Joe Lieberman's Bloodied Hands Grope for our Broadbands

Public servant Joe Lieberman is attempting to saddle America with another “national security” measure. For Joe, that usually means slaughtering Muslim toddlers. But this time, he points his 12-gauge straight to the heart American constitutional liberties: The First Amendment.

Writes Justin Raimondo,

Who else but Joe Lieberman would introduce a bill to give the President the power to shut down the Internet with the flick of a switch? … If the “Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act” passes – and isn’t that a name that embraces practically every collectivist bromide extant? – the Department of Homeland  Security would establish a “cyber-terrorism” sub-bureaucracy, the Office of Cyberspace Policy (OCP), and the National Center for Cybersecurity and Communication (NCCC), with the former lording it over the Internet – a Cyber-Czar – and the latter unleashed to spy on and otherwise guard the “cybersecurity” Senators Lieberman and his two co-sponsors aver is imminently threatened.

It doesn’t matter whether Congress is a chamber of devils or angels. And it doesn’t matter whether the national security threats they foresee are imaginary or real. It is un-American and immoral to give an unconstitutional sub-agency of the unconstitutional Department of Homeland Security the unconstitutional authority to shut down the Internet at the President's say-so. Call your representative and challenge him or her to stand with the First Amendment and the rule of law by opposing the rotten "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Security Asset Act."

GOP Donors Honor Joe Lieberman

Here's another classic example of GOP establishment hypocrisy.

Senator Joe Lieberman will be an honored guest for an upcoming fund raising dinner in Washington, hosted by a group of GOP fundraisers, despite the fact that Joe is not on the ballot this year.  This fundraiser is mainly for his re-election in 2012 (?).

It's extremely ironic that even though there are many liberty-oriented, Republican candidates who could use more fundraising and publicity, these donors decide to not only raise money for an ardent ne0-liberal hawk, but also have the event in his honor. 

Why?

Conflict on the Hill: Healthcare

Am I the only one who takes explicit joy in watching Joe Lieberman frustrate those mangey Democrats' attempt to socialize our healthcare industry? I think it's great, and I hope he keeps it up. While I certainly don't agree with Lieberman's fix, it's nice to see more and more division within the Congress. It just warms the cockles of my heart. The longer there is division, the better chance we have of beating this bill!