{"id":20184,"date":"2015-04-01T20:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T00:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=20184"},"modified":"2015-04-01T20:40:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T00:40:51","slug":"net-neutrality-emails-raise-suspicions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2015\/04\/01\/net-neutrality-emails-raise-suspicions\/","title":{"rendered":"Net neutrality emails raise suspicions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Politico<\/em> has the story Net neutrality emails raise suspicions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The flood of traffic seemed to raise some lawmakers\u2019 eyebrows, including Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California, whose office soon determined some of the messages had come from constituents who didn\u2019t recall sending them. Her aides pointed to a memo sent to members\u2019 staff last week by Lockheed Martin, which manages the technology behind some lawmakers\u2019 \u201ccontact me\u201d Web pages. Lockheed initially said it had \u201csome concerns regarding the messages,\u201d including the fact that \u201ca vast majority of the emails do not appear to have a valid in-district address.\u201d In some cases, Lockheed also questioned the \u201clegitimacy of the email address contact associated with the incoming message[s].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that an outside group could use consumer data to impersonate constituents suggests an attempt to hijack the important feedback members of Congress need to truly represent their districts,\u201d Speier said in a statement, without naming a culprit.
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\n\u201cThis is identity theft, but instead of impersonating for financial gain, the originators of this theft are striking at the heart of our representative democracy,\u201d Speier said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My ass, it’s not for financial gain.\u00a0 There is tremendous financial gain to be made by stopping the FCC from regulating internet companies as utilities.\u00a0 If those gainers succeed, then the rest of us lose.<\/p>\n

If this isn’t a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act<\/a> as it is now being applied, then I can’t imagine what is. The law is even being applied to teachers who help their students cheat on tests when the cheating is organized.\u00a0 See The LA Times<\/em> article Atlanta schools cheating scandal: 11 educators convicted of racketeering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the largest school cheating trials in U.S. history drew to a dramatic close Wednesday with a jury finding 11 Atlanta elementary school teachers and administrators guilty of taking part in a racketeering conspiracy to illegally boost students\u2019 test scores. Some of the educators face up to 35 years in prison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Doesn’t 35 years seem a bit excessive for teachers, especially when the Koch brothers associated organizations can defraud Congress and get away with it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Politico has the story Net neutrality emails raise suspicions. The flood of traffic seemed to raise some lawmakers\u2019 eyebrows, including Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California, whose office soon determined some of the messages had come from constituents who didn\u2019t recall sending them. Her aides pointed to a memo sent to members\u2019 staff last week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-stevegsposts","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20185,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20184\/revisions\/20185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}