[Mier]

We all know the power hungry left would love to shut down Fox News, Conservative Talk Radio and the internet, where most people are getting their news. Shutting down the internet is just another piece of their socialist puzzle. I think these kind of stories should be brought up before the next election to shine the light on these rats, so we can get rid of them! Will they wait on an cyber emergency or create one and not let it go to waste to have an excuse to shut it down?

[grobdriver]

No power given to Obarry. None!

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Another example of this administration taking a power that it does not legally have.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If he gets to have one that kills the Internet, it's only fair that the Internet gets one that kills him.

It's the Fairness Doctrine at work.

[Lazamataz]

Renewed Push to Give Obama an Internet "Kill Switch" A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a "national cyberemergency," and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year.

OH MY F***ING GOD.

That's it. I'm bailing. Gotta be a better country than this fascist piece of s**t country.

[ReneeLynn]

He wants the kill switch on granny.

[Nat Turner]

Internet companies should not be alarmed by the legislation, first introduced last summer by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), a Senate aide said last week.

Anything by Elmer Fudd and the rino is a warning and alarm enough..

[MichaelCorleone]

This is exactly the type of thing that Tea Party folks will be watching out for and will NOT tolerate.

Message to the new crop of Republicans: under no circumstances do we want this enacted. Not in any way, shape or form.

Got it? We want a return to us being the land of the free and home of the brave, so grow a pair.

[TheBattman]

Exactly what sort of “Cyber-emergency” could possibly warrant such heavy-handed power here in the US? This proposal sounds more like an act of Red China or the old Soviet Politburo...

And with the death of print media, and even a lot of the old broadcast media - the internet becomes the defacto “press”... Which fully explains the power-grab.

[DannyTN]

Never give this kind of authority unchecked by a court review.

If they can’t convince a judge of the merits of their cause, they don’t have a cause.

[Tublecane]

“prohibiting any review by the court system”

I’ve commented on this before, but the idea that any other branch of the government could arbitrarily decide that the courts are prohibited from reviewing them is absurd. That’s for the court to decide. Just like it’s for Congress to decide to impeach a justice, for instance. Or for Congress, the states, or the people to overturn the courts by amending the Constitution.

Killing the internet is not unreviewable just because Congress or the president says so. If nothing else, their claim that judicial review doesn’t apply could itself be subject to review.

[Marty62]

UH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

No POWER to ZERO period.

[lastchance]

“Instead, Milhorn said at a conference in Washington, D.C., the point of the proposal is to assert governmental control only over those ‘crucial components that form our nation’s critical infrastructure.’”

Just who decides what that is? I’m thinking not the legislature but some regulatory agency. That is what scares me because then you end up with a definition to suit political ends. This gives way too much leeway in determining the definition.

[driftdiver]

“prohibiting any review by the court system”

man that whole due process thing is so outdated.

[Bitsy]

Lieberman-Collins
Lieberman will not seek reelection and Collins should persuaded as well. Together, these two can't muster one half a brain cell. If they can't realize by now what a vicious, cut throat, deceptive administration this is they deserve to be in a home for dementia patients.

[jonrick46]

Just wondering if they considered what kind of reaction from the American people when an internet “kill” command was executed? It would only escalate an already desperate situation.

Only irresponsible lawmakers would ever consider giving an Internet “Kill Switch” to government.

[jd777]

Lots of Republicans will be there with them - just watch.

[antiRepublicrat]

I’ve read the whole bill. I still haven’t found the “kill switch” part of it. I could be wrong, so please post the relevant sections of the bill if I am.

[Temujinshordes]

How far is it from “prohibiting any review by the court system” to “President for life”? Ask Idi Amin Dada, he would tell you “not very far”.

[RichInOC]

I’d prefer a volume knob that goes to 11.

[Mr. Bird]

How similar is this to the executive branch grounding all planes on 9/11? They didn't stop all transportation, just air transport. I don't like the idea of Obama having a "switch" for anything, but let's face it: as long as he is POTUS, he's got a lot of "switches" in his pocket already.

So, for those techies better informed than I: is such a "kill switch" remotely possible without shutting down the power grid altogether? I seem to think not. However, I could imagine an order to private entities to halt certain transactions if a specific threat had been identified; that's just common sense, is it not?