SERETIS NOTES: April 2011

The program bears more than a passing resemblance to a 2007 proposal by China that threatened to force bloggers to register their real identities and personal details via a single centralized ID system as a means for the Communist government to control information and punish dissenters.

That idea was scrapped for being too draconian, but the Obama administration is pushing ahead with its own Internet ID system in pursuit of a wider cybersecurity agenda that Senator Joe Lieberman has publicly stated is aimed at mimicking Chinese-style censorship of the world wide web, casting doubt on assertions in the government PR video for the program embedded above that claim, “there is no central database tracking your actions”.

Thia is the gas station by my home on route 739 in Lords Valley, PA, Pike County. The $4.00 a gallon is not that far off and with that in mind one has to wonder what will people do. I for one will pay for gas because I do have to go to work and take the kids to school. Will I cut back n other things in order to save, absolutely. This is not only my choice, but all Americans will have to cut back on things just to save to pay for gas in order to go to work or the main necessities of life. I had to stop my bowling league and a few other things I did for pleasure, and I am sure others in this country will do the same thing and will it cause a ripple in the U.S economy? Most likely, as people only shop for the few necessities and cut back on activities and this will hurt small businesses, such as bowling lanes and small retailers and yes even Wal-Mart.