I'm doing my best on this issue.  As soon as I heard of this vote, I immediately sent an email to everyone I knew and posted the info on various other boards.

Main response?  "Won't happen in my lifetime..." and "you're over reacting..."

People don't get it.  Even those who have their own websites; a few with their own blogs/live journals and they didn't post this info on their boards.  Am I upset?  Hell, yes!  I'm just flabbergasted at the lack of interest over this MAJOR issue!

I'll do another round and am getting ready to create a flyer to post all over town - this is huge.  We can't let this vote to pass committee; which that vote is coming up this week.  

"stupid six" ?

classy.

Boucher seems one of the few who consistently thinks "correctly" (admittedly, that's defined as "agrees with me") on internet regulation issues -

They will use this to quash dissent and the grassroots.  They do not want an informed and active population because they can not manipulate and control us when we are informed!

This is not about profit this is about control, maybe not in the same way as the Chinese are doing but effectively accomplishing the same thing!

Fight this or we all loose!

Progressive Blue

Actually it's the Verizon Five and The AT&T One: Charlie Gonzales. I reckon $60k from AT&T will buy a lot of committee votes.

I really feel for these companies and politicos when the hackers attack them for fucking up the internet.

Matt, I like the idea of the "primary project." I was invited to a fundraiser for a progressive woman who was toying with the idea of running against Al Wynn. I don't think she jumped in. Meanwhile, though, people who consider this a crucial issue should pick a race we might be able to influence significantly enough to make the difference. Looking at all the no-votes, I'd say the one race where concerted netroots action is most likely to effect change and defeat an already vulnerable incumbent is in New Hampshire's 2nd CD, where Charles Bass could be made to regret he continued his tradition of voting against consumers and in favor of the corporations that have financed his miserable political career. Paul Hodes is running against him and his website makes me think he's not some DCCC shill.  

Now we know why the FEC published that generous-to-bloggers ruling last week.  They knew that by the time of the 2008 election, bloggers will be either heavily censored by the telecoms or out of business altogether.

of the fact that of these six, three are black and one is Hispanic, while all of the "yes" votes are white?  Is there some aspect of this that is particularly relevant to minority constituencies that we're (I'm) overlooking?

To anyone who thinks or says they have done all they can do or there is nothing to fear...

Have we all done all we can do?  I think not because I do not hear much about this on AAR and have have not even seen much written about it on Dkos, MyDD and other places.   When we want to support a candidate or a cause and the netroots take it on we usually gain attention for that cause or candidate.  

Once again, I am not the organizer type.. I am the get pissed and kick ass type.  :)

We need someone to gather this together, get the talking points straight and frame this so the average person understands... so the average politician understands (because this WILL affect them).

possible example:

Rich republican candidates website gets all the access they need while the Democrat candidate  struggling to raise money through the grassroots gets little access via the net because they can not afford to PAY for play because the grassroots organizing machine (the netroots) can not afford to PAY to play either.  get it?

If we are not hearing more about this on the net and on AAR and other places, then we are not trying hard enough as a group.

Progressive Blue

Edolphus Towns is terrible. Utterly safe Dem seat, and he votes against us all the time. It's sad that nobody (AFAIK) has stood up against him.