Here is a great victory (I think) in our battle to hold on to the internet as we know it, especially the preservation of free speech. Nate Anderson from ars technica did a great job summing up all of the critical points of the discussion. To the FCC commissioners who didn’t agree, do you understand what the internet is and how it works?

Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling
By Nate Anderson | Published: July 25, 2008 - 09:13PM CT

Once FCC Chair Kevin Martin announced his support for sanctions against Comcast, penalties looked inevitable. The two Democrats on the …

I feel strongly about the despicable state of our corporate mainstream media and I have found this excellent documentary (the first of a two part series) that talks about the link between increasing consolidation of the media and the diminishing diversity of ideas shared to the general public. Look what these high school students have done so far and ask yourself “Could I be doing more?”
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One thing that I do want to point out that I disagree with in the clip is the idea of America being a democracy. We are not a democracy, we are a constitutional republic. A …