Senator for Sale

On the official twitter account of Ted Cruz, Senator Cruz posted the following about net neutrality.

"'Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government."

This appears to be a nearly lethal amount of ignorance. Obamacare a terrible analogy for net neutrality, as they are nothing alike. In a nutshell, net neutrality is the idea that internet providers can't discriminate based on content (meaning data heavy users like netflix can't be artificially slowed down by telecommunications companies because they use so much data).

In order to be able to slow down the internet for monetary gain (one instance is where Netflix paid Comcast to return the speeds to normal), it would make sense for such companies to buy influence in washington.

In fact, they have. Senator Cruz owes some of his campaign war chest to Comcast. That explains a lot. He's not stupid, he has just been corrupted. Comforting.

By the way, for those of you living in Utah's 3rd district, Comcast has also donated over $12,000 to Jason Chaffetz.

http://fortune.com/2014/11/10/ted-cruz-is-confused-on-net-neutrality/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fortunebrainstormtech+%28Fortune+Brainstorm+Tech%29

http://consumerist.com/2014/03/11/comcast-goes-on-capitol-hill-spending-spree-in-advance-of-merger-hearings/

https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00028958&cycle=2014

Back in Iraq?

I thought we withdrew from Iraq, but the United States is now sending 1,500 troops back.

I understand these are noncombatant troops, but this could very easily be a smaller step toward larger action. Vietnam started with advisors.

Is sending more military the right choice for the situation?

And what exactly does a promise of "no boots on the ground" mean? Does that mean no troops? No combat troops? Should that president break that commitment?

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29961084