Senator Democrats are attempting to pass legislation which will give President Obama the authority to shut down the Internet and seize private networks.

On CNET News, Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), stated “As soon as you’re saying that the federal government is going to be exercising this kind of power over private networks, it’s going to be a really big issue.”

The bill, misleadingly titled “The Cybersecurity Act of 2009″, allows Obama to declare an emergency based upon no hard criteria. Once he declares this emergency, he can effectively shut down free speech on the Internet.

Jay Rockefeller, the bill’s sponsor, said “I know the threats we face. Our enemies are real. They are sophisticated, they are determined and they will not rest.” Unfortunately, it looks like the threat which Jay is most worried about is free speech from Americans who do not approve of Obama’s plans to impose national socialism upon the citizens of the United States.

In addition, the bill will require government licenses of any individual who seeks employment as a “cybersecurity professional”, effectively giving the Democratic party authority to prevent their political opponents from being involved in protecting either government or private networks from attack.

Just thank God you voted for him.

This is hilarious, all the way down to the insult to democrats.

The idea of shutting down the internet was brought up originally during Bush's reign. If they should be able to shut down the internet to stop a terrorist threat somehow. I never understood it then.

I can happily say I had no part of putting him in office!

I'm no smelly democrat

oh ummmmm...

well I'm no democrat at least

Where will all the crazy paranoid stupid people go then?

to the political threads?

I didn't vote for him!

yep i think this is just one big "QWEEF" a dumbass repubilcan trying to scare people by making a democrat president look like he's becoming a dictator....who pushed the "patriot act"

it sounds like it

Me too

Good looking and smart!!

What a woman!!

sounds crazy but that might be a good thing... people might talk to the person next to them, and spend time with the loved ones instead of being online... and yes i a bit of a hypocrite

He can limit what to be viewed and what not (chinese communist style), but he can't "shut down" the internet.

Even if he tires he's gonna get this, and I'm talking about 100 millions:

Just for censoring and monitoring the net? Naw.
Now try taking their porn, cigarettes, sodas or beer and you bet, there'd be big-time uprisings.

TY!!

S.773 - Cybersecurity Act of 2009
A bill to ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications, to provide for the continued development and exploitation of the Internet and intranet communications for such purposes, to provide for the development of a cadre of information technology specialists to improve and maintain effective cybersecurity defenses against disruption, and for other purposes


Well, we are all free to interpret it the way we see fit. Seems to me an intent to continue development and protect AGAINST disruption.

But thats just me and my reading comprehension acting crazy again.

"exploitation of the internet"?


FREE THE INTERNETIANS!

I didn't vote for his sorry a$$ either!

I tried my best to tell/warn people of his "mis-givings" to come, and failed promises...if he made it that far!

But I could only do so much, and at least I can sleep...knowing I had nothing to do with the way we're going to end up!

(shaking my head, in disbelief)!

Guess I better shut-up...I seem to have an uncanny way of getting in trouble with people who think they know it all!

hmmmmmmmmm...

I hear ya'.
Some folks, a lot fewer, are still buying into his BS.
I, too am one of those THEY, love to hate. But, quien queres??Who cares?