Interesting, I would have said 'Really Paul?' but let us move on....I could talk about silverbacks but I will not. So Norbert let me add my +1 We agree to disagree. On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Norbert Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > +1 > > Norbert Klein > > in Cambodia > > On 9/12/2016 9:07 PM, Mueller, Milton L wrote: > > > > > > *From:* Paul Rosenzweig [mailto:[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>] > > Don’t you believe the Board when it promises that the accountability > changes will happen no matter what the transition? > > > > > > MM: Mostly, Paul, I don’t believe you or other opponents of the transition > when they say they favor a transition but want it delayed. As you know, I > don’t believe a period of abeyance is a viable option. If the transition is > shot down during this administration and we have to wait for a new one, > everything we have agreed to do as part of the transition is up in the air. > It could all be completely changed by a new NTIA head giving us new > criteria, or a new Congress passing new restrictions or requirements in > order to appeal to deluded and uninformed rightwing constituencies. > Whatever happens would depend entirely on U.S. domestic politics. > > > > I also know that many aspects of the revised bylaws simply cannot go into > effect until the NTIA contract is gone, so disrupting that effectively > sends us back to the drawing board. > > > > You know this as well as I do, Paul, please stop being disingenuous about > your support for the transition. As far as I can tell, you want the US > government to stay in control of the DNS. Full stop. If that’s not true, I > look forward to seeing Heritage as an organization or you as an individual > publicly challenge the dishonest and manipulative statements issued by > Senator Cruz and WSJ columnist L. Gordon Crovitz. It seems you want to have > it both ways, feign support for the transition but align yourself with > irrational politicians who are seizing on this issue to fearmonger, whip up > nationalistic fervor and attack the Obama administration for purely > partisan purposes. Time to distance yourself from that nonsense, else > completely lose credibility in this group. > > > > Dr. Milton L Mueller > > Professor, School of Public Policy <http://spp.gatech.edu/> > > Georgia Institute of Technology > > Internet Governance Project > > http://internetgovernance.org/ > > >