George Bush Runs The Internet
It would seem, somewhat disturbingly, that the US Department of Commerce isn't going to relinquish control of the Internet's root DNS servers in 2006 to ICANN as planned. Instead, it feels they should be maintained in such a way that prevents any action which could result in an adverse impact on the operation of the Internet. That means the DoS stays in control.
The issue stretches further than reliably maintaining root servers, though, as The Register reports:
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...what is most disturbing about Gallagher's presentation, is how it endlessly refers to the president. The first slide has a picture of George Bush. The second begins "Thanks to the president's policies, America's economy is strong". The next slide is "The president's broadband vision". The next slide leads with a quote from Bush and two pictures of him. And on and on it goes. There is barely a single slide that doesn't quote from the president.
Clearly the Internet has entered the Bush administration's vision and the resulting DoC statement - which boldly tells the rest of the world that the US will continue to run the Internet and everyone will just have to lump it - is very in keeping with how the US government is currently run.
We bow before the superiority of Emperor Bush and his almighty Internet.