Representative Charles Dent helped sell the Internet to the highest bidder.
Representative Charles Dent will not be receiving my vote. He has hurt every independent businessperson in the US who does business on the web. He has hurt every consumer who buys goods and services on the web, INCLUDING my services. He has ignored the needs of his constituency. He will be voted OUT if I have anything to do with it.
Representative Charles Dent voted AGAINST Network Neutrality. He voted AGAINST free speech.
A commenter on the Save the Internet Blog said it much better than I ever could (thank you, Sepod!):
I watched congress on Cspan and was stunned by the general ennui of the majority attitude regarding the internet. The main focus seemed to be on providing more diverse cable programming…necessary, but hardly world shaking.
Clearly they do not seem to understand that the internet is the greatest collaborative masterpiece ever given to the world by humans. it is the largest library of every culture’s arts and sciences; the biggest market for free enterprise offering anyone a chance to sell their wares; and perhaps most important to a people who say they want to spread democracy to all people, the internet offers the greatest form of free speech created since the printing press. It is one of the wonders of the modern world and has the potential to bring the planet together to create peace, prosperity and beauty.
How can we allow a few companies, with the corporate tunnel vision of quick profits for a few, stifle this unprecedented creation for future generations?
How? Put it in the hands of the pols and let the ONLY BENEFICIARIES of this backward thinking spend OUR TAX DOLLARS on lobbyists and campaign contributions, that’s how.
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