Why isn't Net Neutrality a First Amendment Issue?

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Thursday December 28, 2017 · 2:09 PM PST

2017/12/28 · 14:09

I hardly ever do anything but linger, read, think and comment. But I found myself with a question today, so I thought that I would just pose it to the bloggers on Daily Kos and see what sort of response I might get. Before I begin, I know that in a sense that this is a ludicrous question, but still.

“If corporations are people, my friend”, as our Republican opponents say...then shouldn’t the internet be considered part of the “Free Press”? Shouldn’t any attempt to limit the freedom of the internet, by the FCC or anyone else, be met with the ACLU holding up the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights? After all, if money is now speech, and speech is protected by First Amendment Rights, why isn’t internet speech, which is actual speech, protected as well.

Well, there you are. I’m not in any sense a debater. Never was, never will be...as I’ve just demonstrated. Nevertheless, this is a question that I would like to see some discussion of.

I didn't know what to say...would you?

43yearsateacher

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Thursday August 10, 2017 · 8:22 AM PDT

2017/08/10 · 08:22

I don’t diary very much, actually very rarely, so her goes nothing.

My wife, a manager with a large Fortune 500 company, turned to me this morning with a question. “How do I tell a professional woman that I have to work with in meetings that she stinks?”

No, it turns out that it’s not too much perfume. The woman is of another ethnic background with, evidently, a penchant against bathing and using a deodorant in the morning before work. When my wife identified the woman’s racial background, I realized that I, too, had noticed similar individuals, usually men of that background, often smelling unwashed.

This woman does not report to my wife in this business so there is no direct connection that would allow her to speak to the woman in a professional capacity. They are not friends, but just acquaintances and colleagues around a board room table. But the problem exists because sitting in meetings with this woman requires sitting as far away from her as is possible.

While I realize there are some ways that this might be accomplished, I thought that this blog might be a way of asking for advice and/or input on this subject.

What would you do?

Romney's tone

43yearsateacher

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Tuesday October 16, 2012 · 9:27 PM PDT

2012/10/16 · 21:27

This is more an observation than a diary...but I couldn't help but note Romney's tone of voice as he answered questions tonight. Last week he was all wolfish grin and salesman closing a deal. An ugly but fairly effective performance.

This week every answer from the get-go was delivered in the unctious tone of a beginning kindergarten teacher who hasn't yet learned not to talk down to children. His remarks and the tone of voice he used were just short of insulting to his listeners...as if he was the only one in the room who was smart enough to be able to answer these questions.

I was just wondering if anyone else picked up on or even noticed this?

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