"We are not talking about a national ID card. We are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about is enhancing online security and privacy, and reducing and perhaps even eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords, through creation and use of more trusted digital identities,"
We are not talking about a government-controlled system. ?????
But then What does this mean?
Obama Administration Reportedly Plans to Create Internet ID for All Americans
WTF?
Who is going to be in Charge of this Database then? The Chinese? Some Yagmo living in Chicago? The Russians ?
Don't worry, just give them your name and password and move along... There is really nothing to see Here.
Foxnews
President Obama is putting plans in motion to give the Commerce Department authority to create an Internet ID for all Americans, a White House official told CNET.com.
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt told the website it is "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet.
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is currently being drafted by the Obama administration and will be released by the president in a few months.
"We are not talking about a national ID card. We are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about is enhancing online security and privacy, and reducing and perhaps even eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords, through creation and use of more trusted digital identities," Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said at an event Friday at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, according to CNET.com.
Locke added that the Commerce Department will be setting up a national program office
to work on this project.
Sounds like a case of the Big Brother!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Obama Administration Reportedly Plans to Create Internet ID for All Americans
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Dozens charged with largest Medicare scam ever
Life in prison is to good for people like this.
I would like to see a more Harsh Punishment for people that Rape American Citizens of our tax dollars.
Foxnews
A vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program's history, U.S. authorities said Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors in New York and elsewhere charged 73 people. Most of the defendants were captured during raids Wednesday morning in New York City and Los Angeles, but there also were arrests in New Mexico, Georgia and Ohio.
The scheme's scope and sophistication "puts the traditional Mafia to shame," U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said at a Manhattan news conference. "They ran a veritable fraud franchise."
Friday, April 2, 2010
Rick Perry among governors receiving threat
Not to be Taken lightly , But this is Hilarious !
El Paso Times
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office confirmed Friday that it received a threatening letter from an anti-government group calling for the removal of governors from office.
Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle confirmed a letter arrived from Guardians of the free Republics, a group that says it wants to "restore America" by peacefully dismantling parts of government.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating, Castle said. She and the DPS wouldn't release any further details, such as when the letter arrived or what it said.
"We acknowledge that the governor's office did receive one of the letters, and we opened a criminal investigation," DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said. Perry's office was closed Friday for Good Friday, not because of security concerns, Castle said.
This week, dozens of governors across the country received letters saying if they don't leave office within three days they would be removed, according to federal documents obtained by The Associated Press. The FBI is warning local police that the anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence, although investigators said they do not see threats of violence in the group's message.
The group on its Web site advertises a "Restore America Plan" that it says "is a bold achievable strategy for behind-the-scenes peaceful reconstruction of ... government without controversy, violence or civil war."
The FBI said it expects all 50 governors to eventually receive the
group's letters.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
US states sue EPA to stop greenhouse gas rules
Oh the hilarity of it all .
Not only will our Elitist Government have issues after they pass they Healthcare bill that no one wants , they are already getting sued by several States over the EPA and the fact that they are using faulty Data to set emission controls on us all !
The Global Warming Farce strikes again !
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - At least 15 U.S. states have sued the Environmental Protection Agency seeking to stop it from issuing rules controlling greenhouse gas emissions until it reexamines whether the pollution harms human health.
Florida, Indiana, South Carolina and at least nine other states filed the petitions in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, states said.
They joined petitions filed last month by Virginia, Texas and Alabama.
The Obama administration has long said it would attack greenhouse gas emissions with EPA regulation if Congress failed to pass a climate bill.
The EPA is set to issue regulations later this month that would require autos and light trucks to increase energy efficiency. That would trigger rules on large emitters like power plants requiring them to get permits showing they are using the best technology available to reduce emissions [ID:nN17158103].
The state petitions call for the EPA to reopen hearings on the so-called "endangerment finding" the agency issued last year declaring the emissions dangerous to people.
"If EPA doesn't reopen the hearings we will move forward to try to stop them from regulating greenhouse gases," said Brian Gottstein, an assistant to Virginia's Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli.
The states have complained that the EPA relied too heavily from reports by the U.N.'s climate science panel which included information that exaggerated the melting of Himalayan glaciers.
The EPA said it was confident it would withstand legal challenges on the issue. "The question of the science is settled," spokeswoman Adora Andy said. The science "came from an array of highly respected, peer-reviewed sources from both within the United States and across the globe, and took into consideration hundreds of thousands of comments from members of the public, which were addressed in the finding," she said.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Billions for state, but where are jobs?
(H/T to Vet on YT)
Another good example of Government spending and throwing money at states who piss it away on .....
Who knows what , It is not spent on jobs , it sure is not spent on the People , So where does it go ???
The last time I was home Back in Detroit , just a few months ago , their was so much road construction it would have almost been faster to walk home from the Airport ! that is all good except the fact that most of that money , every State gets , Every year , it already comes from a federal fund !
I am not sure how much Michigan received from the stimulus plan but with the History of this State I'm sure someone is sitting pretty right now ! And can you guess who that Governors name is ?
WASHINGTON -- Seven months into the massive federal stimulus program, the vast majority of government grants, contracts and loans in Michigan so far have created or retained virtually no jobs, a Free Press analysis shows.
The analysis also revealed that others who have been promised or have received stimulus money have overstated -- in some cases greatly -- the number of jobs created or protected.
Obama administration and state officials say it's too early to draw conclusions about the overall impact of the $787-billion nationwide program to stimulate the economy and generate jobs. They promise that job growth will follow as more funding arrives.
"It looks to us like the program is unfolding much as we hoped in Michigan," said White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein.
The Free Press examination of more than 1,800 government reports of those who have received or expect to receive stimulus money found the biggest impact was spurring or protecting public-sector or summer jobs -- not private-sector jobs. Michigan has the nation's worst unemployment rate.
Officials reported that by Sept. 30, some 22,500 Michigan jobs were created or retained thanks to the promise of $5.2 billion in stimulus money for the state, $1.2 billion of which had arrived.
The analysis also found:
• Three of every four stimulus grants, contracts and loans approved in Michigan created or retained one job or less.
• Fewer than 700 awards had received some money, and nearly half of those -- 327 -- had created one job or less, at a cost per job of $2.7 million.
• Some job estimates were wrong: General Motors Co., for instance, reported 105 jobs saved or created for a government purchase of 5,000 vehicles but later said no jobs were saved or created. The City of Detroit reported 342 jobs it now says were projections -- not jobs already created or retained.
Peter Morici, a University of Maryland economist, said the results suggest the stimulus won't deliver promised results.
"All those claims," he said, "are ridiculous."
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
U.S. Releases Secret Nuclear List by Accident
Why do screw ups like this happen ? Regardless of the info in the document , being tagged "Highly Confidential" means it is not for everyone to see !
The Douche that put this out on the internet should be fired , what is going to be next ? letting china have their way with all our secrets ! Handing Al Qaida everthing they have always wanted to know about the U.S. Infrastructure ?
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A 266-page document that gives detailed information about civilian nuclear sites and programs, marked "highly confidential," was accidentally made public by the federal government, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
The document's publication was revealed Monday in an online newsletter about federal secrecy issues. The Times described the document as including maps that identify where nuclear weapons fuel is stockpiled, though it contained no information about military nuclear operations.
It was removed from the Government Printing Office site late Tuesday, after the Federation of American Scientists reported on the document's existence Sunday in an online bulletin.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Muslim youths to advise UK Ministers
The British government has recruited 22 muslim youths to act as advisors to various key ministers. These youths will be communicating the concerns of the muslim community to the government and communicating the government's position to the muslim community. The government hopes this initiative will build "build strong, resilient communities" resistant to extremism.
This initiative will accomplish nothing but more accomodation. In selecting the 22 "advisors" did the government check to ensure that any one of these advisors does not hold any exremist/radical views? No, they didn't.
The 2005 suicide bombings in London wasn't in response to lack of access to the government. It's because England is a non-muslim country. BBCA group of young British Muslims are being named as advisers to ministers as part of a drive against extremism.
The move comes as part of fresh plans to prevent radicalisation and address community concerns.
The 22 Muslims aged 16-25 will hold regular meetings with key ministers and civil servants.[...]
The advisers include students, undergraduates and a trainee lawyer.
Ministers are understood to be prepared to have frank conversations with the advisors over foreign policy and other issues playing a role in terrorism recruitment.
But it is unclear if the final group includes anyone who holds political views which would be unpalatable for government.
