Rep. Ed Markey's prepared statement on net neutrality: Good Afternoon. Tomorrow the Committee will take a historic vote. At stake, is the fate of the Internet as we know it.Tomorrow, I will be offering a "Network Neutrality" … [Read more...]
Archives for April 25, 2006
Healey calls for debates
Lt. Gov Healey called today for four gubernatorial debates after the primary and before the general election.I think it's a bit odd that she did this now, before she officially received her party's nomination and before the Democratic … [Read more...]
Tax deduction for FastLane & MBTA revived
According to the MetroWest Daily News, the House voted yesterday to bring back a tax deduction for commuters who pay for the Pike with FastLane, and for users of the MBTA (including commuter rail). The deduction only applies if you spend at … [Read more...]
Winning the battle on our turf
BMG also values and encourages opposing viewpoints, rather than censoring posters (save for one blatant case of hate speech I saw nixed, and rightly so.) It's true to our principles of free speech. (And certain other blogs would do well to … [Read more...]
Sound files of post-debate Q&A
I put some sound files up of Reilly, Patrick, and Gabrieli taking questions after the debate on Friday. (Sorry they're so enormous, and I apologize for the sound quality -- I'm not really good at the audio-engineering thingy yet. Gabrieli … [Read more...]
Corporate bad guys and good guys on ‘net neutrality
From SaveTheInternet.org, the companies that want to control what you are able to get on the internet: Who wants to get rid of net neutrality?The nation's largest telephone and cable companies â including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and … [Read more...]