Save our Internet!

Target:
President Barack Obama, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, all other Senate members.
Senator Jay Rockefeller D-W.VA is proposing a bill that will allow the President, in matters of so-called 'Cyber Security', to "turn off" the internet. This goes against 3 of the 4 basic freedoms that we are granted as American Citizens- Speech, Press, and Assembly.

The internet is our one last "free-press" and we cannot allow it to be taken from us whenever Big Brother sees fit.

To those of you American citizens, especially the Internet users- don't let them take away our Internet.  It is a freedom, that if taken away, it can lead to other freedoms taken from us. What are we to expect next- censoring our movies and newspapers? Our television shows? Our radio? The internet is not a government owned or controlled domain- do not let them regulate it like everything else!

To those of you not residing in the U.S., especially if your laws already maintain, censor or prohibit certain aspects of your internet usage, please sign if you are against ANOTHER government taking over their country's rights.
Senator Jay Rockefeller D-W.VA is proposing a bill that will allow the President, in matters of so-called 'Cyber Security', to "turn off" the internet. This goes against 3 of the 4 basic freedoms that we are granted as American Citizens- Speech, Press, and Assembly.

The internet is our one last "free-press" and we cannot allow it to be taken from us whenever Big Brother sees fit.

To those of you American citizens, especially the Internet users- don't let them take away our Internet.  It is a freedom, that if taken away, it can lead to other freedoms taken from us. What are we to expect next- censoring our movies and newspapers? Our television shows? Our radio? The internet is not a government owned or controlled domain- do not let them regulate it like everything else!

To those of you not residing in the U.S., especially if your laws already maintain, censor or prohibit certain aspects of your internet usage, please sign if you are against ANOTHER government taking over their country's rights.
For 233 years, our glorious country, the United States of America, has flourished under its government- both through good times and bad. The one static piece of our lives as American citizens is not our money, our economy or our leaders- but our rights.

We the undersigned understand your concern with 'Cyber Terrorism' and appreciate that concern, however; to hand over the rights of the entire nation's internet usage (which is more than 70% of our population) to one person, with the power to 'shut off' the internet, is a severe decision that violates [3 of the 4 rights in] the First Amendment of our Constitution.

As American citizens, we are fortunate and blessed to have an institution such as the World Wide Web- it has opened countless doors to information, jobs, education, and entertainment. We pride ourselves as being a 'free' nation- much unlike our neighbors in communist or heavily-censored countries. By giving the power to 'take away' the internet to one person, puts us in a similar position as those other countries- making our words and ideals false.

Please, Mr. President, Sen. Rockefeller, and all other members of the Senate; reconsider the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, adding alternative protection measures that will not take away our freedoms. We would be much more willing to comply and welcome an alternative route to security, that would be secure, safe, and accomodating of our lifestyles.

Thank you for your time, consideration, and services to our nation.
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# 114:
4:18 pm PDT, Oct 5, David Alvarez, Florida
# 113:
1:45 am PDT, Aug 11, Dominika Styczynska, Poland
# 112:
3:44 pm PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Illinois
# 111:
6:10 pm PDT, Aug 1, Name not displayed, Canada
# 110:
10:38 am PDT, Jul 22, Matthew Tripp, South Carolina
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# 109:
11:17 pm PDT, Jun 18, David Holman, Oregon
# 108:
8:40 pm PDT, Jun 14, Priya Nath Mehta, India
Although I don't live in the US and am not a citizen of the US, because I am a citizen of India, yet I would certainly subscribe to the feeling that ANOTHER government as stated above, should not have the right to impose their regulations upon the rights that exist here in India as regards the internet.
# 107:
2:45 pm PDT, Jun 14, Alex Alexander II, California
The Federal Government has not right to interfere with the Internet anymore than it has a right to tell Americans what they can and cannot say or hear.
# 105:
9:52 am PDT, Jun 8, Alice Olivo, Italy
# 104:
12:06 am PDT, May 21, Kelli Hawkins, Canada
# 103:
12:54 am PDT, May 8, Amber Champion, Texas
First of all our so called "GOVERNMENT" what they need to do is be equal with the decision making you are not the only people who live on this PLANET instead of the “It's my decision I am better than you therefore I know more!” ATTITUDE! BLAH! You know how it goes the infamous “my way or the high way” such a stupid selfish way of thinking we are all human and know right for wrong! WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO AND SAY WHAT WE MORALLY PLEASE! WE PAY FOR OUR PERSONAL INTERNET WE CAN HAVE ACCESS WHEN EVER OUT LITTLE HEARTS DESIRE! NO ONE'S TELLING THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THERE HANDS NEED TO GET OUT OF THE COOKIE JAR!!GUESS WHAT POLITICIANS YOUR HANDS ARE CAUGHT! YOU NEED TO PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH!!! Government needs to realize that WE THE PEOPLE will always over power you! I FEEL WE NEED TO WORK AS A TEAM!!!! NOT PICK A SIDE WHETHER IT’S DECIEDED BY COLORS, REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATS, SIDES, STATES, CITIES, RACE, RELIGION, AND GANGS!!OUR GOVERNMENT IN MY OPINION IS ONE COLOSSAL GANG!THEY GOT THERE RED AND BLUE COLORS AND THEY EVEN HAVE THERE OWN MASCOTS!! HOWEVER YOU PRECIEVE IT IN THE END WE ARE ALL ON THIS EARTH LIVING THIS LIFE IT’S UP TO US TO UPKEEP IT ALL! MONEY AND LOOKS HAS TO STOP BEING SUCH A BIG DEAL WHO CARE EVENTUALLY THEY BOTH GO AWAY! MOST OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE FROM UNITED STATES TRY AND SURVIVE OR ACHIEVE THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS GOAL! ONE LAST THING I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN KARMA! IT IS A BITCH!!! I SUGGEST A SAVE OUR NATION FROM OUR OWN GOVERNMENT RALLY!!I'LL BE THERE!!!
# 102:
12:13 am PDT, May 6, William Vandiver, California
# 101:
8:51 am PDT, May 2, Neall S., United Kingdom
# 100:
10:30 am PDT, Apr 26, Sarah Carstetter, Pennsylvania
SAVE IT!!! I can't live without it!!
# 99:
11:07 am PDT, Apr 23, Colleen Pellegrino, New York
# 98:
7:33 pm PDT, Apr 22, Name not displayed, Ohio
rock on
# 97:
8:23 am PDT, Apr 22, Alan Haggard, California
# 95:
10:15 pm PDT, Apr 21, Zachary Riles Conner, California
Facebook me. Activist must Unite!
# 96:
10:15 pm PDT, Apr 21, Zachary Riles Conner, California
Facebook me. Activist must Unite!
# 94:
6:55 pm PDT, Apr 21, Glenda Susser, Florida
# 93:
6:26 pm PDT, Apr 21, Carolyn O'Brien, Florida
# 92:
5:21 pm PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, Florida
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THIS GOVERNMENT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE RIGHTS OF ORDINARY AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO PAY THEIR SALARY. STOP TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MY FREE SPEECH.
# 91:
4:35 pm PDT, Apr 21, Tarina Rasmussen, Florida
THIS IS ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS COMMUNISM !!WE NEED TO STOP THIS GOVERNMENT FROM TAKING AWAY MORE OF OUR FREEDOMS !! STAND UP AMERICA AND FIGHT ! POWER TO THE PEOPLE !!
# 90:
9:03 pm PDT, Apr 20, Taylor Hart, Canada
Freedom of speech is something that belongs to the people. It shouldn't be a priviledge, it is a RIGHT! Keep our internet ours!
# 89:
3:16 pm PDT, Apr 20, Maximillian Nechita, California
- Nechita
# 88:
10:21 am PDT, Apr 20, Zachary McDonald, West Virginia
# 87:
4:16 am PDT, Apr 20, Sachetan Gupta, India
# 86:
3:29 am PDT, Apr 20, Stefan Fincken, Netherlands
Do not censor the internet!
# 85:
7:20 pm PDT, Apr 19, Name not displayed, Arizona
# 84:
4:56 pm PDT, Apr 19, Jeremy Cooney, Arizona
Keep free speech alive and well in this country, while we still have the illusion of democracy running free.
# 83:
11:57 pm PDT, Apr 18, Ange Barrett, United Kingdom
# 82:
10:09 pm PDT, Apr 17, Andrew Hatcher, Florida
This is one of the worst bills I have ever heard of.
# 81:
8:45 pm PDT, Apr 17, Tamix ChaN, Wisconsin
thats just wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 80:
7:10 pm PDT, Apr 17, Christine L Bogan, Michigan
# 79:
5:21 pm PDT, Apr 17, Laurel Watson, Arizona
# 78:
5:06 pm PDT, Apr 17, Steve Dale, Australia
# 77:
2:48 pm PDT, Apr 17, Aero Ferguson, Oklahoma
My words are censored far and away often enough on Care2 and other sites already...let us police ourselves and you may police people who are in need of such censorship. Child porn comes to mind as well as animal abuse photos posted by the abusers themselves.
# 76:
11:23 am PDT, Apr 17, No Post For Panda, United Kingdom
Wo hold on Barack,this censorship is a well dodgy proposal.There are things on the internet that we need to regulate (abuse,animal abuse and child abuse)..but to have the state take action solely to protect itself and by implication it's corporate allie's,is a step into STASI-lAND.
# 75:
11:19 am PDT, Apr 17, Deejoyz Russell, New York
This would be an insane move.
# 74:
11:13 am PDT, Apr 17, Tawnya Shields, Mississippi
# 73:
11:01 am PDT, Apr 17, Genevieve Cordova, Colorado
# 72:
10:19 am PDT, Apr 17, Sheila Kay, North Carolina
# 71:
8:54 am PDT, Apr 17, Lynda Harding, United Kingdom
# 70:
8:27 am PDT, Apr 17, Sally Gray, California
# 69:
8:24 am PDT, Apr 17, Faith Armstrong, Mississippi
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. You people seem very intent on making laws that break this law -and this law is the SUPREME law of this land. The internet is a place for right to assemble,free press,and to learn and express and gather over religious views. It is also a place that we assemble to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. This is the law U swore to up hold NOW DO SO!
# 68:
8:17 am PDT, Apr 17, ROBIN MCKAY, Kentucky
# 67:
8:00 am PDT, Apr 17, Dalia Hettfield, California
THEY SAID WHAAAAAT!!!
# 66:
7:41 am PDT, Apr 17, María Fernanda R. Alvarez, Argentina
# 65:
7:22 am PDT, Apr 17, De LaFreniere, Canada
Our internet??? What's next - our phones??? Good thing our right to vote isn't one of them - how would they get their big salaries!!!
# 64:
5:16 am PDT, Apr 17, Cherida Hivale, India
Taking away the internet is a gross infringement on human freedom to communication, to information and to self expression. Switching off the internet to deal with terrorism is like cutting off one's head to kill a headache - it's stUpid besides being preposterous. So far President Obama has not done anything that supports his stand on change. His aid to a country like Pakistan, that clearly supports terrorism, infact breeds terror is proof of that - Bush did it too - so where's the change? Cutting off the net is not a measure against terror - cut off support to nations that support terror - cut off trade, cut off financial aid, cut off medical aid - cut off any dealing with countries that support terror. By cutting off the net all they do is take away power from the people - unless that's the real intent. The net ties us together strongly and gives us a stronger united voice and that's what they are trying to stifle - not terror.
# 63:
4:22 am PDT, Apr 17, Raja Gopal, India
For more impact, add a personal comment here Taking away internet freedom is equal to reintroduction of Slavery. just because the Authorities cannot deal with terrorists they are introducing new law to curtail the only free access between people of different lands but with common interest for the good of the world at large.' Why don't thes Authorities d eal directly with those governments that encourage terrorism - that train and produce terrorism like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Somalia and the rest pf the Middle east Arabic Nations. No Obama wil not be allowed to take any actiona against these countries because USA depends on wars for its economy. that is why 5 Billion in aid is given to Pakistan in a platter. Mr. Barack Obama has only talked of Change - but his actions are nothing but short Changing common people of the world for the sake of big Business. Mr. Obama, Please do not curtail the freedom enjoyed by people like me to communicate with friends across the globe and convey pur thoughts.
# 62:
3:21 am PDT, Apr 17, Vyjayanti G, India
For more impact, add a personal comment here
# 61:
3:12 am PDT, Apr 17, Cleo Cleo, Romania
# 60:
3:06 am PDT, Apr 17, Kathleen Roby, MEd, Ohio
Internet technology is the way of future society and job markets. We The People are supposed to own the air waves! PLEASE, do not take away this grand freedom which is also an immense investment in our nation(s) as a whole! THANK YOU!
# 59:
2:49 am PDT, Apr 17, Name not displayed, Germany
These people are totally sick and disgusting! They want to make out of us slaves - a total mind control... They are evil and they dont mind about people! And they will not stop there! There is much more dirt behind!!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! THIS IS THE NEW WOLRD ORDER!!!
# 58:
2:40 am PDT, Apr 17, Ralph Xx, Germany
How far will they go?
# 57:
12:02 am PDT, Apr 17, Jason Sampson, Canada
the internet is the future of everything, can't let it be taken away unless you got something better planned... better than the internet....whoa!
# 56:
11:25 am PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Ohio
# 55:
10:18 am PDT, Apr 16, Martin Sterling, Ohio
Violating the first amendment? KNOWINGLY? What is this country coming to?
# 54:
6:46 am PDT, Apr 16, David N Moore, Connecticut
# 53:
12:21 am PDT, Apr 16, Pam Boland, Georgia
# 52:
11:00 pm PDT, Apr 15, Danielle Prettyman, Ohio
# 51:
10:52 pm PDT, Apr 15, Jerry A Holloway Sr, South Carolina
The Internet is a version of the freedom of speech and thus cannot be subject to govermental servitude or control
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