pacino wrote:does he even know what net neutrality is about

momadance wrote:

This #$!&@ guy.

excerpt wrote: Given that liberals are people who: 1) have built a welfare state that is now the biggest thing government does in America; and 2) want to regard themselves and be regarded by others as compassionate empathizers determined to alleviate suffering, it should follow that nothing would preoccupy them more than making sure the welfare state machine is functioning at maximum efficiency. When it isn’t, after all, the sacred mission of alleviating preventable suffering is inevitably degraded. In fact, however, liberals do not seem all that concerned about whether the machine they’ve built, and want to keep expanding, is running well.

TomatoPie wrote:Take 10 minutes for this - "The Case Against Liberal Compassion"

http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/current

excerpt wrote: Given that liberals are people who: 1) have built a welfare state that is now the biggest thing government does in America; and 2) want to regard themselves and be regarded by others as compassionate empathizers determined to alleviate suffering, it should follow that nothing would preoccupy them more than making sure the welfare state machine is functioning at maximum efficiency. When it isn’t, after all, the sacred mission of alleviating preventable suffering is inevitably degraded. In fact, however, liberals do not seem all that concerned about whether the machine they’ve built, and want to keep expanding, is running well.

Readers could have concluded that liberals are never satisfied because they get up every morning thinking, “What can I do today to make government a little bigger, and the patch of ground where people live their lives completely unaffected by government power and benevolence a little smaller?” And maybe some liberals do that. Perhaps many do. The narrator of “The Shadow,” a radio drama that ran in the 1930s, would intone at the beginning of every episode, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?”

drsmooth wrote:hadn't seen this one. I'd ascribe it more to Teabaggers than to Republicans generally:

drsmooth wrote:

TomatoPie wrote:Take 10 minutes for this - "The Case Against Liberal Compassion"

http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/current

excerpt wrote: Given that liberals are people who: 1) have built a welfare state that is now the biggest thing government does in America; and 2) want to regard themselves and be regarded by others as compassionate empathizers determined to alleviate suffering, it should follow that nothing would preoccupy them more than making sure the welfare state machine is functioning at maximum efficiency. When it isn’t, after all, the sacred mission of alleviating preventable suffering is inevitably degraded. In fact, however, liberals do not seem all that concerned about whether the machine they’ve built, and want to keep expanding, is running well.

this is the sort of reductionist, mechanistic, cartoonish claptrap that causes people to believe there is no such thing as serious conservative thought, or thinkers

Barack Obama called for “the strongest possible rules to protect” the open internet on Monday and came out against proposals championed by cable and telecoms companies to create fast lanes for the web.

The president’s statement comes as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepares to publish new rules to regulate the internet after a series of legal defeats at the hands of telecoms and cable companies.

“An open internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life. By lowering the cost of launching a new idea, igniting new political movements, and bringing communities closer together, it has been one of the most significant democratizing influences the world has ever known,” Obama said.

The president came out firmly against a proposal that would allow cable companies to create “fast lanes” for higher paying customers. Cable and telecoms companies have lobbied for fast lanes, arguing that companies like Netflix should pay more for the large amount of bandwidth they use.

Opponents argue such a move would create a tiered internet with faster service for those who can pay, and end “net neutrality” – the principle that all traffic is equal on the web.

“Net neutrality has been built into the fabric of the internet since its creation — but it is also a principle that we cannot take for granted. We cannot allow internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for services and ideas,“ wrote Obama. He said the FCC should impose “the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality.”

SK790 wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

TomatoPie wrote:Take 10 minutes for this - "The Case Against Liberal Compassion"

http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/current

excerpt wrote: Given that liberals are people who: 1) have built a welfare state that is now the biggest thing government does in America; and 2) want to regard themselves and be regarded by others as compassionate empathizers determined to alleviate suffering, it should follow that nothing would preoccupy them more than making sure the welfare state machine is functioning at maximum efficiency. When it isn’t, after all, the sacred mission of alleviating preventable suffering is inevitably degraded. In fact, however, liberals do not seem all that concerned about whether the machine they’ve built, and want to keep expanding, is running well.

this is the sort of reductionist, mechanistic, cartoonish claptrap that causes people to believe there is no such thing as serious conservative thought, or thinkers

forget people starving, struggling to get affordable healthcare, rampant child poverty, etc... if the system isn't 100% efficient it's not worth it. as we all know, the private sector is very efficient and there is no waste.

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