Liberal Forum

The government doesn't want to run the internet butthole. They just don't want Comcast and other big ISPs running it. And all your talk about competition is ****. This is what happens when cities try to offer local high-speed Internet service to their residents. They get threatened by the big ISPs....

No, no, Beltway politicians are the source of all benefits for Americans!...

The government has also been involved in aerospace, so let's let the federal government run all airlines. It's been involved in development of internal combustion engines, so let's let the the federal government take over all related industries including the auto industry. The federal government ...

Trust me, there would be internet without the gov't....

There would be no need for any infrastructure and nothing to bring to market had they not paid for the research that developed the protocol....

Read what I said. They did not invest in the infrastructure nor bring it to market....

The Internet was originally developed by computer scientists whose research was heavily financed by the federal government, most notably through Darpa, the research arm of the Defense Department, so yes the government invested and built it. Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn developed the TCP/IP on a gover...

Quote me where I'm "all for it," liar. F*** you and your endless lies and smears....

You want to claim that minor development is the same size, scope and value as today's internet? Stupid, stupid, stupid. And what does the word "invest" mean, moonbat? Compare what the government spent then for that minor result with what has been spent by private companies since....

You are a **** nutcase. Misty: You would give them the power to block or slow down users’ connections to online content, discriminate against online content and applications that they don't like, censor our speech, exert control over where you go and what you see, and scrutinize every piece of ...