Thank the Internet for Saving America from Its Leaders

[L. Coyote]

Thank the Internet for Saving America from Its Leaders
by Frosty Wooldridge - Dec 27, 2007 - http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_frosty_w_071225_thank_the_internet_f.htm


As we look back on 2007, we thank our computers hooked up to the Internet that hooked us up to one another. Without this unlimited communication device—Bush and Congress would have destroyed our constitutional republic.

For the past 20 years, their lies, incompetence and sheer greed proved more powerful than the will of American citizens. The military-industrial complex and corporate America dictated this country’s path. They own the media which feeds us the news they demand. They buy the Congress via huge financial perks. Men like McCain, Kennedy, Specter, Martinez, Hagel, Reid, DeLay, Cunningham and others routinely forgot their oath of office or responsibilities toward our country. Crooks like Delay and Cunningham got caught, but dozens if not hundreds still slink around in the shadows like rats. No one knows how deep Jack Abramoff penetrated his payoffs. Presidents and senators did not enforce our laws, didn’t respect our citizens and failed to maintain our borders.


They oversaw, in fact, facilitated the destruction of our manufacturing base by offshoring, outsourcing and insourcing millions of American jobs. They deliberately double-barrel shot-gunned the American Middle Class. They engaged a $700 billion trade deficit. They escalated a gargantuan $8.7 trillion debt.

In June of 2007, they tried to ram an immigration amnesty down our throats. The Internet, faxes and phone calls exposed their duplicity. Bush tried to pass the Dubai Ports Deal. We jumped all over him with Internet information and activism. We, the people, defeated a sitting president in his outrageous plans to allow terror sponsoring countries to run our shipping ports. Near the end of the year, the Internet stopped a ‘hanky-sobbing’ Dream Act guaranteed to cost American taxpayers billions of dollars for educating children of other countries at the expense of our kids. Senator Feinstein pulled her Ags Bill amnesty because citizens killed its possible passing via the Internet.

New leaders jumped up from every sector of the country with their computers and typing fingers. Fathers, mothers, grandmas, grandpas and college kids jumped to the forefront on their computers. Web sites empowered Americans from every walk of life to take action.

New leaders rose from the ranks: ............

[liberal N proud]

1. No doubt about it

If we didn't have the internet, we would have already lost all our freedom and bu$h or cheney would have declared themselves as dictator by now.

They have been looking for way to control this fantastic beast with out success to this point. I am sure they will keep working on it.

[Buzz Clik]

2. I am very informed about the erosion of rights, but I don't feel protected from the erosion.

[warren pease]

3. Which is why the internet must die...

The only real competition threatening corporate media's stranglehold on official "truth" comes from the internet. Mass media's job is turning our brains into tofu and the internet is by far the best antidote.

We have broadband, YouTube, blogs, forums, discussion groups, political organizing, access to newspapers published in actual free countries -- all taking place in plain sight. I don't think the power elites can afford to allow this nonsense to continue for much longer. People with unconventional (read: humanitarian) ideas are the implacable enemy of those getting rich and powerful via the status quo, and these dissenters cannot be tolerated forever.

Which brings us to "Endgame," as the DHS calls HR 1955 / SB 1959, known officially as The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, and which contains -- among dozens of other disgusting provisions -- these gems (emphasis mine):

(2) The promotion of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence exists in the United States and poses a threat to homeland security.

(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.

Note that his POS passed the House 404 - 6, and that, as SB 1959, it's going to be up for a vote in the Senate early next year. If it passes there, I'd say a Bush signature is a given -- probably with a signing statement that says he'll ignore its few feeble provisions to combat totalitarianism, like this one:

(a) In General- The Department of Homeland Security's efforts to prevent ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism as described herein shall not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, or civil liberties of United States citizens or lawful permanent residents.

You might want to take appropriate preemptive action before participating on this board becomes a felony.


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[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. Why do you hate tofu and America?

Silence!

[warren pease]

6. In both cases, because I hate tasteless squishy bullshit that's supposed to be good for you.

:toast:



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[HCE SuiGeneris]

9. Time to shoar up the menu with some sturdy offerings.

Much agreed. :toast:

[RufusTFirefly]

10. Yes. Our future is hanging by a very frayed thread n/t

[madokie]

5. remember when time declared you as the person of the year, last year or so

thats who they were talking about, those of us you describe. as ma bell used to say let your fingers do the walking, well thats what this ole hippie is doing

[nightrider767]

7. Good, But we need more...

The internets connected us, in this country. But we're still disconnected from our brothers and sister truth-seekers overseas...

Maybe in the next decade we'll have more international connectivity, so when we start debating about the pro's and con's of what's going on in places like Iraq, we'll have actual Iraqi's adding to the conversation.

[L. Coyote]

13. We are instantaneously connected to events everywhere today. i.e. Pakistan

This forum isn't the best place for an international crowd, but the internet offers international dialogue right now.
Google is the world's search tool, for example, where DU threads will turn up for the world to read. This is new still!!
The day you seem to depict is near, when the perspectives of people everywhere also have a greater role in decisions, where all get heard.

[nightrider767]

20. I hoping that it will be like DU

Moderated to keep the haters and trolls out. There's an international presence at places like youtube, but it's just a mud slinging event.

We'll see what happens....

[Kahuna]

8. Yep! I do! I tell people all the time that if it were not for the internet..

we would all be totally screwed. :scared:

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. We've only just begun to fight...

[WillyT]

12. And In The End... It Was Al Gore's Internet That Smote The Republican Machine !!!

Ah... sweet irony.

:rofl::evilgrin::rofl:

[warren pease]

14. Another reason the internet must die...

This is a thread I started yesterday regarding a new site (operational, but not quite fully functional yet) called Wikileaks -- which the proprietors hope will become an archive of leaked confidential and embarrassing corporate and government documents, open to public viewing, with analysis provided by intel experts and/or locals who understand the situation because they live it every day.

You can go to Wikileaks main page via secure connection by clicking here.

The death of the internet as we know it must be in the planning stages by now, but this could be one hell of a valuable resource while it's still alive.


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[snot]

15. This sounds great -- have you posted it separately? nt

[warren pease]

16. Yeah. That link to the thread in my prior post goes to my OP from yesterday. n/t

[HCE SuiGeneris]

18. Here is another website operating with a similar theme.

http://www.liveleak.com/

[warren pease]

19. I dunno...

A site touting these features...

See Funny Videos!
Meet Hot Chicks!
Hot Videos!
Meet Local Girls

...is probably a little too defocused to get serious credibility as a whistleblower/leaked doc site. However, if I want to meet hot chicks when my wife's out of town, at least I know where to go now. :evilgrin:


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[wildbilln864]

17. absolutely. n/t

[Didereaux]

21. I have yet to see anything of signifcance saved by the internet...

..in fact Howard Dean was DEFEATED because he relied upon a lot of loud internet people who threw cash at him initially, but cared so little that they did not even bother to register let alone vote for him. Ho, the internet and the majority of its denizens are still mainly ADD afflicted ignorant(as in poorly informed) people fairly young and sufforing from agoraphobia(fear of going out in public correct me if I wrong on the specific name of the phobia)

Now all you who in honesty to yourself recognize the symptoms and this time actually call your candidates local office and volunteer to do something. Honest, you are in no more danger outside your bedroom computer desk than outside it, nor are you any uglier than the rest of us on the streets! ;)


(pseelngi edit)

[Blue_Tires]

22. when the internets get the war ended and bush in jail, i'll be impressed

until then everything up to now is small change