A quick summary of the HR1 'duckery'...

This bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government.

Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.

The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.

Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.

Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.

The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.

The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.

...what is so offensive? where is the downside?

sounds more than fair, honest and these Americans are pushing for an honest voting system. where's your evidence there's any 'duckery' in the bill... 🦜 bob

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In the growing battle for the future of the Web, some of the biggest sites online -- Google, Facebook, and other tech stalwarts -- are considering a coordinated blackout of their sites, some of the web’s most popular destinations.

No Google searches. No Facebook updates. No Tweets. No Amazon.com shopping. Nothing.

On November 15, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, eBay, Mozilla, Yahoo, AOL, and LinkedIn wrote a letter to Washington warning of SOPA's dangers. "We are concerned that these measures pose a serious risk to our industry's continued track record of innovation and job-creation, as well as to our Nation's cybersecurity," the letter argued

Google co-founder Sergey Brin himself has loudly denounced the bill. “While I support their goal of reducing copyright infringement (which I don't believe these acts would accomplish), I am shocked that our lawmakers would contemplate such measures that would put us on a par with the most oppressive nations in the world,” Brin wrote on Google+ social networking site earlier this month.

More: Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/30/will-google-amazon-and-facebook-blackout-net/#ixzz1jNPe7gdV

Google "Petition Oppose S 773 Cybersecurity Act 2009"

The bill is on to senate and house.

Sign petitions and kill the bill.

the internet is our greatest weapon

Actually, what happened was... according the Air Force, anyway... is that they caught the attention of ADM Mullen, now a big shot, who wanted the Navy to be a forerunner in cyber/tech sec (for whatever reason).. and since they were pushing this "DOMINANCE OVER THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM" and Cyber-Command plans... he had them stopped.

i think officially the story is congress wants to look at the provisions of the cybercommand doctrine, and examine further what areas are in need of such control. There's news stories about them stopping the program and the recruiting for it...


...While all the while....they recruited and trained under the new specialty codes which are now suspended.... so...

what really happened was..

they got to choose from the best of the best, make a shadow force, complete their mission of cybersecurity with the exact manpower they really desired.. and are now.. in .. control. Monitoring all networks, everywhere.


WEE!!!!

ACtually, I think they got too much interest and realized this needs to be the new way to recruit for the future.. and needs to be precisely deployed and supported.

The point here is that, although this bill does suck, the Republicans continue to fear-monger and generally make asses of themselves by claiming OBAMA WANTS TO SHUTOFF THE ENTIRE INTERNETZ!!!! For a little clarity, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 was introduced by both Democrat AND Republican SENATORS who both most likely think the Internet is made of a "series of tubes"! Assuming we all voted for officials who know anything about the Internet and our privacy, this bill will most likely die a horrible death in it's current state. *fingers crossed*

Read more about it here: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/cybersecurity-act