Our precious freedoms are being slowly whittled away as we sleep off another hangover brought on by an overindulgence of something or other, be it drinking or eating or shopping or plug in electronics.
Did you know that the Department of Homeland Security now monitors Facebook and Twitter for any possible subversive content or anything that may pose a threat to national security, whatever subversive or threat might mean?
As a matter of fact, our beloved Congress is now considering a bill that will greatly limit the internet's content and pose a potential fine/ and or jail time for anyone who uses the internet? It's called the 'Stop Online Piracy Act'. (SOPA) Sounds great, right? Sounds like the government just wants to protect law abiding citizens from infringement of their copyrighted creations, right?
It's wonderful how the lawmakers can come up with bill names that sound so innocent or concerned for citizens, like the 'Patriot Act', right? You know, the act that permits the government to withhold your constitutional rights if they deem you a threat to the nation, whatever that means, ( the government defines all terms).
Anyhow...the SOPA gives the government authority to shut down millions of web sites. The language in the bill is broad and vague. Imagine the shutting down of facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and any site that runs counter to the ruling elite.
Do not laugh. This bill or some variation will pass and be signed in to law with the smiling politicians carping about how they are protecting fellow Americans.
No they are not. They are lessening our freedom and tightening the noose around our necks.
And guess what?
The sheeple of the land of the free and the home of the brave will respond by more hangover inducing over indulgences.
For more on the 'SOPA' see:
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-we-must-stop-sopa
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