The Oatmeal: Dear Senator Cruz . . .

[pa28]

Matthew Inman takes on Ted Cruz, telecom companies and their internet fan club. Even if you are familiar with and have been following the issue it's a must read.

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/net_neutrality

This morning you Tweeted the following:

"Net neutrality is Obamacare for the internet; the internet should not operate at the speed of government."

The whole smackdown is available at the link:

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/net_neutrality

[lamp_shade]

1. This is outstanding. I just posted it to facebook. Thanks.

[Puglover]

2. Matthew is brilliant.

[bjobotts]

23. But Cruz is hopeless.He could care less unless he can smear Obama or dems with it.

[sheshe2]

3. Friggle!

That was all just priceless! Thank you pa28!

Cruz, you are

[Jon Ace]

4. Cruz makes it too easy

You can almost feel bad for him.

[hunter]

5. One thousand DU recs.

If I could.

If DU was Comcast, I could buy them.

But that wouldn't be fair.

[kairos12]

6. I figured idiot Cruz thought net neutrality meant you

couldn't leave the baseline while playing tennis.

[Historic NY]

7. Lava moves faster than government.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. lol

Of course, for El Cruz-Eh to correlate net speed with gov't. (repuke) speed is ridiculous. Bureaucracies aren't the same as bytes. (geeez, I'm not a tech-head, and I can still grok that.)

the STOOOPIIID!!!! ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!

[mstinamotorcity2]

8. Good

definition.

[baldguy]

9. Now, I want a crabwich.

[nolabear]

10. Best thing I've seen for days. Net Neutrality for Dummies.

[Flatpicker]

11. The problem is

Thing #1 is the correct answer.

So any enlightenment you care to share with him isn't going to matter.

[Ampersand Unicode]

22. Thing 1 and Thing 2

How clever of Matt to phrase it this way. Ralphie does like him some Seussicals, after all.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

12. Great. Now I want crab tacos. N/T

[turbinetree]

13. Bombardment

I think that this very good explanation which should be forwarded to the McCarthyism wanna be so that if his server if it is by Comcast for more greed and it crashes, then he will get the picture----maybe---big maybe, but I will not hold my breath

[drmeow]

14. Unfortunately Ted Cruz

is too criminally stupid to understand this so I'll simplify it in terms he MIGHT be able to understand - hey idiot, without net neutrality Comcast could charge people more to go to YOUR website!

[SomeGuyInEagan]

17. I am sure that he understands quite well.

But he is paid quite well to be the dick he has become. It takes years and years of whorish behavior to reach his status and I am quite sure he will continue his journey, serving as an example to others in the Congress, state legislatures and even local school boards just how well being a whore pays off .... which is why we are screwed, until publicly financed campaigns are put into place.

As always, FtM (Follow the Money). It is that simple, be it politics, business or religion.

[Jack Rabbit]

15. K/R

Gee, Senator Cruz tries to make it sound like net neutrality is a bad thing.

In his world, if you tried to search for information on Obamacare, you'd be directed to the text of Green Eggs and Ham.

Of course, it is axiomatic that if Ted Cruz is against it, it is a good thing.

[Martin Eden]

16. HUGH K&R!!! Net Neutrality explained in a nutshell

so even wingnuts can understand!

[niyad]

19. this person is assuming el nutso knows how to read, yes?

[ladym55]

20. Huh? Senator Cruz influenced by corporate donors???

I'm shocked I tell ya ... just shocked.

I thought he just pulled all of his ideas directly from the place where the sun don't shine.

[Ampersand Unicode]

21. Always start your day with a healthy heaping of Oatmeal.

The above is a picture of a bona fide genius. I think I might be in love. #cutegeek