11.19.2014
By Rick Manning The Tampa Tribune has set itself up as the arbiter of political speech through its PolitiFact.com feature that some naively take seriously. Based upon their self-proclaimed excellence at determining the truth, the only responsible thing to do is to hold their self-described “Lie of […]
11.17.2014
By Rick Manning Obamacare was built and sold on a series of lies. To quote an insurance company commercial, everyone knows that. We’ve known it since then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi uttered her famous line, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it.” […]
11.17.2014
By Neil Mellen In the fall of 1919, the tiny but pivotal Pacific Island of Yap was headline news, appearing on the front page of the New York Times. Americans understood Yap to be the strategic crossroads of the Pacific. A friendly and functional Yap […]
11.17.2014
By Robert Romano Turns out there is a breaking point for Republican leaders in the House and Senate on the budget. On November 14, the Washington Post’s Robert Costa broke major news on Twitter “a series of short-term spending bills seen as the probable response by GOP, should Obama act [on executive amnesty], avoiding shutdown, fund gov[ernment] […]
11.14.2014
By Robert Romano “If, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress then I would do so. But we’re also a nation of laws. That’s a part of our tradition.” That was Barack Obama in November 2013 , responding to a heckler at a San Francisco speech who insisted “You have a power to stop deportation for all […]
11.13.2014
By Robert Romano If the federal government is fully funded through fiscal year 2015 which ends on September 30, 2015, you can pretty much kiss Commerce Department oversight of the Internet governance goodbye. Why? Transferring control over the Internet’s domain name system and assigned numbers functions from […]
11.11.2014
By Robert Romano “The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency, and ultimately this decision is theirs alone.” That was President Barack Obama’s November 10 take on who gets to decide whether new rules governing so-called “net neutrality” — regulating broadband Internet providers as “common carriers” under the Communications Act of 1934 — gets implemented. At issue are proposed regulations by the Federal Communications Commission […]
11.11.2014
The full version of this article was originally published on TheHill.com , linked below. By Rick Manning The newly elected members of the House of Representatives will be arriving in Washington for their first big decisions — leadership elections and hiring of staff. Here is some unsolicited advice […]
