Internet Censorship

On FastTrack in USA
by Matt Callaway
Jefferson Times
RED ALERT! Your right of free speech is under attack! Your
right to access information is under attack! With rampant
government corruption driving the rapid erosion of freedom in
our society, more people than ever are becoming interested in
whats really going on. Those guilty of treason have a vested
interest in concealing their crimes. The free internet as we
know it makes it very easy to spread information detailing the
criminal activity of double-agent politicians. In a desperate
attempt to push back the mass awakening of the people, the
federal government is franticly trying to ram through several
draconian internet censorship programs and strategies.
The National Strategy for Trusted
Identities in Cyberspace
This newest proposed plan, if implemented, will restrict your
ability to surf the web anonymously. Their plan is at first tricking
people to sign up voluntary, but eventually all internet users will
be forced into the database, using personal identification
numbers to track every individuals online activity.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
This international trade treaty has been planned out exclusively
in secret meetings that were even attended by Obama himself.
The overtly secretive nature of this agreement has raised
alarm, and groups have called on Wikileaks to obtain and
release these secret documents. There were even offers of up
to $72,000 reward to Wikileaks if they were able to get this
data. Wikileaks did not disappoint and released the chapter of
the document that addresses "intellectual property". It puts
legal pressure on internet service providers to act as "police",
monitoring every click for copyright infringement and more.
Giving key of internet to UN
United States is set to hand over the key internet domain
functions to the United Nations. This is to prevent Americans
from forcing our Government to restore the internet
once it is shut down.
This is admitted directly on the United Nations own website
https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sgsm15713.doc.htm
Lies, Trickery from FCC Commissioner
May 7, Mignon Clybourn, Commissioner for the Federal
Communications Commission, posted a statement on the
FCC's own website (fcc.gov). In his statement he
acknowledges that he has been recently contacted by "Over
100,000 Americans" regarding the FCC's new proposal to end
'net neutrality', an internet standard to assure that all data is
treated equally online. FCC wants to give large corporations
'internet fast lanes' for their data. If you are not a large
corporation, this translates to ramping down the data speed for
your content, thus making it less accessible to the public. In his
statement, Clybourn claims that he has an "unwavering
commitment" to the "independence" of the "free and open
internet", and assures that with his oversight, Americans have
nothing to worry about. In fact he claims that allowing the FCC
to remove the equality standards will help to make the net even
more free. Just trust Mignon Clybourn. He's a government
official so he couldn't lie, right? Even though it defies reason,
Clybourn insists on claiming that 2+2=5, and all those emails to
the FCC really meant something to him. What a nice guy. I
guess we really don't have anything to worry about.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
"CISPA is a dangerous "cybersecurity" bill that would grant
companies more power to obtain "threat" information (such as
from private communications of users) and to disclose that data
to the government without a warrant -- including sending data
to the National Security Agency. April 15,2013, CISPA passed
by the House of Representatives. We need to make our
opposition loud and clear as the battle moves to the Senate.
Demand your Senators to oppose this bill"
https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9048
PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) & Stop Online
Piracy Act (SOPA)
The Internet blacklist legislationknown as PROTECT IP Act
(PIPA) in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the
House, was seemingly defeated in 2012 after a mass public
outcry. 103,785 Americans signed petitions in protest on the
White House's website, and 7,000 websites including
Wikipedia, Google, and Mozilla coordinated "service blackouts"
in protest of the proposed legislation. The moral of this story is
that attacks on internet freedom will not stop but only increase.
Right now, Americans internet freedom, and general freedom
overall is in greater danger than ever before. The choice is
yours, whether to get involved now in the fight for liberty, or
prepare to enter a new dark age of total censorship, loss of
rights, and complete government tyranny.
Why Were No Longer
Number One
by Ron Paul
ronpaulinstitute.org
Last week World Bank economists predicted that China
would soon displace the United States as the worlds
largest economy. The fact that this one-time economic
basket case is now positioned to surpass the US is one
more sign of the damage done to American prosperity by
welfare, warfare, corporatism, and fiat money.
Some commentators have predicted that Chinas reign as
the worlds largest economy would not last long. This may
be true. While China has made great strides since
adopting free-market reforms in the 1970s, China is still
run by an authoritarian government whose economic
policies distort the market in order to benefit state-favored
industries. These state-favored businesses are often
controlled by politically-powerful individuals.
What many of these commentators fail to notice is that the
American government pursues many of the same flawed
policies as the Chinese. For example, because of the
increase in regulations, subsidies, and bailouts, many
American businesses are putting more resources into
manipulating the political process than producing goods
and services desired by consumers. Many big businesses
even lobby Congress and the federal bureaucracy for new
regulations on their industries. They do this because big
business can more easily absorb the costs of complying
with the new regulations that force their smaller
competitors out of business.
China is regularly criticized by American protectionists for
subsidizing its export industries. However, the US
government does the same thing via programs such as the
Export-Import Bank. China is also criticized for
manipulating the value of its currency to make its exports
more attractive to foreign consumers. This may well be
true, but China is hardly unique in this respect. Throughout
its history, the Federal Reserve has manipulated both the
domestic and international economy, often working in
partnership with foreign central banks.
The Federal Reserves inflationary policies benefit big
banks, politically-connected businesses, and big-spending
politicians at the expense of the American people. Anyone
interested in helping improve the American peoples
economic situation should focus on
changing Americas monetary policy, not Chinas.
Ironically, many of the same politicians who denounce
Chinas monetary policy benefit from Chinese purchases of
Americas debt. If China stopped making large purchases
of US debt, the Federal Reserve would be forced to
monetize even more debt, thus risking hyperinflation. So
the best thing Congress could do to make it more difficult
for China to manipulate the global economy is cut federal
spending.
One advantage China has over the US is that the Chinese
government does not waste money on a hyper-
interventionist foreign policy. The United States
government spent approximately $752 billion
on the military in fiscal year 2013. In contrast,
China spent approximately $188 billion.
While China may be increasing its military spending,
it has a long way to go to catch up to the United States.
It is difficult to see how the American people, other than
those who run or work for the military-industrial complex,
benefit from this spending. Military spending, like all
government spending, hampers private sector growth by
taking resources away from investors, entrepreneurs, and
consumers while contributing significantly to the national
debt. In contrast, a return to the policy of peace and free
trade would allow those resources to be used by
entrepreneurs to create new businesses and new jobs.
News that China is soon to surpass the United States as
the largest economy in the world is a stark reminder of
how the American people are harmed by the welfare-
warfare state, crony capitalism, and fiat currency. The only
way to avoid continuing collapse is to finally reject an
interventionist foreign policy, stop bailing out and
subsidizing politically powerful industries, and restore a
free market in money.
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Obama Files to Dismiss
Rand Paul-FreedomWorks NSA Lawsuit
by Jacqueline Bodnar
freedomworks.org
Washington, DC- In hopes it would go unnoticed
over the weekend, the Obama Administration filed a
motion to dismiss the Rand Paul-FreedomWorks
lawsuit that would end the governments
warrantless NSA spying program on American
citizens. The lead counsel on the case is former
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
Obama's motion to dismiss our lawsuit is an
insulting display of political arrogance coming out of
the executive branch, commented Matt Kibbe,
President of FreedomWorks. It should really be
called a motion to censor civilians. It wasn't enough
that the Obama Administration authorized the single
largest warrantless gathering of citizens private
information in the history of the United States. They
dont even believe citizens deserve an opportunity
to plead their case after their rights have been
violated. The Obama Administration can try to use
legal muscle to silence Americans, but we will be
heard.
Senator Rand Paul added, "I remain fully committed
to this lawsuit and look forward to having our day in
court. The American people deserve better than
warrantless surveillance and domestic spying."
FreedomWorks is calling on citizens who believe in
the Bill of Rights to support the lawsuit by signing a
petition, at www.ConstitutionDefenseFund.com
" If ever there was a holy
war, it was that which saved
our liberties and gave us
independence."
- Thomas Jefferson
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PARTNERS
WITH GUN GRABBERS TO LIMIT YOUR
RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE
The Somerville, Plainfield and Bolingbrook Chambers of
Commerce are partnering with the Illinois Council Against
Handgun Violence (ICHV) to conduct gun control workshops
for business owners on the topic of preventing law-abiding
citizens from defending themselves. The ICHV is an
organization well known for its extremist positions against
civilian firearm ownership to include bans on target and hunting
rifles, taxes on ammunition, licensing, registration, and onerous
regulations on firearm retailers.
The Chambers of Commerce are holding these gun control
workshops behind closed doors on an invitation-only basis -
tactics designed to prevent you from making your voice heard
on the matter.
The Chambers of Commerce need to learn a lesson on just
how dedicated firearm owners are to the cause of protecting
their rights. They need to learn that you are not going away!
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO
SELF DEFENSE:
1. Call each of the phone numbers listed below and politely tell
the person the following:
a. You are a law abiding firearm owner who strongly supports
the individual right to self defense.
b. You do not appreciate the fact that the Chamber of
Commerce has linked up with an extremist group such as
ICHV to sponsor gun control workshops designed to diminish
your right to self defense.
c. You object to the apparent fact that the Chamber of
Commerce cares more about the safety of violent thugs than it
does for the safety and well being of your family.
d. You will avoid shopping at any business that displays a
Chamber of Commerce logo.
2. Deliver the same message to the email addresses below.
3. Forward this alert to all your gun-owning family and friends
and ask them to do the same.
4. Post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards, blogs or
social media sites to which you belong.
5. Chamber of Commerce contact points: a. Somerville
Chamber of Commerce phone: 815-886-2076 b. Somerville
Chamber of Commerce e-mail: info@romeovillechamber.org c.
Plainfield Chamber of Commerce phone: (815) 436-4431 d.
Plainfield Chamber of Commerce e-mail:
pacc@plainfieldchamber.com e. Bolingbrook Chamber of
Commerce phone: (630) 226-8420 f. Bolingbrook Chamber of
Commerce email: info@bolingbrookchamber.org g. US
Chamber of Commerce: 202-659-6000
Start making phone calls and sending e-mails as soon as
possible.
Remember, only you have the power to preserve and protect
your gun rights. If you don't stand up now, nobody will do it for
you.
The ISRA is the states leading advocate of safe, lawful
and responsible firearms ownership. Since 1903, the ISRA
has represented the interests of over 1.5 million law-
abiding Illinois firearm owners
Visit: www.isra.org
suggested donation
TAKE ACTION NOW!
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FEC Chair: Government
Seeks to Regulate
Conservative Media Via
Election Laws
Adan Salazar
infowars.com
The federal government may soon try to use election
laws to stifle the freedom of the press and online dissent
from purveyors of so-called right-wing news, the
chairman of the Federal Election Commission has
warned.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner, FEC
Chairman Lee. E. Goodman said that government
officials are feeling pressured to align their interests with
those of conservative publishers, eroding the lefts
media monopoly." I think there are impulses in the
government every day to second guess and look into the
editorial decisions of conservative publishers, Goodman
told Examiner editor Paul Bedard.
Media outlets, like political action committees, have long
been exempt from FEC rules and to this point have been
free to endorse or attack whichever candidate they
choose, however, with the advent of the Internet, the
government has witnessed the news landscape tilt in
favour of conservative media. The right has begun to
break the lefts media monopoly, particularly through new
media outlets like the internet, and I sense that some on
the left are starting to rethink the breadth of the media
exemption and internet communications, Goodman said.
Pointing to the highly influential Drudge Report,
Goodman says there may soon come a time when
exemptions are selectively enforced now that
independent sites can compete with the big boys..
[It] matters to me because I see the future going to the
democratization of media largely through the internet.
They can compete with the big boys now, and I have
seen storm clouds that the second you start to regulate
them, there is at least the possibility or indeed proclivity
for selective enforcement, so we need to keep the media
free and the internet free, Goodman stated.
Goodman also highlighted recent examples of the federal
governments selective enforcement of FEC regulations,
citing the targeting of Fox host Sean Hannitys radio
program and the conservative non-profit Citizens United,
who it was ruled met the exemptions definitions of
expenditure and electioneering communication."
The picking and choosing has started to occur, says
Goodman, adding that he is concerned about disparate
treatment of conservative media."
There are some in this building that think we can actually
regulate the media, Goodman claimed. Truth be told, I
want conservative media to have the same exemption as
all other media.
Conservative outlets communicating unregulated..
information has been a problem for the Democrat
establishment since the days of President Clinton. Early
on, as evidenced in documents recently published from
the Clinton presidential library, the Internet was being
viewed by the federal government as a communication
stream of conspiracy commerce.
The right wing has seized upon the internet as a means
of communicating its ideas to the people. Moreover
evidence exists that Republican staffers surf the internet
interacting with extremists in order to exchange ideas
and information, the 1995 report entitled The
Communication Stream of Conspiracy stated.
The latest threat to the First Amendment is a throwback
to the now-defunct Fairness Doctrine, and illustrates
clearly the devastating effect real, unfiltered news
outlets, such as Infowars.com, are having on the
establishment medias ability to effectively propagate
White House talking points.
That the government wishes it had more control over the
Internet is made apparent by a White House report
entitled National Strategy for Trusted Identities in
Cyberspace, which among other things, seeks to
replace the current system of using passwords to
access sensitive online accounts with something akin to
a biometric ID card that would link one individual to all
their government services, such as food stamps, welfare
as well as a myriad of other things like mortgage
applications and applications for licenses, according to
Paul Joseph Watson.
Recently proposed media shield laws protecting
covered journalists are yet another method by which
the federal government could possibly attempt to
regulate the freedom of the press.
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Ted Cruz Calls Obama "Lawless",
Releases List Of 76 Crimes Committed In Office
Jefferson Times
Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) released a report that outlines 76 definitive crimes
committed by Obama. The report, titled 'Report No. 4: The Obama Administrations
Abuse Of Power', states that the President has a "dangerous" and "persistent pattern of
lawlessness", and addressed "The Presidents taste for unilateral action to circumvent
Congress", saying that it should "concern every citizen, regardless of party or ideology.".
The report is split up in 10 chapters that correspond with different categories. All the
crimes are written in numbered lists, each with notations and referenced links to
corresponding proof and bibliography.The report can be downloaded at
http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/07/ted-cruz-releases-definitive-list-of-76-lawless-obama-
actions/#ixzz313TkwSXa
Everybody Loves Chicago Bag Ban,
Until It Actually Happens
Jefferson Times
WHAT? Who passed what to ban plastic bags in Chicago? First light bulbs, now
bags?! Whats next? glass bottles? gas cars? single family homes? American Flags?
Do you want me to keep going? I couldn't believe I was hearing this, but then
everyone I talk to already knew, and thinks its no big deal. I'm still in shock and
peoples reaction to this is equally shocking. There are exemptions for restaurants and
small businesses, but I'm sure they couldn't have passed it otherwise due to the
obviously outrageous nature of this law. Retailers bag costs are estimated to double
or triple as a result. This price increase will undoubtedly be carried down to
consumers. 36 vs 10 Chicago Aldermen voted for the ban. How did your Alderman
vote? The ban is set to take effect Aug 2015. I have to wonder if this is isn't influenced
by the the UN's covert plan for world domination disguised as environmentalism
through the implementation of Agenda 21. This is plausible considering many of our
laws are being influenced by this secret agenda every day. For more info about
Agenda 21 visit http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/
Chicago Teachers Union Rejects Common Core
Jefferson Times
May 7 the Chicago Teachers Union voted in opposition of the federally mandated education
standard named 'Common Core'. Karen Lewis, President of CTU said, I agree with educators and
parents from across the country, the Common Core mandate represents an overreach of federal
power into personal privacy as well as into state educational autonomy, The CTU says it will petition
the Illinois Board Of Education to eliminate the use of the Common Core for teaching and
assessment and also work to organize other members and affiliates to increase opposition to the
law that increases the expansion of nationwide controls over educational issues..
Common Core is Agenda 21
democratsagainstunagenda21.com
Common Core is an integral part of UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development: globalization is the
standardization of systems. Whether the system is law enforcement or land use or government, the
standardization, harmonization, and integration of all international methods of management is
essential for total control.
Education is the flash point for embedding system acceptance in all sectors of the population.
Standardized propaganda is developed for pre-kindergarten to post graduate school; this is what is
meant by 'Life Long Learning.'
Breaking down traditional methods of learning in order to re-socialize the populace is the goal.
Obedient, dependent people who are constantly being propagandised will provide the 'human
capital' to fully implement UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development.
Regardless of the content of this nationalized and internationalized system of behavioural
modification, the goal and outcome will be to fundamentally destroy the individual's rights.