It is not in anyones best interests that any one organization be in control of communications.... the US under several Presidents of both parties have proven this without even a whimper from the "we want it all" crowd...... when every treaty signed as to trade forces open competition in telecommunications and line use upon them .....or no deal...
For ease, check NAFTA and CAFTA... It is a little late to cry "foul" now.... the game is over. Besides that .... don't y'all have anti monopoly laws ???? On Feb 4, 11:34 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Newsmax - Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign > Powers<http://newsmax.com/Headline/obama-internet-iana-united/2010/01/31/id/...> > > Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers > Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 06:41 PM > Article Font Size > > *By: Bradley A. Blakeman* > > Without the ingenuity of America’s brightest minds and the investment of > U.S. taxpayer dollars, there would be no Internet, as we now know it today. > > Now, the Obama administration has quietly moved to cede control of the web > from the United States to foreign powers. > > Some background. The Internet came into being thanks to the genius work of > Americans, Dr.Robert E. Kahn and Dr. Vinton G. Cerf. These men, while > employed by the Department of Defense in the DARPA office, (Defense Advanced > Research Projects Agency), in the early 1970s, went to work conceiving, > designing and implementing the idea of "open-architecture networking." > > This breakthrough in connectivity and networking was the birth of the > Internet. > > These two gentlemen had the vision and the brainpower to create a worldwide > computer Internet communications network that forever changed the world and > how we communicate in it. > > They discovered that by providing a person with a unique identifier > (TCP/IP), which was able to be recognized and interact through a network of > servers, all users then could communicate amongst themselves and with > others. > > The servers would recognize the identifier and connect networks-to-networks, > (utilizing a series of giant servers), that would pass on information from > computer to computer in a seamless real-time exchange of information. This > new process of communication became know as the "information super highway," > aka, the Internet. > > Now for the bad news — in an effort to show the world how inclusive, > sharing, cooperative, and international America can be, the Obama > administration set off on a plan to surrender control and key management of > the Internet by the U.S. Department of Commerce and their agents. > > The key to the control America has over the Internet is through the > management of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the giant servers that > service the Internet. > > Domain names are managed through an entity named IANA, the Internet Assigned > Numbers Authority. The IANA operates on behalf of the U.S. Department of > Commerce. The IANA is responsible for the global coordination of the DNS, IP > addressing and other Internet protocol resources. > > In short, without an IP Address or other essential Internet protocols, a > person or entity would not have access to the Internet. > > For years, the international community has been pressuring the United States > to surrender its control and management of the Internet. They want an > international body such as the United Nations or even the International > Telecommunications Union, (an entity that coordinates international > telephone communications), to manage all aspects of the Internet in behalf > of all nations. > > The argument advanced for those seeking international control of the > Internet is that the Internet has become such a powerful, pervasive, and a > dependent form of international communications, that it would be dangerous > and inequitable for any one nation to control and manage it. > > Just this past spring, within months of Obama taking office, his > administration, through the Department of Commerce, agreed to relinquish > some control over IANA and their governance. The Obama Administration has > agreed to give greater representation to foreign companies and countries on > IANA. > > This amounts to one small step for internationalism and one giant leap for > surrendering America¹s control over an invention we have every right and > responsibility to control and manage. > > It is in America's economic and national security interests not to > relinquish any control. We currently are responsible for regarding the > control, operation and functionality of one of the modern world's greatest > inventions and most powerful communications network. > > What better country to protect the Internet than the United States? > > We invented it and we paid for the research and implementation that made it > possible. We are the freest, most tolerant nation on earth, we believe in > the > fundamental right of free speech, and practice a free market of commerce and > ideas. > > America has always been against censorship and has shared its invention with > the world without fee or unreasonable or arbitrary restriction. The user fee > to operate on the Internet is not one paid to the U.S. Government; a > consumer pays it to private Internet companies, who provide access to the > Internet through servers for their subscribers. > > Look no further than the recent move by China against Google to censor the > Internet and you can envision what can happen when other nations less free > than the U.S. seek to control the Internet beyond even their own borders. > > America needs to wake up. If we lose control over the management of the > Internet, we have given away one of our nation's greatest assets with > nothing > in return to show for it. > > The Obama Administration's current actions will set in motion a slow and > complete take-over of the Internet by the U.N. or some other equally > U.S.-hostile and unfriendly international body. And once it is gone, it will > be gone forever. > > The surrender of the Internet will spell disaster for our nation, > financially, as well as for safety, security and our standing as a great > power that values freedom and the free exchange of ideas and information. > > As far as I am concerned, America is still the last best hope for a more > peaceful and prosperous world and our president should not be looking for > ways to weaken us, his job is to work to strengthen us and protect our > nations greatest asset our people's creativity and ingenuity. > > * > Bradley A. Blakeman was a Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush from > 2001-20004 and currently teaches Public Policy & Politics & International > Affairs at Georgetown University.* > > © Newsmax. All rights reserved. > > www.impeachobamacampaign.com -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
