It's not about google or yahoo, it's about YOU

the neutral internet can be the great equalizer for all people, maybe somewhere in there lies the answer to obliterating the gap between the rich and the poor.

The following was taken from Al Gore new book, The Assault on Reason, and provides one of the core arguments for Net Neutrality:

Fortunately, the Internet has the potential to revitalize the role played by the people in our constitutional framework. It has extremely low entry barriers for individuals. It is the most interactive medium in history and the one with the greatest potential for connecting individuals to one another and to a universe of knowledge. It's a platform for pursuing the truth, and the decentralized creation and distribution of ideas, in the same way that markets are a decentralized mechanism for the creation and distribution of goods and services. It's a platform, in other words, for reason. But the Internet must be developed and protected, in the same way we develop and protect markets—through the establishment of fair rules of engagement and the exercise of the rule of law. The same ferocity that our Founders devoted to protect the freedom and independence of the press is now appropriate for our defense of the freedom of the Internet. The stakes are the same: the survival of our Republic. We must ensure that the Internet remains open and accessible to all citizens without any limitation on the ability of individuals to choose the content they wish regardless of the Internet service provider they use to connect to the Web. We cannot take this future for granted. We must be prepared to fight for it, because of the threat of corporate consolidation and control over the Internet marketplace of ideas.

The danger arises because there is, in most markets, a very small number of broadband network operators. These operators have the structural capacity to determine the way in which information is transmitted over the Internet and the speed with which it is delivered. And the present Internet network operators—principally large telephone and cable companies—have an economic incentive to extend their control over the physical infrastructure of the network to leverage control of Internet content. If they went about it in the wrong way, these companies could institute changes that have the effect of limiting the free flow of information over the Internet in a number of troubling ways.

The democratization of knowledge by the print medium brought the Enlightenment. Now, broadband interconnection is supporting decentralized processes that reinvigorate democracy. We can see it happening before our eyes: As a society, we are getting smarter. Networked democracy is taking hold. You can feel it. We the people—as Lincoln put it, "even we here"—are collectively still the key to the survival of America's democracy.

Net Neutrality fuels innovation

I don't know about you, but on my lunch break i tuned into the US commerce committee on CSPAN and watched a hearing concerning net neutrality.

various innovators like the maker of the sling box and the leaders of youtube testified that without the open internet, the innovations they created would have never existed. instead they would have been given the booth by companies like AT&T.

check it out...

Dear Plains Feeder,

hey friends, check out our latest publicity!!!

here is our response...

deal plains feeder,

many thanks for featuring net neutrality now! on your blog. we do appreciate the publicity.

we may have idealogical differences, judging from the links and pictures on your site, but we here at n3 respect each person's opinions and right to voice those opinions.

we do want to thank you especially for your support of Net Neutrality. without it, your blog, our blog, anyone's blog may not exist and all those opinions, imperative to the democracy, may never see the light of day. by posting us on your blog and visiting our webpage you are affirming our stance on Net Neutrality and promoting democracy!

now for our next trick,
net neutrality now!

Sign the Petition, Spread the word!!!

with all the crazy, busy happenings for us at N3, we must not forget our primary goal is to spread the word and get people to contact their congresspeople.

let them know we want a neutral internet.

if you have not already, PLEASE SIGN THE SAVE THE INTERNET PETITION!!!!
if you scroll down and look on the right for an orange box, you found it!!!!

by signing you will join the thousands already working for net neutrality and have a message sent to your congress person on your behalf. easy!!!

sign it and tell your friends about net neutrality. they can always check here for info.

SIGN THE PETITION!!!!!

Good times at the peace and justice expo

thanks to all of you who attended the peace and justice expo. lots of fun.
to all of our new friends out there, keep spreading the word about net neutrality!









here's some of us eating pie for a peace tax demonstration.








check out who stopped by our booth!! (the last one..)








Peace from Net Neutrality Now!

Omaha Peace and Justice Expo!! Go!!!

Come meet Net Neutrality Now! at the Omaha Peace and Justice Expo.
We will have a booth and maybe offer gardening tips...

Omaha Peace and Justice Expo
UNO Milo Bail Student Center
Keynote speaker Cindy Sheehan (Yes, that one..)
Lots of Booths and Stuff, panel discussions and progressive people..
come hang out with us and show omaha that conservatism and white bread america is not what omaha is really about.

N3