If first you don't succeed, pick a weak Democrat and go in through the back door. That seems to be the plan for the anti-neutrality forces. I was just in MI, and what pisses me off about this story is that the voters rather soundly told Granholm's uberconservative challenger to get stuffed, so it's not like she has to be that worried. Worse, Google, who is actually on our side on this issue, is located in her state, but she doesn't seem to care, nor does she seem to think it's a good idea to give them a reason to be less in bed with Republicans.

The bottom line is that "2000 jobs" pale in comparison to the increases in productivity, tax revenue and opportunity (both individual and corporate) that are the result of cheap/free connectivity. It makes me Sofa King Angry to realize that politicians are just too goddamn stupid to grok this. Especially now, when I live in a city that is Wi-Fi everywhere, christ, even the bars have it, and I can see people working everywhere I go. Unlike in MI, which is busy sliding towards being a third world ministate. Matt has more. And his bottom line is one that Corrente readers will know by heart: these bills aren't about "increasing competition" or creating jobs, or even improving access. They're about giving cable companies the right to charge the rich even more for service, while ignoring or gauging the poor, all the while offering less "product" and more bullshit. Just like in health care, insurance, education...the list goes on, and it's a song and dance that for some reason, idiot Democratic politicians fall for again, and again, and again...