Despite the fact that the dangerous Stop Online Piracy (SOPA) and Protect IP Acts (PIPA) were shelved after facing vehement opposition from the American people, Congress continues to look for ways to TAX, REGULATE AND CONTROL YOUR INTERNET ACTIVITY!
Reid is pushing a super-secret cybersecurity bill straight to the Senate floor for a vote, ignoring Republicans who have asked for the opportunity to debate and markup the legislation. Reid's bill will put internet service providers and private networks under the control of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). And, if they can control it, they can tax it.As with Obamacare, we may not know exactly what is in the bill until it is passed. (And, that is presumably the way Reid wants it!)
The Internet is under attack. Help save our First and Fourth Amendment rights! Please send your personalized fax to Congress right now and join the fight for internet freedom. Your voices of opposition were successful in forcing Congress to put SOPA and PIPA on hold; let's stop Harry Reid's push for his intrusive cybersecurity bill, H.R. 1981, and any attempt at internet control and taxation. YOU CAN SAVE THE INTERNET FROM ANY AND ALL GOVERNMENT CONTROL...make your voice heard now with your personalized fax!
A coalition of media advocacy groups has warned that the bill would "create unnecessary, overbroad and unwise limitations to access of information, including broad exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and jeopardize the rights of whistleblowers."
It will allow the government more secrecy, and we know that Reid's bill gives the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) REGULATORY AUTHORITY AND CONTROL over private companies with computer systems "crucial" to national security, both physical and economic. It places more regulatory burdens on these companies, whoever the government decides they are, and it increases information sharing with the government.
Early versions of this bill gave President Obama kill-switch powers during an emergency...just like Egyptian President Mubarak exercised during the uprising last year. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), a sponsor of Reid's bill, claims that language was removed ... but we will never know, because this new version is shrouded in secrecy and they are not willing to put it on the table for hearings and markups.
Democratics claim they have been working on cybersecurity legislation for several years...AND THEY HAVE. That, in fact, is the problem here. They told reporters Reid's cybersecurity bill "brings together a number of other bills that have already been through the committee process."
We wonder if that includes SOPA, and PIPA, two horrible pieces of legislation that were vehemently opposed by the public? Or, does it include other bills drafted behind closed doors that we know nothing about?
| Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said, "Rather than rush into a massive bill that could have unintended consequences and may not address the problems it is supposed to, the American people would be better served by holding hearings and a markup so that members of both parties can make informed decisions about cybersecurity legislation." |
Be warned, America: Barack Obama is no friend of freedom. He and his liberal buddies ARE COMING FOR US ONLINE ... so it's up to you and me, right now, to stop any and all attempts at internet data collection, censorship, monitoring and taxes.
The Internet is under attack. Help save your First and Fourth Amendment rights! Please send your personalized fax to Congress right now and join the fight for internet freedom. Your voices of opposition were successful in forcing Congress to put SOPA and PIPA on hold; let's stop Harry Reid's push for his intrusive cybersecurity bill, H.R. 1981, and any attempt at internet control and taxation. YOU CAN SAVE THE INTERNET FROM ANY AND ALL GOVERNMENT CONTROL...make your voice heard now with your personalized fax!
| Government control and censorship of your online activities is still an idea that is very much alive in Congress ... and Harry Reid is its newest champion! |
Ever since Obama took office, we've been fighting for internet freedom. The government is intent on getting control of the World Wide Web:
- They tried Net Neutrality, ultimately gaining the right to an internet "kill-switch," even though three federal judges told them it was unconstitutional;
- The FCC has worked diligently to increase regulations on internet activity and its members are openly hostile to First Amendment rights;
- SOPA and PIPA, which would have caused sweeping devastation to legitimate websites, were days away from passage when they were finally shelved due to overwhelming opposition from the American people ... however, Harry Reid is likely to bring back these bills by hiding them in his new cybersecurity legislation;
- H.R. 1981, one of the newest pieces of internet legislation to be debated, is a huge threat to our privacy. Under the auspices of protecting our children from pornography, it is simply a cleverly-disguised way to force online service providers to spy on your online activities and provide that information to the government. H.R. 1981 is all about data retention. It requires Internet service providers to keep DETAILED RECORDS OF your internet activity, your name, address, bank account numbers and credit card numbers.
- Recently, the United Nations announced they are looking to impose a WORLD TAX on internet users, especially on financial transactions. It is unclear how far this idea will go, but you can rest assured a plan such as this would make Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and other Democrats VERY happy!
This is an URGENT CALL TO ACTION. We fought Net Neutrality, and we fought SOPA and PIPA. We are now continuing our campaign to send thousands and thousands of faxes to Congress, urging them to OPPOSE Reid's secret cybersecurity bill, H.R. 1981, a United Nations World Tax, and any other legislation that threatens internet freedom. Help us flood Congress with your personalized faxes and tell them to protect our First and Fourth Amendments and protect free speech and free enterprise in America. Send your message to Congress right now!
If America undergoes a cyberattack, there are measures in place to protect utilities and financial institutions...Reid's latest push for regulation would include Internet service providers and PRIVATE networks ... who exactly that would be remains to be seen. The government will decide, of course.
Who will Reid and Obama decide to shut down, in the name of "national security?"
It seems like a backdoor way to get control of the internet, and a way to get SOPA language past the American people. And again...if the Democrats take government control of the Internet, they can tax it. The Internet is not a utility, like an electric company or a water company. It is an open forum of ideas and information, and so far it is off-limits to the big taxes and oppressive regulations of the Left.
But, if Harry Reid and Barack Obama get their way, it will no longer be free. Government control over private industry ... this is what Obama's entire administration has been about.
Barack Obama must be salivating at the potential control his administration could gain over your online activities, especially in an election year.
Everything you do online ... reading political blogs, checking your bank statements, purchasing products, signing up for the latest coupon offer ... everything you do online will be captured by your service provider and given to the U.S. government.
Everything you do online ... is a potentially taxable opportunity.
Everything you do online can be regulated and controlled by Obama and his big government idealogues ...
... Unless concerned voters like you continue this fight to protect freedom. It's clear: THEY AREN'T GOING TO BACK DOWN unless We, the People give them no other choice!
Help save your First and Fourth Amendment rights! Please send your personalized fax to Congress right now and join the fight for internet freedom. Your voices of opposition were successful in forcing Congress to put SOPA and PIPA on hold; let's stop Harry Reid's push for his intrusive cybersecurity bill, H.R. 1981, and any attempt at internet control and taxation. YOU CAN SAVE THE INTERNET FROM ANY AND ALL GOVERNMENT CONTROL...make your voice heard now with your personalized fax!
Nevermind the problems with Obama's campaign having access to your personal information...IMAGINE how unsafe it will be to have all your critical data - including financial information - housed in one big government database. If a hacker managed to get into this goldmine your identity and your security would be destroyed.
This is how well our bureaucrats have protected information since June of last year:
- The United States Senate was hacked at least twice
- The FBI was hacked more than once
- The CIA was hit with a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack
- And the big one, of course, was the Wikileaks scandal
These are the same agencies who want to be able to control YOUR data and protect YOU from a cyberattack.
Do we really want the government monitoring what we do online? Do we want them to have access to our most personal information? Do we want them spying on law-abiding citizens in the name of "protecting" us? Do we want them TAXING our online activities? Do we want them to have the ability to SHUT DOWN THE INTERNET?
Of course not! Let's put a stop to this madness right now. Send your personalized faxes to Congress and tell them to keep their hands off the Internet and demand they preserve our First and Fourth Amendment freedoms!
If Obama has his way, THE GOVERNMENT will have control over your Internet identity, control over the Internet itself, AND CONTROL over the way you access it. They can use this control for whatever purposes suit them.
...and a myriad of NEW INTERNET TAXES will suit them perfectly as they struggle to fund their socialist agenda!
Every citizen in America should be involved in this fight. We cannot allow our freedoms to vanish under this administration.
Don't let Harry Reid get away with shoving more bad legislation down our throats ... legislation that has been drafted in secrecy and quickly put up for vote without Republican input!
All of these regulations relating to your internet activity are part of a larger effort by the Obama administration to exert power and speech restrictions over the entirety of the Internet, what you can see when you are on it, and how you access it.
The assault on the internet is all part of Obama's culture of control. We absolutely must protest this, or we will wake up one day to find our freedoms completely eroded and we will not be able to get them back.
Thank you for helping to save the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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It is imperative that we fight the forces of a police state and keep the Internet free from government control! If any of these freedom-killing initiatives pass, they will open up a host of new regulations for the internet and endanger our free speech rights. JOIN this fight for freedom and FAX CONGRESS NOW and tell them to stand up for our First and Fourth Amendment rights!
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