http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...ency/23882079/
Now, before you go "but its a republican calling for the postponement; surely he is just being a crazy right wing loony!" as I'm sure some people want to...
"A senator who supported the FCC's postponement back then, Chaffetz notes, was then-senator Barack Obama. "He specifically noted while a certain proposal 'may pass the muster of a federal court, Congress and the public have the right to review any specific proposal and decide whether or not it constitutes sound policy. And the commission has the responsibility to defend any new proposal in public discourse and debate,'" Chaffetz said citing the original letter sent by Sen. Obama to Martin."
So, Obama back than was saying "We need to have the right to review any specific proposal and decide whether or not it constitutes sound policy"
So, back than, it was important to review the FCC's new rules; now, it isn't, why exactly? Because it is Obama's appointee? Because he influenced the rule change vote? :
"Originally, Wheeler had planned a different approach, but changed his strategy. His announcement of that shift came after President Obama in November called for tough net neutrality rules based on Title II."
Regardless of your political party, this should frighten you. I don't care if you are the staunchest Democrat of all time, or you don't vote, or you live in England and you do not care in the slightest about American politics, this effects you in the negative.
Other FCC people are even speaking out postponing the "Vote" on rule changes until a 30 day public rule review (Which, if you recall, Barack Obama supported as a senator)
"Also today, FCC commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O'Rielly too asked for Wheeler to release the proposal to the public and postpone the Thursday vote to allow for 30 days of public comment."
Which, Obama supported just eight years ago, but not now!
The "Defense" against postponing it and making it public is ludicrous; Wheeler claims that it would be a massive policy change, when the FCC itself has done it before, its not like it would be brand new:
"There is precedence for the FCC chairman to make rules public, the commissioners and Rep. Chaffetz said. In 2007, then-chairman Kevin Martin released to the public new media ownership rules and the entire FCC testified in a House hearing prior to the final vote in December."
(Note: Those are the rules that Obama supported in public being released to the public for review, just eight years ago....)
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And one last thing, this is not a political issue for me. I wouldn't care if we had elected a green man from Neptune as our president whose politics were more in line with the ocean people of freaking glagnar 12; this effects the entire world and should not be a secret rule vote by old men who have worked in the phone industry for decades.
Can people put aside political bias for one issue that effects the entire world, and just get the changes made public, so we don't have to be under the roof of new rules, without knowing wtf they are until after they pass?