This just baffles me. So Congress is about to vote to reverse the Internet's First Amendment..aka, "Network neutrality". The major media has ignored it, McJoan posted about it today and it only get 45 comments. I know a few Kossacks have posted a few diaries on it over the past few days but, NOTHING ABOUT THIS ON THE RECOMMENDED DIARIES RIGHT NOW, WTF IS UP WITH THAT?!!!
Now, for the record, I am not a good diarist, I don't word things eloquantly, and my political intellect, though well informed, doesn't spit out the natural seemless saavy of Kos' star bloggers...not even close.
But when I read about repub AND dem Congress reps getting ready to sell off our internet rights to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast, I don't know why this isn't a top priority RIGHT NOW.
If you haven't already, go to:
http://www.savetheinternet.org
I signed all the petitions, I emailed and called all my friends, I joined them on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/....
and I posted several bullitans, and recruited all my MySpace friends to do the same.
MoveOn has a petition too:
http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/
I know this is a simple diary, and somewhat redundant to the one Mcjoan posted earlier today, but for cryin out loud folks, LET'S GIVE THIS ISSUE THE PUSH IT DESERVES!!!!
The following excerpts are taken from http://savetheinternet.org
"Net Neutrality allows everyone to compete on a level playing field and is the reason that the Internet is a force for economic innovation, civic participation and free speech. If the public doesn't speak up now, Congress will cave to a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign by telephone and cable companies that want to decide what you do, where you go, and what you watch online.
This isn't just speculation -- we've already seen what happens elsewhere when the Internet's gatekeepers get too much control. Last year, Canada's version of AT&T -- Telus -- blocked their Internet customers from visiting a Web site sympathetic to workers with whom Telus was negotiating. And Shaw, a major Canadian cable company, charges an extra $10 a month to subscribers who dare to use a competing Internet telephone service."
UPDATE:
Here's a great map that savetheinternet.org has to find out where your reps stand on network neutrality. When you click on a state, a window below the map will pop up with that state's rep(s) name(s) & phone contact info.
http://www.savetheinternet.org/=map