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    From WAYNE CHIRNSIDE@1:123/140 to ALL on Sat Feb 13 12:55:00 2010




    Well there's a new threat in town from the Citizens United ruling handed down by the
    Supreme Court.


    It seems telecom companies like those that control the ISP's you and I
    use to access the internet are claiming now that under their now
    established corporate first ammendment rights ( Citizens United) under the U.S. Constitution
    allows them the right to regulate the content and speed of access to various web sites
    they want to control.


    Personally I think the internet is the last hope of Democracy in this country where high ranking corporate members of the health industries and military industrial
    complex sit on the boards of virtually all mainstream media.


    IMO once they get their now legal hands on controlling the content of the internet we're essentially done as a representative democracy.


    OTOH if you're a member of the wealthiest 2 percent of the U.S. population
    or a member of elite corporate America what a boon to them.

    The rest of us...

    Not so much.

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