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The FCC has effectively ignored the rules and stalled their way to victory. Nawh, they are following the power delegation given to them by congress. They dont

The FCC has effectively ignored the rules and stalled their way to victory. Nawh, they are following the power delegation given to them by congress. They dont have to do fuck all for public comments, other then recieve them, document them, and say "we got feedback but fuck yall we going forward"

jedberg 9y ago
> They dont have to do fuck all for public comments That's not true. As a nonpartisan federal agency, the must show how they accounted for public comment and why the choice they made is either in line with the public comments or why it is justified to not be in line. They have to do more than just accept the comments. But by allowing all the fake comments, they were able to say "see everyone wants this, what we are doing is in line with the public comments".
- Azkar 9y ago
  > They have to do more than just accept the comments. Or what? There's no one enforcing rules in this administration.
  - jedberg 9y ago
    That's what the judicial branch is for. They have to pass the crappy rules first so that someone who was harmed can sue them. Congress can stop them now, and the judicial can stop them after the fact. Congress is corrupt, but thus far the judicial is not.
    - jessaustin 9y ago
      The corruption of the judicial branch is more obvious to its victims than it is to the average citizen, but it does quite a bit more direct harm than Congress does. For example, the courts that fund their municipalities on the backs of the poor, all the shady arrangements with the incarceration industry, the seemingly deliberate destruction of families and children perpetrated by the divorce courts, the horrific excess of the Drug War, etc. Still, the courts might help in this case.
      - null000 9y ago
        Pretty sure the most of what you're talking about is the executive branch. They're in charge of enforcing the rules - e.g. deciding who to prosecute for drug crimes and which prisons to put them in to serve their term. Likewise, the executive branch is the one that decides to go after offenders based on profitability over public good (although you could also lay that on the legislative branch for allowing the executive to fund itself using fines in the first place).
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        jessaustin 9y ago
        Nothing I mentioned happens without the eager cooperation of judges and other officers of the court. The ongoing disaster of the divorce or "family" courts has nothing at all to do with the executive. Anyway we weren't comparing the judicial with the executive but rather with the legislative.
- sverige 9y ago
  Actually, it appears that many of the fake comments are in favor of net neutrality. Or at least the comments originating from overseas. (Russian domains are top of the list.) http://www.emprata.com/reports/fcc-restoring-internet-freedom-docket/ http://www.emprata.com/reports/fcc-restoring-internet-freedo...

jedberg 9y ago

> They dont have to do fuck all for public comments That's not true. As a nonpartisan federal agency, the must show how they accounted for public comment and why the choice they made is either in line with the public comments or why it is justified to not be in line. They have to do more than just accept the comments. But by allowing all the fake comments, they were able to say "see everyone wants this, what we are doing is in line with the public comments".

Azkar 9y ago
> They have to do more than just accept the comments. Or what? There's no one enforcing rules in this administration.
- jedberg 9y ago
  That's what the judicial branch is for. They have to pass the crappy rules first so that someone who was harmed can sue them. Congress can stop them now, and the judicial can stop them after the fact. Congress is corrupt, but thus far the judicial is not.
  - jessaustin 9y ago
    The corruption of the judicial branch is more obvious to its victims than it is to the average citizen, but it does quite a bit more direct harm than Congress does. For example, the courts that fund their municipalities on the backs of the poor, all the shady arrangements with the incarceration industry, the seemingly deliberate destruction of families and children perpetrated by the divorce courts, the horrific excess of the Drug War, etc. Still, the courts might help in this case.
    - null000 9y ago
      Pretty sure the most of what you're talking about is the executive branch. They're in charge of enforcing the rules - e.g. deciding who to prosecute for drug crimes and which prisons to put them in to serve their term. Likewise, the executive branch is the one that decides to go after offenders based on profitability over public good (although you could also lay that on the legislative branch for allowing the executive to fund itself using fines in the first place).
      - deleted 9y ago
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      - jessaustin 9y ago
        Nothing I mentioned happens without the eager cooperation of judges and other officers of the court. The ongoing disaster of the divorce or "family" courts has nothing at all to do with the executive. Anyway we weren't comparing the judicial with the executive but rather with the legislative.
sverige 9y ago
Actually, it appears that many of the fake comments are in favor of net neutrality. Or at least the comments originating from overseas. (Russian domains are top of the list.) http://www.emprata.com/reports/fcc-restoring-internet-freedom-docket/ http://www.emprata.com/reports/fcc-restoring-internet-freedo...