[ga] The Checkfacts dotORG and dotCOM issue

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

I ran into the subject through the mainstream media reporting on a mistatement regarding the GTLDS made by Cheney in a debate with some lawyer guy running for vice president. (really you cannot run for vice president)
I found the issue extremely interesting and telling regarding the general public and search engines and traffic flow and big dough. I was a little saddened by dotNET being leftout.
And then we had the hillarious debate over something no one cares about between Andy and Jeff, regardless of each of the avocations they carried on like two engineers arguing an issue.
Yet it appears to be our very own Dr. Berryhill, lawyer for the Cayman island group that made a decision sure to effect thousands of voters - one way or the other. There is no civil or criminal liability for mentioning a domain name or directing traffic to one. Of course if it is done with malice and in a calculated way to do harm to another a good lawyer would find a hook for insurance to cover the matter.
But what was in essence probably a slip of the tongue on a suffix to a site caused thousands and thousands of people to act in a certain way as opposed to another way. 
Or was it ignorance and Cheney really does not know the gravamen of the difference between the two.
Or was it intelligent and calculated to cause a stir regarding exposing just how much dough Soros pours into the democrats.
Interesting that it is ICANN that basically decided how, who, when and what runs dotORG and dotCOM.
I guess the good point was that gtlds still really do make a difference in marketing and perceptions, with dotCOM still being first and foremost on all the engines and all of our minds.
Eric 

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