[TheRealThing]

Though we may not yet know who will actually pull the strings with regard to what will almost certainly amount to the monitoring/metering of the internet, there are some front running suspects. First of all, it seems we are destined to cede control to the UN, (imagine that!). The management and enforcement of any new internet rules that come down will be done by a UN entity known as the ITU. International Telecommunications Union.

http://www.whatistheitu.org/

Right now the US holds the trump card with regard to freedom of access to a free internet matrix. In the very near future however, she will be just another UN member nation whose total power and influence will be limited to one vote. So, it is therefore easy to imagine strict limitations or fees being imposed on internet users under the following circumstances. What if the majority of member nations harbor any form of contempt, or if they could be somehow manipulated by the likes of Russia, Iran or China to form a voting bloc against the USA? I don't really care what administration first came up with the idea of ceding control to an arbitrary foreign authority. In my mind, it's just plain stupid.

The once unshakable concept of free speech under which we all grew up, is nowadays a mere ghost of it's former self. Further, if the UN gets the power to limit speech or otherwise place restrictions on US citizens, it's over. This is why I continue to assert that mindless support of any particular party, will and has been, so erosive to traditional American values. Vet candidates and vote for freedom loving Americans who wouldn't necessarily have to have a gun to their head before they'd be willing to show their birth certificate.