> -----Original Message-----
> It is the "irony of life" that people like Ted Cruz want to reduce
> governmental control of the Internet. 

No, he doesn't. Don't even give him credit for that. He wants to exploit American nationalism for political purposes and strengthen the American state in relation to other states. This sets in motion a dynamic which (as you point out) can only increase government involvement in the Internet. We have a couple of centuries of experience with nationalism, and nationalists are not known for reducing government control of anything.