Posted by
Bob Siegel on Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:22:15 AM
Last week, I wrote a blog about how things are even worse than I thought they were. Well, sorry to be such a bearer of bad tidings, but you might as well know the truth. Happy or sad, I feel ethically bound to report. After all, ignorance is not bliss. In any event, if you are tired of depressing blogs, don't worry. I may not be allowed to write them much longer. Things are even worse than I said they were last week when I told you they were worse than I said they were. (Or something like that.)
Senator Jay Rockefeller is drafting a bill that would give the president special powers in case of an emergency. The powers would extend over the "private sector networks," code for cyberspace. This means no less than the following: The content of all blogs and websites could be placed under the control of President Obama.
I know this is the president who said he was against the Fairness Doctrine. But he is also the president who just appointed Mark Lloyd as his "Diversity Officer" in the FCC. Mr. Lloyd doesn't seem to have much use for free speech. In his own words:
"The purpose of free speech is warped to protect global corporations and block rules that would protect democratic governance."
Inasmuch as our current administration seems to see "Right-Wing organizations" and Global Warming as bigger threats than Islamo- Terrorism, one can only wonder what President Obama might consider an emergency. Since any emergency would give him a chance to be God, I'm guessing that such a Red Alert condition will be defined fairly loosely.
Can you just imagine if George Bush had tried such a thing? Where are our news networks right now? When the Patriot Act gave the government access to private E Mails (something I protested) our media went ballistic!
America, wake up before the only available news is Chris Matthew's update on the chill up his leg brought about by the oratory skills of President Obama or the latest count in how many flies Obama managed to slay with one stroke of the hand.
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