Inspiring words from FCC Chair Julius Genachowski in a speech about broadband in the US:
Thanks to CampaignForLiberty for this:
FDA's Response to FTCLDF Suit over Interstate Raw Milk Ban
http://www.ftcldf.org/litigation-FDA.htm for details on the case
Check out excerpts from TIME magazine's new profile on Ron and Rand Paul:
A somewhat unexpected development on the net neutrality front:
From CNET:
A bipartisan group of politicians on Monday told FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in no uncertain terms, to abandon his plans to impose controversial new rules on broadband providers until the U.S. Congress changes the law.
Seventy-four House Democrats sent Genachowski, an Obama appointee and fellow Democrat, a letter saying his ideas will "jeopardize jobs" and "should not be done without additional direction from Congress."
A separate letter from 37 Senate Republicans, also sent Monday, was more pointed. It accused Genachowski of pushing "heavy-handed 19th century regulations" that are "inconceivable" as well as illegal.
Just got this email from Jane Hamsher @ FireDogLake - another terrific demonstration of your federal tax dollars at work!
A federally funded drug task force seized as evidence up to 200 petition signatures for marijuana legalization in Washington State in a series of early-morning raids this week. Seizing the petition signatures is bad enough. What's worse is what the task force did on its raids of a legal marijuana dispensary and its owner's home.
Rand Paul is a RACIST! That's what the political establishment wants you to think. An attack so predictable and obvious in its desperation, it's almost funny.
The upshot is that we're getting a preview of just how well Dr. Paul handles himself under pressure - responding to the allegations in his usual reasoned, articulate, patient manner:
My interview on RT with Priya Sridhar about Rand Paul's spectacular victory in the Kentucky Primary:
UPDATE: Reid LOSES by three votes
(thanks to @andylevy)
From John Tate of the Campaign for Liberty:
