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I’ll Give You My Internet, When You Take it From My Cold, Dead Hands.

I hate politics.

Moreover, I hate when people mess with my internet. If I want to browse LOLcats while I’m getting a $14 Hair Cuttery haircut, I should be allowed to, darn it. If I’m sipping some MGD64 while at the bar and reading the latest recap of Gossip Girl, I want it at its fastest possible speed. Don’t you? John McCain doesn’t.

Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner and AT&T just to name a few, want to control the ways you get the internet. It’s called the Internet Freedom Act (S. 1836), and it really pisses me off.

I mean, how can you not support a bill called the Internet FREEDOM Act? What are you, a terrorist? The bottom line is the FCC supports what’s called Net Neutrality. Sounds lame and boring, I know. What that means is they want you to have unfettered access to the internet, whether it is CNN.com, Hulu.com, FOXNEWS.com, and YouTube.com. They understand that everyone should have the same access and privileges to the Internet. If I have Comcast, and you have Verizon, we should have the same access regardless.

The “Internet Freedom Act” opposes that Net Neutrality. They think that the FCC & the Government should keep their grubby mits OFF the Internet. This, to most people sounds like a pretty good idea. Except when you realize what John McCain and Democrats and Republicans alike want to happen instead. Without Net Neutrality, they would like to see Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and others have control over the internet that comes into your home. You want to have the Internet Gaming Plan? That’s an extra $60/month, please. Oh, you want to be able to download large video files, that would be an extra $20 please. McCains bill would allow service providers to block packets, slow down and even speed up access to whomever they want.

Comcast is even in talks to buy NBC. If this bills passes and the sale goes through, it’s entirely conceivable that if you are a Comcast subscriber, they would slow down access to ABC.com, CBS.com or block them completely, while speeding up your access to NBC.com. If something is not in your providers corporate interest, they could be able to do whatever the heck they want.

I find it completely staggering that this bill is being spearhead by someone who, when asked if he prefers a Mac or a PC; “Neither, I am a illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all the assistance I can get.” Did I mention that John McCain has been the largest recipient of telecom donations and contributions in the last several years?

I hate politics.

*Please go to www.savetheinternet.com for more information. Also, McCains bill is in direct competition with a similarly named “Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009, (HR 3458)