They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency."
Looks like the EFF is looking into this.http://www.eff.org/press/mentions
Any politician that votes for, or is in support of, this bill (or any resemblance of this bill) will lose my vote and should lose every vote. DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE Washington. I will personally go door to door and convience any and all voters that all supporters of this idea should be fired. I know I will not get them all, but I have a feeling no one can afford the votes. What good is health care without liberty (on or off the net)?
CNET SOURCE:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html
Dreams really do come true. What a fine day this turned out to be. Thank you all who have joined together to make this new day for us all happen. I know there is a lot more to go but heyb this is such a great start.
Went to the polls and what a wonderous wonderful site, Lines!!! Long, Long, Long lines what a sweet site it was to see! Beautiful, America voting taking back its country. Thank You Mr President Barack Obama
Originally posted at http://www.saveourcountry.us/node/104
McCain envy is the term used to describe a candidate's negative reactions towards another candidates success in fund raising activities. While this type of envy is nothing new it definitely has reached levels never before seen and therefore this term was coined in response to the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, John McCain. During the race Mr. McCain consistently failed to realize that the success of his opponent, Barack Obama, was a result of Obama's ability to reach out to the people. McCain could not comprehend how his own misguided Republican philosophies had proven to be dangerous and how they had nearly bankrupted the United States. Being unable to recognize these facts and being incredibly jealous of Obama, he began to imagine sinister alternatives which included Obama accepting funds from foreign entities and illegal donations, exceeding the federally mandated maximums, from the super wealthy. It was impossible for McCain to accept that millions of people from across the country all made relatively small contributions which gave Obama an unprecedented financial advantage.
Originally Posted at http://www.saveourcountry.us/node/101
After listening to John McCain and his Republican allies one would think that the organization, ACORN, set out to systematically perpetuate voter fraud on a grand scale. Firstly, no one questions the fact, even ACORN, that there were hundreds of voter registration forms that were turned in with false names. Some of these names were obvious, like Mickey Mouse, others were not since they were of people who recently departed this plane of existence. Obviously this is a problem and there does need to be an investigation of how it occurred and those found responsible must be held accountable. The problem is that McCain and his allies are making it sound as if someone is trying to “steal” this election and generate votes for Obama, since ACORN is a left leaning organization.However, McCain, in a truly Republican tradition, is only telling you part of the story and exaggerating the potential impact of these “false” voter registrations. ACORN hires people to participate in its voter registration drives and these people, in an attempt to fulfill their quota's and keep their jobs, created false registrations. ACORN not only acknowledges this occurred but also flagged registrations it believed to be problematic and agreed, up front, to work with officials in vetting them. ACORN did not want to simply throw these registrations away as this would be illegal. Simply put, how would you feel if you filled out a voter registration card and an organization threw it away. If it turned out a Republican's voter registration card was thrown away I guarantee you McCain and his allies would be making a fuss about that.It is truly unfortunate that these events occurred and it is going to require government resources to deal with these false registrations. However, a false registration does not equate to a fraudulent vote. First of all there is no risk that Mickey Mouse will be leaving his imaginary land to come and cast a vote for either McCain or Obama. Second, even for the names of the deceased, it would be required that someone to actually know that the deceased is on the voter rolls and then be able to obtain false identification to cast the vote. The penalties for casting a fraudulent vote are steep, ten years in prison, it would be irrational for someone to go through the expense, trouble, and risk to simply add a single vote in an election where tens of millions will participate. Finally, there is not a single documented incidence where a false registration led to a fraudulent vote. This is just another example of where the Republican's are wrong on the issues and knowing this are trying to fabricate a scandal.
Originally posted at http://www.saveourcountry.us/node/97
While it may seem like good news if they are it is more likely just a ploy. The Republican party is saying this as a method to encourage independents and undecideds to vote for Republican senators and house candidates. Sending the idea that one party control is a bad thing since it was when the Republicans had full control. The other reason why they are using this ploy is that they are hoping that Obama supporters will decided to not vote. There are many who may think, “why bother voting, Obama has it in the bag.” However, this is by far the most dangerous line of thinking one can take, the only way Obama can win is if we all get out there and vote!Also, Obama still needs donations to combat the lies that the RNC and McCain are pushing with their robocalls!
Originally posted at: http://www.saveourcountry.us/node/96
Today John McCain made the claim that if he had been president that the mortgage crisis which ultimately is responsible for dragging the whole economy down, would have been avoided if he had been president. Here is the problem, John McCain has been an active supporter of the deregulation that led to this mess. The reversal of regulations that were put in place after the great depression that would prevent banks from over investing the money of others in risky areas. Based on his long history of deregulation it is impossible to believe that he would have acted any differently than if he had run against Bush and won. It is clear that John does not understand how we got in this mess and that his policies were a direct cause!
Originally posted at http://www.saveourcountry.us/node/95
Hello, I am Scott the future guy, I am 85 years old and I just got off of a ten hour shift and now I am going to baby sit my grand children while my son goes and works his ten hour shift (can't afford a baby sitter). Unfortunately for me there is no longer any social security left because all our taxes are going to make the interest payments on the national debt. My 401K plan, which I thought would help me through, all but evaporated after successive blunders by executives who were running it. By the way, they all now live on some island they built using the money they collected from their golden parachutes (couldn't buy an island anymore because all the rest are under water - global warming).
Unfortunately all of this could have been prevented back in the election of '08, all we would have done was not have voted for the candidates that claimed the “other guy” was going to “spread the wealth”. I kinda feel like my wealth was taken from me and spent a few decades ago!
Hello, I am Scott the guy living in '08 – please help me avoid having to meet this future Scott by support Barack Obama for president. We can not afford another four years of tax cutting at the expense of increasing the national debt, we can not afford another four years of name calling, we can not afford another four years of questioning the patriotism of others just because we disagree on the issues, we can not afford another four years of calling those we disagree with terrorists, but the bottom line is our future can not afford it!
Please join me by support Barack Obama by making a donation at http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/saveourcountryus and also please post a message at http://www.saveourcountry.us/forum/4 telling us why you support Barack Obama for president!
Does anyone know Barak Obama's or Joe Biden's position on Network Neutrality?
As stated on Wikipedia........
Network neutrality (equivalently net neutrality, Internet neutrality or simply NN) is a principle that is applied to residential broadband networks, and potentially to all networks. A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, on the modes of communication allowed, which does not restrict content, sites or platforms, and where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams.
Network neutrality in the U. S. is a contentious issue. Currently there is generally network neutralityUS, meaning that telecommunications companies rarely offer different rates to broadband and dial-up internet consumers based on internet-based content or service type; however, there are no clear legal restrictions against this. Some broadband services, for example Verizon's Fios, block port 80, preventing consumers from running a website on the standard http port unless they upgrade to a "business" account. In recent years, advocates of network neutrality have sought to restrict such changes while publicly criticizing proposed changes by telecommunications companies. in the
In 2005 and 2006, corporations supporting both sides of the issue spent large amounts of money lobbying Congress. In 2006, representatives from several major U.S. corporations and the federal government publicly addressed U.S. Internet services in terms of the nature of free market forces, the public interest, the physical and software infrastructure of the internet, and new high-bandwidth technologies.
The possibility of regulations designed to mandate the neutrality of the Internet has been subject to fierce debate.
More on what Network Neutrality is can be found on Wikipedia.com
Originally posted at http://www.saveourcountry.us/node/93
Recently the republicans have been making a big deal about Obama's tax plan. They are claiming that it is socialist in nature since Obama will increase the taxes on the wealthiest and cut taxes on everyone else. The republicans claim that 40% of US citizens do not pay income taxes but this is just a matter of how you define taxes. In truth, no matter what your income, we all pay FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act aka Social Security Tax) and FMHI (Medicare) taxes, although the republican's call these “fees”. I, like many hard working people are tired of the play on words, any time anyone has to pay the government it is a tax, plain and simple. Furthermore, these taxes are based on income and therefore are “income taxes”, from working, so the claim by republicans that only 40% pay taxes is patently false! (If you do not have income from working you will not have these taxes) Obama's plan is giving people a credit for these taxes paid, they do not get a “free pass” rather they are credited $500 for having paid these taxes. Currently all workers, unless you make in excess of $100K per year, pay 7.65% of their income for FICA and FMHI, Obama's credit would effectively protects the first $6,500 from that tax. Giving those in lower income tax brackets a tax cut is not socialism and charging those in upper income tax brackets a higher rate also is not socialism. It is all a matter of a difference in opinions of what the tax policy should be here in the US. Considering how badly those of us in the middle class are being pinched it makes good economic sense to allow us to keep more of our money. Furthermore, because we have more money we will have more money to spend thereby increasing business revenues and encouraging them to hire more employees to meet demand.No rational employer will hire additional employees because they received a tax cut, employers increase payrolls when they believe payroll expenses will be offset by additional revenues. Employers lay people off when the current workforce is capable of producing product that exceeds demand. Employers increase workforce when the current staffing levels can not produce a level of supply which meets demand. If consumers have more money in their pocketbooks then their demand for products will increase thereby resulting in more employment opportunities and thereby increasing profits for business owners. However, this is not a “transfer” of wealth, it is all about cutting taxes for one group and returning the taxes to another group to what existed prior to Bush's tax cuts. It is about restoring government revenues to offset the budget deficits that have been brought upon us in the last eight years.The problem with the republican policies is they cut taxes on the wealthiest and have financed those cuts with debt. In effect they are cutting taxes for a select group today at the expense of additional taxes on future generations. Someday, somehow this debt will need to be paid back, it is not going to magically evaporate. That national debt is nothing but an instrument to transfer debt from future generations to today. One would be hard pressed to even find socialists who would believe this was a justifiable redistribution of wealth!
Originally posted at http://www.saveourcountry.us/node/92
What if the supreme court had not stopped the recount and Al Gore really did win the 2000 election. How the last eight years would have been different. The United States definitely would have been in a different situation than it is in today. The nation's military involvement, its debt, dependence on foreign oil, and even the current political race would be drastically different.First of all we probably would have been attacked on September 11th. It is possible that a President Gore would have acted differently than Bush and would have taken actions to prevent it, but let us assume nothing could have changed that. Without doubt, contrary to the rhetoric of some conservatives, he would have ordered us to take military action in Afghanistan. However, we definitely would not have attacked Iraq, a President Gore would not have had the predisposition demonstrated by Bush and his allies, to attack this country. Without doubt the primary reason why Bush and his allies “read” the intelligence in a manner which led us to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was because they wanted to find something to justify an attack. Without the Iraq distraction, the United States would have, by now, captured Bin Laden and been able to complete its mission there. Furthermore we would have rebuilt that country, transferred power back to its people, and our soldiers would be home.Without the enormous costs of these wars our national deficit would not be what it is today. Furthermore, a President Gore would not have given the richest, in this country, the tax breaks which Bush handed out (and Palin-McCain are calling us “socialists” for wanting to reverse them). These two facts alone would have significantly reduced, if not eliminated, the incredible increase in the US national debt. The national debt is what is causing the dollar's value to decline and does have an impact on oil prices. Simply put, as the dollar declines, the price of oil increases. The declining dollar is not the only reason why oil prices spiked last summer but it is part of the problem. The other part of the problem is the demand for oil and the United States does import 70% of its oil.Under a President Gore, we would have, without doubt, seen a decrease in our dependence on oil. Al Gore has been a strong advocate for reducing green house gases and eliminating our dependence on oil. Under his leadership this nation would be further along in its need to utilize alternative energy sources. The carbonites (those who advocate continued use of fossil fuels) have relentlessly attacked people like Gore, claiming that moving to alternative energy sources is too costly. However, the price of energy is definitely a reason why this country economy is in a downward spiral. It may cost us, in the short term, to switch over but if we do it then we never again will be dependent on foreign nations for our energy needs and our economy would be protected from the actions of foreign entities like OPEC. Eight years ago we all made choices, some chose to vote for George Bush, some for Al Gore, some for another person, and many chose to not vote at all. Many who did not vote believe that there was no reason to do so because it would not make a difference and there are some who believe that today. I would ask you to carefully consider how things would have been different had Al Gore won in 2000. How different the world would be today without the Iraq war, how our nation debt would not have gone from five trillion to ten trillion dollars, how the war in Afghanistan would be over, and how oil energy prices would not have caused enormous financial pain. Without doubt the world would be different, that is why on November 4th it is important to vote. On November 4th, you will have the choice between voting for the status quo or to vote for someone who will make a change. Make no mistake, Palin-McCain claim to be agents of change, however all you need to do is examine their record in this race to see they are no different than Bush. The fact that they will question the patriotism of anyone who disagrees with their stances, call people terrorists for holding a differing political view, and calling them “socialists” for having a tax policy that taxes the rich and not the poor. While John McCain may have been a “maverick” he has forfeited any right to continue to make that claim. He has allowed his campaign to be consumed by rhetoric which has become the cancer of this great country during the Bush administration. It is no longer a campaign based on the principals he claimed to believe in at its beginning, instead it has been preempted by Republican neo-cons under the leadership of Sarah Palin. This November 4th be sure to vote and remember your vote does matter, the only way we can put this country back on track is to put Obama into the white house!
With Obama ahead in the polls it would be all to easy to become complacent but Obama's lead is resulting in even more accusations from Palin-McCain. Every day we are seeing an increasing number of smeers from calling Obama a terrorist to calling him a socialist because he wants to roll back Bush's tax cuts. We need to get the truth out there and we need to push hard to make sure other voters do not fall prey to these lies.
The bottom line is this, we can vote for a ticket (Palin-McCain) that will transfer wealth from future generations to ours by continuing to grow the national debt or we can vote for Obama-Biden who will work to make sure that we pay our bills today. Palin-McCain come from the same fabric of Bush and Bush has thrown the biggest party for the rich of all time. Then when that party came to screeching halt and the bill came due we the US people had to shell out $700 billion dollars to keep the entire economy from tanking. While we all benefit from a healthy economy its the rich that have gained the most from this bail out, the CEOs who get multi-million dollar parachutes while the middle class and poor see their 401Ks drop.
Having higher taxes on the rich is not just wealth distribution but its about having those most able to pay to help out. It is about paying back into the kitty for the privileged in living in a society and under a structure that allowed you to obtain that success. The problem with today's rich is that they are all too willing to pull the ladder up after they get to the top. They are all too happy to receive hand-outs that benefit them (ie the bail out) but decry any assistance that will benefit others.
For the record, I am a small business owner, I pray for the day when I will be impacted by Obama's tax plan!
