George Soros’ New Plan for Global Financial Regulation

What would you think if George Soros were organizing his fellow anti-American, globalist, neo-Marxist “thought leaders,” in pursuit of globally governed banking and finance, in a second Bretton Woods conference?

Would you consider that their goals include dragging American influence and incomes down, while confiscating much of our personal finances and giving them to other nations [...]

Google CEO Schmidt: Search for Thee, but Not for Me

From AFP:

An upcoming book about Google claims that Eric Schmidt, who is to step down next week as chief executive, once asked for information about a political donation he made to be removed from the Internet giant’s search engine, The New York Times reported Friday.
The Times said Schmidt’s request is recounted in “In the Plex: [...]

AT&T’s T-Mobile Acquisition Should Not Be Exploited to Force Net Neutrality

As you may have read, just the other day AT&T announced its intended purchase of T-Mobile for $39 billion.  With the move, AT&T will be the largest mobile carrier in the nation, serving about 130 million Americans.

Many factors likely hastened the acquisition.  Chief among them is the lack of spectrum and related infrastructure for AT&T [...]

The Evil Empire Strikes Back: Google ‘Flags’ Website Skeptical of Global Warming

Boy, them Googlers Act Fast.
Climate ’skeptic’ website ICECAP posted this item noting Google’s latest gambit in global warming activism, which includes bringing on board as an advisor an academic whose name and address pop up with some frequency in the ClimateGate emails.
Apparently in response, Google has flagged ICECAP’s website with this warning, discouraging traffic:
“This site may be [...]

Claim: FCC Is Dragging Its Feet on Obama’s Regulatory Review Promise

From National Journal:

In a paean to deregulation, a group of top telecommunication companies and trade associations sent a letter to the White House Friday, complaining that the Federal Communications Commission isn’t doing enough to reduce federal rules.
Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner Cable and Verizon joined organizations like CTIA and Broadband for America in arguing that the [...]

Republican Reactive Neutrality

I feel like, “We warned you,” is not quite poignant enough. But well…we warned you. Those of us in the free market technology policy sector have been trying to wake up various think-tanks and Republican politicians alike to the dangers of Network Neutrality for roughly 6 years now. We were all ignored for the most part and now the reality is starting to sink in that Republicans will have to lie in the bed they made for themselves.

It’s On: House GOP vs. the FCC

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rammed through net neutrality regulations last December, Chairman Julius Genachowski may have been hoping Americans would be too busy with their Christmas shopping to notice and that the matter would die as other issues grabbed at Congress’ and the public’s attention in the new year.
Judging by the response of [...]

Class Warfare: PBS’ Rich-Progressives Subsidy to Get Budget Haircut

Seems in this weekend’s House deficit-cutting exercise, public media got a haircut – federal subsidies for PBS will end if the House budget holds sway.  Not surprisingly, PBS (and all its supporters in the media, blogosphere, twittersphere and on Capitol Hill), were freaking out.

As one series of highly organized “grassroots” tweets trilled:
RT @jcstearns: New House [...]

Internet Frees Egypt, But ‘Doing No Evil’ Doesn’t End There

When I look at the picture of the horrifically tortured Khaled Said I am sickened.  A government willing to do this – perhaps to thousands of “disappeared” Egyptians over the past 30 years – to silence dissenting voice, to kill humanity, deserves to be reviled by the world.

Technology brought Said’s (and Egypt’s) horror to our [...]

The Internet ‘Stimulus’-Just as Destructive as the Rest of the ‘Stimulus’

Tucked into the fatty, flabby folds of the nearly $1 trillion alleged “stimulus” bill foisted upon us (and our children, and their children, with interest) in 2009 was $7.2 billion for broadband Internet projects.

And from what we’ve learned, it’s been executed just as spectacularly well as has all the rest.
Large swaths of at least $2.5 [...]

Who Shut Off the Lights? Bring Back the Incandescent Lightbulb

The enviros have succeeded in destroying both the environment and jobs with their radical legislative successes. First, it was their complete stranglehold on our nation’s energy policy: no new nuclear plants, a complete ban on exploring for natural gas domestically or for drilling for oil near our coasts. This forced us into the more hazardous [...]

Progressives and Free Press at the Comcast Merger Agreement Trough

Though Free Press outwardly expressed condemnation at the approval of the Comcast-NBC Merger earlier this month, they really got a lot of what they bargained for.  After their extensive lobbying blitz – with approximately 35 different FCC communiqués, including over 20 individual meetings with FCC Commissioners and their staff – it’s clear they helped shape [...]

The Marriage Between Free Press and George Soros Gets Stronger

It looks like the Soros machine isn’t done with Net Neutrality, even after its December coup at the FCC.
Our Soros-supported socialist friends at Free Press just announced that David Saldana will be its new communications director.  If that name doesn’t ring a bell, you evidently haven’t been following Mr. Soros’ funding priorities.

Before joining Free Press, he was [...]

Guaranteed Income (Part II): A Real End to Illegal Immigration

In my last post, I explained the best way to end unemployment is an Ebay / Paypal style solution to auction off the “Man Weeks” of our unemployed:

All registered workers are guaranteed an income of $10,400 per year, at least $6 per hour.  The minimum bid is $1, and the government uses current Unemployment Insurance [...]

Internet Kill Switch – Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Egypt Today, USA Tomorrow

Our Capitol Hill Insider Elizabeth Letchworth is keeping us up to date with Congress’ attempts to give the President an Internet kill switch.  Tea Party Nation’s Judson Phillips is warning against it.  From the Honorable Elizabeth Letchworth of GradeGov.com:
“The Senate Leader introduced this bill as a placeholder for the 112th Congress. He wants to use [...]

Obama’s True ‘Sputnik Moment’: Recognizing the Failure of His Ideology

Whether or not you’re buying the sudden, unlikely, belief in American Exceptionalism that Barack Obama displayed during his State of the Union speech, one thing is clear.  However great we, as a nation are, we cannot “win the future.”

In his address, Obama spent a lot of time talking about our “Sputnik Moment.”  In the mid [...]

Wireless Provider Follows Verizon in Suing FCC to Undo Net Neutrality

Metro PCS is an American wireless phone service provider – with coverage reaching about 90% of the nation.  Their slogan is “Wireless for All” – and their different price packages are certainly readily accessible for most people.

Including a single smart phone-specific $40 a month (absurd taxes and fees included) 4G network plan for unlimited talk, [...]

Reason.tv: Jeb Bush on Disrupting the Education Monopoly

As governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, Jeb Bush championed school choice. His first year in office he created a program that offered vouchers to students in failing schools. The program successfully boosted student achievement until it was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2006. Two other Bush-supported programs — one that offers [...]

Hey FCC: Approve the Comcast-NBC Merger, Already

Comcast and NBC-Universal (NBCU) have been waiting to merge for, well, ever.  Or at least it seems that way.

Mergers of this sort are supposed to be approved within 180 days of applying to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Justice Department for permission.  (As offensive as that may sound – two companies reaching mutually [...]

House Republican Introduces Bill to Block FCC’s ‘Internet Grab’

Rep. Marsha Blackburn introduced legislation Wednesday to deny the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulatory oversight over the Internet, which the Tennessee Republican insisted was the “sole prerogative of Congress” to administer.

“I agree that the Internet faces a number of challenge, ” Blackburn said in a release. “Only Congress can address those challenges without compounding them. [...]

Guaranteed Income: The Christian Solution to Our Economy

I’m about to perform a healing.   For those non-believers out there… like magic, it will terrify and then delight you.   Maybe it’ll scare the jesus into you.
I warn even the staunchest Christian; this will test your mettle.   It will clench your teeth and stiffen your spine.   But, Tea Party babies, I [...]

What If the FCC Had Always Regulated the Internet?

Over at Slate, the always interesting Jack Schafer imagines a world where government always regulated the Internet:

In January 1993, idle regulators at the FCC belatedly discover the burgeoning world of online services. Led by CompuServe, MCI Mail, AOL, GEnie, Delphi, and Prodigy, these services have been embraced by the computer-owning public. Users “log on” to [...]

How to Cultivate a Food Crisis

President Obama says that he wishes to increase employment, double U.S. exports, and end the recession. But ihis regulatory apparatchiks haven’t gotten the memo.

How to Cultivate a Food Crisis

President Obama says that he wishes to increase employment, double U.S. exports, and end the recession. But ihis regulatory apparatchiks haven’t gotten the memo.

Government’s Internet Grab Begins: FCC Approves Internet Regulations

From the AFP:

The five-member Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the rules aimed at safeguarding “network neutrality,” the principle that lawful Web traffic should be treated equally, by a 3-2 vote at an open meeting here.
The three Democrats on the panel voted in favor of the rules, which are likely to face legal challenges, while the two Republicans [...]

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