As if the telecom giants -- like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, and Cablevision -- needed any more power?

If Obama's nominee for FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, gets confirmed, that's just what they'll get. Because Wheeler has made his career as a major telecom lobbyist and investor.

That's right: the guy who would be charged with regulating the telecom industry has made his career advocating for its interests in Congress!

A powerfully regulatory FCC is absolutely crucial for maintaining the openness and freedom of the web, and for safeguarding the interests of consumers against the corporate greed of powerful telecom giants.

Wheeler's nomination is a slap in the face to cellphone, cable, and internet users, to those who value net-neutrality, and to those who believe we must curtail the voracious profit motive of monopolistic mega-corporations like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, and Cablevision.

Please sign to the right to tell Obama to drop Tom Wheeler as FCC nominee.

PETITION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: I am extremely concerned with your choice of Tom Wheeler for FCC chairman. A former telecom lobbyist is absolutely not the right person to be charged with the crucial task of holding telecom companies accountable for their shortcomings. I urge you to withdraw his nomination.