tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post2212740446507423530..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Egypt on the VanguardWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-41173665618723741862011-01-30T20:18:56.517-05:002011-01-30T20:18:56.517-05:00Oh goody: bipartisanship.
Per Instapundit, they c...Oh goody: bipartisanship.<br /><br />Per <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/114097/" rel="nofollow">Instapundit</a>, they call it the Stupid Party for a <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20029393-281.html?tag=cnetRiver" rel="nofollow">reason</a>: <i>The House Republicans' first major technology initiative is about to be unveiled: a push to force Internet companies to keep track of what their users are doing. <br />...<br />Jim Harper, director of information policy studies at the free-market Cato Institute, says the push for legislation is an example of pro-regulatory Republicans. "Republicans were put in power to limit the size and scope of the federal government," Harper said. "And they're working to grow the federal government, increase its intrusiveness, and I fail to see where the Fourth Amendment permits the government to require dragnet surveillance of Internet users."</i><br /><br />Note that this is the <i>first</i> thing they want to do. This is their <b>priority</b>. Per my previous comment, they want to restrict liberty in order to "give law enforcement the tools it needs". <b>This country was not founded so law enforcement could have the tools it wants.</b><br /><br />Right now I'm squelching a lot of language that I might regret to see preserved under my byline. In particular, I would replace Harper's 'pro-regulatory Republicans' with expressions incompatible with objective discourse.<br /><br />My interest in a third party has just soared.<br /><br />Despair is said to be a sin, but my thoughts turn in the direction of <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/let_it_burn.html" rel="nofollow">Let It Burn</a>.gshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953008291916883288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-44685788475971721612011-01-30T18:15:24.051-05:002011-01-30T18:15:24.051-05:00Wendy: My bad because (1) I trusted Kathleen's...Wendy: My bad because (1) I trusted Kathleen's endorsement ("I love the work they do") without any further checking, and (2) I don't want Obama to have the "kill switch" here either and reacted emotionally.<br /><br />So now my own endorsement is out there on the net (good thing I'm a small fish in the pond).lgstarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752386918407342437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-69985402635633043952011-01-30T15:37:10.746-05:002011-01-30T15:37:10.746-05:00lgstarr, I didn't sign the petition because I&...lgstarr, I didn't sign the petition because I'd rather see connectivity down than see the muslim brotherhood use it to rally the troops, so to speak. I really don't like taking that position but a force for good can also be a force for incredible evil.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09750122876725514277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-2458191934255753262011-01-29T20:25:59.477-05:002011-01-29T20:25:59.477-05:00Let us hope that this Egyptian crisis marks the en...<i>Let us hope that this Egyptian crisis marks the end of these tactics, not the beginning of an age for their abuse.</i><br /><br />Somehow I doubt it. <br /><br />Ironically - or perhaps not - there are very few American media outfits protesting the COICA. Too much of modern American journalism seems intent on keeping information from us rather than informing us.Recovering Lutheranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681139117745192567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-23225923150228034912011-01-29T18:29:25.712-05:002011-01-29T18:29:25.712-05:00I just got this from the Access Team after I signe...I just got this from the Access Team after I signed the petition (which I also already posted on Facebook and Twitter):<br /><br />"Thanks for joining our call to Vodafone and Orange/France Telecom urging them to stand firm against Mubarak's repressive regime and return connectivity to the Egyptian people."<br /><br />So I feel tricked, now, into being an advocate for a position that is not mine! Here's why:<br /><br />"The leader of Jordan’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood warned Saturday that unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States." (My Way via GatewayPundit)<br /><br />I don't support (to say the least) a takeover of Egypt by radical Islamists!<br /><br />Now I'm pissed.lgstarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752386918407342437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-21158945453187222572011-01-29T17:08:22.819-05:002011-01-29T17:08:22.819-05:00As a moss-backed conservative I join with gs in sp...As a moss-backed conservative I join with <b>gs</b> in spitting on the shoes of those who support federal control of the internet, <i>et al</i>, but I won't specifically lay this movement at the feet of "conservatives", though indeed some may be involved. Neither of the two principle authors of this proposal are in any way "conservative". They are both "progressive". Most of the Bush administration was also "progressive", btw, not "conservative". <br /><br />Lets together fight the fight against government control without resorting to cheap political demagoguery. At least we should try to be apolitical if our true goal is to succeed in defending freedom.49erDweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09386245801517422226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-38682050009799735532011-01-29T16:55:10.639-05:002011-01-29T16:55:10.639-05:00GS & PasedenaPhil, excellent points, thank you...GS & PasedenaPhil, excellent points, thank you!Kathleen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221334826014698655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-83917689376362877552011-01-29T16:08:19.198-05:002011-01-29T16:08:19.198-05:001. Let us hope that this Egyptian crisis marks the...1. <i>Let us hope that this Egyptian crisis marks the end of these tactics, not the beginning of an age for their abuse.</i><br /><br />Indeed. No doubt some in the US government, on hearing of Egypt's success in muffling its Internet, reacted with envy.<br /><br />2. COICA might already be law if not for liberal <a href="http://www.examiner.com/progressive-in-portland/oregon-senator-ron-wyden-saves-internet-from-censorship-bill-coica" rel="nofollow">Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)</a>. Hopefully Egypt will be a caveat when the authoritarians and corporatist parasites reintroduce COICA via their Congressional sockpuppets.<br /><br />3. Having tipped my hat to Sen. Wyden, I also spit on the shoes of "conservatives" who refuse to acknowledge the tradeoff between liberty and security, choosing instead to reflexively bray about "giving law enforcement the tools it needs".<br /><br />4. Obviously there are serious threats to national security that propagate online. My point is that way too many people in government, and their special-interest backers, view national security as a pretext to expand their power and restrict liberty.<br /><br />5. I agree with Pasadena Phil's concerns.gshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953008291916883288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-27754356361455587212011-01-29T14:59:40.100-05:002011-01-29T14:59:40.100-05:00They didn't shut down Al Jazeera which has bee...They didn't shut down Al Jazeera which has been the only reporting coming out of Egypt. You have to wonder who was controlling the "kill switch".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com