On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:45:50 +0000, "Steve Asher"
 wrote:


> JB> I couldn't agree with you more.  I looked around at the way things
> JB> are headed and got a warm feeling.  The internet will die as we
> JB> know it, which means the dial-up neighborhood BBS will be spreading
> JB> the words of truth now being spread on the net.
>
>That was Kurt Nimmo, but the thrust of the article is interesting for
>die-hard sysops. I don't know which is the worse threat to users of 
>the Internet; governments that seek to ban access to sites and information 
>- China, Vietnam, Iran etc, or those that introduce restrictive access and 
>licence arrangements for commercial gain. Germany is to charge a monthly 
>licence fee for any computer or mobile phone that is capable of receiving 
>radio and TV broadcasts; the UN would like to tax broadband connections 
>to bridge the so-called "digital divide" etc - the thin end
of the wedge
>for global taxation of all sorts of goods & servicES

The way I understand it, it will cost $$ to register a website with
the consent of the Gov't, and the content will have to be approved.  A
bot will scour the net for un-registered/or unauthorized sites and
deal with them accordingly.  For instance, just the fact that I am
discussing this issue could allow me to be classified as a "terrorist"
uder the Patriot Act or worse yet an "enemy combatant" under the new
HR 6166. In the case of the latter, I can be shipped to a Government
Camp and be tried without an attorney before a military tribunal.  I
would also be allowed to be tortured.

The new laws we are seeing these years, bring us closer and closer to
communism. Under communism, the Government owns everything and the
population must jump through hoops to secure Government permissions.

Since the top 1% of the rich control, it is they and the Government
that control what happens in the U.S., and it is we, mainly the middle
class, that will be closely watched and controlled. 

Have a great weekend!!
--- SBBSecho 2.11-Win32