re: Obama's plan to save the internet draws bold reactions

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Terrible analogy if your trying to win the argument: toll roads, HOV lanes, bus, rail, take a plane etc.

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And you know what, let me try to win this argument anyway.

It's great to have all those options for real-world transportation, but your ISP controls your driveway and has the key to your front door. What good are toll roads if my ISP says I can only take the train? And the train doesn't go where I want to go? Or, the bus will take me exactly where I want to go for a really good price, but my ISP set the speed limit too low on the roads because they want more revenue for their trains. And the fee my ISP wants from the bus company to raise the speed limit to compete with the train is so high that the train is then cheaper. How can the bus company compete if another company controls whether or not they can match (but never beat) the service, and also sets the price they have to charge to survive? How is this market free? What incentive does the ISP have to innovate?

Just a little bit of thought is all it takes to understand why you're on the wrong side of this argument. If you're willing to put your politics aside.