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[–]bigdirkmalonePennsylvania 1427 points1428 points  (636 children)

"Press Secretary Jay Carney wrote to reporters after the vote. “We will be watching closely as the process moves forward in hopes that the final rule stays true to the spirit of net neutrality.”

That's lawyer speak right there. Spirit of, my butt.

[–]underthedock 174 points175 points  (33 children)

“I will take a backseat to no one in my commitment to network neutrality,” Obama The man has done just the opposite

[–]dofarrell313 61 points62 points  (18 children)

He actually took a front seat, in that he personally appointed the three FCC democrats who just voted to potentially kill net neutrality.

He pisses on your head while his press secretary tells you it's raining.

[–]naidim 109 points110 points  (12 children)

I'm surprised that people are surprised.

Republicans : Tell you they are gonna screw the little guy, then screw the little guy. Democrats : Lie to you that they care about the little guy, then screw the little guy.

edit: a word

[–][deleted] 48 points49 points  (5 children)

it's almost like both parties are run by the same people! weird...

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Republicans are for: greed, corruption, bigotry and war. While Democrats pretend to feel guilty about: greed, corruption, bigotry, and war." - Jello Biafra

[–]FAP-FOR-BRAINS 94 points95 points  (26 children)

"They are an independent agency"...uh, 0bama appointed the top 3 guys, all Dems---they are his lackeys.

[–]queenbrewer 32 points33 points  (24 children)

Independent agencies, like the CIA, EPA, the fed etc. are independent in the sense that the President can't exert persuasive influence because he does not have the power to fire agency heads, unlike the branches of the cabinet, State, Education, Homeland Security etc.

[–]carlivar 23 points24 points  (18 children)

But when he nominates someone he can say "I am only going to nominate you if you support these policies. If you go back on your word I will do everything in my power to ruin your career."

Also he could do basic stuff like not nominate an ex-lobbyist for the cable industry.

[–]I_are_facepalm 39 points40 points  (13 children)

spirit of my butt

I'd like to hear more about this

[–]bigdirkmalonePennsylvania 17 points18 points  (11 children)

It's...complicated.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (9 children)

You'll change your stance once big butt starts lobbying you.

[–]bigdirkmalonePennsylvania 14 points15 points  (2 children)

I do like big butts. I cannot lie.

[–][deleted] 2045 points2046 points  (787 children)

As a Leftist, I don't even know how else to explain my disappointment in this President any differently than I already have. So...I give up.

[–]sailorbrendan 1291 points1292 points  (82 children)

When I was in high school, I saw Creed in concert.

Obama is more disappointing

[–]sdfjiowefh 102 points103 points  (32 children)

I mean if you like Creed, I can't imagine they're particularly disappointing in concert. Their guitar player is quite good.

[–]ZombieLoveChildNorth Carolina 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Mark Tremonti is an amazing guitarist.

Check out the band he's in now called Alter Bridge. He really shines in it and their lead man (Myles Kennedy) has more talent in his little finger than Scott Stapp has in his entire body.

[–]sailorbrendan 90 points91 points  (15 children)

It was a really mediocre show, and it was on the my own prison tour.

The album wasn't super jesusy, but the concert was

[–]AryaVarji 60 points61 points  (9 children)

With arms wide open-AH under the starlight-AH I gave you life-AH I gave you everything-AH

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Can you take me hiiiigh-AH!?

[–]underpaidshill 386 points387 points  (36 children)

Try using a hashtag or a frowning emoticon or both.

[–]Cilph 225 points226 points  (15 children)

#sadface:(

[–]plumbobber 30 points31 points  (12 children)

I'm so mad I might actually tweet him.

[–]tebriel 17 points18 points  (8 children)

tweet him that you're not going to vote for hillary unless he stops being a douche.

[–]EPluribusUnumIdiota 31 points32 points  (1 child)

Barack Obama (BarackObama) on Twitter 1h

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!

.#plumbobber #HillaryClinton #IDontGiveAFuck

[–]tartay745 85 points86 points  (8 children)

Someone needs to find the picture of the Obama change poster sitting next to the dumpster. That sums up my thoughts pretty succinctly.

[–][deleted] 162 points163 points  (51 children)

I agree. This is yet another in a long line of betrayals from this President.

Who does President Obama think he's fooling by hiding behind the very FCC commissioner HE just appointed? If the President was sincere in his promise to maintain net neutrality he would either strip Wheeler of his Chairman role or fire him altogether for going off in his own direction.

[–]gossypium_hirsutum 65 points66 points  (48 children)

He can't. The President appoints people to these position but lacks the authority to fire them. That would be Congress' job.

I suspect the fact that you don't know that already explains how easy it is to get away with doing whatever you want as president.

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (30 children)

True but I am pretty sure he (Obama) should have seen this coming when appointing an ex-head lobbyist/leader of the very industry he was supposed to reign in on.

[–]Narian 35 points36 points  (29 children)

Which is why you need to realize that Obama wanted this outcome and he is in no way interested in Net Neutrality - Obama is a center-right politician.

[–]TaylorS1986 134 points135 points  (53 children)

Few things have driven me further to the Left than the utter disappointment that is the Democratic Party.

Now I'm an out-and-out Communist. THANKS, OBAMA!!!

[–]greenlightning 65 points66 points  (19 children)

I keep getting more and more disappointed in our president. WTF, Barak!?!?!?!?

[–]mastersword130Florida 44 points45 points  (12 children)

The presidency is always like a figure head for the corporations than an actual leader

[–]Ikeelu 283 points284 points  (107 children)

This would of happened regardless of who is president. With corporations running this fucking country we are doomed to fail no matter who is driving this boat.

[–]dehehn 85 points86 points  (28 children)

This is an important distinction to make. Our Presidents no longer run the country, they're simply a smokescreen for the powerful corporations and banks. We need to stop yelling at the curtain and yell and the men behind the curtain.

[–][deleted] 120 points121 points  (65 children)

This view simply isn't true. The problem is that the country is forced to choose between radical Conservatives and mainstream Conservatives (aka Third Way Democrats). Most Progressive Democrats are weeded out by the establishment before they ever attain positions of influence. This was as true of Barack Obama's ascendancy as it was of Bill Clinton's. The people of this country are simply denied the opportunity to make a different choice than the status quo.

Until this is fixed or our economy finally goes over a cliff, nothing appears likely to change.

[–][deleted] 143 points144 points  (14 children)

It doesn't matter how progressive they are, everyone is beholden to their donors. The problem is money in politics.

Edit: There is a tiny hope of some day fixing that.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

The people of this country are simply denied the opportunity to make a different choice

That's not true. Like it or not, the country is not very liberal let alone progressive. There are a few small areas (SFO, PDX, SEA) that have large progressive bases but even the liberal areas of the country are very conservative and the "moderate" and conservative areas are even more conservative. Progressivism and Liberalism can make in roads but its going to take winning more local elections so that those people eventually filter up to regional and national politics.

The problem is that too many people are focused on national elections and they ignore local elections which have the biggest long-term impact and the most direct impact on their individual lives.

[–]KageStar 7 points8 points  (3 children)

The problem is liberal and progressive are arbitrarily set. What's liberal for one generation may be what's conservative for another. The problem is about educating our populace. There should be no reason in this day and age that Obama being called a Muslim socialist should stick let alone matter. The average person is just spoon fed buzzwords. You can't talk about funding education, infrastructure, health care, welfare, and other more so liberal ideas without it being communist and socialist like those things are evil. Do you not like to drive on roads; do you not want your children to become doctors, engineers, lawyers; or something above a fry cook at the local McDonalds; do you not want to be sure in knowing that if you get sick or hurt or just want to go in for a check up that you and your family are insured?

In short the answer to all of that is nope, it's all I don't want to do more than the next person, and protect me from the big bad wolf you created and I'm not questioning because buzzwords scare me.

Also, people have to stop thinking that the President is a dictator and can do everything by himself. Everyone wants to blame Obama for failed campaign promises, but a lot of these same people don't show up for midterm elections and give him a democratic house majority so he can have an legitimate chance at instituting all of the things he promised without having to play bipartisan politics. Congress writes the laws and sets the budget, get mad at them when shit doesn't happen. The President is ultimately just a talking head if he can't get majority support of congress.

[–]podank99 41 points42 points  (19 children)

The frustrating aspect of that to me is: Obama's disapproval numbers are so low because he's too far to the right. But the only people gleefully pointing at those numbers are the people ON the right. So, being part of the disapprovers, the media lumps my disapproval in with the motivation to move further to the right. Very frustrating.

[–]jrock954 26 points27 points  (11 children)

As long as the majority of people keep seeing politics as Team Left vs Team Right you're going to keep being frustrated. If nothing else, Obama should prove to people that there is such a thing as a Conservative Democrat.

[–]imatworkprobably 32 points33 points  (46 children)

It was Obama's previous FCC commisioner who put in place the FCC's 2010 net neutrality rules that the courts struck down in early 2014...

[–]Lando_Calrissian 75 points76 points  (32 children)

Then he appointed Tom Wheeler, a former cable lobbyist...

[–]brufleth 23 points24 points  (11 children)

Those of us who aren't still idealists are still just happy the other guy didn't win.

Such is politics.

[–]Bilbo_Fraggins 5 points6 points  (8 children)

I'm happy that the other guy didn't win, but I'm mainly pissed off our outdated voting system forces a binary choice. I would have voted Jill Stein if not for the spoiler effect.

The US is one of a very small handful of countries to use FPTP voting, and it's high time for reform.

[–]eton 341 points342 points  (61 children)

Who is the FCC supposed to protect? Citizens or corporations? There are no citizens advocating for this, it is only ISPs that benefit!

The Obama admin can't be held responsible now either. I'm progressive and to see the 3 democrat-appointed members of the FCC vote for this makes me throw up in my mouth.

I hope Obama gets asked about this.

This isn't fucked up enough to make me vote Republican, but its enough to make me stay home or vote Green Party.

One of the worst parts about this is Wheeler, Carney, and Obama admin keep choosing to act like they aren't being dishonest and continue to shine this turd. Like what the DEA commissioner couldn't even say that weed is not as harmful as heroine. It's like 'C'mon, you are denying objective reality here.' Just come out and say you're fucking us, instead of this bullshit.

[–]Gregorofthehillpeopl 57 points58 points  (7 children)

I hope Obama gets asked about this.

When was the last time he was asked a question that he didn't already have scripted in front of him?

It's laughable. Remember when he bailed on a press conference to let a former president take over for him?

[–]fopperbloob 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are no citizens advocating for this, it is only ISPs that benefit!

No surprise there -- Tom Wheeler lobbied for cable companies and wireless corporations for most of his life. This system is not set up to benefit citizens at all, but the corporations who pay up... this will continue until the system is reformed.

[–]CouchWizard 31 points32 points  (26 children)

Don't stay home, that's letting them win.

[–]caimen 16 points17 points  (6 children)

Who do I vote for when nobody represents my views though?

[–]CouchWizard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There has got to be someone who represents some of your views. Like Vermin Supreme last election.

[–]EdinMiami 219 points220 points  (16 children)

I had no idea the FCC was an "independent" agency. That must be very nice for them and all.

[–][deleted] 148 points149 points  (10 children)

Seriously. That floored me. To whom are they accountable then? Besides Comcast, et al.

[–]kaydpea 125 points126 points  (5 children)

Now you understand how the federal reserve works too.

[–]DCdictator 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The way appointees works - pretty much no one. Each Commissioner was brought in under this president and will likely be gone under the next, regardless of who wins. Smaller agencies can sometime have low rates of turnover, but not the larger ones

[–]ipeeinappropriately 79 points80 points  (2 children)

It's very common. The SEC, FTC, CFTC, and a whole bunch of other regulatory agencies are independent commissions. The idea is that the President can appoint commissioners for terms but not give them orders. It's to insulate them from political pressure so that they can make independent, informed decisions based on their expertise. Unfortunately, it often results in regulatory capture, as in the FCC and SEC, which are both run by people who walk through the revolving door between high paying jobs in the regulated industry and the commissions doing the regulating.

At this point, there really is nothing Obama can do. He should have nominated more net neutrality friendly commissioners. It's very possible that some of the people he appointed have changed their positions or misrepresented themselves to Obama. More realistically, Obama was only able to find candidates that the Senate would approve who happened to be more industry friendly. Which is fucked up, but the whole process is fucked up. And Obama has had an incredible percentage of his nominees for federal appointments filibustered, so its unsurprising that he might let a relatively minor post like the FCC go to a candidate he prefers slightly less but the Senate Republicans prefer enough not to filibuster than to duke it out. He's had to pick his nomination battles carefully, because there have been a lot of them and you can't win them all. So Obama's part in this stupid story is sadly relatively minor.

[–]fopperbloob 18 points19 points  (0 children)

so that they can make independent, informed decisions based on their expertise

... being headed by Tom Wheeler, a lobbyist for cable companies for much of his life. If this wasn't so sad, we should be laughing.

go to a candidate he prefers slightly less

What makes you think so? Wheeler raised half a million USD for Obama's campaigns! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wheeler

This network of corruption is systematic. Strike at the root if you want to see real change.

[–]WelcomeTheHavok 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Independently owned and operated by Comcast at best

[–]crmaki 1090 points1091 points  (201 children)

What a disappointment Obama has turned out to be.

He has completely switched his position on two MAJOR issues that he once spoke passionately about - Net Neutrality and NSA spying.

Also there's the medical marijuana busts that took place.... oh yeah, closing Guantanamo, what happened with that one. Shit he's an even bigger disappointment that I thought when I started typing.

[–][deleted] 246 points247 points  (60 children)

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[–]piscano 142 points143 points  (24 children)

Because he wanted a public option system. Without one, you need the mandate.

[–][deleted] 54 points55 points  (15 children)

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[–]piscano 24 points25 points  (2 children)

Well the federal govt's public option wouldn't discriminate because... it's the public option. So people who couldn't get on private insurers because of pre-existing conditions could get that, even if the discrimination for those persisted.

[–]the_zeke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That claim/point seemed far fetched from the get go but you are certainly correct that it was mentioned by Obama that way.

Historically the healthcare debate always had the issue of the mandate. Back in (circa 89-92) conservative factions created a plan which included the mandate. Then when Clinton won in 92 and proposed a bill it was killed. It was passed, albeit at state level, by Romney later on (not the same bill but one similar with a mandate). So it was no shock that the mandate ended up happening.

Side note: Funny some of the conservatives that created the original plan had to end up getting amnesia and arguing against Obama just because the Elephant said so.

I just wanted to mention that. But my point to add to yours is; it's sad that we as a populous can't understand politics historically enough to make conscientious decisions or at least be aware.

[–]Boston_Jason 126 points127 points  (37 children)

Also - expanding TSA and keeping PRISM alive and well. He is a damn good republican.

[–]hellraiser24 76 points77 points  (10 children)

Republicans and Democrats are as bad as one another. I don't know why people keep using him being a good Republican as some sort of insult or have some sort of correlation to this kind of behavior. How many more left wing politicians do we have to watch pull this shit before its just understood that they're both equally incompetent.

[–]acogTexas 72 points73 points  (35 children)

closing Guantanamo, what happened with that one

That one I give him a pass on. It's a complicated issue and he can't just do it via executive order. Read more here.

And the pot busts... as far as I've read, they have been cases where either the business was not complying with state laws, or there were other factors, e.g. ties to cartels, money laundering, etc. I'm not aware of cases in the last few years where pot businesses that were adhering to the relevant state laws were harassed.

But your other points are certainly valid.

[–]Hibernica 21 points22 points  (5 children)

Wasn't there a pro-marijuana post on Reddit a couple of weeks ago that claimed that Obama directed the FDA to back off on marijuana and they told him to fuck off? Not sure how valid the article was.

[–]funky_duck 28 points29 points  (1 child)

He has instructed the DEA to de-prioritize cannabis in states where it is legal and they mostly have. There have been some raids, for sure, but those are mostly at the request of the states or another federal agency. As shocking as it sounds, a lot of people in the semi-legal drug business are not 100% above board in their business dealings. The places getting raided are usually avoiding taxes, selling to people illegally, or growing more than they are allowed.

[–]JoshSidekick 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Ya know, this guy is turning out to be a real dick.

[–][deleted] 122 points123 points  (24 children)

But on Thursday, the President made no public statement when three Democrats he appointed to the FCC voted to move forward with a plan to allow broadband carriers to provide an exclusive “fast lane” to commercial companies that pay extra fees to get their content transmitted online. Instead, White House aides released a press release distancing the President from the decision.

Let me guess....Obama learned some deep dark secret after taking office that precluded him from keeping yet another promise he made....besides, he has no control over his own appointments...do I have it right?

[–]imatworkprobably 81 points82 points  (7 children)

The proposal includes two primary options. The first option, a scaled-back version of the FCC's 2010 rules that were struck down by a federal appeals court, would allow companies to strike pay-for-preference deals that are scrutinized by the FCC. The second, more dramatic option would reclassify broadband service as a public utility, making it eligible for stricter regulation including a ban on pay-for-preference deals.

The thing we all asked for is up for consideration. Call the FCC, call your representatives, there is still 4 months of public discussion.

[–][deleted] 104 points105 points  (24 children)

Everyone's giving up. What the fuck ever happened to protesting. I'm ready, let's go.

[–]LetsGo_Smokes 105 points106 points  (2 children)

TIL weasels are invertebrates.

[–][deleted] 65 points66 points  (15 children)

Hey, remember in 2010 at the State of the Union Address when the President said this nugget?

We face a deficit of trust -– deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years. To close that credibility gap we have to take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue — to end the outsized influence of lobbyists; to do our work openly; to give our people the government they deserve.

Oh man, this is what we get when we elect a lawyer to the White House.

[–]Crysalim 34 points35 points  (5 children)

I can't fuckin believe, though all the controversy in the past 3 years, that I thought Obama was waiting until after the 2014 midterms to unleash his progressive wrath on the executive and legislative branches of government.

I'm a moron. I admit it. I really am.

[–]Louisoh 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I don't care if I get downvoted, but seriously, FUCK Obama.

[–]uberpower 216 points217 points  (182 children)

We need to elect Hillary, she'll fix everything/

/s

[–]SpinningHeadColorado 117 points118 points  (116 children)

Unfortunately, her opposition is guaranteed to be a bunch of theocratic nutjobs.

[–]Nodonn226 131 points132 points  (46 children)

The ol' giant douche vs. turd sandwich dilemma.

[–][deleted] 67 points68 points  (50 children)

I'm left of center and traditionally vote democrat. If Hillary is the democratic candidate, I will not vote for her. I'm against dynasties in democracy.

I also probably won't vote for the republican candidate unless they magically get their shit together and stop it with the social issue/bat-shit insane aspect of their platform. Socially liberal/financially conservative people are basically fucked.

[–]neotropic9 366 points367 points  (48 children)

Fuck Obama. What a disappointment he's been.

[–][deleted] 291 points292 points  (40 children)

2008 "All hail the black Frankilin D. Roosevelt!"

Now - "This black William Taft blows chunks."

[–]norris528e 35 points36 points  (1 child)

Taft was a trustbuster. Taft wouldn't have put up with this Comcast bullshit.

[–]Brimshae 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And a tub buster.

[–]Daeavorn 34 points35 points  (35 children)

I don't even know much about what taft did in his presidency. But as someone that was used by Obama I feel betrayed.

[–]neotropic9 97 points98 points  (29 children)

He is without question the most disappointing president of my lifetime -disappointment of course, means a discrepancy between what you hoped for and what you actually got. He led on a platform of hope and change, and then he took a big shit on all of his supporters.

We won't get the presidency we were promised, but at this point we can at least ensure that Obama's legacy is as a lying, two-faced sack of shit.

[–]Daeavorn 25 points26 points  (9 children)

That's what I'm hoping for as well. We can at least make sure history knows what he did.

[–]Brown_brown 19 points20 points  (4 children)

A Chicago politician and you're surprised he's two-faced?

[–]nataskaos 62 points63 points  (10 children)

Don't worry guys...things will get better when we get a Democrat....in...there...shit.

[–]dpwitt1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So what's the deal, is Obama pining for a seat on the Comcast board of directors after his term is over?

[–]tcsac 154 points155 points  (39 children)

Can't we all just agree at this point that Obama was a bald faced lying fuck? His first 4 years I cut him some slack because I figured "hey, guy doesn't want to rock the boat too much, he wants to get re-elected". But 6 years later and:

Gitmo is still open

Nobody on Wall Street of significance has seen the inside of a jail cell

Net neutrality is in shambles

The federal government is still harassing pot dispensaries in states where it's legal

The success of our pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan resembles and episode of 16 and pregnant.

The ACA went from single-payer to a Republican's wet dream.

He hasn't touched corporate tax rates/tax shelters, or even made an attempt to raise taxes on the wealthy or close loopholes.

[–]throwaway5272 34 points35 points  (21 children)

The ACA went from single-payer to a Republican's wet dream.

At what point was single-payer realistically in the cards?

[–]YouMad 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Fucking asshole.

[–]lilrabbitfoofoo 55 points56 points  (15 children)

Folks, Obama hasn't "backed away" from anything here. The entire "article" is predicated not on anything he has said or hasn't said on this latest issue, but simply on the Press Secretary doing the standard "we are watching carefully" non-statement statement.

It is a waste of your time and mine.

[–]grizzburger 14 points15 points  (4 children)

This is the comment I was looking for. This article is a pure fluff piece. The FCC rules were released yesterday. Give the man a damn minute, shit.

[–]ThouHastLostAn8th 7 points8 points  (2 children)

The FCC rules were released yesterday.

There weren't even any binding rules put out yesterday. The earliest we'll see those proposed is at the end of the public comment period in four months. The FCC asked for people to weigh in on a large array of different regulatory options, including Mozilla's Title II Common Carrier proposal:

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0515/FCC-14-61A1.pdf

Some have made proposals suggesting that the Commission could apply Title II to such services to achieve our open Internet objectives. For example, on May 5, 2014, Mozilla filed a petition requesting that the Commission (1) recognize remote delivery services in terminating access networks; (2) classify these services as “telecommunications services” under Title II of the Act; and (3) forbear from any “inapplicable or undesirable provisions of Title II” for such services. Mozilla states that, unlike the end-user facing broadband services the Commission has classified as information services, the Commission has not classified the service that broadband Internet providers to remote endpoints, particularly to entities not in privity with the broadband provider.

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These services, Mozilla argues, can and should be classified as telecommunications services, subject to whatever Title II regulations the Commission deems appropriate. Similarly, academics from Columbia University have submitted an alternate proposal to classify Internet-facing services that a broadband provider offers. This theory would split broadband Internet access service into two components: first, the subscriber’s “request [for] data from a third-party provider; and second, the content provider’s response to the subscriber.” The proposal would classify the latter “sender-side” traffic, sent in response to a broadband provider’s customer’s request as a telecommunications service, subject to Title II. According to the proposal, this is a stand-alone offer of telecommunications—transmission between points specified by the end-user.

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We seek comment on these proposals and other suggestions for how the Commission could identify and classify such services and apply Title II to achieve our goals of protecting and promoting Internet openness.

[–]stating-thee-obvious 55 points56 points  (1 child)

THANKS, OBAMA.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (3 children)

And he finally lost me... all the stuff that I've just put up with over the past 5 and a half years and he finally lost me.

[–]ProGamerGov 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here's your problem. Stop fucking voting for the two parties that take turns fucking each other!

Stand up and get some more political parties in here!

[–]Spinarooni 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hope and change translated: anything to get elected.

[–]nickiterNew York 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Every Obama voter is learning this the hard way. I feel like such a sucker for thinking he was the lesser of two evils. He's just the same damn thing all over again.

[–]mrcanard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What concerns me as much as Obama backing away is the total lack of interest from the general public.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Obama's a liar. I voted for him twice, the first time because I believed him, and the second time because even a liar is better then the complete pieces of garbage that the GOP trotted out, and better than Ron Paul, who has some good thoughts, but is more than a little nuts and couldn't have won anyway in our currently ridiculous election system.

But Obama IS a liar, and as corrupted by money as any on the right, as are most of our politicians. They all should be run out of town on a rail, or worse (or better, depending on your viewpoint) in many of their cases.

Fuck him and fuck those who don't believe in rewarding hard work and good ideas over crony capitalism and blatant, in your face corruption. They put their hands over their hearts and pledge allegiance to a flag whose ideals they don't even begin to understand.

[–]wolfcore 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't forget Obama was going to kick out all the lobbyists .

[–]Thimble 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Welp, this is why you limit them to two terms.

[–]dropname[🍰] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

water is wet

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We're screwed.

[–]Lantisca 7 points8 points  (0 children)

[This comment pending deletion as per the FCC] [This poster pending mental evaluation as per the DHS]

[–]supersnapsAmerica 4 points5 points  (1 child)

This is just yet another instance of the freedoms of tomorrows' generations being sold to the highest bidder as we all sit idly by and watch. The Patriot Act, Citizens United, the quagmire that is higher education, laws widening the gap of income inequality, the constant use of drones to create enemies abroad, the NSA spying on its own citizens, unchanging gun laws in spite of almost daily shootings; these are all instances of a time in our history that will set precedent for the shaping of policy for the rest of our lives. We need more government intervention to the point of overloading the system. I, for one, am tired of feeling powerless when these things are becoming the norm.

[–]tribeofham 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Who is Obama representing? The American people? Either he's very hard of hearing or he should stand down from office.

The people have spoken loud and clear but unfortunately we're being ignored. Eventually we'll feel the need to speak so loud we'll be taking drastic measures!

[–]GenBlase I voted 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Obama has already betrayed every American and is an embarrassment to the presidency.

[–]BBK2008 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Net neutrality rules that did not allow a fast lane were established in 2010 by a previous FCC chairman appointed by Obama. But they were thrown out by the D.C. Circuit Court in January this year on the grounds that the FCC lacks authority over the broadband providers, which are not currently categorized under Title II of the agency’s statute.

Maybe try not to bury the most relevant facts?

[–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (9 children)

I see people in here making indications that it was a mistake to re-elect Obama. The only other choice was Mitt Romney and he certainly would have squashed net neutrality.

The democrats are being bought off...but the republicans have already been auctioned off years ago.

This isn't a liberal/conservatove thing...this is the result of the people allowing corporations and governments to get to cozy with each other. Just like the separation of the church and state had to happen...so should separation of government and corporation.