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On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Jerry Richardson <jrichard...@aircloud.com>wrote: > How did politics get in my inbox? > > Who's moderating this list anyway? They are asleep at the wheel! > > Sent Mobile > Jerry Richardson > airCloud Communications > > On Feb 2, 2010, at 1:20 PM, "Philip Dorr" > <wirel...@judgementgaming.com> wrote: > > > 5% Truman > > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Marco Coelho <coelh...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> I'm going to get my Junior chemistry set out and design a > >> President..... 5% of Lincoln, 25% Teddy Roosevelt, 25% Ronald > >> Reagan, > >> 20% Bush Jr., 25% ?? Suggestions? Patton maybe? Churchill? A blend? > >> > >> > >> > >> Marco > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com > >> > wrote: > >>> I liked him. Voted for him. Now, had enough of him. Where's LBJ > >>> when we > >>> need him?!!! :) > >>> > >>> Bob- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- > >>> boun...@wispa.org] On > >>> Behalf Of Josh Luthman > >>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:56 PM > >>> To: WISPA General List > >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Follow up article > >>> > >>> 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... 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