In case anyone was wondering Grayson is 100% for net neutrality

[tridim]

He just doesn't trust the FCC to do it. Said he thinks it should be a Constitutional right.

"Half of the FCC used to work for telecoms, and the other half will work for telecoms in the future"

He's on with Cenk on MSNBC right now explaining his position.

[xultar]

1. WHEW!!!! I was wondering.

[roguevalley]

15. he needs to sponsor something because the righties are embracing

him and it looks so bad.

[xultar]

16. You got that right. Yesterday when I saw this story o Huff Post I almost bust a gut.

[roguevalley]

17. you and me both. it was a cruise missile to the gut.

[Warpy]

2. Thanks, I refrained from replying to last night's anti Grayson thread

because I suspected there was more to the story.

Often progressives have a good reason for being against some seemingly progressive legislation. There's usually something buried (or in this case, right on the surface) that would render it destructive.

[Canuckistanian]

6. I don't trust any news story in the 1st 24 hrs.after Sherrod

Not unless it's a direct quote or an action on camera.

[midnight]

3. Thanks for the information. Is there a link to this?

[tridim]

4. It was live on the air, I'll keep an eye out for the video.

[gateley]

7. It was just broadcast live, so no link yet. There will probably be one on MSNBC.com

in a while -- Cenk is filling in for Ratigan.

It could also show up here or Grayson may put it on YouTube. I'm sure we'll get it sometime, but it's just been moments so it's a bit too soon.

[ihavenobias]

8. I'm sure it will be here...

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks

If not here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TYTInterviews

Give it a few hours or so.

[tkmorris]

5. Yeah, that was obvious from the start

I couldn't believe that some were trying to portray his stance as anything else. One poster in particular, who I always thought of as rational even though I disagreed with him more often than not, tried valiantly to spin Grayson's stance as somehow corrupted by the telecoms. It's becoming quite clear that for some in the party it is more important to discredit the Left than it is to be honest and accurate. It's a disgrace really.

[DJ13]

9. While I agree with him, that strategy of waiting for Congress isnt smart

If the FCC put something in place now to keep neutrality in place that would buy some time to get the needed legislation passed.

Doing nothing until Congress gets their shit together is just inviting an erosion of neutrality in the meantime.

[katandmoon]

11. I agree and that makes me very skeptical of his position. It doesn't make sense.

[xchrom]

10. recommend

[ProSense]

12. That is a flimsy excuse.

Grayson voted for health care and financial reform bill, which both rely on regulators. Now he's claiming he doesn't trust the FCC?

This issue needs to be addressed now, and doing so doesn't prevent members of Congress from taking up the matter when they get their act together.

[AnArmyVeteran]

14. Thanks for the link to that data...

[AnArmyVeteran]

13. I wish people would be banned from jobs in industries they were regulating.

No one who is overlooking an industry should ever be allowed to get a high level job with them, or even be allowed to lobby for that industry.

And no one working for a particular industry should ever be allowed to serve in a high position in any regulatory agency. I understand that in order to properly police an industry a regulatory agency has to have people with expertise in that industry, but those people should not be allowed to serve in high positions, like a commissioner-level position on the FCC.

The current practice of people going back and forth between business and government is oozing with corruption. If someone wants a job with a government regulatory agency they should be forced to pledge they will never work for an industry that they oversee. And that should include their spouses as well. Violators would face prison time if they violate their pledge.

We could have a great country where corruption is the exemption, instead of the norm. But we need to have laws to stop the revolving doors of whores who constantly sell out the American people to the highest corporate bidders.

Okay, I'm off my soapbox (for now)...

[JoeyT]

18. Private corporations make people sign contracts all the time

that state they won't work for a competitor within X years after they quit. Some of those contracts can be quite draconian.
Shouldn't be that hard to make it so people in regulatory agencies do the same.