Extender's bill fight continues; Obama shutting down internet?

CSPAN2 - On Tuesday night, democrats were once again fighting republicans over the Extender's Bill. Republicans still believe that it would add to the mountain of debt that our country already had, but Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, explained why giving leeway to the unemployed is more important than giving bailouts to Wall Street.

"Instead of giving bailouts to Wall Street, we have different priorities," says Stabenow. Democrats said "no" to the taking of money away from jobs and the proposals to change the bill.

Stabenow said that the since the commencement of the Stimulus package, private sector jobs (private profits that are not controlled by the state) have gradually been sprouting throughout the country. With the growth of these private sector jobs the unemployment percentage has decreased a bit. This is good, but Stabenow stated it's not good enough as five people search for one job opening. Bottom line.... not good enough.

Of course this process is slow but it's also affective. For an economy to recooperate after the Bush administration, you're probably going to need twice as much time.

Aside from this, there's also the concern for another bill that was presented by senators Lieberman, Collins, and Carper (not from CSPAN but mostly likely will be). It's called the "Internet Kill Switch" bill in which in case a cyber security threat occurs, White House officials can cut the power to some internet connections to counteract such an attack.

Mixed feelings towards the bill have already spurred; against it and for it. Several news channels such as CNN, The Inquisitor and more have been discussing the probabilities of the President looking weak in the event of a cyber attack and that he needs to be able to protect the country. Others view it as a means for panic if the internet was turned off and would bring the economy to a complete halt.

How do we know what exactly is going on if the internet access is shut down for even just a minute? If there's an attack and the internet's shut down, is it a precaution or an actual attack? Postchronicle.com features a video on some first thoughts on the idea of our nation's President having a main power switch to the internet.