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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/28/senate-president-emergency-control-internet/

I saw on this on FOX and could not believe that a President would have the authority to shut down the flow of information. I can't think of any good reason to do such a thing.

My question is in what situation would shutting the free flow of information be warranted?

He does not now nor will he ever have the authority to do it. However, what he has the authority do to has little bearing on what he actually does and we seem powerless to stop him. It's a direct violation of the 1st Amendment.

For the good of the people, obviously. Just like extorting $20 billion from a private company for the good of the citizens of the Gulf, this law would also allow him to protect all the innocent citizens being riled up and lied to by fake online news sources like Drudge.

The he just needs to shut down Fox and talk radio, and everybody will be safe in the knowledge that only valid news will go out via the MSM.



In truth, this bill is intended to secure the critical pieces of our infrastructure that are hooked up to the internet. But I think it's so poorly written that it can and will be abused for political purposes.

My thoughts too RC. I imagine it would be most beneficial to him were the citizens of this country to rise up and take our government back.

There are tens of thousands of switches and they extend world-wide. Just how would this "killing" be accomplished?

And while its being attempted, just what do they think the American people will be doing? Cringing in our homes?

OSOK, might want to dig deeper. Here's a summary I found.. I'd parse the bill, but at 197 pages it's more legalese than I can absorb.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/internet-kill-switch-proposed-for-us-339303838.htm




They can pick and choose which networkshe wants shut down. Just like they can pick and choose which citizens are put on a no-fly list without due process. And the citizens have just sat cringing in their homes in regards to that, haven't they?

Oh, I'm not at all for this or even for ignoring it.

I'm just saying that it would be hard to accomplish and while they were working on it, they would really rile the American people up.

I tried to snopes it yesterday and came up empty--anyone try today?

Have to tell you when you've went to Hawaii and you go to get back on the plane and they tell you you're on the DNF list it ain't funny its a long swim home.

The Liar In Chief and his ilk in Congress have already done quite enough to 'rile' the people of this country.. Do you really think they care if they do more damage??

HAH.. He'll do it in a New York second...

His reason is he is a communist....control.....

If your Google search leads you here... http://www.endoftheinternet.com/

...it might be a sign.

There are lots of ways to accomplish it. Far from the government being broke, they have nearly unlimited resources. They will have said resources as long as they have the power to take your money at will. But then, Ron Paul is a nut and also a traitor because he hasn't single-handedly solved the Mexican border problem.

Not directing any of this at you OSOK.

As far as "cringing in our homes", what are we doing now? Obama seems to be able to violate the Constitution and thus the law of the land, at will. I don't see anybody doing much about it. One law in Arizona. One law that predates it, in Oklahoma, which, btw the Feds did nothing about. We are having our money that we earned by the sweat of our brow, taken and given to unappreciative...nay, hostile assclowns who are nearly at war with us to the south and who are in two wars with us to the east. Our response is to elect a Muslim President.

WWIII has already begun. Many are just not aware of it.

The internet and the world wide web are 2 entirely different things. The internet was developed for and by DOD. That led to the commercialization of the internet and today's www, which is connected to the internet. They could kill the internet anytime they wanted.

Keep in mind that the sponsor of this legislation is Lieberman. It did not originate in the WH.

Lieberman has sponsored a bunch of Draconian legislation of late. He was co-sponsor of the Bill with McCain, to call American citizens "terrorists" and treat them just like the inmates in Gitmo. Basically it would allow the government to put anybody they deemed a terrorist away without due process and torture them too.

Answers;
1. Nothing. Mostly just yelling bs like you are now but you wont be doing it on the net.

2. Yes. Same as you'll be doing but we're open to your suggestions here.

They do that in Iran... so what't the prob?

It would be warranted when the proportion of the US population, that understands the gigantic scam that they've been the victim of these last hundred years or so, becomes nearly large enough to constitute a threat to the scammers themselves.