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First, read this to become enraged…

FTA

“At the time these payments were made, they were ill advised, bad judgment on the part of these companies, but they didn’t violate any statute, they didn’t violate any regulation at the time,” Feinberg told ABC News.

They were “in the face of the public interest, perhaps. But ‘contrary to the public interest’ — a statutory standard — no,” he said. “The taxpayer has a right to be outraged. Who wouldn’t be?”

Feinberg named the banks in a review of pay among the top 25 executives at 419 firms that received government assistance before February 17, 2009. Some of the payments exceeded $10 million, as in the case of one individual

The 17 firms identified in the report include American Express, AIG, Bank of America, Boston Private Financial Holdings, Capital One, CIT, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, M&T Bank, Morgan Stanley, Regions, Suntrust, Bank of NY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, PNC Financial Services Group, US Bancorp, and Wells Fargo.

Video here

Via Slashdot:

“Seven Republican senators have announced a plan to curb the Obama administration’s push to impose controversial Net neutrality regulations on the Internet.” “The FCC’s rush to take over the Internet is just the latest example of the need for fundamental reform to protect consumers,” says Sen. Jim DeMint, who I’m sure truly only has the consumer’s needs at heart — since his campaign contributions list AT&T in his top five donating organizations.

I’d like to see a panel of morons get in on a debate on this topic. The FCC is taking over the Internet? rofl by giving it to the people instead of business. What a very un-american remark sir.

I’d love to hear them try to argue this stupidity when faced with logic and facts (instead of with lobbyist dollars).

Ridiculous.

The US will be BURIED by your plan in 10 years in terms of technological innovation. Caught doing nothing but playing catch up because Internet speed and availability is being held up and squabbled over.

India beats the US to this technology?

Get used to it. Plenty of other countries are going to get there first.

EDIT:  http://bit.ly/bcDfZl  –  FCC called out on this one no direct responses.

*sigh* some action is better than no action but it looks like the FCC is not gong to be able to stand it’s ground like I had hoped…

What is the goal they are setting on the new National Broadband Plan?    They want the average American to have access to 4 mbps internet by 2020…    That’s right ..  only 4 mbps with 100 mbps to be available in urban centers.

2020 – that’s 10 YEARS away (article here btw and check out the comments) – the rest of the world will likely have 1 gbps (1,000 mbps or 10 times the speed) by then.  And some will even have it by the end of this year and next year.   Interestingly enough if you’re lucky, Google might have hooked up your community already.   But note, by this proposed FCC logic, wouldn’t this mean joe american’s won’t see it until by 2030?  Thanks Google for preparing us for the future – TODAY!
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After reading this (sent to me by my good friend Mr. Gavan Brown begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting):

I had a thought…

Steve Jobs thinks that the future of computer is arrogance – ahem – I mean, he thinks it’s about Apples.   But I disagree, I think it’s about Oranges.

Apple thinks the future of computing is on the “new PC”  which is a hand held Apple device which is powered by the highly regulated App Store.  Doomed to be only as good as the apps that Apple specifically approves (a lengthy process).

Key points of said device?:

It’s portable

Its wireless

Its options are limited by both hardware (no USB or media cards or standardized outputs) and governed software

No Flash
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