Dems Move to Seize Control of Internet. . . .WTF?

According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:

The radical leftists currently in control of the federal government know that they have until the November elections to do as much damage to our country and our liberty as possible, and they aren't wasting a minute. The latest outrage — the Senate is handing Comrade Obama totalitarian power over the Internet. From CNET:

A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of or even shut down portions of the Internet.

The legislation announced [last] Thursday says that companies such as broadband providers, search engines, or software firms that the government selects "shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed" by the Department of Homeland Security. …

That emergency authority would allow the federal government to "preserve those networks and assets and our country and protect our people," Joe Lieberman, the primary sponsor of the measure and the chairman of the Homeland Security committee, told reporters…

Note that the nefarious Joe Lieberman is also a sponsor of the latest attempt to deliberately plunge us into a depression with Cap & Tax. Some say Lieberman isn't so bad, because his fellow moonbats resent him for siding with Israel against its Muslim enemies. But this lone redeeming quality does not make him any less a menace to our country. No one who would participate in Al Gore's attempt to bully his way into the White House after losing the 2000 election belongs anywhere near a position of authority.

This latest leap forward toward totalitarianism is encountering resistance:

TechAmerica, probably the largest U.S. technology lobby group, said it was concerned about "unintended consequences that would result from the legislation's regulatory approach" and "the potential for absolute power." And the Center for Democracy and Technology publicly worried that the Lieberman bill's emergency powers "include authority to shut down or limit Internet traffic on private systems."

"Absolute power" is not hyperbole.

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One blogger wrote:

Keep the internet and shut down the government.

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What "Emergency" would this administration consider to shut down the internet? Obama's poll numbers too low? Bloggers getting the word out on all the corruption in Washington?

I guess we can say good-bye to the First Amendment of Free Speech and the Bill of Rights as we have always known it. If the FCC's desires to regulate the Internet, we will eventually lose our right to Privacy, Free Speech and it will be bye bye to our ability to interact with whomever we please.

A huge portion of my phone bill is in the form of "Fees, Charges and Taxes" already. The FCC is just looking for a way to "regulate" and then tax the internet. And, once again telling the fools it's for their own good and protection.

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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. ~ Ronald Reagan