--- Nathan Newman <nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R" <rhisiart at charter.net>
> -on a day like today, when the FCC has made US media
> about as monopolistic
> as
> -anything can get, it's good to take a long look at
> who appointed Chairman
> -Powell to the FCC board in the first place. we
> all know who made him
> -chairman, but let's take a long look at who put the
> incompetent, uncaring
> -powell on the board where shrub could easily
> promote him.
> -Mr. Powell, a Republican, was nominated by
> President William J. Clinton on
> -July 31, 1997, and confirmed by the United States
> Senate on October 28,
> -1997.
>
> I really just wish people would learn elementary
> information about how
> government operates before they post ignorant
> attacks like this.
>
> Like many independent commissions, the FCC requires
> that there be a balance
> between Democrats and Republicans on the commission.
> (Note that today's
> deregulation decision was opposed by the two
> Democratic appointees). Powell
> was appointed to fill one of the GOP slots,
> recommended by John McCain who
> headed the Senate Commerce Committee. Presidents
> usually defer to the
> opposition party on who they want in such slots, and
> Powell had no
> particular ideological record at that point to pick
> a war over in turning
> down McCain's pick.
>
> This is why I just can't take the anti-Dem arguments
> seriously at this
> point. They are so intermixed with complete false
> information about how
> government actually functions.
>
> -- Nathan Newman
>
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