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In reply to the discussion: Net neutrality secrecy: No one knows what the FCC approved [View all]JimDandy
(7,318 posts)43. Some people will never agree that sunshine
is a great disinfectant. They simply hide behind 'it's the law' and 'change it if you want' without ever being the one to call for or even agree that a change is needed.
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"or otherwise as authorized by the Commission" which specifically allows the info to be disseminated
PoliticAverse
Feb 2015
#3
Secret laws, secret rules, secret police, secret courts. Only the People are not allowed secrets.
Scuba
Feb 2015
#6
FCC procedures require secrecy, apparently 'cause they don't think we can handle the truth.
Scuba
Feb 2015
#8
That is obviously because if people "leaked" false rule changes and they were implemented ..."
Scuba
Feb 2015
#14
1. Are you stating that other agencies don't release the exact wording of proposed
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2015
#30
"the new rules are said to be totally different from the old" you Better Believe It!
geek tragedy
Feb 2015
#57
+10000000000 Secrecy. The MO of our new authoritarian, looting government.
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#10
The rude ROFL smiley response and predictable attempt at personal smear
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#21
Yet it's you who argues that if we don't like the rules we can't be allowed to see, we can appeal.
Scuba
Feb 2015
#15
My "outrage" isn't about the rules, it's about the secrecy. Why is our government so secretive?
Scuba
Feb 2015
#19
There would be no rumors, no conjecture, if the rules were published. Too complicated for you?
Scuba
Feb 2015
#26
Why are you defending the secrecy? You've been posting and posting but not offered ...
Scuba
Feb 2015
#34
Why does the administrative law require secrecy? What is the benefit of the secrecy?
Scuba
Feb 2015
#37
Seems like the whole argument is "there's no reason for it, it's just our policy."
Scuba
Feb 2015
#45
Please provide the final wording that has been known for weeks and I guess we'll go from there.
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#52
because when i came in this thread a lot of people on DU seem worried about the same stuff!
Takket
Feb 2015
#54
Nobody is worried about Hillary taxing America to death, last time I checked nt
geek tragedy
Feb 2015
#55
30 plus years of FCC practice here -- if anyone wants to understand the process
onenote
Feb 2015
#62