Al Franken: "The most important free speech issue of our time"
“Imagine if Comcast customers couldn’t watch Netflix, but were limited only to Comcast’s Video On Demand service. Imagine if a cable news network could get its website to load faster on your computer than your favorite local political blog. Imagine if big corporations with their own agenda could decide who wins or loses online. The Internet as we know it would cease to exist. That’s why net neutrality is the most important free speech issue of our time.”
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—Al Franken, US Senator from Minnesota
(source: The Huffington Post)
I always appreciated Franken’s quick, caustic comedic mind back to when he started out as a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live. He also impressed me as he shifted to becoming a progressive advocate, author, and radio personality. And my respect for him continues to grow as I follow him as a politician and law maker. —drego
