Obama ‘TRONs’ It Up

Excellent focus for a commander-in-chief at this time.

BIG GOVERNMENT. the wire tapping the left criticized so much, Obama doubled down on the domestic side of it

The UN thinks they should have control of the internet. I hope this isn’t a step by Obama to hand it over to them.

war in iraQ, border issues, economic crisis, cyber wars, i beilieve SOMEONE stated things were getting better..id like to know how and where thats happening.

Ronnie Van Zant: Hmmm when you said “This is just a pretense for governmental censorship down the road…all in the name of “national security.” did you obtain that from one of the documents available under Bush/Cheney through the FOIA? Revisit 2001-2008 and I believe freedom was far more under attack than you want to realize.

All you people need to wake up and get out of the 2 party system that is ruining our country and way of life. The government is just too big to control all the systems and so this will go on for a long time. We really don’t have any money left to do what it takes to secure our systems. It would require billions upon billions to do so and I don’t see it happening any time soon or ever for that matter.

No Hope & only change:”BUSH KEPT US SAFE since 911, from a 1998 planned attack during the Clinton years. TIME WILL TELL IF OBAMA WILL”
Holy cow, by that logic you mean we’re still technically on Bush’s watch for another 2 years? Now I am a bit nervous.

Someone needs to stop this man. Soon we will have no internet!

What’s next? Having access to all of our medical records? Oh wait….

Socialism Rules:”Someone needs to stop this man. Soon we will have no internet!”
The internet is the result of pork barrel, earmarked government funding anyhow, which every right winger will tell you never created a single job – so isn’t it appropriate that it be eliminated? And what better way to eliminate it than have someone in the same government that funded and aided it’s creation tasked to help ensure it remains stable.

It is more important to talk about doing something than doing it. Right? It is more important so say the right things well than to do them well, right?

Bin Laden will hack us from a cave

“Revisit 2001-2008 and I believe freedom was far more under attack than you want to realize.”
This is either very subtle sarcasm or a brilliant example of the willing suspension of disbelief.
Obama wants to stop detractors from talking about him. Obama’s life began with loss, hurt, confusion, alienation, frustration. Out of these he constructed a psychological “mask” that still endures.
Obama’s pain still controls his personality. Obama’s sense of loss, exclusion, frustration and fantasy still overarch his personality.
All of the inadequacies and frustrations he perceived as a child still drive him and still control his personality. He won’t learn how to remove the Mask because he continues to be afraid there is nothing behind it.
Control of the internet and what people are saying about him will help him soothe his feelings of inadequacy and need to, not just be admired, but be loved.
“The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we’re afraid…” Richard Bach

When you consider the fact that most of these cyber-terrorists reside in other countries, this “cyber-czar” isn’t going to be able to do much more than shake his finger at them. We don’t need a new civil servant. We need to get other countries to cooperate with us in order to enforce the laws that already exist.

Socialism Rules:….get use to Socialism, taking over private business, investigating Private citizens like “Joe the Plumber”, exposing his private life to the whole world,for a question he ask in HIS neigborhood. sending mobs of people (I.E. Acorn people) after AIG employees… we have Hugo Chavez the 2nd

jhw539 no….read the 911 report

Eric said: “All you people need to wake up and get out of the 2 party system that is ruining our country and way of life.”
Finally, I find someone else who has more than 5 functional cerebral synapses!!! I’ve been saying this for almost 15 years. Americans need to learn that politicians are the worst possible choice for leaders. It was NEVER how America was intended to work.

This is just great! another “czar” The government get bigger every day. Outrages.

jhw539..You don’t book the majority of the seats on 4 planes, less than a month before the scheduled flights…WAKE UP

Cyber-Czar. Another person on the payroll that will be doing the job that the State Department is supposed to be doing. This is nuts! Stop this madness! THis also will give Master Obama rhe Messiah access to all of your internet files, dealings, purchases (including credit card numbers), etc.

Socialism at its best! This needs to stop! Before we know it we will have not freedoms left what so ever!

I would like to think CIA, NSA, DOD FBI, and Secret servise were already all over these cyber attacks but if we need a czar to coordinate, fine.

Well, it seems some of you are still in denial. Remember that mysterious computer bug about a month ago? Can you say, setup. Operant and Classical Conditioning of the people in order to control communications. This will prove to be nothing more than a mechanism by which the current administration will assail those who do not agree with them. Collect a Citizen’s data and if it does not meet proper “criteria”, destroy that Citizen. Bootikins is collecting the political seashells of his own people. Again our enemies cheer.

I would have thought that SOMEONE ALREADY EMPLOYED by the govt should have been doing this. Of course it is a threat, but do we need to continue to add yet another position to this growing govt staff? GEEZZZZZZZZZZZ

deb:”Of course it is a threat, but do we need to continue to add yet another position to this growing govt staff?”
What do you mean by add another position? Obama does not control the budget, only the allocation of the (non-earmarked) executive portion of it. As far as payroll goes, this is a net zero impact (although watch the 2010 budget I guess).

RUSH is a CZAR..Hannity too.

Nojoe:”jhw539…your full of it, page 239 is pictures of some of the terrorist,”
Where did you get your copy? Download the pdf from the official website, 9-11commission.gov, or search whatever version you have for “tickets” yourself. Or better yet – anyone who still think Nojoe has a shred of credibility when he says the terrorists booked the majority of the seats on the 4 planes, check out the report for yourself. Chapter 7, subheading “Readying the Attacks.” (You’ll need to check the referenced footnote for the explicit debunking of the myth Nojoe stated.)

Unbelivable right wingers are, They bash the President for wanting cyber security, but Cheer and praise torture from the previous Administration wow Really wow no wonder only 23 percent of people belong to the Republican party!
Posted by: Angie in Pa | May 29, 2009 2:45:18 PM
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You better believe the other 77% are not democrats! They are jumping ship to the independents in a quick hurry!

I personally believe that boosting our cyber defense mechinery is crucial and necessary for national security. However, in the light of the rapid goverment expansion that Obama’s proposing, I hope he does not move toward tighter internet control and censoring as a component of this cyber security policy package. We all know too well how China is maintaining rigorous censorship and heavy filtering of “unwanted” contents in an attempt to indoctrinate and brainwash. I hope, and am sure that Obama can come up with a sensible way to moniter suspicious cyber activities without infriging on freedom and privacy.

TIM
No Michael Moore for me He is too far to the Left thank you, I consider My self Moderate I like to stay in the Middle have a nice day!

If you want real security dont use a computer.

Okay after reading through all of these comments I have come to realize that human nature has suffered a huge hit of stupidity beyond even my wildest dreams. Issue 1: Obama controlling the internet “Let me make this as simple as possible” The internet is a network of servers worldwide that consists of millions of computers. It would take a super computer bigger than the state of new york to even begin to try and monitor that much net traffic. But hey, I wouldn’t be surprised if it hasn’t already been bankrolled into some type of ridiculous democratic stimulus package. Oh dear, what if Obama knows I don’t like him…….I say nothing behind his back that I wouldn’t say directly to his face. What are you people afraid of? It’s time to cowboy up! Issue 2: If you are bold enough to log into abc to post a comment you should at least learn to spell and use proper grammer. I do hope no terrorist is reading this thread, because they’ll probably attack all of you people tomorrow. You so adamantly defend your right to free speech, but our constitution grants no rights for you to be ignorant. Issue 3: Stop Whining about Obama in general. We just have to ride out this stupidity for 8 years at most. That’s what we get for handing the key to the country to a man who never ran anything in his life and doesn’t have enough common sense to lead a Boy Scout troop. And that my friends is “THE WICKED TRUTH”.

I dont think we need a Czar or an Emperor or a Fuhrer.

ERIC
I am not saying all Independents are for President Obama, I am just pointing out out of the 2 Parties right now Independents Support President Obama and Democrats more, I know alot of Moderate Republicans who feel Lost right now with the Republicans they are driving them away They are turning Independent!

Lookinforananswer – You’re right – we don’t need a Czar, Emperor, or Fuhrer. But we have a Messiah – His name is Obama. Bow down, genuflect after all he is the founder of the United Socialist Republic of America

The people were not happy under the last administration and now they aren’t happy under the new administration. Part of the problem is that we have locked ourselves into just 2 parties. These 2 monster polical parties make it impossible for individuals affiliated with some other party to have any influence or affect on our political system. The only way we’re going to get our voices heard is to stop supporting BOTH parties. Join the Constitution or Libertarian party–or any other party. Donate to the party of your choice and WORK for them. Stop being part of the machine that continues to put one professional politician after another in office. Become part of the solution. Then maybe, just maybe, we might start seeing a real difference.

“where is the web sight Biden said would be available to show where our money is getting spent, no web sight, why does our media not asked question we want answers to”
Which website?
The one tracking the Stimulus Package?
Recovery.gov on the stim went live in Feb.
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

The current approval rating of the new Administration is around 64 percent people are not happy? really?

“Issue 2: If you are bold enough to log into abc to post a comment you should at least learn to spell and use proper grammer.”
Oh the irony!

I am all for increased cyber security and am pleased the president is making it a priority. I hear there will be increased military focus on the subject, too, and that will be even better.
However, I wish Obama had put this position in Homeland Security rather than creating yet another czar. I know he loves the ‘czar’ positions– which gives him the flexibility to appoint people without having to go through Senate confirmations and to have people who are not as subject to Senate oversight as Cabinet positions. Enough is enough. Since it is an ongoing problem, and it truly is, then we need a division in a recognized department to deal with it. Homeland Security seems the logical place. Obviously there are already plenty of people dealing with the issue in the government already, and the czar will just coordinate and focus their efforts.

Good post, Mamabear. Because there is no viable third party, there is no need to form a coalition in Congress, hence there will always be partisanship. We need a viable 3rd party to represent those of us who identify as independents (and are probably as numerous as Democrats or Republicans). C’mon, Joe Lieberman and John McCain…start that national Independent party. The middle is far bigger (and saner) than the left or the right.

Eric:”Nowadays its more about your self esteem and how cool you can be at school. This is the fall of our country and no president or congress can change that”
I certainly support improving education, but I have found the current crop of college graduates more than competent and pretty sharp overall. While our K-12 system has always lagged a bit, our colleges and universities are still the best in the world. Heck, California’s universities are the match for any other entire country’s in the world.

Let the death of the internet begin. Thanks Obama… Who needs freedom when we have you, or the next Bush that will replace you… Yeay!

I think that Obama is right to seek greater cyber protection. The US has other national security concerns as well, and I think a great way to help alleviate some risk of foreign insurrections is to focus more on eradicating severe poverty. People are much more likely to become radicals and destabilize regions when they do not have the option of doing a day’s worth of honest work. The Borgen Project has good info on the estimated cost of ending global poverty:
$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
$550 billion: U.S. Defense budget.

David:” The Borgen Project has good info on the estimated cost of ending global poverty:
$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.”
While I admire the spirit of your suggestion, it’s a bit misleading to suggest $30 billion would end world hunger. Without a military campaign and nation building, that wouldn’t even end hunger in Zimbabwe. How could we even get a start on North Korea? (And Iraq has showed the cost of regime change is a couple orders of magnitude over $30 billion!).

Eric
Are you forgetting the Fact Bush did Not include the 2 wars in his Budget? Bush hid the Cost of the Wars President Obama has Included the Wars

jhw, yes, our universities are still the best in the world, but that does not mean that we are turning out students as sharp as those of the past. I still teach some amazing students, but they are fewer and further between than they used to be. My colleagues at other schools, and my sons in major universities (including a grad student at Stanford) say they see deterioration as well. We are dumbing down the academy as a general rule to deal with the increased number of students coming to college and the expections of administrators and the public that we find a way to get most of them through. Not everyone in college these days belongs there, but it is hard to convince them of that or to weed them out through grades. I gave less than 10 Fs in a class of 200 this semester and still heard about it– the 40% of the class that made an A didn’t seem to bother anyone at all. Once they get into college, professors are pressured to keep them there. Grade inflation is a problem and college degrees are being watered down.

moderate:”Grade inflation is a problem and college degrees are being watered down. ”
Grade inflation is a perpetual problem, but from the side of a engineer who tries hard to hire good people, I haven’t had any problems. (Although I may just be lucky to work for a boutique firm that attracts good folks.)

Looks like his majesty has just come up
with something else the goverment needs to do for us.`Democrats, republicans are
just the same. They promise to do something different than the last administration and continue the lies and
abuses.I want my goverment to maintain our roads and infrastructures,keep a
strong military for our defense, and to keep their nose out of every aspect of my life.We are heading down a socialist
road being led by a goverment that blames the worlds problems on everything and everyone regardless of the nature of its beginning. I dont want to support the world,I dont wish to feed the world, and I dont want to house and care for the world. If people would realise that our responsibilities are to are selves we would not need the bleeding heart liberals or the middle of the road conservatives that take our money and refuse to listen to us. Our
present administration is not looking out for the average person.They be-
if they lie to us enough that we will believe that we cant survive without them. Write your senators, write your
represenitives, write any and all politicians that work for you. Tell them we want our country back, we dont
wish to apologise to the terrorists and dictators of the world.Now is the time to stand up and show these traitors why we are the greatest nation in the world.To often people forget what this country has done for so many in this world. United State politicians look around, the people that you dismiss so easily may be the ones some day who de-
cide that our freedom that you step on are once again worth fighting foe.

While my life is set, house is paid for finances are all in order, all you big government lovers that voted for this both young and old, as you all sit at your coffee shops, ride your public transportation, work 3/4 of the day to pay for make shift government programs (Taxes), I want you to look back on all the people that worked hard for their money, got the reap the benefits of it and had the the freedom to travel in their huge motor homes, drive hot rod cars, go out on that lake in their nice big yacht, by a mini bike for the kid, that are now ban from kids, and ask you self. What was it like to be free, and not be a subject of our socialist government?…

de Nies: “The president has long been viewed as one of the most tech-savvy men to sit in the Oval Office to date.”
Because he uses a smartphone, email, and a mailing list for supporters he is this great technical god, now. This constant drum-beat about Obama being this “tech-savvy” computer-god illustrates yet another example of liberals in the media over-hyping Obama. Who in the professional world doesn’t use the above listed technical tools these days? Very few. They take something average and inflate it to the point that one believes they are witnessing someone extraordinary. Rinse and repeat over and over again until it is common knowledge.
de Nies: “”I know how it feels to have privacy violated,” President Obama said, relaying how his campaign website was hacked during the general election.”
The Internet has been fine without the great-technical-one’s intervention. I’d rather the Internet not suffer the same fate as some of his more famous technical mishaps such as his hacked campaign website and the region-locked DVD set given to the British PM.

Jhw, I’m glad you aren’t having problems finding qualified people. I agree, there are excellent students out there. But there’s a lot of dreck as well, and it is my observation from the trenches of academia that as numbers of students in college rise, most of the additional population seems to fall in the dreck column. But I keep working hard to educate them all, the talented and the clueless alike.

Obama is a wise man. He and his men have to face the cyber threats. The war of information is more invisible and powerful.