Britain Considers Social Media Shutdowns: Could U.S. Be Next?
- Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:00pm by
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Social media has drawn heavy scrutiny in the U.K from the government, and if the riots continue, Prime Minister David Cameron may push for the drastic step of blocking certain internet communication platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Blackberry instant messenger.
Wired is reporting that P.M. Cameron has been considering the “pre-crime” blocking of social media websites to avert more riots, and allow authorities to catch up with arrests of suspects shown rioting on surveillance camera footage or inciting violence through social media. Prime Minister Cameron addressed the British House of Commons Thursday, saying:
“Free flow of information can be used for good. But it can also be used for ill. So we are working with the Police, the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality.”
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This step is not a novel idea, but would be the first time a major western power has taken the drastic measure. In its last gasps of power, the regime of Hosni Mubarak shuttered Twitter in Egypt, though it didn’t prevent Hosni from ending up in a cage. Twitter took center stage in a short-lived attempt to protest a stolen election in Iran in 2009, but was quickly stamped out. As many of those protestors found out, you can tweet a photo of your protest, but in an authoritarian state, it will likely paint a digital bullseye on your back.
Social media has indeed played a role in some of the most seismic political changes of the past 10 years, including the Egyptian revolution, but now we are seeing the flip side of this remarkable technology. Just as the internet has become an artery of the global jihad, social media sites are a tool to rally the masses — whether for peaceful protest or destructive, anarchic riots. And we now have proof this is as true in London as it is in Cairo.
Some in the U.S. may look at this phenomenon and think “why should we care?”
Because as we know, it could be coming here next.
Many U.S. pundits have criticized the British welfare state, and pointed to lax liberal European policies on everything from immigration to crime as reasons for the unrest. Some consider the U.S. is hardly a free market, capitalist utopia — with 45 million Americans on foodstamps, and 50% of our citizens not paying a dime to the federal government in taxes each year. So arguably, many of the factors that are at play for the riots in the U.K., are also at play for those of us across the pond.
But, would the U.S. government ever be so brazen as to cut off our access to online communications?
Earlier today, police in San Francisco jammed cell phone communications to prevent planned protests there. And many of you might recall the “Internet Kill Switch” bill that Congress bandied about earlier this year. It would allow the president to unilaterally shut down the internet — and only because he says so. This goes a few steps beyond targeting merely one social media site — which is all the more reason to believe the U.S. could be capable of cutting its citizens off from various modes of communication.
In this brave new world of technology and the state, we have been trained to constantly worry about an individual with a backpack bomb, or a car full or fertilizer. Today, governments face the reality that anyone with an internet connection can incite a mob and shake the very foundations of society. The U.S., at some point, may face this threat, but in doing so will it go too far?
As the U.K. looks to reassert control over its own people, it perhaps should strike a note of caution here at home. In order to protect citizens from each other, a once great empire and staunch ally may find itself claiming powers generally held only by tyrants.
Perhaps Americans should begin to watch events in the U.K not as idle curiosity, but a possible prologue.
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sizzler2220
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:58pmOh gee, instead of s hoot ing a few rioters and putting an end to it, let’s punish the entire kingdom and stop those dreadful web sites. This is a prime example of socialist, liberal, progressive thinking.
Report Post »srjim2000
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 10:26pmLooks like we didn’t have to wait long – it’s here:
“To defuse ‘flash’ protest, BART cuts riders’ cell service. Is that legal?”
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2011/0812/To-defuse-flash-protest-BART-cuts-riders-cell-service.-Is-that-legal
Excerpt:
“Because July protests against BART police shootings had turned violent, BART officials took the unusual step to protect public safety, they said. The tactic may have worked: No protests took place Thursday night at BART stations.
Temporarily shutting down cell service and beefing up police patrols were “great tool[s] to utilize for this specific purpose,” BART police Lt. Andy Alkire told Bay City News Friday. The protests, planned for sometime between 4 and 8 p.m. in transit stations, would likely have disrupted service for many of the 341,000 daily BART passengers.
Because July protests against BART police shootings had turned violent, BART officials took the unusual step to protect public safety, they said. The tactic may have worked: No protests took place Thursday night at BART stations.
Temporarily shutting down cell service and beefing up police patrols were “great tool[s] to utilize for this specific purpose,” BART police Lt. Andy Alkire told Bay City News Friday. The protests, planned for sometime between 4 and 8 p.m. in transit stations, would likely have disrupted service for many of the 341,000 daily BART passengers.”
Seems like BART police are *forcing obama’s hand* and he’ll pr
Report Post »4XGrace
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:14amExactly, put police snipers on the roof tops and anyone that puts their hand forth and does damage gets a bullet through the brain. End of riot.
Report Post »DarkFire
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:32amtwitbook and flitter are not the problem, and dare i say it goverment to a certain extent is not the problem. lets get real here people, you have to start with the household and the parents are the ones to blame ( for the most part ) in my household my kid is not allowed to use the internet. when i got a letter from his school telling me that he needed a twitbook account and a flitter account for his schooling i went off. i called a meeting and told the school it is not the internet and social media sites that are to teach my kid. i have fought the school system time and time again to teach and not to babysit. every night we goto the library and i supply my kid with extra studies on the topics they are studying and it works. there is no need for kids to be in front of computers 8hrs a day. and yes, i know your thinking it so ill say it right now. my kids doesn’t have a cell phone, playstation, or even a tv in his room. rules are when you can pay for them you can have them. so to sum it up parents need to stop be buddies with there kids and start being partents.
but i will say this, in times of civil unrest i think the goverment should suspend service to these places. and don’t confuse that with “take it away forever” im all for given police an upper hand in helping them surpress violent outbreaks.
Report Post »TheTruthPlease
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 7:08amWhere is the outrage from comrade Obummer, it’s only the disenfranchised youth “peacefully” rising up against their oppressor. Isn’t that what they said about Libya and Egypt? Let them RAGE…have a plan, or be caught dead without one.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 7:48amYou can bet on it, and when they do “turn it back on”, it will be regulated and controlled so that a fraction of what is out there now will be available then. They have wanted to do that to the internet since Obama was elected. By the time he gets done, we will have NO FREEDOM LEFT! Has he finished manning his personal security force yet, you know the one that is BETTER EQUIPPED than the United States Armed Forces??? WAKE UP AND SMELL THE NAPALM! He’s not going to go quietly, I fear. We’ll be watching!
Report Post »Prov45
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 8:37amI agree with you 100% !!!!!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:01amRanks right up there with “hold the light bulb while I turn the house”
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:04am4XGRACE
Report Post »sounds like you would make a great taliban commander. great suggestion on the snipers!
ashestoashes
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:08amI wonder if they will also block landlines and cell phones?
Report Post »snyper99
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 11:53amabsolutely right and its coming to america wait and see….. these clowns in dc gotta go
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:30pm~~^^~~^^~~
Report Post »They are learning from all the uprisings in the ME of how effective social media is. I even wrote an STR Tactic that social media is the new weapon in the fight we are all in. The Brits pulling the plug on this even temporarily will send a bad message to the world. I mean in the ME they didnt go that far(correct me if Im wrong), although it was offline shortly in Egypt if I recall. I wouldnt put it past it happening in the US. I think we are more likely to see an “outage” ;) ;) wink wink here than any other nation. Heck the govt wants a kill switch for the net! Are any other nations govts looking to do that? Ill say this go ahead pull the plug Ill use my cell phone and when thats gone radio and when its all pulled smoke signals or standing on a corner to get the word out! http://SavingtheRepublic.com
johnannegalt
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:46pmhttp://markamerica.com/2011/08/10/coming-to-america/
It’ll be here before we know it, too…
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:55pmAs far as I’m concerned, shut them down right now. Responsibility has left the equation. Without it no accountability exists. Without accountability we are no more than a mob.
Report Post »dragonazz
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:50pmObviously we do not need this type of mass communication. What good does it do except to make some internet start-up millions of dollars. It is not being used for good purposes only to be able to target and attack. Hip-Hop culture is co-opting this media for violence. Hip-Hop is not teaching youths how to properly speak,act,dress,assimilate,prepare for jobs or anything for the future. There is no future for these kids? Keep this crap up and will be even worse for them. Russell Simmons,soft spoken,drooling ,yoga ,can’t wait to pay more taxes,multi-millionaire,race manipulator,hypocrite,…….sees Hip-Hop as changing the world? TO A HUMAN CESSPOOL OF IGNORANCE,VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN AND FILTH. Professional anarchists love twitter!
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:55pmBest thing I ever did was drop Facebook. Haven’t missed it at all. Worst thing I ever did was sign up for it. They lean toward the far left and some real radicals worldwide. I don’t want any part of it.
Report Post »CIAtroll
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:05pmthey will never drop face book as it is the best tool
Report Post »any good CIA agent has right now.
chazman
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:18pmI never trusted MYSPACE or FACEBOOK from the get go. I didn‘t like the idea of ’social media.‘ I don’t want my name out there, and I do everything I can to keep it that way. That’s why I get my monthly bills as expected and maybe two or three pieces of junk mail per week. Hell, I’m under the radar by a mile and I love it that way. My kids are a different story, however. They would probably have a brain freeze without FaceBook.
Report Post »korbin
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:34pmI was just trying to get my children to drop that fb socialist network. I just did, I was on 2 x in 3 yrs was talked into by a couple of girls. Guess what you can’t. NOPE try it took me hours to attempt. What they do is suspend it at least to general public then open up for Big Government. Its not gone. All u do is type in old password and username and whaalaaah. scary i hate myself for signing up in first place. anyone watching this. DONT DO IT warning GOOGLE is in on it. Live action watching your every move. Don’t forget the new electric meter. It tells the electric co exactly what time you are home? mininute by minute info on juice being used. Don’t grow tomato buds.
Report Post »thankfulness
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:11pmThere are advantages and disadvantages to Facebook. It is addictive. Anyway I have friends who are all over politically. What I have found with my friends is that the conservative leaning friends rarely ever bring up politics. Oh one friend does. The other two who have only did once or twice each. The rest of my conservative leaning friends never put out anything political.
Report Post »Contrast that with my liberal leaning friends at least five or more post political commentary. Most of it has at least a sentence or more about how “evil” the rich, republican, tea party or conservative are. Nnot one of my conservative friends ever bashed the president. Maybe they know I voted for him. I was vocal about my support for him. Anyway I find that contrast is nudging me out of being left leaning. I did rebel against my parents politics. I am beginning to think my parents made sense. A few years ago I was pretty progressive and I will keep some aspects. But I have moderated my own views toward the center.
abbygirl1994
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:19pmFacebook, I signed up and found it to be useless and pointless.. all it is is people trying to put as many people as they can as there friend.. I was asked by complete strangers to be friends.. I shut my account off.. I wouldn’t miss it at all… But we are a country of freedom of speech the UK really doesn’t have any freedoms anymore..
Report Post »holy ghostbuster
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 7:29amHow does Facebook “lean far left” when you only communicate with those whom YOU choose to be your friends?
Report Post »momof200
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:52pmI can’t believe all of the liberals will go for shutting down the net. All this crap is just making me sick
Report Post »ElroyJenkins
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:13pmIt’s not liberals. It’s conservative David Cameron.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:28pmIt is Neither. It is the NWO/illuminati/Military Industrial Complex that wants it shut down. Cameron is just one of their puppets. lol. It wouldn’t matter if he were a Conservative or a Liberal.
Report Post »jespasinthru
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:48pmHere in America, that genie is already out of the bottle. Flashmobs are organized through cellphones, and you’d have to shut down every cellphone in the USA to squash them. It would be a logistical nightmare, because most of us abandoned landlines a long time ago. And the new government-sponsored Safelink program supplies free cellphones with monthly prepaid minutes to anyone who receives welfare or foodstamps. You see the problem here?
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:09pmYou are almost there. Real close. When it hits you-you will want to yell “Bingo” out loud!!! lol
Report Post »Chief Moolah Eggplant
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 10:32pmInvest in a short-wave radio and a CB.
Report Post »Don‘t abandon the old tech that can’t be regulated easily.
Wyatt's Torch
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:43amBreaker one-nine…How ’bout cha Chief Moolah Eggplant…got yer ears on, how ’bout it, come back…
Report Post »Carol Ingian
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:46pmHmmmm….. I also read BBC to stay current on their chaos. I thought they were actually encouraging law abiding citizens to use technology to help the police catch the criminals. They want people to send in pictures if they see a crime occurring.
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:45pmThe UK riots are a precursor and warning for the United States. There is little doubt that the far left is looking for any excuse to stop the free flow of the truth. Some crisis has to occur before 2012 for Obama to declare marshall law, or whatever, in order to stay in power. Stay vigilant.
Report Post »chicago76
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 11:22pmAgreed. It will only take a spark like the drug dealer shot in England or a belief that the new conservative candidate will cut their welfare benefits.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:44pmWho would enforce martial law for Obama? Just can’t see it. And if they did try to use the military I know there would be a lot of push-back. Obama would end up like Benito Mussolini with MO next to him
Report Post »Johnnybravo
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:33amMaybe all the new TSA agents,or all the new fed workers? Or lots of college kids. Minority’s?
Report Post »chicago76
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 11:24pmDoes anyone think that Holder will enforce the laws against his bros if they start rioting? Just the opposite. He will use the rioting as a trigger.
Report Post »proantisocialist
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:42pmno but if i get beat up i’m gonna sue the pants off the social media site that allowed this to happen….
sounds like gun company’s getting sued for making guns….
that will teach libs…
Report Post »TRILO
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:41pmBut I thought the left was in favor of using Facebook, Twitter, etc to galvanize support for the “Arab Spring”. Didn’t the State Department and Hillary Clinton support the Alliance for Youth Movement which was a mechanism to connect digital activists through social media. All the big boys were there to help; Google, Facebook, YouTube, MTV, etc. Funny how all of these activists resort to violence.
http://www.movements.org/pages/mission
Report Post »tankyjo
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:39pmMore smoke and mirrors. Another good reason to take freedom from us. So, tell me there is no other way to maintain law and order? How did we do it the last 200 years?
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:38pmThe more socialist we (U.S.) become the more likely that these kinds of things will happen over here.
Report Post »The article stated that 50% of Americans don’t pay taxes. I believe that all American citizens should pay taxes and the only way this will ever happen, I’m afraid, is when and if we implement a national sales tax to replace our current system. Also, and I know that this will reduce the Donkeycrats voting roles, those who currently don‘t pay income tax or at least don’t own property should not be allowed to vote.
Pallamus
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:36pmAnd that, folks, is how tyranny begins…. Once the state has exercised power to control and impose its will on its people, the state, like a lion that’s feasted on man, will continue to devour the rights, freedoms and liberties given to us by our Creator. And I quote Ben Franklin, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Aren’t we glad we live in a Constitutional Republic?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:35pmFeel victimized. Stay scared and angry.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:50pmEver been called a loon?
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 7:58amI agree with TIFOSA. A person tends to pay attention to what is going on around him better if he is scared or angry. ALL Americans need to pay attention to what is going on around them, more so every day.
Report Post »corchem
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:34pmYou can’t let a good crisis go to waste!
Turn out the lights, liberty has left the building!
LOL why we should vote for obama in 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuiNei0il5U&feature=channel_video_title
Report Post »countrysideflair
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:32pmLOL!!! That would totally backfire in industrialized nations. In Iran and Eygpt, these folks have no clue about freedom. The few that have twitter/facebook/etc have only experienced it for maybe a year. You take it from them and you’ll get a little pushback, but in the end those folks will just step back into the dArk ages happily to be ruled again by ruthless, bloodthirsty leaders. But, you do that in Britain or the US, were we are addicted to it for a good decade… you’ll bring down hell on Earth.
Report Post »Constitutionalist Lineman
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:30pmDo you think the founders would have used these resources to coordinate attacks on the British…you bet your a$$ they would this would be a serious violation of freedom of speech among other things
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:29pm==================================================================
Report Post »BREAKING NEWS: FOX has just removed its OWN poll (yet again) where RON PAUL won in most States.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R7Nal3cAA
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:54pmI like Ron Paul,but his hard core supporters are as nutz as Obama Zombies sometimes.AS Bad as Justin Beaver Fans ahha.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:07pmYeah. I noticed the BLAZE’s results were heavily favoring Paul at first. Then gradually it seemed as if it were being manipulated, for I was seeing other polls results. Now the Blaze has removed the poll also. I realized around the time Glenn was leaving FOX, that it was also MSM at that point. Now I have realized that Glenn is a Neo-Con. He is telling us to vote for progressive RINOs. He must also be affiliated with the Military Industrial Complex. Ron Paul will stop the machine that controls us and has nearly destroyed us. That is why he said, It is none of our business if Iran has nukes. Our Founding Fathers and most people today, do not want us policing the World. All the powerful corporations ( and there is a laundry list of them) that make military equipment, want the wars to continue. Our founding fathers would recognize Iran’s Sovereignty, and would expect Iran to respect America’s Sovereignty. Our Government is for the Common Defense, not OFFENSE. The global elite have to try and stop our flow of information, to succeed in their agenda. Otherwise they will lose this long, silent battle, they have been waging for over a century.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:12pm:Yawn: Here we go now conspiracies against RP. Look RP cannot.. CANNOT beat the obama election machine. Read it again before you jump on me.
The media, unions, community organizers, special interests etc etc behind obama are the problem. Remember they coughed a massive uninformed zombie army to out him into the WH. That same zombie army is still there and stillas clueless today as they were in 08!
RP CAN beat him one on one, heck anyone can! The machine behind him not going to happen. This is the quintessential problem RP supporters refuse to acknowledge who then resort to LIBERAL tactics against anyone who doesnt support RP. I know this as fact and have been on the receiving end of it. “You” guys get outright vicious and attack in packs IDENTICAL to obamabots. PLEASE STOP!
Now are you positively sure it was removed and not just moved?
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:24amSmokey_Bojangles, for a senior citizen, going to a rock club might sound overwhelming indeed. He may even brand rock guitarists shaking heads as hard core nutz.
But Individual Liberty is a young idea (200-300 y. old.) Therefore, Ron Paul’s message is lost to many dependable seniors and affirmative-action recipients who would vote for any “strong man” as long as their checks are coming.
Report Post »voicecheck1
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:24pmI touched on this already you don‘t have to shut it down you just have to give up some freedom’s of privacy and advance the technology a bit in the name of civility ^
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:29pmGive an inch and they will take a mile… The brits don’t have much privacy protections as it is, still the police can’t handle it so they want more. That is how it happens. Arm the populace, enable them to defend there property and this the problem will take care of itself.
Report Post »voicecheck1
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:27pmYes .But it’s the initial onslaught that may come of it ^ it may turn out to be like the wild west for a bit and correct itself but there still has to be some advanced controls on the tech to prevent flash mobbing and the like ^
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:40pmThe wild west wasn’t as wild as hollywood made it out to be. There will be violence one way or another, might as well even the odds, the people distraught over higher education costs will likely not think the battle is worth getting killed for.
Report Post »CatholiConservative
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:23pmThat seems like an infringement on ones freedom of speech- I know that these useful idiots in the uk need to be stopped, but liberty or death!
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:10pm“Great” Britain is a totalitarian oligarchy. The folks are nothing but subjects. It is tyranny for sure. They watch your every move. You can’t even take a crap with some camera watching you wipe your a$z. Their mascot for the Olympics next year was originally a guy dressed up like a one eyed camera. Can you fricking believe that?
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:22pmThat will be the signal to start shooting. Then we will see who is serious about freedom and who is full of P_ss and wind. The pessimist in me says most of you wont make it out of the basement.I hope I am wrong. It is becoming a really sad state of affairs in the once free land of America.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:15pmThe politicians have been saying that hacking into our computer systems by China would be considered an act of war, so if BO cut off the internet to Americans, would this also be deemed an act of war? After all, he is the known enemy of America.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 6:46pmThere is some type of top secret internet type operation being constructed at Scott Air Force Base near Bellville Illinois. Some guys that I know that work there say that there is a red phone out there for Obama to call into. Sounds like an internet cutoff switch operation to me. I could be wrong. Everybody is mum about it but the population of network engineers is way too big for it to be only “Airforce business”. Have you noticed that whenever there is civil unrest in a country, the internet is the first thing they go for. Knock out the people’s ability to communicate. I know I am not saying anything that you guys don’t already know. It just makes me feel better.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:12pmNow that’d be interesting.
Report Post »To see what blazers would have to say if it did happen here.
This place would light up like 20,000 Christmas trees plugged into one outlet.
Powered by the biggest coal fired plant in North America.
Delivered by diesel every night till doomsday.
Cruzan
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:53pmObams needs to be schooled that the WH and every other buiding in DC runs on a coal fired electric plant. We can thank old dead Bobby (KKKer) Byrd for that law his first year in office.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:11pmWould our government be so brazen as to cut off our access to online communications? hahahaha That‘s Barrys wet dream he’d need the slightest of reason to do so.Control, that’s what all dictators need and Barrys no different than akmed in Iran.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:16pmIndeed they would shut down any media save for their own forces usage; the fact also is that CA is supposed to be considering a similiar measure to shut down any and all media, cell phones and the like in the event of a riot or ‘social disturbance of any kind.’
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:08pmStop Anarchists from using “Social Networks, they use the phone, or text, or meet. Violence must be met with violence, that is the way of the jungle. or the savannah, or the tundra. or the seas.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:05pmThe kill switch that obummler has been looking for.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:08pmI was feeling so good today when Obamacare was getting shut down in Federal Court and in Ohio..I thought we were almost our of the nightmare of the Land of O and heading home to Kansas
Then I wake up and Obozo is still around…gee 2012 can’t come soon enough!
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