In other words Nancy Pelosi and the
Democrats may redefine the meaning of
lobbying in order that political
communications to and even between
citizens falls under the same
legislation.
Under current law any 'lobbyist" who
'knowingly and willingly fails to file
or report." quarterly to the government
faces criminal charges including a
possible jail term of up to one year.
The amendment is currently
on hold.
This latest attack on bloggers comes
hot on the heels of Republican Senator
John McCain's proposal to
introduce legislation that would fine
blogs up to $300,000 for offensive
statements, photos and videos posted by
visitors on comment boards.
McCain's proposal is presented under
the banner of saving children from
sexual predators and encourages
informants to shop website owners to the
National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children, who then pass the
information on to the relevant police
authorities.
Despite a total lack of any evidence
that children are being victimized en
mass by bloggers or people who leave
comments on blog sites, it seems likely
that the proposal will become
legislation in some form. It is well
known that
McCain has a distaste for
his blogosphere critics, causing a
definite conflict of interest where any
proposal to restrict blogs on his part
is concerned.
In recent months, a chorus of
propaganda intended to demonize the
Internet and further lead it down a path
of strict control has spewed forth from
numerous establishment organs:
During an appearance with his wife
Barbara on Fox News last November,
George Bush senior slammed
Internet bloggers for creating an
"adversarial and ugly climate."
- The White House's own recently
de-classified strategy for
"winning the war on terror" targets
Internet conspiracy theories as a
recruiting ground for terrorists and
threatens to "diminish" their influence.
- The Pentagon recently announced its
effort to
infiltrate the Internet and propagandize
for the war on terror.
- In a speech last month, Homeland
Security director
Michael Chertoff identified the web as a
"terror training camp,"
through which "disaffected people living
in the United States" are developing
"radical ideologies and potentially
violent skills." Chertoff pledged to
dispatch Homeland Security agents to
local police departments in order to aid
in the apprehension of domestic
terrorists who use the Internet as a
political tool.
- A landmark legal case on behalf of
the Recording Industry Association of
America and other global trade
organizations seeks to
criminalize all Internet file sharing
of any kind as copyright infringement,
effectively shutting down the world wide
web - and their argument is supported by
the U.S. government.
- A landmark legal ruling in Sydney
goes further than ever before in setting
the trap door for the destruction of the
Internet as we know it and the end of
alternative news websites and blogs by
creating the precedent that simply
linking to other websites is breach of
copyright and piracy.
- The European Union, led by former
Stalinist and potential future British
Prime Minister John Reid, has
also vowed to shut down
"terrorists" who use the Internet to
spread propaganda.
- The EU also recently proposed
legislation that would prevent users
from
uploading any form of video
without a license.
- We have also previously exposed how
moves are afoot to clamp down on
internet neutrality and
even to designate a highly restricted
new form of the internet known as
Internet 2.
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Make no mistake, the internet, one of
the greatest outposts of free speech
ever created is under constant attack by
powerful people who cannot operate
within a society where information flows
freely and unhindered. All these moves
mimic stories we hear every week out of
State Controlled Communist China, where
the internet is
strictly regulated and
virtually exists as its own entity away
from the rest of the web.
The phrases "Chinese government" and
"Mao Zedong" have even
been censored on China's
official Web sites because they are
"Sensitive phrases". Are we to allow our
supposedly Democratic governments to
implement the same type of restrictive
policies here?
Under section 220 of the lobbying
reform bill, Infowars.net could be
required to seek a license in order to
bring this information to you. IF we
were granted a license we would then
have to report our activities to the
government four times per year in order
to bring you this information. Does that
sound more like free speech or more like
totalitarianism?
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Take action:
As well as calling the Senate you
should go to GrassrootsFreedom.com which
has a
petition that you
can sign against Section 220 of S. 1,
the lobbying reform bill.
Paul Joseph Watson contributed to
this report.
