Showing posts with label Silence Conservatives - Harry Reid's wish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silence Conservatives - Harry Reid's wish. Show all posts

Saturday, February 25, 2012

REID AND HIS LIBERALS WANT TO SILENCE TRUTH - FREE SPEECH IS ONLY FOR LIARS (according to Reid)

Harry Reid and the Democrats are at it again.
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.