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February 7, 2012 Democrats to continue Internet coup with new cyber bill
Daily Caller ^ | February 7, 2012 | Josh Peterson

Posted on 02/07/2012 9:08:04 AM PST by thouworm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, following a recent anti-piracy legislative debacle with SOPA and PIPA, will lead his second effort of 2012 to push Internet-regulating legislation, this time in the form of a new cybersecurity bill. The expected bill is the latest attempt by the Democrats to broadly expand the authority of executive branch agencies over the Internet.

Details about the bill remain shrouded in secrecy. Clues available to the public suggest that the bill might be stronger than President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity proposal, which was released in May 2011. Reid said that he would bring the bill — expected to come out of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, chaired by Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman — to the floor during the first Senate work period of 2012.

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KEYWORDS: dhs; hsgac; internetregulation; pipa; sopa
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To: mkjessup

I’m too old and decrepit to run and it has to start somewhere. If I happen to be the first or early enough that we have not gathered in groups yet, then I will meet them at the door with gun in hand and take as many of them as I can with me. If I survive the early phase I will “cry havoc” and start “my” march on Washington.

Now how many here are tories who will inform the regime in hope of avoiding a mass grave?


41 posted on 02/08/2012 3:45:29 AM PST by W. W. SMITH (Obama is Romney lite)
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To: Lazamataz
It's all over but the shouting.

Replace that with "shooting" and I'm in!

Now, if the spineless twit RINOs would get the he!! out of the way, maybe this could still be settled peacefully.

42 posted on 02/08/2012 3:57:04 AM PST by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: thouworm
SOPA and PIPA were once popular in the House and Senate but enough people pitched a fit that it is unlikely either will pass.

Again, remember we had to get in their face to stop these stupid bills.

Creating another stupid bill with the same crap is not going to make us go away. We need to lean on Congress, harder.

I have written my Congressman, to wit:

“As I've said in previous correspondence, I am absolutely against the SOPA/PIPA bills. These bills are a monstrosity to our freedom and liberty. You agreed. You said you would not support them. Now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is planning another bill, with the same freedom and liberty abusive language and penalties. ENOUGH! We are not so stupid as to stop defending our liberties just because they clothed the old bill in a new name. Please let me know you'll oppose this new bill as you did the previous two!”

43 posted on 02/08/2012 4:08:41 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: thouworm
In addition to your find,Obama is trying to censor and destroy the Internet also by using another method,an international treaty called ACTA.The media and the government have kept this ACTA a closely guarded secret. No one knows about it.Have any of you heard about it?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2841152/posts
INTERNET TAKEOVER PLAN B: After SOPA, PIPA Stall,Obama Goes Over Congress’ Head
www.webtoday.tv ^ | 2/1/2012 | WebToday.tv

Posted on 02/01/2012 12:13:59 PM PST by geraldmcg

This is one bowl of alphabet soup that’ll make you sick. Before the dust has even temporarily settled on SOPA and PIPA, the House and Senate anti-Internet-piracy laws that stalled in Congress last week under intense public pressure, the White House is at it again.

This time it’s the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) treaty. And, according to Constitutionalist attorney Gary Kreep, President of the United States Justice Foundation (USJF), the threat against American free speech is even greater.

Unlike the House and Senate bills, ACTA is an international treaty that has been developed without Congress, serves New World Order interests above American interests and has already been approved by the White House...

44 posted on 02/14/2012 3:51:52 AM PST by Democrat_media (China is destroying all our jobs and manufacturing ability. China makes everything.)
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