In a scary development, the US House Of Representatives has passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) by a margin of 248 to 168. Despite the passing, the nightmare bill is still stalled in the Senate and President Obama has indicated he will veto the bill no matter what, regardless. What is Cispa? The new Act is intended to protect out Internet interests by ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by aldan:He's not on the side of the people. The administration backs a Senate bill sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, that gives Homeland Security the authority to establish security standards. Which would be a bigger charlie foxtrot than CISPA
and all you good americans want to see obama gone?
Originally posted by aldan:He has promised to veto stuff before, and he has not done it. When they did they military finance bill that suspended parts of the constitution and made animal sex legal for the enlisted, he said he would veto it...then he signed happily. Compared with that, this is nothing...so I'm sure his veto threat is no more valid than his many broken campaign promises.
and all you good americans want to see obama gone?
Originally posted by KillerBug:Amen to that. nothing more than broken promises here, get him outta office before he kills us all.
Originally posted by aldan:He has promised to veto stuff before, and he has not done it. When they did they military finance bill that suspended parts of the constitution and made animal sex legal for the enlisted, he said he would veto it...then he signed happily. Compared with that, this is nothing...so I'm sure his veto threat is no more valid than his many broken campaign promises.
and all you good americans want to see obama gone?
Originally posted by Blessedon:And yet you forgot to mention that the Bush administration pushed through a little thing called the Patriot Act, already allowing the very thing you're quaking in your boots about.
Their proposal gives the dictator...whoops, sorry...President, the power to shut down; the government, the cell towers, the electrical grid, financial sector, transportation, everything.
And, "volunteer", and "privacy" are based upon the dictator's...sorry...determination of "compliance".
Originally posted by SoulGLOW:That & I raise you a formidable BOHICA!
Charlie Foxtrot = Cluster Fuq
Originally posted by djkorn:A great idea as the old days weren't as bad as they seemed. But at least in the US our Quaker mentality & idiotic attitude of "we are better than 'them'" or "we should raise them up to 'our' standards" is so chocked full of horse shit that we've complicated things to a point that no one can live up to "the standard".
I think that we need a change somewhere, and to try to get back to the olden days.
Originally posted by Blessedon:The reason why the Obama administration opposes CISPA is because he and his administration are worried about votes in the up-coming election. But as soon as he is re-elected "if he is" he will pass this CISPA. This is the only reason obama is saying this. I will bet a lot that he will pass this into law as soon as he is re-elected. If obama vetos it before the next election in november then he's serious about his citizens concerns on this issue.
the sly Obama administration opposes CISPA because it thwarts their effort singularly control the entire country. It's tedious but, read the White House cyber-security proposal released around this time last year. Their proposal gives the dictator...whoops, sorry...President, the power to shut down; the government, the cell towers, the electrical grid, financial sector, transportation, everything.
And, "volunteer", and "privacy" are based upon the dictator's...sorry...determination of "compliance".
Originally posted by KillerBug:There is an investigation going on: That the Obama administration is worse that even the Bush administration; SO EXPECT THE WORSE !
Originally posted by aldan:He has promised to veto stuff before, and he has not done it. When they did they military finance bill that suspended parts of the constitution and made animal sex legal for the enlisted, he said he would veto it...then he signed happily. Compared with that, this is nothing...so I'm sure his veto threat is no more valid than his many broken campaign promises.
and all you good americans want to see obama gone?
Quote:damn right
The only solution is:
Either you Revolt or you spend the rest of your life waiting for a petty raises!
Originally posted by jemaric:Technically, as far as I can remember, members of the House are elected by the people. Unlike the President, however, the members of Congress (House + Senate) can run again and again without limits.
who controls the house
Originally posted by Semperfipal:I disagree that the current level of government corruption is either static or permanent, or as widespread as the media leads a gullible populace to believe. The worst in congress are the longest serving. While newer members are wide-eyed and hopeful. The 2010 elections ushered in about 50 Tea-party backed candidates and about half of those are still loyal to the smaller-government cause. The rest succumbed to the if-you-want-a-committee-assignment-son-you-gotta-play-ball multi-term thugs. We still have some outstanding representatives, and my view of government is a long one; it takes decades to weed out problems, and, sometimes, generations.
Anyone that thinks the Repub, Dems or any other political entity will make things better for the people of this country, you are sorely mistaken. They only care for supporting corporate America and enriching their own lives at the expense of the middle class and poor. Get used to it, the people are like lemming's off a ship, and will do nothing to stop it.
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