Internet Revolution is Inevitable, but could it spill into Real World?

Recent Success of Activists could Trigger Martial Law in America.

Not long ago, our leaders witnessed several North African governments get overthrown, watching on live TV as Muammar Gaddafi was dethroned, publicly humiliated and executed.

Don’t think this didn’t strike fear into the hearts of leaders around the globe. Because what happened in Libya could happen anywhere. Even in the US of A.

Although the politicians of western nations like those of the United States and Europe claim a sense of security not known by kings and dictators of third world countries, even leaders seemingly untouchable know that anything can happen should the situation arise. They will not soon forget the execution of Gaddafi any more that they will forget the French Revolution, for though it was long ago, the guillotine will never be forgotten.

The US, the UK and the rest of Europe has had mounting public discontent, and has seen their share of violent unrest in recent years, but it was the victories of activists against several censorship bills in the US that was of most concern for our politicians in America.

Even though Washington first tried to say that the censorship bills were proposed in the name of National Security and anti-terrorism, later adding anti-piracy, to allegedly protect Hollywood and the music industry from copyright violations, but it is in reality to curb public discontent aroused by the alternative media and independent Bloggers, the assembling of activists and the staging of protests through social media that the government wants to censor the Internet.

The victories of activists inspired and lead in part by the hacker group Anonymous, together with protests in conjunction with the Occupy Movement and the support from several major websites that caused SOPA, PIPA even the NDAA to be suspended indefinitely caused anxiety in Washington that hasn’t been felt since the race riots of the 60’s.

Though one of the key factors of the success in squashing SOPA and PIPA was a joint letter to Congress from leading technology companies including Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and EBay expressing concern over the censorship bills that without a doubt had much influence over our lawmakers decision, it was without a doubt the outcry of the millions of online protesters and Occupy members that scared our government into shelving these bills.

America had witnessed the beginnings of a rebellion over proposed legislation that would have changed the Internet for ever. Though the uprising achieved a stunning success, giving activists new confidence and hope when fighting other measures in the future, this is a fight that will never be over.

This public defeat has left politicians scrambling to construct a defensive to assure that this won’t ever happen again. Already Obama has signed the new Executive Order into law, which is little more than another version of the NDAA that our well meaning activist thought they were on the verge of defeating. Already new censorship bills are being introduced into Congress for approval, including the new CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) which is reported to be far worse than SOPA or PIPA.

If passed through Congress, CISPA would allow the government access to personal correspondence of any person of their choosing. The title of this controversial act is H.R. 3523. The wording is very vague and broad, but it is clear that the act could allow Congress to circumvent existing exemptions to online privacy laws, and allow the monitoring and censorship of any user of the internet. CISPA would allow Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to “funnel private communications and related information back to the government without adequate privacy protections and controls and would also allow the government to stop online communications which they deem disruptive.

The US government know who these "troublemakers are" already. Trust me, they keep close tabs on anybody and everybody who could be a threat to them in any way, shape or form. It is ironic how the same instruments that have enabled activists to fight unjust legislation has also become the primary weapon against them. Yes, the Internet, particularly social media, has become the principal source of intelligence for the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security and every other law enforcement agency in America. I recently investigated these invasions of our privacy, publishing several articles about my findings, including, US Homeland Security Monitoring Facebook, Twitter and other Sites for Signs of Discontent, Is the FBI Monitoring Your Social Networks? and Facebook is CIA's Primary Intelligence Source.

People share virtually every bit of information about themselves with Facebook. From sexual orientation, age, race, religious and political affiliation, even daily updates about their whereabouts, people are sharing literally everything. No wonder the US Department of Homeland Security alone paid contractors $11.3 million dollars to monitor Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, blogs, alternative news media and many other sites for signs of discontent, they need not look any further!

Even though this is all OSINT, better known as open-source intelligence, it is publicly available information for anyone to enjoy. However, considering your 'personal info' could be misinterpreted and saved by a government database like the DHS database of secret watchlists, it may not all be quite as enjoyable as one might first think. 

Surveillance and Censorship are the Governments Weapons 

Though the average Internet user could care less about CISPA, OSINT or how proposed legislation is steamrolled through Congress, once it becomes a battle of old vs. new, of business as usual vs. life online, of lobbyists vs. hacktivists of oppression vs. freedom  and of control vs. personal privacy and sanctity of the home, mainstream America will join the fight.

If properly warned and motivated, under the right leadership, in their fight for Internet freedom, online hacktivists as well as Occupy activists will trample any politcian or CEO seeming to stand in the way, no matter if it be Republicans, Democrats, mainstream media or industries. It is exactly this that our government officials and lobbyists fear, but it is more and more seemingly an inevitable Internet revolution that has already been set in motion.

It will be an ongoing, never-ending battle to keep the Internet free of government censorship. Not only the US government, but governments across the globe will continue to attempt to control the Web, as can be seen by International censorship efforts like ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) and TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement).

Just don’t let them fool you into thinking that any of this is to stop terrorism or online piracy. Know that their censorship attempts are of self interest; to stop anti-government groups, rallies, protests, blogs and writings. It’s to stop rebellion and revolution like what our government saw happen in Egypt and Libya. They don’t want to end up like Gaddafi. Nobody wants to end like that!

Our governments will stop at nothing to stop this from happening, even if it would come down to the declaration of Martial Law, mass arrests and FEMA prison camps. Oh yes, should our government end up on the losing end of the Internet censorship battle, they will resort to harsher methods in order to maintain control, even if this would mean rounding up activist leaders and other “troublemakers” and placing them under arrest, detaining them indefinitely, where they could no longer stir up anti-government sentiment. If it means mass arrests of violent protestors, the US has the resources to lock up as many as they deem necessary. Thousands. Tens of thousands. Even hundreds of thousands if need be! Just look back at how many Japanese and German immigrants we herded into "detainment centers" during WWII.

The prison camps are already in place throughout the United States, ready to be filled at a moment’s notice. You may have already  heard rumors of the FEMA Prison Camps, so conveniently kept out of mainstream media. They are everywhere, hidden in plain sight, disguised as shipping terminals, train yards or closed military bases surrounded by razor. Dozens of web sites have showcased the FEMA camps with photos, videos and reports by independent investigators.

Though I have a conspiracy blog, I am a skeptic by nature, so when I first heard rumors of FEMA Prison Camps, they seemed extremely ridiculous and paranoid to me. However, I found it my duty as an American patriot, as well as an investigative journalist and conspiracy Blogger to investigate the rumors. If you are as skeptical as I was when I first heard of this, that something like this is possible in America, stay tuned as I will be publishing my report, Could there really be Concentration Camps in America? A Search for alleged FEMA Prisons, soon.

Periodically, the US government conducts multi-agency readiness exercises to prepare for “emergency situations such as major strikes and unlawful assemblies. Real-life examples of these exercises include Rex-82 Proud Saber (where Rex-82 stands for Readiness Exercise, 1982), and Rex-84 Night Train. These exercises show how our government would impose martial law, arrest large numbers of people, and mass relocate civilians. These are not rumors, but real-life, US government run exercises!

 
The bottom line is, even if the FEMA camps were elaborately staged hoaxes, even if much of what I am writing here is paranoia talking, you and I both know that the US government is overstepping their bounds, seizing control of our lives down the smallest detail. You know as well as I do, that America has become a police state by the strictest sense of the definition. You can read about it in the news, you can see the signs in your daily life and you can feel it in the air; America is no longer the Land of the Free.

To add insult to injury, just when you thought our government couldn’t ruin the First Amendment any further, Congress approves a bill that outlaws protests!

The House voted 388-to-3 in favor of H.R. 347, a bill which is being dubbed the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act. The bill officially makes it illegal to trespass on the grounds of the White House and/or engage in political protest anywhere in the country.

Yes, you read right, the new law will allow the government to bring charges to protesters, demonstrators and activists at political events and other outings across America. It enables prosecutors to charge anyone who enters a building without permission or with the intent to disrupt a government function in any building or grounds “restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance."

Have they gone too far? For our government to have this kind of power when it is considered necessary, means they also have it when they say it's necessary, and when you and I might not be in favor of it.

I will admit, there are times when government power is a good thing. A lot of us were glad that the National Guard came in to help quell the L.A. riots for example. Of course, government officials in cahoots with mainstream media have done their best to keep this information out of the mainstream. And of course, there have been many attempts to discredit and disprove the above allegations that did get out and were noticed by Americans, with both government officials and everybody else involved denying anything and everything even resembling the evidence I have uncovered.

However, regardless of my being blacklisted, I will be digging deeper, determined to get to the bottom of all this, I will report my findings here on Conspiracy Watch ASAP. I am also working on an article right now which investigates the mysterious deaths of several government whistelblowers, including the suspicious murder of Milton William Cooper, the former US Navy intelligence officer who publicly warned America about an important terrorist attack that would later be blamed on Osama Bin Laden, who was killed by the FBI at his home while serving a routine warrant.

Together with the Patriot Act, NDAA and the ever more empowering Executive Orders, our President could make life extremely hard on us. Anyone displaying any kind of up anti-government sentiment, like myself, could easily be made to look like an enemy of the state, arrested and sent to any one of these FEMA camps without notice or due process, in the name of protecting the existing social and political order.

With the NDAA and the Executive Order, Obama can suspend federal, state and local law enforcement, effectively using the US military as his own personal police force.

And at the drop of a hat we could be like Nazi Germany, in America.

All it would take would be the President's Executive Order.

Written By: Tom Retterbush

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NDAA is Worst Legislation since Patriot Act

Never Mind SOPA, PIPA or even the New ACTA, the NDAA Bill is the Worst U.S. Legislation since the Patriot Act!

What is Wrong Our President, Our Senate, Our House and the Rest of Our Government allowing Oppression last seen in the former Soviet Union?

With all the gift-giving and partying over the holidays, all the other attention given to the social action to repeal the legislation of SOPA and PIPA, and now the new ACTA, plus god knows whatever else our leaders are trying to put on us, I can see how the general public could miss the importance of the new NDAA bill. Particularly when considering that the elitist controlled mainstream media has been ignoring or downplaying the issue, trying to avoid the public resistance that stopped the two infamous censorship bills, SOPA and PIPA.

Even if you didn't catch my recently I published articles, Repeal NDAA! Initiative to Take Back America! or New NDAA Bill Prepares U.S. for Martial Law as Washington Plans to Squash Civil Unrest, you have probably heard something about the NDAA from somewhere else, for no matter how hard The Powers That Be try to keep it out of the headlines, nobody can keep something this huge a secret very long.

However, if you don't know what all the fuss is about, let me sum it up for you: Last New Year's Eve, President Obama signed the NDAA, or National Defense Authorization Act, which gives him, and any future president, the ability to use the military against the America people.

Yes, as of January 1, 2012, anyone the government considers a "threat" to the nation can be arrested off the street and detained indefinitely without representation of an attorney and without due process. Not by the FBI or local police, but by the military! Does this remind you of something?

Yes, according to the bill, the U.S. Military can snatch you out of bed in the middle of the night, without telling anyone, anything. No warrant, no reasonable doubt. No lawyer. No trial. Just like the Gestapo did  in Germany before and during WWII. 

This legislation is by the same politicians who claim that veterans returning from combat, anti-abortion and anti-big government believers were potential domestic terrorists. I guess I had better start worrying!

I don't know if it's out of fear of the chaos and anarchy that could erupt should our economy collapse, or if it's just part of the elitist plan for a New World Order, but either way our government has decided to turned the Land of the Free, into a police state. Or should I say, a military state, primed for Martial Law?

After 9/11, when the War on Terrorism was just beginning, President Bush enacted the Patriot Act. This allowed the government to spy on Americans, monitoring their phones, mail, financial records and activities to discover whether or not someone was a terrorist. It brought about changes in law enforcement that trampled on citizen's rights like nothing before in the history of the United States. Until now.

The provisions of the Patriot Act allows the government to spy upon U.S. citizens while the NDAA also allows the government to arrest a citizen for no reason other than being "suspected" of terrorism, setting the stage for Martial Law. 

Even though many Americans were willing to trade privacy for safety and security, many people don't realize that this is exactly what both the terrorists and our politicians wanted all along. The terrorists have succeeded in making us live in fear and change our care-free lifestyles, while our government got the green light to tighten the noose of control around our necks.

Although I am not saying that our politicians were involved in the 9/11 attacks, or in cahoots with the terrorists like some conspiracy theorists are claiming, I must admit that the terrorists did some of our power-hungry politicians a favor.

To demonstrate how our politicians are using fear to strengthen their grab for power, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina argued that the law would only apply to U.S. citizens' who have aided Al-Qaeda or other terrorist organizations.  He made up a story of how a U.S. citizen might fly to Pakistan to receive terrorist training, only to return home and shoot fellow citizens, using this fairy-tale example of how one single U.S. citizen might become a possible risk, to justify doing away with a citizen's right to due process and trial by jury.

The NDAA bill should have the entire country calling for the impeachment of any and all politicians responsible for the NDAA. While normally this is just an act which details the monetary calls of the Department of Defense which is passed every year, the changes in the bill  for the 2012 fiscal year and can be seen as an extension of the Patriot Act. 

How could this law have been passed, I ask, when it is clearly unconstitutional? The Fourth Amendment grants liberty from unreasonable search and seizures and the Sixth guarantees every U.S. citizen trial by jury. No matter what the bill's supporters might have claimed about the provisions being misunderstood, the fact remains that it is unconstitutional.

In a country that once prided itself in a law that guaranteed legal representation and due process, and meant being innocent until proven guilty, this is an disturbing change of which many American are even unaware of.

Knowing good and well that the bill is unconstitutional, and just plain wrong, President Obama released a statement regarding NDAA:

"Moreover, I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation. My Administration will interpret section 1021 in a manner that ensures that any detention it authorizes complies with the Constitution, the laws of war, and all other applicable law."

President Obama went on to say that, "...his administration will not authorize the indefinite detention of American citizens." However, Obama also said that he would close Guantanamo Bay, that he would recall the troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office and that he would end the Bush tax cuts. No matter why these promises were not kept. They weren't kept. 

President Obama stated concern about the provision which would allow the military to be used in place of law enforcement and indefinitely detain American citizens. However, is the President doing anything to reverse of suspend the provision to give the military this new power?

If you would like to read the President's very own absolutely meaningless words for yourself, the Statement by the President on H.R. 1540, can be found in it's entirety on whitehouse.gov, HERE.

The People's Resistance

Not long ago the Internet united against the two censorship bills, SOPA and PIPA, which would have given the U.S. Government new powers to shut down websites believed have violated copyright laws. The Internet responded with thousands of forwarding all their traffic to a website directing people to call their Representatives to protest the “Internet Censorship Bills” going through Congress. Over 13 Million American citizens did, prompting Congress to suspend both bills indefinately.

This demonstrated that Representative Democracy works to a certain extent if people participate! But this participation must be in great numbers, and must include both voting and calling elected officials. As I mentioned in my article, Repeal NDAA! Initiative to Take Back America!, it's not from perfect, but it is better than bowing down to a dictator or king. Even the wealthy elite know their limits to how far they can push us. As I mentioned before, they remember the French Revolution, and they surely remember the guillotine.

Unfortunately, most people don't call their representatives until it is almost too late. They wait until the last possible moment, after something terrible has happened, before finally taking action. If we the the people wait until Martial Law has been declared to call our Representatives, chances are it will be too late.

Repeal the NDAA

On February 3rd there is a Nationwide NDAA 2012 Congressional Protest planned to oppose NDAA, so if you haven’t called your Representatives by then, do so on February 3rd in order to unite with as many people as possible in a productive form of participatory democracy! You could of course organize a similar event in your hometown, your state, nationally or online. The options are endless and the support is everywhere.

Representative Ron Paul recently introduce legislation to repeal section 1021 from the NDAA (the section giving the military said powers). We should flood our representatives phones, officies and mailboxes with demands they support Rep. Paul’s H.R. 3785, and repeal section 1021 from the National Defense Authorization Act. To find a links of petitions and resources to appeal the NDAA bill, go to my article, Repeal NDAA! Initiative to Take Back America!

The implications of the Patriot Act, NDAA, SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and other government grabs for power are getting bolder all the time, as they step on our rights and freedoms. For example, according to Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, there are laws regarding terrorist suspects in America in place by the Department of Justice against having a food supply lasting at least seven days can be grounds for being suspected of terrorism.

I have  a pantry which contains more than a seven day food supply. Worse, I am writing a story that is against the politicians in Washington. Can I be seen as an enemy of the United States of America?

I don't think so!

Written By: Tom Retterbush

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The United States Censorship Conspiracy is all about their Profit, Power and Control

Censorship is not meant  to protect us, but to control and silence us!

No mainstream media, hardly any alternative news sources, hardly even any independent bloggers are covering perhaps the biggest scandal since Watergate. Maybe that is why it's being called "Copygate" by some.

Copygate originally refered to the alleged plagiarism of material in the Wegman Report. If you are not familiar with the Wegman Report, it was a report to the US Congress about the The Great Global Warming Swindle, also known as the Hockeystick Controversy, produced by Dr. Wegman, a renown statistical analyzer. According to evidence, 35 pages of the 96 page Wegman Report were plagiarized.

But this has grown far larger than the original plagiarism issue. Like Watergate, and the less known Climategate, the Copygate corporate file sharing scandal of the the so-called nonprofit group named the Recording Industry Association of America, their association with Viacom/CBS, and it’s support of illegal copyright infraction on file sharing networks with the intent to sue many thousands of American file sharers for profit, as well as pass laws further censoring the Internet.

Why are these organizations fighting for copyright protections when they’re giving out their own stuff to piracy networks for free? It’s not really about copyright infraction, it’s about the control of information on the Internet.

The rich, fat-cat elitists and their big media empires have been losing their very profitable grip on information due to the alternative media, independent bloggers and social media. Until the rise of the Internet, they used to control all information via newspapers, magazines, the radio and television. They own all the major news networks, broadcasting networks and publishing houses.

The problem is, the elitists don't own the Internet, nobody does. It is because they don't own the Internet, they cannot control the information passing through it. Well, so would seem... so they are trying to manipulate the Internet in their favor by passing laws.

The elitist backed lawmakers have tried again and again to gain control of the Internet through legislation. Without due process they ban sites and filter information. How can they do this I ask again? They do not own the Internet!

A former U.S. senator, once head of the MPAA, favors a Chinese style censorship system to the one the U.S. lawmakers are trying to pass.

"...the ones exposing copygate scandal sit there and call anyone who copies a anime, song, movie, or even software a thief or hurting the artists but the real people hurting the artists are not ever the downloaders but the Money masters at the top that rip most of the music artists money. They manipulate society and morals and have created the beliefs that anyone giving access to free information is a terrorist or pirate that needs to be put down. That’s what the Big Media wants us to believe. If you don’t think the real bad guys are the top level executives of the MPAA/RIAA then why are they making record profits while going after file sharers and music artists suffer in the process. This is about legitimizing a war on open disclosure of information in a free society." - Brian D. Hill

Of course there is nothing wrong with non commercial open sharing of information when people support the artists that create that they watch, listen to, or download on a voluntary basis. There will always be those who take advantage of this, but the Internet has proven the system to be profitable for the artists in a big way, while still allowing those who are disadvantaged access to something they would otherwise never know.

Censorship stifles creativity and innovation, in that it prevents possibly gifted and able, yet disadvantaged people people access to the information and tools they need to reach their potential.

Since 1995 various governments around the world have been addressing the problems of material on the Internet that is illegal under their offline laws, as well as what they considered harmful or otherwise unsuitable for minors. Again, who are they to say what is harmful or unsuitable for minors? If someone doesn't like it; they don't have to get on the Internet! Why can't it be, use at your own discretion?

The nature of material of principal concern has varied from political speech, promotion of or incitement to racial hatred, pornographic,scandalous and fraudulent material. Again you don't have to get on the Internet and you don't have to visit these sites if you don't like it!

Since these reasons didn't get the elitists the control they wanted, they've found a new excuse to censor the Internet, copyright violations. Anything to shut us up!

Shut us up, from telling you that while the eyes of the world are on America's Censorship System and the (still important) SOPA and PIPA bills, an even more dangerous NDAA bill, or National Defense Authorization Act, has been passed, which could potentially be in preparation of Martial Law in America.

The thing is, by passing censorship laws and taking control of the Internet, it would be easier still for the powers that be to pass other laws similar or even worse than the NDAA, without us even knowing about them until it is too late.

It’s time for action. Spread the word to your friends and family. Promise not to vote for politicians who support NDAA or any censorship bill. There are protests, rallies and meetups happening all across the United States. There are all kinds of websites, blogs and petitions online dealing with these issues. Better yet, start your own! If you are ready to fight for America, I strongly suggest you read, How to Coordinate a Campaign for Change, which is one of the many free ebooks available at Assetebooks.com, and join the fight to reverse the NDAA amendment. Tell your family and friends about NDAA. Start a group or coalition or a petition with theChange.org. Call your Senators and write your Congressmen.

Although I am an Independent when it comes to politics, I say vote for Ron Paul for President, considering he is the only candidate who urged his congressional colleagues to support legislation that would repeal a clause of the  NDAA that could allow for the indefinite detention of American citizens, simultaneously criticizing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his past comments on detainees.

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Remember, freedom cannot protect itself.

Written By: Tom Retterbush

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