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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: SE Mom

” but there’s SO MUCH ELSE he’s got us looking at that this isn’t on the radar. “

That’s pure Alinski — overwhelm the system.. Attack on more fronts (since the attacks cost them virtually nothing) than we can defend (since we must expend resources in the defense), and they’ll eventually score enough victories to drive us out...

We need to start thinking strategically, too, if we’re to survive....


21 posted on 08/28/2009 8:28:08 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Liz
The internet was the creation of Algore after all. s/
22 posted on 08/28/2009 8:28:55 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There is no “internet” to control. The internet is the word used to describe the set of protocols and rules that must be followed in order for one computer to exchange information with another. The internet is not in one central location, and is not an object. The internet is distributed, not centralized. There is no one central organization that manages the internet.
What they really mean here is ignoring reality and principles of law and blocking/allowing access to the network for political reasons.


23 posted on 08/28/2009 8:29:20 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Fascism: coming back, thanks to the democrats)
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To: Puppage

That is easy, a threat is anyone that disagrees with the Obama administration. And an emergency is any event that the Obama administration can use to increase the power of the Presidency. And I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.


24 posted on 08/28/2009 8:29:29 AM PDT by 2001convSVT ("Only Property Owners that pay taxes should have the right to Vote")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Drudge has it up in BIG LETTERS NOW!!!!!

WOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!


25 posted on 08/28/2009 8:32:25 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

26 posted on 08/28/2009 8:32:39 AM PDT by PureSolace (Trust in God)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Can’t be true! The fascisbushchimpyhitler is no longer in office!


27 posted on 08/28/2009 8:33:18 AM PDT by CSM (Business is too big too fail... Government is too big to succeed... I am too small to matter...)
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To: SE Mom; All

Drudge@drudgereport.com


28 posted on 08/28/2009 8:34:23 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

No more FR

29 posted on 08/28/2009 8:34:29 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (FUBO - No socialist Bureaucrat on a Death Panel is going to decide whether I live or die!)
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To: Uncle Ike

I’m not sure if I’m up to strategic thinking anymore- but my tactics are changing...going shopping with my son for a sig.


30 posted on 08/28/2009 8:35:02 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

We can all get ham radio sets and tune in to ‘radio free America’


31 posted on 08/28/2009 8:35:10 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else" Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
And why does Sen Snowe ...a Republican ... sponsor this ....?

Because she's a reliable useful idiot.

32 posted on 08/28/2009 8:36:08 AM PDT by fullchroma (Obama: GET OUT OF MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE!)
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To: rwfromkansas

up in a big red headline


33 posted on 08/28/2009 8:37:12 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Puppage

The “emergency” will occur right before they go on a firearms confiscation agenda.

I’ve said all along that if you’re caught up in the first “wave” of confiscation, remain free as your top priority, and get the word out,

so that subsequent waves are met with organized resistance.

They want to prevent the word getting out.


34 posted on 08/28/2009 8:37:57 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Same reason she sold her party out previously...having a “R” next to your name doesnt make you a Republican, just like sticking feathers up your butt doesnt make you a chicken


35 posted on 08/28/2009 8:37:57 AM PDT by texrepub76
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; penelopesire; Liz; LucyT; STARWISE; Protect the Bill of Rights

CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.

http://www.politechbot.com/docs/rockefeller.revised.cybersecurity.draft.082709.pdf

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http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s773/show

S.773 - Cybersecurity Act of 2009


36 posted on 08/28/2009 8:38:07 AM PDT by maggief (KennedyCare ... Dead in the Water)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

And nobody is scared?

Maybe with this information everyone will begin to think - Why does he need this power if it is only for our good?

People, you have been warned. Take heed! Our freedoms are just about to disappear if you (we) don’t take immediate action.


37 posted on 08/28/2009 8:38:19 AM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Why is it that whenever there is a steaming pile of crap, Jay Rockefeller is always somehow right nearby? This guy is bigtime trouble.


38 posted on 08/28/2009 8:38:20 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The gov needs to take care of gov not private industry.


39 posted on 08/28/2009 8:38:32 AM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There’s nothing they won’t do.


40 posted on 08/28/2009 8:38:37 AM PDT by wastedyears (Genesis, Sega CD and Saturn work, and my 360 red rings after 2 and a half years.)
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