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Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
CNET ^ | August 28, 2009 12:34 AM PDT | Declan McCullagh

Posted on 08/28/2009 8:13:33 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: This_far

Let’s see now, the following groups have turned against BO and the Dems:

1. Seniors
2. Health Insurance Co’s.
3. Middle Class
4. 9-21 yo’s ?

What will these young folks do when they can’t get their Youtube, Porntube, and everything else including INSTANT MESSENGER - OMG.

Just when you think I am being paranoid, BO and the Dems have found another way to show their true colors of Fascist-ism. Control speech and you control thought.

The only problem with controlling or attempting to control the Internet and private controllers is that it smacks against the 1st and 4th Amendment to begin with. Also, our economy is now about 50% Internet driven. If you want to tank the economy by taking over the Internet, then the Government will have open revolt on their hands. The best part of this, is I won’t have to be involved. The youngsters and geezers will burn DC before I will have a chance to get there.


201 posted on 08/28/2009 10:45:34 AM PDT by DownInFlames (C)
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To: SE Mom

Buy a Glock and spend the difference on ammo


202 posted on 08/28/2009 10:47:04 AM PDT by JrsyJack (There's a little Jim Thompson in all of us)
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To: Myrddin

Awesome!
Seems there’s even an iPhone version.


203 posted on 08/28/2009 10:47:52 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (flag@whitehouse.gov may bounce messages but copies may be kept. Informants are still solicited.)
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To: SE Mom

Congratulations, SE Mom!

Drudge and Rush put this up in no time!

YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!


204 posted on 08/28/2009 10:47:59 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
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To: Nosterrex

Right out of the communist manifesto playbook.


205 posted on 08/28/2009 10:49:34 AM PDT by DownInFlames (C)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.

Ping for later

206 posted on 08/28/2009 10:50:45 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (One man, alone! Betrayed by the country he loves, now its last hope in their final hour of need!)
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To: GeronL
"socialists need wealth to be destroyed. prosperity for anyone but the elite is bad for socialism"

That is how I viewed the C4C program. They taxed the destruction to boot. A socialist's twofer.


207 posted on 08/28/2009 10:51:25 AM PDT by maggief (KennedyCare ... Dead in the Water)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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208 posted on 08/28/2009 10:51:57 AM PDT by davidlachnicht ("IF WE ARE ALL TO BE TARGETS, THEN WE ALL MUST BE SOLDIERS.")
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To: Sergeant Tim

ping


209 posted on 08/28/2009 10:52:26 AM PDT by HonestConservative (http://web.me.com/pac8185/Site_2/Podcast/Podcast.html)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Tyrants ought be careful where and on whom they step.


210 posted on 08/28/2009 10:52:29 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Eric Blair 2084; bamahead

ping


211 posted on 08/28/2009 10:53:24 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Uncle Ike

From now on, at the Tea Party Parties, we need to make signs that say “ Leave Our Internet Alone Obama’s Gestapo “


212 posted on 08/28/2009 10:53:34 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: maggief

What would be in it for them is the New World Order.


213 posted on 08/28/2009 10:53:41 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (Barack Obama: Worst. President. Ever.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

GWBush took emergency control of our phones, now this guy is taking our internets. That’s it! I’m moving to tahiti.


214 posted on 08/28/2009 10:54:55 AM PDT by aristotleman (....in wolves' clothing....stealing ur prey.....)
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To: maggief
"socialists need wealth to be destroyed. prosperity for anyone but the elite is bad for socialism"

But notice the gallon of "Engine Seize" in the photo. American entrepeneurism cannot be destroyed nor contained. One man's loss is indeed another's gain.

215 posted on 08/28/2009 10:55:02 AM PDT by JrsyJack (There's a little Jim Thompson in all of us)
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To: sickoflibs; rabscuttle385; nw_arizona_granny; appleseed; Arthur Wildfire! March; Clintonfatigued; ..

ping


216 posted on 08/28/2009 10:56:20 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Hmm... an alliance between government and industry..sounds eerily familiar to BamBams reliationship with the UAW. I’d be worried if I thought the UAW could actual produce any piece of machinery worth a s***. And at the cost of union labor none of the masses would be able to afford it anyways.


217 posted on 08/28/2009 10:56:41 AM PDT by texrepub76
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To: LucyT

Tried to post this earlier but the source is on our “Do not Post List” so I will sum it up here.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/topsecret-obama-safe-house-leaked-on-limewire-20090730-e267.html

Top-secret Obama safe house leaked on LimeWire
July 30, 2009

Congressman Edolphus Towns (http://www.house.gov/towns/) wants to start regulating the file sharing industry because of all of the sensitive government info that has been leaked (although n mention is made of the NYT’s and their leaks during the Bush admin).

He is quoted as saying:

“As far as I am concerned, the days of self-regulation should be over for the file-sharing industry,”

“In the last administration, the Federal Trade Commission took a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil approach to the file sharing software industry. I hope the new administration is revisiting that approach.”

“For our sensitive Government information, the risk is simply too great to ignore,”

I have been busy this summer, so I did not know about the safe house leak. Of course I do not think any sensitive info should be leaked esp. when doing so could risk the safety of the President (regardless of who it is), citizens or our military.

I do have my doubts about it being the true reasn for this. I think it is about shutting down the free flow of information. They are approaching it on various fronts trying to shut down as many avenues of communication a possible. This one is wrapped in the American Flag. Maybe he thinks it will lessen the charges of trying to suppress the voice of the people. Not working for me.


218 posted on 08/28/2009 10:57:01 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Who says “Communism is dead.”
219 posted on 08/28/2009 10:57:34 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Uncle Ike
Jim Robinson ? ... please !! the time has come, we need you to write a response to this Confiscation of our Internet service by Obama and his Gestapo henchmen and get in contact with all of the Conservative leaders you know around the country to get the word out.
220 posted on 08/28/2009 10:57:35 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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