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Some Of Australia's Tubes Are About To Be Filtered
Slatterz writes "The first phase of
Australia's controversial Internet filters were put in place today, with the Australian government announcing that six ISPs will take part in a six-week pilot. The plan reportedly includes a filter blocking a list of Government-blacklisted sites, and an optional adult content filter, and the government has said it hasn't ruled out the possibility of filtering BitTorrent traffic. The filters have been widely criticized by privacy groups and Internet users, and people have previously even taken to the streets to protest. While Christian groups support the plan, others say filters could slow down Internet speeds, that they don't work, and that the plan amounts to censorship of the Internet. At this stage the filters are only a pilot, and Australia's largest ISP, Telstra, is not taking part. But if the $125.8 million being spent by the Australian Government on cyber-safety is any indication, it's a sign of things to come."
Oh but kevin was supposed to be our savior, much the same as your Obama.
The "Obama" as savior myth was propagated by the republican party and conservative news stations to make conservatives feel good about their votes for the dumb lady and McCain. Obama never sold himself as a savior and all but the most uneducated voted for him because they felt his administration would do a better job picking up the pieces from 30 years of reckless policy.
But that's not why I wrote today. I wrote to rub it in. Obama got elected. Nah nah nah nah nah nah. Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Just callin' it like I see it.
If you honestly believe the government will ever make good on that 'debt' by cutting the monetary supply in the future when things settle to bring our dollars buying power back to what it was before they fire up the printing presses, it's you who is the nutter.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm no Lib, but I am torn on the package. See one half of me likes the idea of money in my pocket (yes short sighted I know) at this point in time. The other half looks at my little boys sleeping peacefully and feels mad as hell that the federal government, a bunch of old men are selling my innocent little men into debt so that those fools don't ever have to suffer. It feels like...theft, sorry can't help it, it just does.