..damn, I've been waiting years for the chance to make up a headline like that...
In a relatively obscure push to create a nationwide free wireless Internet access network, Anna Eshoo (Rep) is asking for one of the radio spectrum bands to be sold off but with the proviso that whoever runs this free "Family Friendly" service must block all pornography and adult content. I doubt it'll go anywhere as the cost of the D-block is so high, without pornodollars nobody can afford it. It does however raise an interesting question - is this just protecting the vulnerable from being lured into vice, depravity and an addiction to spending welfare checks on midget porn, or a restriction of free speech? Is it fair that you could get Google for free in a parking lot of your choice, but you'd have to buy airtime to see BlueBlood?
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