Waaah, waaah, waaah.

Some members of the international community are complaining over America's control of the infrastructure of the Internet. Nations like China and Iran are throwing hissy fits over the fact that America, alone, is in charge of things like domain names and the way in which email servers and web browsers direct traffic on the web.

Well, let me start by saying this: America built the damn Internet, folks. It's the product of American military and academic research. In other words, it's our playground. If you want to play here, you have to follow our rules. If not, then build your own fricking sandbox.

I shudder to think of Iran having any input over how the Internet is governed. This is the country that elected a leader who recently announced that Israel should be "wiped off the map." A nation that can't divorce religion from government. A nation that demands that its women cover their faces in public.

I can see it already: The Internet will be shut down, five times a day, for prayer. All pictures of women will be covered in a black shroud. Anyone who types "Israel" will be booted from the Internet until they've repented.

Well, fortunately, America is going to remain in control of the Internet. Over one hundred nations at the World Summit on the Information Society agreed that the U.S. should retain control over the web's technical functions, which include the domain name addressing system.

So phooey on you nations who consistently berate America, yet take advantage of our ingenuity, and then try to steal it from us. Piss-ants!