By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  June 17th at 08:54 AM  | 

UPDATES: Aplenty – from late last night – below.  Please, indulge us and read from top to bottom – for clarity’s sake. —– That’s some good news right there. The National Security Agency (NSA) has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls…. Hold the phone.  (Get it?)  The NSA claims “it does not | Read More »

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  June 6th at 10:29 AM  | 

We’re all James Rosens, now. The National Security Administration (NSA) has been forcing Verizon to turn over phone record data on millions of Americans. Will the federal government use this unbelievably massive data grab against the American people they are supposed to serve – but instead increasingly lord over? Let’s check the recent record. Obama DOJ to Federal Judge: Let’s Keep This James Rosen Warrant | Read More »

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  June 3rd at 09:27 AM  | 

The Big Government Barack Obama Administration is nothing if not thorough. Justice Department Tries to Force Google to Hand Over User Data Secret lawsuit in Manhattan filed last month asks judge to force Google to cough up user data without a search warrant. A different court has already ruled that the process is unconstitutional. When the Obama Administration wants information on We the Peasants, they | Read More »

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  May 28th at 09:04 AM  | 

There’s a whole lot of federal government overreaching going on.  To itemize but some of it…. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) overreached again and again – blocking and/or dragging their feet on Conservative non-profit applications while fast-tracking Leftist ones. The State Department overreached on Benghazi – repeatedly redacting the facts and making up out of whole cloth a video excuse. The Justice Department overreached in | Read More »

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  May 20th at 08:46 AM  | 

Last Monday here at Red State, I wrote: How Ridiculous is Net Neutrality? Let the Left’s ‘Consumer’ Groups Demonstrate In which I referenced a bit of good news on the Internet front.  In a possible deal between ESPN and AT&T (at least), the sports network would pick up some of the tab for the delivery of its content.  Which would be outstanding news for consumers.  | Read More »

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  May 13th at 08:50 AM  | 

There are Leftist groups that claim the mantle of protecting the “consumer interest.”  Asserting they exist to protect consumers from the abusive, evil acts of corporate America.  In most instances, this is all (shocker) double speak. These aren’t “consumer” interest groups – they’re government interest groups.  Interested only in growing government.  It’s not free market bad actors they don’t like – it’s the free market | Read More »

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  May 8th at 11:30 AM  | 

From the diaries…

The Barack Obama Administration has nominated Tom Wheeler to replace Julius Genachowski as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman.  (Wheeler awaits Senate approval.)

Wheeler has – Heaven forfend – actually held pertinent private sector gigs:

Wheeler served as president of the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), and later as CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).

Many on the Left find Wheeler’s real-world experience and knowledge troubling:

Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent (umm, he’s a Socialist), (said)… “I…am troubled that President Obama would appoint the former head of two major industry lobbying associations to regulate the industry.”

Many on the Left find it very troubling:

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  May 7th at 08:36 AM  | 

President Barack Obama and the Left have declared the government is now even more extensively in the economic “fairness” business. Obama Unveils Budget With Call for ‘Fair’ Economy Obama Calls for Economy Where ‘Everyone Does Their Fair Share’ Giving Everyone a Fair Shot (on BarackObama.com) They have even in Orwellian fashion so-named a terribly unfair bill. 9,646 Reasons to Dislike the ‘Marketplace Fairness Act’ As | Read More »

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  April 29th at 08:50 AM  | 

Every private sector company spends every waking second (and many sleeping ones) trying to get new customers.  It’s a relentless pursuit of improvement.  Of their goods and services, customer service, marketing – whatever angles they can find to gain a better market share. Then there’s the government – which stinks on ice at just about everything it tries to do.  And perhaps nothing better demonstrates | Read More »

By: Seton Motley (Diary)  |  April 22nd at 08:41 AM  | 

The Big Government, Never-Enough-of-Your-Coin-Coalition – Internet Division – is at it yet again. The Barack Obama Administration has since it’s inception been very active in over-regulating the Web – for instance, Network Neutrality and Socialist-esque wireless price caps, to name but two huge power grabs. Net Neutrality is in legal jeopardy – there are lawsuits pending to overturn it.  So President Obama’s Federal Communications Commission | Read More »