Neutrality, Thy Name is Government?

One of the biggest area newspaper, The Seattle Times, calls for Government control over internet providers to provide neutrality. We are not stupid. If an internet provider’s service is lacking, there are dozens more we can change to. One result of government regulation is barriers to entry. When government imposes complicated regulations, such as 3,000 page laws, only the largest firms can comply. Government complications impose costs and eventually require court interpretations, law suits, and hundreds and hundreds of attorneys. Furthermore, if government enforcement of regulation would be so neutral, why did the Democrats always block President Bush’s nominees for federal judges? Why did the Democrats raise holy hell when president Bush fired a few federal attorney’s who were part of his own executive branch? Why are the Democrats constantly attacking (and implicitly call for regulation of) news media that are antagonistic to their aims? Why did the Democrats have a cow over Patriot Act provisions to wire tap calls from Islamic countries but now use the Patriot Act provisions to monitor domestic dissenters to their policies? Why should we trust government regarding regulation of the internet?