The TSA is Coming to a Highway Near You

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Forbes.com 2/29/2012

…In the dead of night, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) administratively reclassified airport security screeners as Transportation Security Officers. The TSA then moved to administratively upgrade TSO’s uniforms to resemble those of a federal law enforcement officer. They further completed the makeover with metal law enforcement badges. Not surprisingly, […]

SOPA becoming election liability for backers

Jennifer Martinez Politico 1/10/2012

To the ranks of same-sex marriage, tax cuts and illegal immigration, add this to the list of polarizing political issues of Election 2012: the Stop Online Piracy Act.

The hot-button anti-piracy legislation that sparked a revolt online is starting to become a political liability for some of SOPA’s major backers. Fueled […]

Net Neutrality goes to court, FCC still runs amok, Sprint admits there’s competition

Neil Stevens RedState 10/8/2011

Net Neutrality goes to court. Great news, too: Verizon’s preferred venue won the lottery, and the Net Neutrality fight will happen in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. This is, of course, the same circuit that slapped down Net Neutrality last time in Comcast v FCC.

Oh, but here’s a big […]

Net neutrality nears…

Tech at Night: Net Neutrality nears, CWA angry at Obama, 4G competition delayed, Blackburn leads

Neil Stevens RedState 9/15/2011

The FCC continues to stall national 4G wireless competition in America, as LightSquared continues to be stalled even after having to give up half its spectrum!

Meanwhile the Net Neutrality power grab creeps closer to being […]

Rep. Blackburn Introduces Bill to Preempt FCC Internet Takeover

Warner Todd Huston Emerging Corruption 1/6/2011

Representative Marsha Blackburn (R, TN) has introduced a bill to preempt the December power grab by the Federal Communications Commission’s Chairman Julius Genachowski and she has made the bill bipartisan with the support of Democrat Dan Boren (Oklahoma).

Blackburn is reporting that 60 members support her bill to halt […]

Blackburn: Net neutrality is ‘fairness doctrine for the Internet’

By Kim Hart The Hill 10/20/09

Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) spoke against net neutrality regulations today at an event put on by the Safe Internet Alliance. Representing the songwriters, singers, actors, producers and other entertainers in Memphis and Nashville, she said the creative community does not want the federal government to interfere with how they are […]

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