Tom Wheeler needs to STEP DOWN.

the Obama Administration needs to be held to its promise of ACTUAL Net Neutrality.

this is not over yet, not by a long shot.

he promised strong Net Neutrality on his platform, and yet his Administration appoints the CableCo foxes to live in the FCC hen house.

sign this to demand Net Neutrality and to remove Tom Wheeler and other lobbyists out of the FCC!

having lobbyists in government regulatory bodies HAS to stop

sign this and share it: http://wh.gov/lwhr8

Tom Wheeler and his ilk have empowered too much Telco/Cableco monopoly control and done nothing to help regular people

sign this petition to get Tom Wheeler and any other cableco/telco lobbyist out of the FCC: http://wh.gov/lwhr8

"Obamites"? really?

the petitions help in that the Administration necessarily responds to any petition that reaches the the threshhold. that means that they are forced to go on the record with a response that alone is enough to stir action out of inaction. even if the current Administration does not agree with the goal of a petition, the American people will know that position rather than having it swept under a rug, and can vote accordingly.

Tom Wheeler and other cable lobbyists should not and must not be in charge of any agency that purports to be for the public good.

sign this petition to target that very problem: http://wh.gov/lwhr8

i've signed on to the one linked in the article, but that petition lacks specifics. for example, one of the biggest problems is having a former CTIA lobbyist as the chairman of the FCC. that has to end.

sign this petition if you agree: http://wh.gov/lwhr8

yes, the usefulness of these petitions are questionnable. but if enough *voters* make a fuss, people notice. cynicism and total inaction never changes anything.

http://wh.gov/lwhr8

as little as i think this will help, i've already got a new petition covered: http://wh.gov/lwhr8 please link and share widely!

not that this will change much, but at least it will let the Obama Administration and our supposed "representatives" in government that this isn't exactly without controversy: http://wh.gov/lwhr8

define "lifetime."

also, i'm pretty sure THIS was the worst falsehood from a U.S. presidential administration in our relative lifespans: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/st...

the very same argument has - and still IS - used to justify human slavery.

the market is flawed at best and destructive to humankind at worst.

this is incredibly short-sighted. exploration of Mars and our Solar System can and often does lead to advancements with practical scientific applications. better and more efficient energy sources. better ways to grow food. even the potential for colonizing planets like Mars in the future. these benefit humanity on an enormous scale. the only falsehood here is claiming that humans can't tackle both immediate geopolitical conflicts and longer-reaching scientific advancement. we should be doing both.

so instead of the government "screwing" with the internet, would you prefer monopolizing corporations to slice up the internet and favor certain protocols and services over others? there HAS to be a better solution than that. we can't trust the companies, we can't trust the government, but maybe we can trust a system where the government has to balance out against the megacorps.

did *you* read the report? most of the subsidies specifically target oil and gas recovery and processing.

however, the POINT is that the GOP constantly whines about picking winners and losers when that has been the standard practice for decades. government gives economic benefits to favored industries who have successfully lobbied for them. this has happened since the Constitution was ratified. the government picks winners and losers all the damn time. it's an empty argument that does nothing to address the problems of pollution, climate change, job creation, and economic growth.