There are a lot of bad people in Washington DC and Congressman Lamar Smith is one of them. Congressman Smith has drafted a bill mislabelled "Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011" also known as HR 1981. This bill will do anything but protect children. America,do you know who said the state should hold up the child as the most important part of a country and that people would sacrifice their rights for the child? It was a world leader,do you know which one? Give up? It was Adolf Hitler who said that so you may want to keep that in mind the next time someone in an authoritative position uses the phrases "for the children" or "in the best interests of the children". HR 1981 will in reality increase government power over the people. I'll let Demand Progress take it from here:
URGENT: Congress Pushing Broad New Internet Snooping Bill "A direct assault on Internet users" is what the ACLU is calling it. Yesterday a U.S. House committee approved HR 1981, a broad new Internet snooping bill. They want to force Internet service providers to keep track of and retain their customers' information -- including your name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Library Association, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Demand Progress, and 25 other civil liberties and privacy groups have expressed our opposition to this legislation. Will you join us, by emailing your lawmakers today? Just use the form at right.
They've shamelessly dubbed it the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act," but our staunchest allies in Congress are calling it what it is: an all-encompassing Internet snooping bill. ISPs would collect and retain your data whether or not you're accused of a crime.
CNet Reports:
Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, who led Democratic opposition to the bill said, "'It represents a data bank of every digital act by every American' that would 'let us find out where every single American visited Web sites."
"The bill is mislabeled," said Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the panel. "This is not protecting children from Internet pornography. It's creating a database for everybody in this country for a lot of other purposes."
I'm glad this draconian bill is facing opposition. Perhaps it would be wise to contact Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman John Conyers and thank them for standing up to this civil liberties killer of a bill. Also it would probably be a good idea to contact Congressman Lamar Smith and take him to the woodshed on this bill. This bill is very un-American and should be shot down as soon as possible. Protect your freedoms so oppose this bill right away. Also Congressman Smith's partner on this bill is Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz you may want to give her a piece of your mind while your at it. Don't delay act today.
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