Of course they are . . .

Smirky and the gang are opposing a free national wireless internet plan. Naturally. The rationale? "The administration believes that the [airwaves] should be auctioned without price or product mandate." Of course, the reality is that "the airwaves" belong to all of us--the public--and shouldn't be auctioned off at all. Free internet access is exactly the kind of thing for which the airwaves should be used. The beat (of Smirky and the felons selling us down the river) goes on . . .