John McCain and AT&T Can Suck It

11-Nov, 2009

I wrote to three Alaska representatives today regarding the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 (H.R. 3458). I encourage everyone to read the bill [easy read] and write to your representatives in Congress to uphold the recent guidelines established by the FCC. You can easily do this by going to savetheinternet.com and signing the petition, which will automatically get sent to your representatives. Feel free to check out the FAQ for more information. Do the right thing.

Senator John McCain has been speaking out against the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 and has introduced his own “Internet Freedom Act,” just to confuse people of course. And nevermind that several of Mr. McCain’s top fund-raisers lobby for the telecommunications industry, which regularly does business before the Senate Commerce Committee, where Mr. McCain is a senior member and once served as chairman.

I am quite disappointed that our elected members of congress can be so easily bought by lobbyists representing companies like AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

Oh yeah, and then there’s the whole:

AT&T’s top lobbyist Jim Cicconi sent a memo to managers urging them to encourage their families and friends “to join the voices telling the FCC not to regulate the Internet.”

thing served up by CNET’s Maggy Reardon. Jesus.

Please now refer back to the title of this post.

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