I can think of no reason the government needs this.
Gov't coup. You wouldn't know it happened, and the MSM wouldn't report it. By the time you became aware of it, the new goverment would be in place. Dictator Obama would be in place, with an army behind him. Does that make sense?
No internet, no communications other than what the press choses to report. There is ONLY one reason to do this.
“There is too many sources of information out there that competes with what we are trying to tell you (or words along those lines)” - BHO I.
Life was much easier in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s where a few dozen people decided what we were going to read and hear every day (ABC, CBS, CBS, PBS). CNN was the forerunner of the information explosion of the Internet; too bad it joined the MSM’s heard mentality.
Besides, I can imagine no greater or more effective weapon than totally free access to information via the Internet. Why else does every totalitarian government place draconian restriction on access to the Internet? I am more than willing to trade computers and cellular phones to change the world in my direction than any amount of foreign aid or American lives.
The government doesn’t need a kill switch, which is probably why I couldn’t find anything remotely like a “kill switch” when I read the bill. I could be wrong, but so far nobody’s been able to show me that kill switch provision in the bill.