Obama Gives Poor Free Internet After U.N. Says It’s A Basic Human Right. Following a laughable United Nations declaration that high-speed internet access is a basic human right, the Obama Administration is investing north of $400 million to expand broadband into poor, rural areas of the U.S. The Human Rights Council of the United Nations General Assembly recently determined that, like healthcare, shelter and food, broadband access is a basic human right that allows people to “exercise their right to freedom of opinion and expression.” Shall we call it FREE ObamaNet?
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Well, I thought I had it pretty good back in 1989 when I had a 300-baud modem (and I lived in a town that would no doubt be considered "rural," as my parents still have pulse dialing at their house). Now I see I was oppressed!
Hey I was more oppressed! We had no computer and a party line that we shared with a crazy lady across the street you yelled at me in German! I demand reparations! I want money! Where Jesse?
"da prezident gonna pay for my internets!"
Won't this help the poor kids stay inside more often and thus become even fatter?
Fluck the U. N. Once again they need to be de-funded, and forcibly ejected from America like an artillery shell out of a howitzer....
I've got no problem with the basic concept of a wee subsidy here and there to get broadband out into the boonies. Honestly, thinking of a house without broadband is like thinking of a house without indoor plumbing. HOWEVER: that is predicated on the concept that it's a single jump-start, that business and revenue will increase because of it, and tax revenues will increase commensurately -- a >real< investment, not just another bucket off the gravy train.
This though is waaaay beyond that. A basic human right? U.N.believable.
indoor plumbing?
you mean an outhouse INSIDE the house?
no wonder the HOUSE stinks so much.
I remember that, when Tennessee Ernie Ford visited Lucy & Ricky! He got up, walked out, came in again, both doors, looks around, then whispers in Ricky's ear. "Oh it's right there!" Ricky shouts, pointing. "Ya mean it's IN THE HAOUSE!?!?" cried Ernie.
/Yeah yeah, I know yer talkin bout another House.
I'm thinking of exercising my basic human right to get rid of "Dear Leader", his tzars, Dirty Harry, and old Plastic Face here in November.
How about my right to my paid Palm Springs Golf Vacation. Isn't that a right, part of my pursuit of happiness or something...I want my part of that endless money stream.
"The only thing free around here is vacuum."
-- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
TANSTAAFL and Amen!
Freedom to express your opinion??? These are the guys who wanted to control our internet, right? The ones who wanted to push their version of net neutrality on us? The same people who gave Iran a lead seat on the human rights council, the women's rights council, the ones who side with China, Palestine, and any other dictator in the world? The ones who sit there and clap for A-jad in Iran and Chavez in Venezuela when they come speak at the UN?
How many member nations offer their people the right to freely express themselves?
That thought occurred to me as well Kick.
Excellent point. Maybe the Chinese just want all their coolies to have blisteringly fast access to The Great Firewall.
kudos, first laugh of the day.
Hey, Mr. President, could you answer a question for me? It's about you:
YISDERSOMENIMORORSISASISDENDERISORSIS?
Ruben, That is a clever an probing question. well done sir.
Of course it will only drive DRB batty.
really?...cuz I cant make it out completely...jibberish to me
HAHA, just saw the last of your post...yup batty!
For DRB:
YISDERSOMENIMORORSISASISDENDERISORSIS?
"Why is there so many more horses' asses than there are horses?"
DECIPHERING GOLD!
Well, I did purty good then... I got
" why is there so many more"
then I couldn't go any farther with it.
Thanks for the "translation" ;)
it took me a long time too. but fortunately i was taught phonetics in high school speech class, so i was able to cipher it out. :)
yw friend.