Sunshocked

Having grown up in northwest Indiana, the very epicenter of the SuperBowl, I would be sorely remiss if I did not mention it at least in passing. But now that I have, let’s talk a moment about a much larger game being played, with much higher stakes.

Exxon got outed last summer in its funding various “Think Tanks”. Now it seems to be getting into the Web 2.0 crowd by making videos and posting them to YouTube. Oh, and forgetting to mention that they’re Exxon.

The telecoms must be scared; they’re already fighting dirty. Consider, if you will, these three news items:

1. Hands Off the Internet, a “grassroots” website against network neutrality.
2. Tom Giovanetti’s OpEd in the Mercury News, “Network neutrality? Welcome to the stupid Internet.”
3. Sen. Ted Stevens’ already infamous “The Internet is a series of tubes” speech.