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
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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.
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