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Can someone tell me what kind of emergency would require shutting down the Internet?Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Wednesday, June 16, 2010 The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman, legislation which would hand President Obama a figurative “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a Homeland Security directive. Lieberman has been pushing for government regulation of the Internet for years under the guise of cybersecurity, but this new bill goes even further in handing emergency...

The similarities are striking: Both men are longtime senators, from the Northeast, and Jewish. Their speaking styles can best be described as uninspiring. Each has been vilified by members of his own party for a tendency to vote with the opposition. Their bids for the presidency went nowhere. Both men can be quite gruff, but they are highly respected for their statesmanlike qualities. And they have shown considerable political courage throughout their careers, often casting votes that damaged their reelection chances based on the belief that they were acting in the best interests of their constituents and the nation. The...

during a Senate vote Wednesday, Obama dragged Lieberman by the hand to a far corner of the Senate chamber and engaged in what appeared to reporters in the gallery as an intense, three-minute conversation. While it was unclear what the two were discussing, the body language suggested that Obama was trying to convince Lieberman of something and his stance appeared slightly intimidating. Using forceful, but not angry, hand gestures, Obama literally backed up Lieberman against the wall, leaned in very close at times, and appeared to be trying to dominate the conversation, as the two talked over each other in...

 Last week was certainly a bad one for shares of Democrat companies. From Tuesday’s drubbing of Lieberman Locks, to Thursday and Friday’s hammering of Appeasements “R” Us, the Standard & Poors Democrat Index reached a low not seen since before the Dubai Ports World merger fell apart in March.This left many market-watchers wondering whether the rally in these stocks that began with the collapse of Miers Supreme in October 2005 was really the start of a new bull market in this group, or just another dead Democrat bounce in an ongoing bear market.By Friday’s close, investors around the world were...

I've been thinking and saying this the past few days in posts in threads, and now after seeing Leiberman actually lose, I REALLY want other FReeper input. I strongly believe that it HAS to be assumed that there are at least a couple hundred thousand life time Democrats who are active voters every two years but not liberal ideologically. And it stands to reason that they live in the more moderate Congressional districts that have tight House races every two years, because voters like that are why moderate swing districts are moderate swing districts. And what makes those couple hundred...

U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is rolling out the big gun in his increasingly close primary battle with Greenwich Democrat Ned Lamont. Former President Bill Clinton is slated to campaign on behalf of the three-term incumbent Monday in Waterbury, Lieberman's campaign spokeswoman said today. We are thrilled to have President Clinton come to the state to campaign for Senator Lieberman," the spokeswoman, Marion Steinfels, said. "It is not only a big day for our campaign, but it is a big day for Waterbury and Connecticut." Steinfels said Clinton was expected to speak in the late afternoon, but added that plans...

But too many in the Lieberman wing of the party have elevated civility and the illusion of bipartisan comity over challenging Republicans' failed policies. In the process, they have echoed GOP jargon in dismissing critics as "angry" and "hate-filled."

Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) proposed a special bi-partisan war council Tuesday to provide advice and direction to the president. Lieberman’s "Bipartisan Victory in Iraq Administrative Group” would help dull some of the bitter tension between Republicans and Democrats. The council would resemble those created in the Vietnam War and World War II, but Lieberman said he had not thought through the details of how the panel would work. It would likely meet weekly to discuss conditions in Iraq and recommend policy. In a speech at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, Lieberman said the war debate is poisoned by...

Guard dogs on commercial properties would be outlawed, towns could not legally stop people from feeding feral cats and a medical diagnosis would be required to euthanize an animal. Police would be trained to perform CPR on injured cats and dogs, and they would be the front line in animal abuse probes. Special teams of county prosecutors also would be created to handle the cases, much like they already do for child abuse, sex offenses and major crimes. These are just a few reforms being proposed by leaders of Gov. James E. McGreevey's Animal Welfare Task Force, a group charged...

Newscasts on Baltimore County-based Sinclair Broadcast Group stations are reporting and airing stories this month that, under ordinary circumstances, would send viewers scurrying to the fridge. Their journalists are describing school construction and consumer sales and energy infrastructure. They're talking about people getting their first mortgages and the unemployed desperately looking for their first jobs in years. All in all, it's what would normally be considered mundane fare. But Sinclair's Jon Leiberman and Mark Hyman are reporting from Iraq. And they are presenting what they say are the positive, "untold stories" that the "liberal media" don't recount during constant coverage...

BROADWAY JOE LEIBERMAN -- THE HARDEST WORKING SENATOR IN SHOW BUSINESS! MIDI - IF I WERE A RICH MAN If I were a rich man...then I wouldn't have to act on weekends for the extra bucks My wife spends each single cent I earn...I can tell you, friends, it sucks If I were a rich man...I would not have to be staying up so late to learn my lines Just one job would be so very nice...yes, indeed, my life would be so fine But when I'm having thoughts that are presidential...money just doesn't grow on trees I need...

Shteinitz Calls for Expelling PA Leadership 17:17 Sep 11, '03 / 14 Elul 5763 (IsraelNN.com) MK (Likud) Yuval Shteinitz, the chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee is calling for a discussion on the possible expulsion of Yasser Arafat and other PA leaders who arrived with him from Tunisia. Shteinitz is calling for the removal of the terror-supporting leaders of the PA. He added that “dramatic” steps must be taken in the war on terror. Lieberman Opposes Ousting ArafatMinister (National Union/Yisrael Beitenu) Avigdor Lieberman opposes the expulsion of Yasser Arafat, explaining such a move would permit him to...

Look who is jumping through Sharpton's hoops?

RNC asks Lieberman to weigh in on remarks critical of Rowland August 20, 2002, 7:27 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- Controversy over a Connecticut Democrat's characterization of Gov. John G. Rowland as a "snake" and the "Prince of Darkness" spilled into the national political arena Tuesday, with the Republican National Committee asking Sen. Joseph Lieberman to weigh in. "I hope that Senator Lieberman will join me in publicly rebuking these offensive statements," Racicot said. "This is a disservice to both the political process and religious expression." Lieberman responded with a brief statement in which he condemned the remarks as "offensive and...