December 2010

And to all my friends at Baker and Daniels and Shoaff and Evan Bayh, to the James Barretts, the James Bonds, and the Ewings, especially B.Edward; to "Walker," to Walter P. Helmke and the son of Robert Beams; to Ian M. Rolland, Rob Morrow, Billy Salin, Orange W. Maxfield, and dear Kenneth W. Maxfield; to Fred Marolf of County Line Cheese, and to all they in Leo, Indiana, Cedarville and beyond who continue to keep Minnie and the unmarked grave of Frank H.

Well, I happened to watch another day of the Senate START treaty debate on Monday. And lo and behold, the right wing kitchen known as "The Republican Think Tank" had been busy grinding out more sausage to be served to the Senate. The sausages were dished out on silver platters to three Republican senators that were each allowed to stamp their names on them. There was the Uncle Jimmy Inhofe sausage, and beaming brightly and bursting with pride were the two junior senators offering up, the Cousin Johnny Thune sausage, and the Little Georgie Lemieux sausage.

I've lost count of how many instances President Obama has opted to capitulate to conservative politicians and and sell out to corporate interests while betraying issues previously held as sacrosanct by democrats and those who voted for him. I've lost track how many times my jaw dropped and said to myself... he's done it again. His position on net neutrality once again shows Obama to be nothing more than a lackey for corporate interests. I guess I should stop being surprised when he comes out with yet another betrayal bomb.

After hearing about the proposed NBC-Comcast merger and the recent Julian Assange/Wikileaks flap, I figured it would just be a matter of time before Internet Neutrality comes under fire. After all, the internet is the last variable our corporate rulers will need to control in order to completely regulate the information we have access to.

Check it out:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12046874