Posted by
thekeenobserver on Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:19:49 PM
There are but three obstacles to overthrowing an existent democracy:
1: Elections
2: Control of Information
3: Local-national exertion of police/military power
And soon, it's about to be one down... two to go.
In a rambling speech at the Washington Brookings Institute, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski revealed his intent for government regulation of the internet - cleverly disguised in the liberal catch-phrase..."net neutrality."
Genachowski is proposing that the FCC should be the "guardian of proper information flow" over the internet; i.e. internet carriers cannot discriminate against certain types of web traffic by degrading service.
And in a startling surprise, our anti-president is endorsing the FCC chairman's "decision."
But knowing the Machiavellian workings of the Obama Administration, this can only portend two outcomes:
1) Whenever liberals propose something as vanilla as "net neutrality," it always means the EXACT opposite of what they intend to do - eventual ironclad control of the internet, ala Red China, North Korea, or Cuba.
2) If we value our freedom, we should be virulently opposed to ANYTHING Obama supports: in this case, the government would assure web content travels "fairly" through the various private networks.
But why even propose such a move? Doesn't the free marketplace already accomplish that? Obama is unrelenting in his drive to expand the octopus of government regulation, under the rubric that it's "beneficial" to the public.
Does this guy ever back off? Pitchforks anyone?
And what about this sneak Genachowski? Basically proposing a phony solution to a problem that doesn't exist - a surefire clue that it's all a move toward censorship, disguised as the innocuous-sounding "net neutrality".
It's obvious; Obama and his radicals are determined to censor ALL media - just as in any other dictator-run country. Our suck-up liberal press is already controlled. Obama has Hugo Chavez for his posterboy - regulate everything and everybody - but just do it subtly...incrementally.
- First, introduce a proposal to micromanage how content flows over the internet - something that sounds reasonable to all - but it's actually the "camel's nose under the tent".
- Next, come up with another FCC proposal (after a 1-year phony public commentary period) which grants the FCC power to control internet CONTENT, the justification being that, like obscenity, the government keeps everything "media acceptable."
- Lastly, the FCC eventually morphs its authority into more government regulation - and now justifies controlling the content of TALK radio...Obama's piece' de' resistance!
Ironically, it's all so workable: The White House GRADUALLY assumes control of the internet, then subverts talk radio - all without public objection, or an ugly political fight.
Obama realizes that sneaking past the First Amendment (using the FCC federal regulatory process) won't engender the same kind of white-hot emotion as some incendiary tax-hike or health care debate.
Not surprisingly, the media conveniently ignores how the FCC is planning to censor the web -aware that if the proposal is couched in rhetoric that makes it sound like "improvement," the American public just rolls over.
Just picture how wonderful "net neutrality" will be; then, in about 3-4 years, we'll witness how the FCC has had the opportunity to completely warp the law's original intent, like they've done with the EPA and CO2 emissions.
This is nothing other than an unelected Federal Communications Commission bowing to special interest groups - claiming that..."this isn't government regulation... this is just about fairness and giving everyone the same thing."
Sound familiar? More liberal lies? Of course!
Someone has to be monitoring all those networks, making sure they remain 'neutral.' Who is that going to be? Move On.org? Media Matters? George Soros?
"Internet neutrality" sounds like something harmless, but if passed, network engineers know it means traffic jams, delays with streaming videos; plus spyware, spamming, and online threats would only proliferate.
Establishing governmental “fairness” standards is nothing more than another coffin nail in our Bill of Rights. Words and phrases like “reasonable” and “rational basis” and “fairness” and “balanced” mock any fundamental notion of free expression.
Genachowski -like the Obamanazi - believes that the First Amendment is obsolete.
We live in the informatioin age; information is the key component of our American lifestyle.
So control information- control the people.
Hence, the government is now on track to control Google, Yahoo, etc. and to eventually block citizens from finding the information they’re looking for on the web.
Just picture the feds being able to cancel internet service for anyone suspected of downloading “dangerous” content. And soon, your searches could become "evidence" against you. Can the obligatory IRS audit be far behind?
While the American people are absorbed with proposed health care legislation, Barack Obama is seeking unprecedented power over the web in stages:
Stage 1) accessing private data,
Stage 2) regulating cyber-security in the private sector
Stage 3) the authority to completely shutdown the internet during a cyber emergency.
Basically, it would empower Obama (the almighty) with an internet dictatorship.
And with Obama in control of American cyberspace, would our internet will be any different than North Korea's? A total dictatorial fascist regime, opening the floodgates of privacy to total surveillance, total control, total censorship-- giving Obama total power.
And for all those who think "this could never happen" (or isn't possible), ask the Chinese, or Cubans, just how easy it is to censor and monitor 100% of web traffic.
This new threat portends the inevitable tide of fascism, as our American rights of free enterprise, free speech, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to bear arms - slowly ebb away.