[thecodont]

Shutting down the ‘net will also shut down the leftwing blogs and Web sites.

How will this affect BO’s bid for donations? Or will he find other (illegal, foreign) cash sources?

Shutting down the ‘net will destroy e-commerce and further cripple the economy.

[AlexW]

“Shutting down the ‘net will destroy e-commerce and further cripple the economy.”
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Well, I was speaking hypothetically and wondering from a technical standpoint what it would do internationally.

I do know that his base would be just as pissed as anyone
at any US shutdown.

[Segovia]

I hate to be a wet blanket-—but I recall EOs just like this being issued by every administration since Carter, at least.

It's kind of a formality really, most of them said the Exec Branch could also commandeer your car, your house, radio station, railroad, what-ever-— in a national emergency.

[In Maryland]

"Shutting down the ‘net will also shut down the leftwing blogs and Web sites.

I think the FBI pulling the plug on correcting the bad DNS resolution by the supposed "virus" and this executive order are related.

Obama has shown the FBI has the technology to redirect web traffic as it wishes, and he has just issued an executive order to make it possible for them to do that. They can easily misdirect http requests for conservative web sites to a "big brother" site that will keep a tally of evil conservatives.

Very Stalinesque ...