If you don't vote than what makes you think you deserve to be heard here or anywhere for that matter?
Get informed & vote. It does make a difference. Best, Brad -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:39 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Follow up article I have not voted to this day, to be honest. It is the masses and "the public" that votes and they well out number me. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." --- Winston Churchill On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Glenn Kelley <gl...@hostmedic.com> wrote: > Josh > > How does it feel to be in the middle of a state where your vote hardly > matters? > > I, in NJ had the same issue until recently. > > Let's hope the larger cities finally wake the heck up! > > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:56 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > > You know I really didn't like Obama in the beginning. > > > > Now he's really pissing me off. > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to > > continue > > that counts." > > --- Winston Churchill > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:53 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I was just wondering about this the other day. It seems that we > >> (USA) give > >> things away so freely only to have them used against us. In the > >> case of the > >> net, I find it ironic that the very thing we developed is being > >> used to > >> attack our government and our people in so many ways yet we let > >> everyone > >> connect to it. I think we should start cutting of the ilk that hack > >> or > >> attempt to hack into our networks. > >> -RickG > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Chuck Profito <cprof...@cv- > >> access.com > >>> wrote: > >> > >>>> From NewsMax: > >>> > >>> 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 moved quietly to cede control of > >>> the > >> Web > >>> from the United States to foreign powers. > >>> > >>> Some background: The Internet came into being because of the > >>> genius work > >> of > >>> Americans Dr.Robert E. Kahn and Dr. Vinton G. Cerf. These men, while > >>> working > >>> for the Department of Defense in the Defense Advanced Research > >>> Projects > >>> Agency in the early 1970s, conceived, designed, and implemented > >>> 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 providing a person with a unique identifier > >>> (TCP/IP)that was able to be recognized and interact through a > >>> network of > >>> servers would allow users to communicate with others. > >>> > >>> The servers woulduse a series of giant receivers to recognize the > >>> identifier > >>> and connect networks to networks, passing 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 its 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, which operates on behalf of the U.S. > >>> Department > >>> of Commerce, 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's 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 America's 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 are responsible for 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 we 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 China's recent move against Google to censor > >>> the > >>> Internet, and you can envision what can happen when other nations > >>> less > >> free > >>> than the United States 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 actions will set in motion a slow and > >>> complete > >>> takeover of the Internet by the United Nations 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. Rather, his job is to work to strengthen us and > >> protect > >>> our nation's greatest asset our people's creativity and ingenuity. > >>> > >>> > >>> Bradley A. Blakeman, who was a deputy assistant to President > >>> George W. > >> Bush > >>> from 2001-20004, teaches Public Policy & Politics & International > >>> Affairs > >>> at > >>> Georgetown University. > >>> > >>> > >>> C Newsmax. All rights reserved. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- > >>> boun...@wispa.org] On > >>> Behalf Of RickG > >>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:58 PM > >>> To: WISPA General List > >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Commissioner Robert McDowell's statement on > >>> Broadband... > >>> > >>> I wonder what the catch is :) > >>> -RickG > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:07 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> "First, do harm". > >>>> > >>>> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296081A1.pdf > >>>> > >>>> This speech was made at the end of January... At least ONE > >>> commissioner's > >>>> got his head on straight... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> ---- > >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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