The Internet Is Next

The article below made me think of a post I did on April 4 entitled: Are We Next?

It's not exactly like what they are doing in Great Britian, but it's getting close.


I haven't heard this on the news but it was listed on Fox News.com:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/21/proposed-heavy-restrictions-internet-freedoms/

Excerpt:
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. Va, who introduced the bill earlier this month with bipartisan support, is casting the legislation as critical to protecting everything from our water and electricity to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records

"I know the threats we face." Rockefeller said in a prepared statement when the legislation was introduced. "Our enemies are real. They are sophisticated, they are determined and they will not rest."The bill would allow the government to create a detailed set of standards for cybersecurity, as well as take over the process of certifying IT technicians. But many in the technology sector say the government is simply ill-equipped to get involved at the technical level, said Franck Journoud, a policy analyst with the Business Software Alliance.

"Simply put, who has the expertise?" he said. "It's the industry, not the government. We have a responsibility to increase and improve security. That responsibility cannot be captured in a government standard."

A spokeswoman from Rockefeller's office said neither he nor the two senators who co-sponsored the bill, Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., will answer questions on cybersecurity until a later date.

Obama, meanwhile, is considering his own strategy on cybersecurity. On Friday, the White House completed a lengthy review of the nation's computer networks and their vulnerability to attack. An announcement is expected as early as this week.

This administration is on the fast track to taking over everything in this country. Every day we hear about something else. And we know how good government is at running things, NOT.

What makes me think that the first thing to go will be conservative blogs?