Now these two bills are not good at all
We are so focused on the health care fiasco that other venal crap is happening without our knowledge.
Craptastic bill number one -- from
cNet News:
Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
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.
The new version would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for "cybersecurity professionals," and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license.
Like hell you will...
A bit more:
The source said that one primary concern was the electrical grid, and what would happen if it were attacked from a broadband connection.
That was the SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) vulnerability and that was discovered and squashed about two years ago. The industry has responded perfectly and there is now a
Center for SCADA Security run by Sandia National Laboratories. Again, there is no need for Governmental oversight. The problem was recognized by the industry and the industry responded by putting together it's own group to watch for any security violations. This is what capitalism is all about...
Craptastic bill number two -- from
Natural News:
Wake Up, America: Forced vaccinations, quarantine camps, health care interrogations and mandatory "decontaminations"
The United States of America is devolving into medical fascism and Massachusetts is leading the way with the passage of a new bill, the "Pandemic Response Bill" 2028, reportedly just passed by the MA state Senate and now awaiting approval in the House. This bill suspends virtually all Constitutional rights of Massachusetts citizens and forces anyone "suspected" of being infected to submit to interrogations, "decontaminations" and vaccines.
It's also sets fines up to $1,000 per day for anyone who refuses to submit to quarantines, vaccinations, decontamination efforts or to follow any other verbal order by virtually any state-licensed law enforcement or medical personnel. You can read the text yourself here: http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/sen...
I had a great time living in Boston back in the late 1970's and 1980's -- worked for some incredible places and did a lot of traveling. I went back a few years ago and I would never want to live there again...
This odious little bit of legislation is about as bad as
NAIS that the US Government wants to ram down rural people's throats.
Posted by DaveH at August 28, 2009 8:22 PM