Even for those who are half awake, just this month president Obama signed the NDAA bill into law. Not only did he sign it into law he did so in a sneaky way. He signed the bill into law on December 31st 2011, a time when most people were distracted by the New Years holiday.
The NDAA bill is the "National Defense Authorization Act". Within the bill the government now has the right to arrest and detain foreigners as well as Americans believed to be terrorist. The bills allow them to be held indefinitely without a right to a trial. This action was a big blow to Americans everywhere. It signifies taking away rights that have always made America "the land of the free". A law such as this means that we are free as long as the government allows us freedom. It takes away the voice of Americans and their ability to defend themselves.
If that was not bad enough, a new bill SOPA is due to pass in February which will censor the web and allow the government to act like "Big Brother" by monitoring each website on the Internet. SOPA stands for "Stop Online Piracy Act". On the surface it would seem that this is a reasonable bill, but when you dig deeper into the provisions in the bill you see that it's simply another way for the government to control the flow of information in this country.
