Al Franken Partially Right - But It's Only Part of the Story
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birhplace of Independent Conservatism Al Franken, the comedian turned politician, is right about one thing. The internet ought to remain free. As in government keep your frigging regulatory hands off. Mr Franken, a strong advocate of Net Neutrality , which could potentially result in the governemnt, through regulation, insure a particular political or economic bias gets a greater amount of play is no doubt angling to stifle conservative thought in favor of the progressive and supposedly enlightened thought of the day. Pick your flavor and size as it will soon change. Truth and consistency are concepts that conveniently escape the rabid progressive mindset. Similar to The Fairness Doctrine , implementation of Net Neutrality {or re-implementation of The Fairness Doctrine } could very well result in limited or no access to thought that opposes that the ruling political class. In case ...