Please tell me... is this your idea of limited government? Is it Republican conservatism...or Democratic liberalism? Or would a more appropriate definition be "Cloaked Corporate Fascism"...what do you think? Is this "protection" or is it really "policing"...where does one draw the line? Should we ask the regular person on the street in Russia, China, or Cuba what they think it is...or where they see the line being drawn?
I sent this e-mail out today:
I can't believe that Olympia Snowe calls herself a Republican... which used to imply limited govt. WHICH also means I voted for her. I'm absolutely cringing inside. She's been nothing but a complete trouble-maker! Now look at who she's in cahoots with!! Of course, the Rockefellers are long entrenched up here in ME so, no wonder...
Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency?
Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure. That broad power is rattling some civil libertarians.
A new bill would give the President emergency authority to halt web traffic and access private data. —By Steve Aquino
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any "critical" information network "in the interest of national security." The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.
The bill does not only add to the power of the president. It also grants the Secretary of Commerce "access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access." This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws.
Rockefeller made cybersecurity one of his key issues as a member of the Senate intelligence committee, which he chaired until last year. He now heads the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which will take up this bill.
Read Article Mother Jones News
Well, we can't have all these people out here questioning Obama's eligibility for the Pres. demanding him to show us "your papers, please" as well as coordinating Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Parties...among stirring up all sorts of other craziness...like opposing NAIS, HR 875, (BTW, turns out another Mainer, Rep.Chellie Pingree-D was one of the 39 who co-sponsored that bill!) and GMO's. We can't have stockholders actually requiring corporate execs to give them real numbers and making wise business decisions. Nope, can't have any of that going on!
You may be wondering how this fits in with "Green Pioneers" but if we don't maintain our freedoms in this country, there won't be much "pioneering" to do. We'll be given our marching orders and our rations for the day or week. It'll be Plato's Utopia pure and simple...in its most unadulterated form.
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