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EU Paves the Way For Three-Strikes Cut-Off Policy
Mark.JUK writes "The European Parliament has surrendered to pressure from Member States (especially France) by abandoning amendment 138, a provision adopted on two occasions by an 88% majority of the plenary assembly, and which aimed to protect citizens' right to Internet access. The move paves the way for an EU wide policy supporting arbitrary restrictions of Internet access. Under the original text any restriction of an individual could only be taken following a prior judicial ruling. The new update has completely removed this, meaning that governments now have legal grounds to force Internet providers (ISPs) into disconnecting their customers from the Internet (i.e. such as when 'suspected' of illegal p2p file sharing)."
Well he devalued the dollar from $1.30 Canadian to $1.00 Canadian by running the Central Bank Monopoly's printing presses on overdrive. Yay. This is not good for us, but the world is thrilled with the weakening of the paper dollar.
Let's see what else. Oh yeah he now has the power to declare a "national emergency" and shutdown the internet. I don't think Obama will abuse that power, but what if the next president resembles Julius Caesar? Today a president, tomorrow a dictator for life, and death to the Republic.
Oh and I forgot - The uncontrolled spending ($700 trillion bailout plus $800 billion stimulus plus $900 trillion healthcare bill) means the national debt will rise from $110,000 to $200,000 per American home by 2016. Add another $250,000 for promised but unfunded liabilities like Medicare and SS and you have about $450,000 hanging over ever home... more than the property is worth.
See more here: http://usdebtclock.org/
BTW I don't blame all of this on Obama. Our last three presidents all deserve "credit" for this debacle.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
What tree?
What constitution?
What rights?
Most of this stuff died in the 1930s when the U.S. government was given power to do basically anything it wants, and the 10th Amendment was crossed-out. And now it appears the EU government is changing course to follow the same path. "We will, at last, know peace in our time... through force."
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
I don't think you have any right to comment on culture and English when you think you are too important to even observe the simple laws of grammar. There is something called a shift key, I suggest you use it.
Secondly, this entire comment is arrogant. Preserving culture is important! In the US you wouldn't know, seeing as you have no culture. Counting back to even before the "United States of America", in the New World, there is no more than a few centuries, while any European country can count double that without thinking.
Also, if you looked past my fellow Canucks' ability to make you laugh, you would see the most multi-national country in the world, in which hundreds of different cultures exist and live together, (mostly) in harmony. I would also bring to your attention to the many hundreds of festivals that celebrate culture diversity and preservation such as Folklorama (www.folklorama.ca/).
If America has such a "cultural shadow", then I can only imagine that, to continue your metaphor, Europe would cast the world in darknesss. Never mind Europe's Eastern neighbours who could say the same. If you're so culturally monolithic, please enlighten me as to how, while pointing out how it is greater than most European countries.
I'm sorry America, but you are not the only people in the world whose "culture" and opinions matter. Canadians probably seem funny to you because we have the humility to know others may be greater, that others came before us, and that the memory of them is worth preserving, teaching, and respecting.
And I also apologize to those Americans who understand this and constantly take a beating from the rest of the world in posts like these.
Want to know the irony of this whole "3-strikes" bullshit? Nicolas Sarcozy, (Pres of France for my fellow ignorants) was the one who started this whole thing. His administration has openly engaged in copyright infringment...
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091008/2344176470.shtml
Apparently some DVD was made about him, to which the publisher only made 50 copies. Sarcozy's people then made an additional 400 copies without permission.
What a dumb fuck
All your 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 are belong to us
Just look at their farmers - they can't make money decently, and instead of making the honest choice: There are too many people trying to do this job - some have to find another business - they try and blackmail money from the rest of the EU.
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating