There are quite a few things as of late that have triggered my political ranting and raving. The entire Enron Lay and Skilling trial, talk about fun, these guys manipulated and played the American market and did it in a way that had never been seen before. Don’t get my wrong, I hate the guys, and think they deserve what they get as a prison sentence, but damn was Skilling a smart guy. He just wasn’t smart enough to know when to quit. Lay on the other hand doesn’t appear to me as a guy that could pull something like that off, he just seems like someone with low morals that had good friends.

Yay for Network Neutrality, this is an issue that isn’t being pushed by the media into the lime light, who would with immigration and Iraq/Iran at the fore front. Not to mention all the resignations, appointments, scandals, and law breaking going on within the government (that will come another day). Basically what Network Neutrality is, is a number of bills in front of the house and congress at the moment, challenging the freedom of the internet. What these bills are aiming at is the idea that the internet is an entity that can be bought and sold, certain internet providers want the right to limit access to websites. Unless either, the user pays extra for the extra content, or the web site itself pays to be seen on the providers terms. Yay for capitalism. If you couldn’t tell I cant stand the idea of paying for something that has historically been free, the internet started with private servers that you could connect to via phone lines, much like Telnet clients these days. These were servers owned by corporations or hobbiests, and people would connect to talk and share ideas. The internet has grown to a point where it is easier to connect, it is easier to share ideas, this means it is a breeding ground for innovation and new ideas. So whats the best option here? Oh I know, lets charge and limit access in order to make it harder for independents and startups to be known. If you are interested check out Save the Internet, I always recommend that people get both sides of the argument, but because I am arguing for this side, find your own damned links to the opposing side. Then make your choice.

Speaking of which, I have heard this recently dealing with Network Neutrality because Google is always a big name to tie into these discussions. THEY ARE NOT FUCKING EVIL FOR WHAT IS GOING ON IN CHINA! God I hate people that make this argument, they are keeping one of the largest and fastest growing markets in the world open to themselves. They are accepting the laws of the nation that they are working within, which by the way is international law. You complain about idiot foreign nationals that come into our nation and ignore our laws, shut the hell up about Google, and insisting they do the same.