your intelligence). That will be debated in the courts so I have no interest in debating it here. There is no question that most TD posters will interpret the rules in the most favorable light toward their particular bias. No sense in arguing about it.
Must be a slow news day since we are rehashing net neutrality again. Two things. First - Read the rule, and not just the sunny parts about net neutrality, to understand the potential damage of using Title II to regulate the Internet.
Second - There are seven court cases pending, there is a fair chance the whole thing will get thrown out and we'll be back to where we started. Read the motion to stay the ruling to understand the other side of the argument (link below). Note that the requested stay would leave in place the three rules prohibiting blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. They are fighting the negative effects of Title II, not net neutrality.
Cable companies don't care about people or providing good service, all they care about is money.
Cable companies are in business to make money, they are not social service organizations. There is nothing wrong with being in business to make money.
If you don't like the service your cable company provides, switch to Uverse, DirectTV, or Dish or better yet - cut the cord and go with Netflix/Hulu/HBONow/Amazon Prime/etc. If enough cable customers leave - they will have to change their tactics. That's how a free market works. I recently switched from Uverse to cable, cable sucked, I switched back. You have choices.
The last time a senator won back his seat after loosing it was over 70 years ago. The last time it occurred was in 1934 in Rhode Island when Democrat Peter Gerry defeated Republican Felix Hebert after losing the seat to Hebert six years earlier.
They don't test their drugs on guinea pigs, they test them on political prisoners (or at least they used to).
I remembered Estebita and Piri dying in blackout cells, the victims of biological experimentation; Diosdado Aquit, Chino Tan, Eddy Molina, and so many others murdered in the forced-labor fields, quarries, and camps. A legion of specters, naked, crippled, hobbling and crawling through my mind, and the hundreds of men wounded and mutilated in the horrifying searches. Source: Armando Valladares‘ “Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro’s Gulag"
Estimates of the cost to bring a drug to market in the United States range from 161 million to over two billion dollars. We could probably learn much from Cuba about how to cut through the red tape and bring drugs to market less expensively.
Capitalism is not a form of government (as stated that in my original post).
Just look at the index of the most corrupt countries, North Korea tops the list, or the countries most likely to win business abroad by paying bribes (Russia and China top that list).
The US isn't actually that corrupt as compared to the rest of the world.
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We agree on that. I do believe that with most government interference in the marketplace the law of unintended consequences rears it's ugly head. The road to hell is, after all, paved with good intentions.
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/UnintendedConsequences.html
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Gotta love that pun
Get it? submarine-launched, surface.
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You can't have it both ways - either you support a healthy debate or you want the senate to push it through without debate. Your assertions that they issue has already been debated is a non-starter since the bill they would be debating is a new bill.
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In regards to your second point. Many would and have argued that the Title II must apply to the entire US Internet infrastructure because of the very nature of Title II (it was originally written to regulate the phone system, although I'll assume you knew that so as not to insult your intelligence). That will be debated in the courts so I have no interest in debating it here. There is no question that most TD posters will interpret the rules in the most favorable light toward their particular bias. No sense in arguing about it.
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Slow news day?
Second - There are seven court cases pending, there is a fair chance the whole thing will get thrown out and we'll be back to where we started. Read the motion to stay the ruling to understand the other side of the argument (link below). Note that the requested stay would leave in place the three rules prohibiting blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. They are fighting the negative effects of Title II, not net neutrality.
https://www.ustelecom.org/sites/default/files/documents/1343793_1%202015%2003%2013%20Join t%20Motion%20for%20Partial%20Stay%20Pending%20Judicial%20Revi....pdf
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My point is that consumers have many choices other than cable these days. Cable does not have a monopoly on content anymore.
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Cable companies are in business to make money, they are not social service organizations. There is nothing wrong with being in business to make money.
If you don't like the service your cable company provides, switch to Uverse, DirectTV, or Dish or better yet - cut the cord and go with Netflix/Hulu/HBONow/Amazon Prime/etc. If enough cable customers leave - they will have to change their tactics. That's how a free market works. I recently switched from Uverse to cable, cable sucked, I switched back. You have choices.
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Hilarious indeed.
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My issue is that TD claims to be non-partisan but tends to laud democrats and lambaste republicans.
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Non-partisan?
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I wouldn't get too excited...
It should be an interesting race.
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I remembered Estebita and Piri dying in blackout cells, the victims of biological experimentation; Diosdado Aquit, Chino Tan, Eddy Molina, and so many others murdered in the forced-labor fields, quarries, and camps. A legion of specters, naked, crippled, hobbling and crawling through my mind, and the hundreds of men wounded and mutilated in the horrifying searches. Source: Armando Valladares‘ “Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro’s Gulag"
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Would you attribute this to the 'nanny state' or to corporate interests?
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Just look at the index of the most corrupt countries, North Korea tops the list, or the countries most likely to win business abroad by paying bribes (Russia and China top that list).
The US isn't actually that corrupt as compared to the rest of the world.
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