Too bad, so sad.

[Joseph Tracy]

It also appears that Obama’s appointee Wheeler negotiated greater theoretical legal security for net neutrality  by the legal definition of the internet as a telecom service. I think I lose this argument on all counts. I hope the courts agree with the legal changes and Pai loses. I appear to have run with information that was not the whole picture.  I try to avoid such mistakes but do make mistakes.  It comes nowhere near  redeeming the Obama presidency.  People can call me whatever they want. I will never again endorse proponents of wars of aggression. 
> On Dec 18, 2017, at 8:57 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> That theory is constrained by the requirement that the President’s nominations must be confirmed by the Senate, which was controlled by the GOP in 2010. Obama got his majority, which gave us net neutrality. If he picked that fight instead, we wouldn’t have to lament that Pai has scrapped net neutrality because there’d be nothing to undo. 
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> Sent from an iPhone; pls xcse typos. 
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>> On Dec 18, 2017, at 17:35, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
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>> OOPs I sent this to myself
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>>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> How Do Folks Get Nominated.
>>> By law, the President nominates Commissioners and the Senate confirms (or doesn’t). In theory, the President can pick whoever he wants. As a practical matter, over the last 15 or so years, it has become customary for the President to select the Chairman, House Rs to select one R Commissioner, House Ds to select one D Commissioner, Senate Rs to select one R Commissioner, and Senate Ds to select on D Commissioner. Rosenworcel and Pai are both Senate picks.
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>>> Customary but not required. This looks to me like a fight that should have been fought. The republicans break custom all the time.  No doubt the fault lies primarily with Trump,  
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