Obama’s war on the Internet
Campaign For Liberty
by Philip Giraldi
07/19/10
The Ministry of Truth was how George Orwell described the mechanism used by government to control information in his seminal novel 1984. A recent trip to Europe has convinced me that the governments of the world have been rocked by the power of the internet and are seeking to gain control of it so that they will have a virtual monopoly on information that the public is able to access. In Italy, Germany, and Britain the anonymous internet that most Americans are still familiar with is slowly being modified. If one goes into an internet cafe it is now legally required in most countries in the European Union to present a government issued form of identification...
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1020
Coercion is death
Strike the Root
by B.R. Merrick
07/19/10
All governments exist upon the initiation of coercion. Each government that is or ever was has basically said, ‘We are here to protect you, to watch over you, to provide for you, to coordinate you, to rule over you. You have no choice in the matter. This is for our collective posterity. You are free to disagree and to do so as loudly as you wish, but you will obey.’ Name a single earthly government that does not, in essence, say this. You may find greater financial freedom in Singapore, but you can be whacked with a cane if you cross them...
http://www.strike-the-root.com/coercion-is-death
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Shutdown of Blogging Site Sparks Dispute
By STEVE LOHR
A free blogging site, Blogetery.com, went dark less than two weeks ago, and its disappearance is stirring controversy about the obligations of Internet services and threats to free speech on the Web.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25982.htm
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=free+speech
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=coercion
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=control+Internet
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Giraldi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=B.R.+Merrick
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=STEVE+LOHR
by Philip Giraldi
07/19/10
The Ministry of Truth was how George Orwell described the mechanism used by government to control information in his seminal novel 1984. A recent trip to Europe has convinced me that the governments of the world have been rocked by the power of the internet and are seeking to gain control of it so that they will have a virtual monopoly on information that the public is able to access. In Italy, Germany, and Britain the anonymous internet that most Americans are still familiar with is slowly being modified. If one goes into an internet cafe it is now legally required in most countries in the European Union to present a government issued form of identification...
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1020
Coercion is death
Strike the Root
by B.R. Merrick
07/19/10
All governments exist upon the initiation of coercion. Each government that is or ever was has basically said, ‘We are here to protect you, to watch over you, to provide for you, to coordinate you, to rule over you. You have no choice in the matter. This is for our collective posterity. You are free to disagree and to do so as loudly as you wish, but you will obey.’ Name a single earthly government that does not, in essence, say this. You may find greater financial freedom in Singapore, but you can be whacked with a cane if you cross them...
http://www.strike-the-root.com/coercion-is-death
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
--------
Shutdown of Blogging Site Sparks Dispute
By STEVE LOHR
A free blogging site, Blogetery.com, went dark less than two weeks ago, and its disappearance is stirring controversy about the obligations of Internet services and threats to free speech on the Web.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25982.htm
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=free+speech
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=coercion
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=control+Internet
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Giraldi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=B.R.+Merrick
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=STEVE+LOHR
rudkla - 20. Jul, 10:09
