The American people in November
overwhelmingly historically rebuked President Barack Obama his policies and his unilateral practices.
The President his own self primed the pump for the election as a referendum - on him.
Obama: My Policies Are On the Ballot. Every Single One of Them.
President Obama has for years benefited greatly from then-Senate Majority Leader (Democrat) Harry Reid serving as a preemptive veto of most things legislation.
Senate Sitting on 290 Bills Already Passed by House; Tension Mounts (2010)
Democrat Senate Blocks 340 House Bills (2014)
This Do-Nothing-Democrat-Senate allowed Democrats and the media (please pardon the redundancy) to foster a phony Do Nothing Congress" storyline. Which the President gladly disingenuously exploited:
Obama: If Congress Wont Act I Will
The President has acted unilaterally throughout - well beyond the Executive Branch bounds proscribed by the Constitution.
President Obamas Unilateral Action on Immigration Has No Precedent
Obamas Unilateral ObamaCare Changes
Obama Continues to Push Unilateral Action to Fight Climate Change
Castro on Obamas Cuba Deal: Now Weve Really Won the War
These Presidential fiats beget regulations. Lots and lots and LOTS of regulations.
21000 Regulations So Far Under Obama - 2375 Set for 2015
Obama Imposed 75000 Pages of New Regulations in 2014
11588500 Words: Obamacare Regs 30x as Long as Law
New EPA Regs Issued Under Obama Are 43 Times as Long as Bible
| All elections matter but some matter more than others. A national election of historic proportions is about to be trumped by an obscure vote by three Democrat regulators. For whom none of us ever voted - and of whom most of us have never heard. |
These regulations cost us money. Lots and lots and LOTS of money.
The Cost of Federal Regulation: $2.028 Trillion
This brings us to the Internet. Per law passed by Congress -
the Telecommunications Act of 1996 - the Internet is a relatively regulation-free zone. Which is why it is a free speech-free market Xanadu - dynamically constantly evolving into an ever more-perfect organism.
The 1996 Act classifies the Internet as a Title I thing - Title I being the light-touch portion of the law. Landline phones on the other hand are uber-over-regulated under Title II - which is why hardlines have for decades been basically innovation-free zones.
Which brings us to the Lefts fetish - and their current push for -
Network Neutrality.
The Executive Branchs Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has already twice tried to impose Net Neutrality within the confines of law-proscribed Title I. And
twice been
unanimously rebuked by the D.C. Circuit Court - for lacking the authority to do so under Title I.
Does pro-Net Neutrality President Obama seek to have Congress rewrite the law to give the FCC the additional authority necessary to impose Net Neutrality? Of course not.
President Obama to FCC: Reclassify Broadband Service as Title II to Protect Net Neutrality
Behold - another Obama fiat. He wants his FCC to impersonate Congress and rewrite the law themselves.
Surely pro-Net Neutrality Democrats in Congress will protect their purview as legislators right? Of course not.
(Democrat) Senators Urge Congress to Preserve Strong Net Neutrality Protections
The FCC can and should take strong action… We would forcefully oppose any reforms that would undermine the FCCs authority to act to adopt meaningful net neutrality rules to protect consumers."
Get that? Democrats say Congress shouldnt do Congress job - because that would prohibit the FCC from illegally doing Congress job.
As recently as 2010 there were Democrats who were a little more appreciative of the gigs for which they ran. Oh - and the Constitution.
73 Democrats Tell FCC: Drop Net Neutrality Rules
A slew of House Democrats have sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission warning the agency not to go forward with its plan to partially reclassify ISPs as common carriers a move needed to impose net neutrality rules.
Meanwhile when the FCC contemplates new regulations it is supposed to have a public Comment Period. To allow us to register our discontent - before they go ahead and power grab anyway.
Democrat FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler last year proposed a third attempt at Net Neutrality imposition under Title I - and had two Comment Periods therefore.
The first was an ObamaCare-website-esque technological disaster.
Government Agency That Wants To Commandeer The Internet Just Had Their Website Crash - Twice
During which the FCC played favorites - helping the Left file their Comments when the website repeatedly went down.
MediaFreedom Asks FCC Inspector General to Look into Unusual Collaboration of FCC Staff and Title II Activists
And the second Comment Period was overwhelmingly won by the proponents of Less Government.
Those Opposed to Internet Regulation Won FCC Comment Period by Landslide
During which the governments alleged Web experts yet again couldnt manage their website.
FCC Somehow Lost Hundreds of Thousands of Net Neutrality Comments
Thats ok - Amazon loses hundreds of thousands of orders per month right?
Since then best guesses have Chairman Wheeler fundamentally altering the proposal on which we twice Commented. Dramatically expanding the power grab to a Title II reclassification unilateral law-rewrite - and
scheduling a February internal FCC vote without any Comment Period on the new regulations.
The timing indicates Wheeler does not see the need for more public input on the benefits and drawbacks of using Title II as earlier reports suggested.
So during Comment Period Round One the FCC aided and abetted the Left - because the governments
alleged technical experts repeatedly failed to keep their website up and running.
The Free Marketeers won Round Two going away - without any government assistance whatsoever. And it may have been an even bigger blowout - we dont know because the governments experts" misplaced nearly a million Comments.
So while its obnoxious and maybe illegal to now blow us off without Comment we can see why Chairman Wheeler doesnt want to again open that can of worms. Because - transparency.
Oh - and the FCCs unelected bureaucrat voting composition looks absolutely nothing like the newly minted Congress We the People just ensconced. There are five voting FCC Commissioners (one of whom also serves as Chairman). Three are of the Presidents Party - two of the opposing Party. So right now the FCC is 3-2 Democrat.
I wonder how this Internet power grab vote is going to go?
All elections matter but some matter more than others. A national election of historic proportions is about to be trumped by an obscure vote by three Democrat regulators. For whom none of us ever voted - and of whom most of us have never heard.
Yet another part of the Presidents ongoing effort to
fundamentally transform our once-representative republic.
