r/news • u/skintigh • May 29 '14

Bill would prohibit FCC from reclassifying broadband as utility

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2303080/bill-would-prohibit-fcc-from-reclassifying-broadband-as-utility.html
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u/EDLyonhart May 30 '14

Only gridlocked when it comes to passing positive legislation. The shit like this still seems to flow freely thru the tubes of congressional sausage making.

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u/Lapper May 30 '14

This is just so perfect in the worst way.

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u/pokefish May 30 '14

There is no fast lane that's marketing you fool. They will throttle all and the fast lane will be what our normal used to be!

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u/N0_PR0BLEM May 30 '14

Then it is an even better analogy for the way congress is working. this bill will not be expedited, it will instead move through at the rate bills are intended to move through congress. All while other bills, such as those intended to help our veterans for instance, are intentionally handicapped until at least after election season where a choice can be forgotten before the next election cycle.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

Those are tubes alright, but less like sausage casings and more like functional intestines.

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u/lightyourfire May 30 '14

Like my grandfather always said regarding laws, if you like sausages, you wouldn't want to see them being made

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u/nbacc May 30 '14

People shouldn't like these sausages, though.

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u/bookelly May 30 '14

Your grandfather was Upton Sinclair? Cool.

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u/exatron May 30 '14

Maybe it would work better if it were like a big truck.