Would you care to elaborate on how the investigation of someones funding sources is operationally relevant to the rest of the list?
Aaron Cossey aaron.cos...@gmail.com On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Paul Wall <pauldotw...@gmail.com> wrote: > RB- > > Where can we find data on your group's funding sources? > > If we're to continue this discussion, we need to establish bias and > motive, which you've not covered on your own accord. > > Drive Slow, > Paul Wall > > On 11/25/09, Richard Bennett <rich...@bennett.com> wrote: >> Now you've descended from Steenbergen's hair-splitting between "on-net >> routes" (the mechanism) vs. "on-net access" (the actual product) into >> Simpson's straight-up lying. ITIF is not opposed to network neutrality >> in principle, having released a paper on "A Third Way on Network >> Neutrality", http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=63. There is not a single >> ultra-conservative on the ITIF board, they're all either moderate >> Democrats or moderate Republicans. >> >> I'm letting most of this childish venting slide, but I will point out >> the bald-faced lies. >> >> RB >> >> William Allen Simpson wrote: >>> They're opposed to net neutrality, and (based on his comments and several >>> of the papers) still think the Internet is some kind of bastard child >>> that >>> needs adult supervision in the middle -- by which they mean themselves >>> /in loco parentis/. >>> >>> Looking at the board, it's populated by ultra-conservative wing-nut >>> Republicans, and some Conservadems (as we call them in political circles, >>> they call themselves "centrists") from the "New Democrat Caucus" for >>> "bi-partisan" cover. And lots of lobbyists -- Federal lobbyists -- who >>> seem to list their educational clients on their bio, but not whether >>> they are also employed by a firm that represents other clients.... >> >> -- >> Richard Bennett >> Research Fellow >> Information Technology and Innovation Foundation >> Washington, DC >> >> >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > >
