Well, shit.
The FCC voted 3-2 today to let Big Bidness make deals with websites for faster internet. That’s basically going to kill net neutrality (see more about that at the link).
Read this article at the Washington Post for shenanigans. I don’t believe Wheeler for one second that this won’t become the slipperiest slope of all slopes ever. We’re already paying way too much for internet in the U.S. This only reinforces my opinion that we’ve become an oligarchy already and the corporate assholes are running the country.
I kinda want to leave. But where to go?
Image: Ktrinko / Wikimedia Commons
Write your Congress critter and contact the FCC here to protest.
Update: Here is a comment email you can use to send a comment. openinternet@fcc.gov
Graphomaniac - A. Elizabeth West 
Good post, but your image doesn’t show up. Love your use of “bidness.” We Southerners use “bitness.”
Ha!
Oh crap! Thanks for letting me know. I’ll fix it or change it.
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Graphomaniac – Elizabeth West wrote:
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Pretty disappointing, isn’t it? I believe in contacting our elected representatives, however, unless you’ve elected the likes of Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, they don’t care much about what we have to say. The only way to get through to them is to have a massive turnout at the polls in November and start voting them out.
Unfortunately, I don’t think our votes count for much anymore. :(
Yeah, I live in Indiana…my vote has never counted for much.