Ok, I took a break for a few months. I had to find a job and then get settled in. So here I am, back in full force with my opinions. If you have been paying attention in the last 24 hours, you know that Egypt is in the middle of a civil revolution. You also see why we should absoloutly NOT give ANYONE a killswitch for the internet.
Mubarik cut off the internet and text messaging in one fell swoop to try and quell any rebellion against his government. And Biden says he is not a dictator. Sure sounds like one to me. He is attempting to keep people from communicating with each other to organize a rebellion against his regieme. And this is what Obama wants us to give him.
I know that people say we are too big, he can't do it. What he can do it take out the internet backbones. That would effectively kill commerce, social networking, and communications. So what if you can still e-mail to the next town over. You can't move your money from your bank account in the next state to your hometown bank. You couldn't use your credit cards. And you couldn't coordinate protests. It's not just the Dem's that don't need this power, the Republicans don't need it either. Killing the internet is the same thing as killing free speech. Personally I think the idiots who proposed this measure should be brought up on treason charges!
