For all of you on all sides of this, check out www.goooh.com a very non partisan site. This organization is getting a lot of traction nationwide.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:37 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Follow up article He still owes me 10 bucks. -----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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