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In defense of gridlock

Posted on January 15, 2011 | Comments Off on In defense of gridlock

Nay, in FAVOR of gridlock. The legacy media is always nattering on about Congress being “productive.” Which  means passing more laws. Geez, Louise, haven’t we got enough laws yet?

Not to mention agencies, such as the EPA and the FCC which nowadays make their own laws (i.e. regulations) without consulting Congress. The EPA plans to regulate cow farts (CO2) and the FCC wants to regulate Facebook (i.e. the Internet). It’s the rule of the bureaucrats. They don’t care which party is in the House or Senate—they’re “productive” all by themselves, i.e. out of control.

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First they came for the ISPs, but I wasn’t an ISP…

Posted on June 17, 2010 | Comments Off on First they came for the ISPs, but I wasn’t an ISP…

Be patient, the FCC will get around to bloggers, too. Just a matter of time. Got to watch what you say on these public innertubes, you know. Especially when you have the fascist Democrats in charge of government. They’ll tax and regulate everything they can get their hands on.

UPDATE:  Then there’s the infamous Internet “kill switch” the Democrats like so much. It’s billed as part of “national security,” but it’s also Old Media’s only chance to regain its Democrat-adoring, gate-keeping supremacy over public discourse.

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FCC sticks its big nose into the Internet’s tent

Posted on October 23, 2009 | Comments Off on FCC sticks its big nose into the Internet’s tent

It’s always the conservatives who the liberal news and entertainment media portray as being repressive. But it’s usually the liberals who want to pass more laws to regulate more things to their liking. Hence the new Democrat FCC’s new venture, which is certain to eventually go well beyond this apparently benign first move. The Electronic Frontier Foundation rightly fears a future power grab.

MORE: Worth remembering that the Democrat’s FTC already has its nose in the tent trying to regulate bloggers.

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Dit, dah dit, dah dit dit, that’s it

Posted on December 16, 2006 | Comments Off on Dit, dah dit, dah dit dit, that’s it

When I was in scouts, two shortwave amateurs who ran their rigs out of their basements–via tall towers looming over their back yards–taught Morse code for the shortave radio merit badge. It looked too hard to me, so I went for something else. First Aid, I think it was, or maybe canoeing.

Only needed to wait about fifty more years, until Friday’s ruling.

"In an historic move, the FCC has acted to drop the Morse code requirement for all Amateur Radio license classes…Currently, Amateur Radio applicants for General and higher class licenses have to pass a 5 [words per minute] Morse code test to operate on [High Frequency]. Today’s [Report & Order] will eliminate that requirement all around."

Dit dah, dit dah, dit dah, that’s all, folks. (Translations here)

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