Internet Control

I keep saying that the next inevitable step in the crushing of American freedoms and hope is for the Bush Administration, to take control of the Internet.

They have to!

Every one knows that the first thing revolutionaries grab are the radio stations. Well, we are at the ass end of a revolution…Plutocratic Tyranny over Democracy. The Bushites know they must have full control of something as threatening to them as free speech.

You will notice that there is no such program for the mainstream news feeds. Why? Hell, they already have them!

This is a good and short article from THE SMIRKING CHIMP…I love the name.

Mike Whitney: 'The Pentagon's war on the Internet'
Contributed by megsdad on Tuesday, February 14 @ 10:13:57 EST

"The Pentagon has developed a comprehensive strategy for taking over the internet and controlling the free flow of information. The plan appears in a recently declassified document, "The Information Operations Roadmap", which was provided under the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) and revealed in an article by the BBC.

The Pentagon sees the internet in terms of a military adversary that poses a vital threat to its stated mission of global domination. This explains the confrontational language in the document which speaks of "fighting the net"; implying that the internet is the equivalent of "an enemy weapons system."..”

“..The internet is the modern-day marketplace of ideas, an invaluable resource for human curiosity and organized resistance. It provides a direct link between the explosive power of ideas and engaged citizen involvement (a.k.a. participatory democracy).The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for privatizing the internet so the information-revolution can be transformed into an information-tyranny, extending to all areas of communications and serving the exclusive interests of a few well-heeled American plutocrats.

This is an important footnote.

(After this article was finished the Associated Press reported that, "The government concluded its "Cyber Storm" wargame Friday, its biggest-ever exercise to test how it would respond to devastating attacks over the Internet from anti-globalization activists, underground hackers and bloggers.

Bloggers?

Participants confirmed parts of the worldwide simulation challenged government officials and industry executives to respond to deliberate misinformation campaigns and activist calls by Internet bloggers, online diarists whose "Web logs" include political rantings and musings about current events.""Misinformation campaigns"? "Political rantings"? "Musings about current events"?The resolve to foreclose on free speech has never been stronger and continues apace

about current events."

"Misinformation campaigns"? "Political rantings"? "Musings about current events"?

(The resolve to foreclose on free speech has never been stronger and continues apace.)

Gee, I wonder if I made the Rumsfeld's list of subversives....well, if not, I will just keep trying.

Hey Rummy, come an get me! Your #&^$ is too short and your breath smells....