"Cybersecurity Act of 2009" - American's beware of this...

[Seanchaidh]

Beginning 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any individual to engage in business in the United States, or to be employed in the United States, as a provider of cybersecurity services to any Federal agency or an information system or network designated by the President, or the President's designee, as a critical infrastructure information system or network, who is not licensed and certified under the program.

AKA Government will control ALL public and private IT and Web services giving them effective control of all free enterprise as IT is the heart of Operations of all companies to date.

Not saying it's a good idea, but that's really not the same thing.

 

[US Crash Fire]

well looks like im defecting to the USSR....what?....WHAT DO YOU MEAN "THERE GONE"!?.....FUCK!!....well looks like in north america. well my spanish sucks so there goes Mexico. hey Canada! do you guys have tacos too? mind if i crash over for a while? just maybe 4 or 8 years?
aww fuck it. i cant leave america. once i get this metric thing down maybe i can. i understand it but drving down the road i cant "feel" about how many KPH im going.

 

[Bernzz]

Spoonshivik, can I come move in with you, seeing as how Obama is deciding that we don't deserve to think for ourselves? Unless, of course, he goes communistic. Then, of course, I'll stay in America. Otherwise, he can fuck off.

My house is already fully booked.
Being the last bastian of the human race and all.

Did I get in in time? I hope to god I did.

 

[curty129]

By the sounds of it, that only affects America. Is that the case?

WE'RE OK FAT MAN DX It's just the idiot Americans who get this crappy law

Us british.. No, English. Im not grouping us together with those bloody welsh. And scots, with their crappy name.. hm? Yes?

 

[Bat Vader]

A bill like this should be voted on the the American people. If we are to gave our internet controlled it should be our votes that decide it. Not congress.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Oh bugger. Does the idea of privacy have any meaning in the U.S.A!

 

[walls of cetepedes]

By the sounds of it, that only affects America. Is that the case?

WE'RE OK FAT MAN DX It's just the idiot Americans who get this crappy law

Us british.. No, English. Im not grouping us together with those bloody welsh. And scots, with their crappy name.. hm? Yes?

Hmm... you put forward an interesting arguement there.

You're right, we shall not group with them!

 

[Woodsey]

"full control of the internet" ...

HUH?!

I take it this shit is only in the States (so 'hahaha' to you guys) - but what the f*ck, you can't just take control of the internet...

It's the f*cking internet!

 

[gunningyoudown]

wow its ruining the fun of the internet.wow that just makes me want to run off cliffs and stuff

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I predict large, angry mobs with flamethrowers the day this happens.

I predict a fervor on the internet at best. And a fervor on the internet has yet to get anything meaningful accomplished EVER.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

By the sounds of it, that only affects America. Is that the case?

Maybe, but you know total control over access to the one completely uncensored and totally free area of the world is something any government would jump all over. Trends get started over crap like this.

... But I'm sure somebody else has already said this. This topic got to seven pages in, like, a day! Less than that! Argh!

It's funny. People talk about Obama being so progressive and all, but he's been surprisingly obnoxious about virtual space/activities in general. So I wouldn't be surprised if he supported the bill once the time came.

 

[Insanum]

I dont think it will be as bad as everyone thinks, This time in 18 months you'll all of forgotten about it...or you wont have but cant complain about it on here (muahahaha)

 

[Insanum]

I dont think it will be as bad as everyone thinks, This time in 18 months you'll all of forgotten about it...or you wont have but cant complain about it on here (muahahaha)

Double post...Google chrome glitch!

 

[walls of cetepedes]

... But I'm sure somebody else has already said this. This topic got to seven pages in, like, a day! Less than that! Argh!

Have you read through the other posts?
Most have nothing to do with the topic...

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

This is the kind of thing I hear that makes me listen to Mr Jack, dream of building an army, and assaulting the system. What could a few government leaders do if they weren't leading anyone, huh?

One can only dream...

 

[Samurai Goomba]

... But I'm sure somebody else has already said this. This topic got to seven pages in, like, a day! Less than that! Argh!

Have you read through the other posts?
Most have nothing to do with the topic...

That makes me sad.

And yet people find the energy to stay on topic when they're talking about Halo, Half-Life 2 and Religion/Atheism.