Gun Registration....Internet Use tracking....no difference

The Republican party was destined to disappear within the next few years, starting with the last election. Democratic victories were to be the order of the day. Dissatisfaction with the GOP was rampant.

And then the TEA Party happened.

And the rest is history. However, there is a reason that the GOP is known as the Stupid Party. They have a talent for inserting the seeds of defeat into every electoral victory. Many of the Republican party are just as totalitarian as the Democratic party. And their motives are just as pure.......they are here to help you.

They are doing it again. This is my shocked face......

The NRA does an admirable job protecting the 2nd Amendment rights of Americans. Most Americans, and by far, most gun owners DO NOT want a gun registry. Even the records on the background check on purchases from dealers are not supposed to be saved.

But there is no NRA to protect our other freedoms. While the 2nd Amendment safeguards our firearms freedoms, there is no amendment to protect our rights in regards to our other weapons of freedom.

And the free, unfettered, un-tracked use of the internet is a major weapon in the arsenal of freedom. There IS a reason that the GOP is called the Stupid Party. Hey, Congressman, if I don't want my guns registered, what makes you think I want the government to record my use of the internet!

The House Republicans' first major technology initiative is about to be unveiled: a push to force Internet companies to keep track of what their users are doing.

A House panel chaired by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin is scheduled to hold a hearing tomorrow morning to discuss forcing Internet providers, and perhaps Web companies as well, to store records of their users' activities for later review by police.

The idiots in Congress on both sides of the aisle want to do this to "catch criminals." They want to do it for the children.

For now, the scope of any mandatory data retention law remains hazy. It could mean forcing companies to store data for two years about what Internet addresses are assigned to which customers (Comcast said in 2006 that it would be retaining those records for six months).

Or it could be more intrusive, sweeping in online service providers, and involve keeping track of e-mail and instant-messaging correspondence and what Web pages users visit. Some Democratic politicians have previously called for data retention laws to extend to domain name registries and Web hosting companies and even social-networking sites. The police chiefs' proposal talks about storing information about "destinations" that Internet users visit.

Of course, the police love it. It makes their jobs easier. Then again, so would requiring mandatory internal passports and permission to move about...They are

"calling for a "uniform data retention mandate" for "customer subscriber information and source and destination information."

And neither side can see or will admit the ramifications of this policy further down the line. The recent elections put GOP members into Congress to REDUCE the size and intrusiveness of government. We need to put those that vote for this bill on notice.

They say that this won't be used against law abiding citizens.

And gun registration never leads to confiscation....

h/t Instapundit


Cross posted at RedState

What Could Possibly Go Wrong With This Idea?

One password for everything and the government KNOWS what it is? Uh huh, I'm down with that. NOT!!! NOT!!! NOT!!!!

EDITORIAL: Obama's Internet passport
Administration wants national ID card for online commentary

Federalized security screening at airports has been such a success that President Obama wants to apply the same government "expertise" to the realm of online commerce and commentary. The White House cybersecurity adviser joined Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Jan. 7 to announce what amounts to a national ID card for the Internet.

Their plan is straightforward. Instead of logging onto Facebook or one's bank using separate passwords established with each individual company or website, the White House will take the lead in developing what it calls an "identity ecosystem" that will centralize personal information and credentials. This government-approved system would issue a smart card or similar device that would confirm an individual's identity when making online credit-card purchases, accessing electronic health care records, posting "anonymous" blog entries or even logging onto one's own home computer, according to administration documents

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Nothing Changed This Week-The FCC Still Has No Authority to Regulate the Internet

What was true before FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s Tuesday midnight run to grab power over the Web remains true today – the FCC does not have the authority to do what they have just announced they will do on December 21st.

Unless and until the Congress enacts law making it so, the FCC doesn’t have the authority to do anything. December’s vote to commandeer control of the Internet is no more legitimate than – and just as capricious as – if they were to vote themselves masters of all the nation’s pizza joints.

The FCC – no government agency – can just decide they want to regulate an industry – and then vote themselves power over it. That’s not constitutional, representative, limited government – that’s Hugo Chavez-style expropriative despotism.

And it’s not as if The Chairman has been suffering from a dearth of people pointing out his lack of authority. We have repeatedly pointed it out. And it hasn’t just been us.

In April, the D.C. Circuit Court said so, unanimously ruling the obvious – that the Commission does not have the authority to do anything to the Internet.

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