Free Press

Strangled and stifled by the government?

That is what has been proposed by our government. Shut America up and force feed the American people what THEY want us to hear.

Every day you can get up, fire up your lap top or turn on your computer and go anywhere you choose to on the internet. You can express your opinions on blogs or journals online. This is your right. Your expression of FREE SPEECH.

The President wants government control over what we hear, what we see and what we say. The President wants to fundamentally transform America. How? Control the free internet. Get rid of the free market.

Don't think that is true? Go to glennbeck.com or go to savetheinternet.com or freepress.net.

Glenn Beck take everything, breaks it down and demonstrates through use of videos and snippets of what those in positions of power near and dear to the White House have said. It is truly eye opening and scary to think that the government is moving into change that is not good for our country.

Savetheinternet.com has information about how that needs to happen. The FCC is working on developing new rules to safeguard thefree open nature of the internet. It is being talked about as "net neutrality". End users will have unfettered acces to all "lawful online content and applications." Government controlled access to the internet. Does that make you feel like it is open access to the internet? Would you have free choice?

Freepress.net. The opening statement at the top of the page states: reform media. transform democracy. There is an article on this site that talks about the future of online speech depending on net neutrality. The White House is calling for free and open internet.They even went so far as to endorse a bill called the Internet Freedom Preservation Act. European Union adopted a policy that rejects the principles in the White House's bill. For example: Some foreign countries identify banned websited and arrest internet users that go on them. This is Internet Censorship.

Go to freepress.net for some eye opening articles and blogs the explains the importance of net neutrality. Will you find yourself agreeing with it? Do you want policing of the internet by the government- deciding what "lawful" sites you can go to? Do you want the government to restrict internet access? OR do you want your freedom to access what you want when you want to?

Our Founding Fathers had strong beliefs and made statements regarding freedoms.

"Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech."
Benjamin Franklin, writing as Silence Dogood, No. 8, July 9, 1722

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
George Washington

"But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. "
John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, July 17, 1775

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." - Alexander Hamilton

That is just a few of them.

Let me know what you think.