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Should President Obama Control The Internet?
Townhall.com ^ | July 19, 2009 | Austin Hill

Posted on 07/19/2009 5:16:20 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin
Sunstein alludes to the notion that this was one of those “destructive falsehoods” of the sort that needs to be policed.

My question to Sunstein would be, who does Obama pal around with, sit on boards with,go to dinner with, hide videos of speeches with, fund with tax dollars or board aid, Or have in his administration that is not radical or hate America and what it stands for?

We knew this was coming. it is not a matter if obama should control the internet. Obama has czars in place to control cable news, talk radio and the internet. And they wrote books describing how it should be done. Obama hires those who have written books so he knows what he is getting.

I see Rahm and Axelrod sitting around with Obama, saying I read this book and you would not believe this guys radical communist ideas. Obama, get him on the phone. I will make him a offer he can't refuse.

Obama cannot end term limits and obama cannot be fraudulently elected 2012 and on if he does not control the conservative voice. There is only so much money to hand to ACORN for voter fraud and obama is spending like crazy and we are bankrupt. Obama will need to control what people are allowed to read and hear without illegal funding. When he does msm will be worse than they are now after looking at obama destroy freedom of speech evrywhere they will too scared to write the truth.

You have to wonder what MSM thinks when they see what obama is doing to our country. Do they ever worry about their children and grandchildren? Are they concerned their parents will be forced to accept death early or when obama says it is time?

41 posted on 07/19/2009 2:29:42 PM PDT by OafOfOffice (Constitution is not neutral.It was designed to take the government off the backs of people-Douglas)
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To: SatinDoll; STARWISE

Thought this thread was a bit relative to your posts this morning.


42 posted on 07/19/2009 2:38:46 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: LucyT; John Semmens

There’s one title that John S won’t be able to use. Reality is ahead of satire.


43 posted on 07/19/2009 2:42:23 PM PDT by Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
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To: Kaslin

Control - his favorite thing.

What a wonderful CHANGE?!!

GTH!


44 posted on 07/19/2009 2:43:59 PM PDT by R0CK3T
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To: hoosiermama

Yes, thank you.

What someone posted on this thread earlier struck me.

There is no central control of the internet. It allows many millions of individuals to contact one another. Any controls would have to be instituted by ISPs - that is the bottleneck.

Such controls would be violations of the First Amendment and therefore unconstitutional. That doesn’t seem to faze the Obama Administration, as they’ve regularly abused our rights. So, I expect they will at least try to prevent the free and open exchange of ideas and information.


45 posted on 07/19/2009 2:51:37 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: Kaslin

Funny that China claims it controls its internet yet they are world leaders in computer hacking.

if Obama tries to control the US part of the internet it will unleash a wave of hackers looking for every conceivable way to disrupt a government website.

is this fear stirring? trying to get attention to a subject that to me is not really important?

I hope he does, I mean it, that he really does a draconian gesture.


46 posted on 07/19/2009 2:56:26 PM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: CommieCutter
And think of all the crap the left spewed about GWB over the years.

Not to mention all the garbage spewed in the past year about Sarah Palin and her family.

I wonder if we could catch Obama in a lie (not too difficult to do), would the government take down the crap on his White House website for being 'falsehoods.'

47 posted on 07/19/2009 3:07:48 PM PDT by erkyl (We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office --Aesop (~550 BC))
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To: OafOfOffice
You have to wonder what MSM thinks when they see what obama is doing to our country. Do they ever worry about their children and grandchildren? Are they concerned their parents will be forced to accept death early or when obama says it is time?

Ironically, (and historically), its the MSM who are first to be taken to the gulag in any totalitarian dictatorship. Guess they've not learned from history

48 posted on 07/19/2009 3:16:45 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: LucyT

“This is not satire.”

I know, LucyT...that’s what makes it so scary. BO doesn’t have one ounce of “funny” in his body.

He’s full speed ahead to socialism.


49 posted on 07/19/2009 3:44:24 PM PDT by azishot (Please join the NRA.)
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To: CommieCutter

That’s what all the ammo purchases are for. Unlike Germany in the 30’s these Nazi’s are going to get a hell of a fight from us.


50 posted on 07/19/2009 3:50:30 PM PDT by Almondjoy
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To: MestaMachine; All
My question is even if we take control of congress in 2010 and then take back the White House in 2012,how long and how feasible is it to undo what he has already done and is in the process of doing.<p.
If cap and tax or obmacare pass,how the hell do you undo it?
51 posted on 07/19/2009 4:47:51 PM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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52 posted on 07/19/2009 5:05:28 PM PDT by smokingfrog (No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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morph Obama
53 posted on 07/19/2009 5:05:28 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (There is no justice at the Dept. of Justice when Black Panthers are cleared for terrorizing voters.)
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To: Iron Munro

What kind of lettuce is that?


54 posted on 07/19/2009 5:06:56 PM PDT by smokingfrog (No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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To: shibumi
Obama NewSpeak

internet

55 posted on 07/19/2009 5:20:36 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (There is no justice at the Dept. of Justice when Black Panthers are cleared for terrorizing voters.)
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To: greyfoxx39

Awesome! Is that a Commodore 64!!!???


56 posted on 07/19/2009 5:21:47 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: smokingfrog

“What kind of lettuce is that?”

Poison Sumac?


57 posted on 07/19/2009 5:36:13 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If you cannot be a good example you can serve as horrible warning - like Obama.)
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To: LucyT
Uhmm, F**kNO!

I will get into it later. I am a telecom veteran and I can tell the only asshats that think centralizing control of the free flow of information are government hacks who want to tell you what to do.

funny, you don't see them trying to control print, broadcast and radio news.

Here they will postulate they are not controlling the news or the content.

In fact, if you think of the Internet as bunch of Rail Road Tracks, they will control what travels on the tracks, get on the tracks, gets off the tracks and where and when information can take place.

It is also akin to creating “Free Speech Zones” on the Internet.

Your tax dollars built this thing originally. However, it is private industry such as PSInet and UUNET, @Home, MCI, LCI, QWEST, Sprint, all the Bell companies and many more I have since forgotten, THEY are the ones that expanded it to meet demand for new markets.

You and the companies you worked for saw this new medium of transmitting thoughts, ideas and porn created the demand.

Your dollars, spent with private companies, created the modern Internet.

your frustration led to the creation of HTML cuz stupid humans don't quite understand code and English is just plain easier.

That lead to the creation of electronic libraries and publication who sought increase readership and ad revenue through your eyeballs.

Which of course lead to pay for play video, video game and even renting movies.

And Hey! Guess what? The telecom companies want to control “3 Screens” and further solidify their relationship with you. That is the TV, Computer and Cell phone.

All these service providers and the services and products you buy are layered onto the transport system that enables you to use “3 screens”.

So you ask, should the government ration what I spend my money on? Which was paid for with the sweat of my work?

I say again, Uhmm, F**k NO

58 posted on 07/19/2009 5:49:54 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Iron Munro

Butterhead?


59 posted on 07/19/2009 5:57:40 PM PDT by smokingfrog (No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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To: Kaslin

_______________ Words fail me.


60 posted on 07/19/2009 6:06:04 PM PDT by madison10 (Prayer is what is remains when we run out of options...when it should have been the first choice.)
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