Masters Of War

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks. You that never done nothin' But build to destroy You play with my world Like it's your little toy You put a gun in my hand And you hide from my eyes And you turn and run farther When the fast bullets fly. Like Judas of old You lie and deceive A world war can be won You want me to believe But I see through your eyes And I see through your brain Like I see through the water That runs down my drain. You fasten all the triggers For the others to fire Then you set back and watch When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion' As young people's blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud. You've thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed You ain't worth the blood That runs in your veins. How much do I know To talk out of turn You might say that I'm young You might say I'm unlearned But there's one thing I know Though I'm younger than you That even Jesus would never Forgive what you do. Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul. And I hope that you die And your death'll come soon I will follow your casket In the pale afternoon And I'll watch while you're lowered Down to your deathbed And I'll stand over your grave 'Til I'm sure that you're dead.------- Bob Dylan 1963

Friday, June 18, 2010

"President Given 'Kill Switch' For Internet"

"President Given 'Kill Switch' For Internet"
by Paul Thompson

"President Obama will be given the power to shut down the Internet with a 'kill switch' in a new law being proposed in the US. He would be able to order popular search engines such a Google and Yahoo to suspend access to their websites in times of national emergency. Other US based Internet service providers as well as broadband providers would also come under his control in times of a 'cybersecurity emergency.' Any company that failed to comply would be subject to huge fines.

Critics of the new law, which has been proposed by former presidential candidate Joe Liebermann, said it would be an abuse of power to let the White House control the internet. TechAmerica, one of the largest U.S. technology lobby groups, said the new law had the 'potential for absolute power'.

The proposed legislation, introduced into the US Senate by Lieberman who is chairman of the US Homeland Security committee, seeks to grant the President broad emergency powers over the internet in times of national emergency. A sustained terror attack on multiple cities would be considered a national emergency as would a cyber attack by 'hackers' on the US financial system. The director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair warned earlier this year that the US is 'severely threatened' by malicious cyber attacks. The number of attacks on Government departments has increased by 400 per cent in the last three years.

Under the proposed bill, which has been dubbed an 'Internet kill switch', the US Government would effectively seize control of access to the internet. Lieberman argued the bill was necessary to 'preserve those networks and assets and our country and protect our people'. He said: "For all of its 'user-friendly' allure, the Internet can also be a dangerous place with electronic pipelines that run directly into everything from our personal bank accounts to key infrastructure to government and industrial secrets. Our economic security, national security and public safety are now all at risk from new kinds of enemies--cyber-warriors, cyber-spies, cyber-terrorists and cyber-criminals." His bill is formally titled the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, or PCNAA.

While the US Government would not be able to control the internet in other countries access to the most popular sites would be cut off. Google,Yahoo and YouTube, the top three most visited sites, are all based in the US. Google logs an estimated two billion hits a day from 300 million users.

Under the cyber law any company on a list created by Homeland Security that also 'relies on' the Internet, the telephone system, or any other component of the U.S. 'information infrastructure' would be subject to command by a new National Centre for Cybersecurity and Communications (NCCC) that would be created inside Homeland Security. Google, the world's most popular search engine, refused to comment. A spokesman said the law was not yet Government policy."

14 comments:

Jerry Critter said...

Sounds like there may be a free speech issue with this bill...and why is LIEberman still chairman of anything?

Tao Dao Man said...

JC:
What was that? What did you say?
You are not coming in too clearly.
Can you hear me now????

Are you still there??? :-)

My Answer to your Question.
Because AIPAC demands it.

jadedj said...

Yes indeed, fear of the boogie man is boring deeper and deeper in the American psyche...which is why they might get away with this shit.

Tao Dao Man said...

J:
Exactly. We have now been programmed to fear even ourselves. Obama reinforced the fear card by inserting his little comment about >our brave troops are taking the fight to A/Q WHERE EVER THEY MAY BE.< During his lame oil spill speech.
Very telling.

jadedj said...

"...wherever they may be"...I didn't catch that. Lovely. Justferkinggreat!

Tao Dao Man said...

J:
http://realityzone-realityzone.blogspot.com/2010/06/obamas-speech-was-canned-oil-spill.html

jadedj said...

RZ, thank you for the link. I read it, and commented.

Tao Dao Man said...

J:
did i not see your avatar up on a Dao site that I joined? I forget which one it was.

jadedj said...

RZ you lost me on this one.

Tao Dao Man said...

J:
I was looking at a few DAO DE CHING BLOGS. I hit the follow button on a few of them. I thought I saw you as one of the followers also.

jadedj said...

Oh,I see. The Quotable I Ching, most likely.

Tao Dao Man said...

Yep, I found it. What do you think of the mayan i ching 2012 thread that i just put up.

charlie ehlen said...

That LIEberman is behind this assault on our freedom of speech is no surprise.
Count me as one who wonders why this clown is still even a Senator, let alone any sort of chairman of a committee.
America, what a country?

jadedj said...

RZ tried to leave a comment on the I Ching post, couldn't hear the audio word verification. My comment:

If it is true, nothing can be done about it, and let's hope it's quick. If it is not true, we keep on plodding along. In either case, not much point on dwelling on it, methinks.