Sunday, May 14, 2006

Phone Companies Using Front Groups?

The bad guys are pretending they're the good guys. The phone companies and allies are hiding behind front groups trying to kill net neutrality. Don't be fooled; click here for details. And remember, call and write your congressman. There is a reason the big corporations are spending wads of money to kill net neutrality. It's just like there is a reason they spend millions on campaign contributions. Votes really count and net neutrality preserves an informed electorate.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Letters: Pelosi: Impeachment is "off the table" - Salon

Letters: Pelosi: Impeachment is "off the table" - Salon: "Patriots worry about the Constitution first; politcal gain second.

No wonder people don't vote. No one represents them. This is how we keep getting into these messes. The smart boys, or in this case, Ms. Pelosi, are always looking after the main chance. She wants to take impeachment off the table because it might scare voters and prevent her from becoming Speaker of the House. She needs to worry about doing the right thing and then trusting the voters to do the same.

It appears that Bush and Cheney have broken the law. The Democrats don't have to campaign on a platform that they will impeach them, but they should not promise not to either. When/if they get a majority, they must impeach. They took an oath to defend the Constitution, not to win the Presidency in 2008.

Whether Cheney or Hastert ascend to office should not be the deciding factor. If the Democrats believe Bush or Cheney broke the law, they should impeach them and force the Senate to try them.

History shows that in a two year period, from 1973-1974, America got rid of Vice President Spriro Agnew and President Richard Nixon. Whether Hastert, or someone else, plays the role of Gerald Ford, the principal of self governement will have won. If the Democrats can't see this, they've lost all purpose. If we don't insist on this, we've lost our country.

-- jimmycarl"

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Congress Must Not Sell Out the Internet

The Congress must be persuaded that they must preserve Net Neutrality. Check out this article from the March 20 New Yorker . Then ask yourself why any Congressman, not criminally in the service of the corporate phone and broadband providers, would vote to end Net Neutrality. If they do, the Internet, as we have known it, is dead.

The mainstream media can no longer be trusted to deliver news and the government cannot be trusted to tell the truth. All we have is each other and the only way we can communicate is via a free Internet. Call, write and email your congressman. Insist they vote to preserve that freedom.

jimmy c.