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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Even socialists dream of Jeannie.....
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Heh. But if he were dead he's be rolling over in his grave to hear the mischaracterization, I am sure. Speaking of massive governmentalism, I scrolled quickly past something over there about the UN wanting to develop some sort of oversight over the internet. Here's what was in the Corner:
NORM COLEMAN VS. THE UNITED NATIONS, CONTINUED [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
This time, challenging their Internet-dominance lust.
Washington, D.C.—Senator Norm Coleman today introduced a Sense of the Senate Resolution to support the U.S.’s historic role in Internet government oversight in order to protect a handover of the unprecedented communications and informational medium to U.N. control. In a final report issued by the United Nations’ Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) this past July, WGIG recommended that the U.N. assume global governance of the Internet. Next month, the issue of the handover of Internet controlled is scheduled for review at the UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society meeting in Tunisia.
“There is no rational justification for politicizing Internet governance within a UN framework,” said Coleman. “Nor is there a rational basis for the anti-U.S. resentment driving the proposal. Privatization, not politicization, is the Internet governance regime that must be fostered and protected. At the World Summit next month, the internet faces a grave threat. If we fail to respond appropriately, we risk the freedom and enterprise fostered by this informational and communications giant, and sacrifice access to information, privacy, and protection of intellectual property. This is not a risk I am prepared to take, which is why I initiated action to respond on a Senate level to this danger.”
Of course, Coleman really gets the absudity of the corrupt U.N. of Oil-for-Food fame wanting to control something so vast. More from his office:
Tomorrow, October 18, 2005, Sen. Coleman will urge the adoption of extensive reforms that stemmed from his 19-month long Senate Investigations Subcommittee probe into the U.N. Oil-for-Food Program at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled, Prospects for United Nations Reform. Coleman has been critical of the lack of progress on reform at the recent U.N. World Summit held in New York, saying members failed to address the critical components of U.N. reform that have been proposed following revelations of widespread abuses and scandals in U.N. activities ranging from humanitarian programs to peacekeeping. To help restore the U.N.’s credibility and efficacy, the Coleman-Lugar Bill includes several provisions to lead the U.N. towards greater transparency, accountability, and oversight.
“The Internet is one of the world’s most important technological wonders and economic engines,” said Coleman. “It has flourished under United States supervision and oversight, and has been given the flexibility to evolve under market-based policies and private sector leadership. It is wantonly irresponsible to allow any expansion of the UN’s portfolio before that abysmally managed and sometimes corrupt institution undertakes sweeping, overdue reform.”
