FCC and the internet

[Douglas Pollard]

Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> On Thu, October 22, 2009 15:29, Steve Furbish wrote:
>   
>> Douglas Pollard wrote:
>>     
>>> Net Neutrality is not so much the problem. It is the FCC that will gain
>>> control to enforce it.  One more case  of  using an seemingly innocent
>>> bill to gain control and we won't know what Net Neutrality is, until it
>>> is past, as are all bills these days with no one being able to read them
>>> in their entirety before passing.  It may not be an attempt at censor
>>> ship, but is it a Trojan horse ??
>>>
>>>
>>>         Doug
>>>       
>> The "Trojan Horse theory" is perhaps slightly more eloquently explained
>> in Corynne McSherry's commentary posted yesterday on the EFF website.
>> The bottom line is can you trust a government to do the right thing
>> where power and massive amounts of profit are at stake?
>>
>> Steve
>>     
>
> Hi Steve!
>
> Who controls a government? Voters. Who can vote? Everybody older than
> [legal voting age in your country] What is the value of a vote? Each vote
> has the same value.
>
> Who controls a private company? Shareholders. Who has shares? Everybody
> rich enough to buy shares. What is the value of each vote? The biggest
> shareholder has the biggest vote.
>
>
> The bottom line is can you trust a private company to do the right thing
> where power and massive amounts of profit are at stake?
>
> At least you can send a government home in the elections every couple of
> years. A good example are the US of A: they sent the republicans home
> after 8 years of Bush administration.
>
>
>   

> 	The real voters in a corporation are the customers who vote with their money.  The  successful corporate stock holders know this and their votes center around keeping the customer voteing with their dollars. When a company becomes corrupt and operates in a self interest that ignores the customers needs they are not long for this world except that Government programs and laws prop them up until they become to big to fail. The banks, lending institution and auto manufacturers who have failed were propped up by Government and are now largely owned by Government.    Seems like a pattern to me. 
    For the last fifty years the smaller manufacturers that have been 
making automotive parts have been waiting for the auto industry to fail 
so they can take over the the automobile market.    Guess what, it now 
belongs to  a bankrupt Government and the auto workers unions.    Guess 
what else they are both leftist organisations.  I find it amazing that 
the left who has been terrified at haveing to run a buisness and compete 
for customer dollars has now realised it's worst fears.  They will now 
have to actually run something at a proffit.     Since profit is their 
dirtiest word,  that is a show I can't wait to see. So now the smaller 
companies will have to wait for this conglomeration to loose the auto 
market before they pick it up and realize their dreams.    These guys 
are chomping at the bit to compete with automakers the world over and 
they have a new buisness model to do it with.   That model is the old 
outdated model of making cars that young men and women can fall in love 
with.  Sexy body styles and names that  will capture their imagination. 
    I thought to take advantage of the $4500 car allowance and went and 
drove a government General Motors car. What an experience that was . A 
third world automobile, no power and ugly as home made sin. It is so 
little a teenager can't even get in the back seat with his girlfriend. 
People don't want this junk unless the Government is going to pay most 
of the cost and even then they don't like them.  A fellow about 50 years 
old buying one with Governemnt money told me that:   " I never thought I 
would ever drive SH*T  like this".  I guess if someone wants to give you 
thousands of dollars of your tax money back or give it to someone else 
it's kind of hard not to take it even if you do have to drive a grocery 
cart.
    I didn't get the car and I didn't take the money but I did get back 
in my old car and drive away with my sense of pride intact.
     Anyway I don't agree that business is corrupt unless it is failing 
and as long as it is succeeding it has to have it's customers interest 
at heart and and a desire to make a profit.   It is business leaders on 
the right that know this and it is the left that attempts to inject all 
manner of other reasons for a company to operate and usually in the name 
of the public good as if that justifies thrier corrupting political 
ideas.                                                                 
        Doug