On May 16, 2007, the U.S. Congress passed this resolution that designated June to be Internet Safety Month. Does that matter to you? I wasn't even aware they had legislation in the work before they passed it. i_XpUser

Your Tax $ hard at work. I used to have a signature but it disappeared and I just couldn't be bothered writing another so please feel free to ingore this.

Maybe sites like computing.net ought to be noticed. " (3) commends and recognizes national and community organizations for— (A) promoting awareness of the dangers of the Internet; and (B) providing information and training that develops critical thinking and decision making skills that are needed to use the Internet safely; and (4) calls on Internet safety organizations, law enforcement, educators, community leaders, parents, and volunteers to increase their efforts to raise the level of awareness for the need for online safety in the United States." There is no room on this earth for people who take advantage of young children. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.

Congress cherry picking vice issues as usual ..... yawn!

Does this mean members of Congress will actually make an effort to become computer literate? I don't think any of them moved on when the computer became the glorified typewriter. Imagine the power if you knew how to internet search

XpUser, thanks for the .pdf file and the laughs - stop, you're killing me! - that come along with it - twixt the lines. :) Internet Safety Month, huh? These are the same people who think an isobar is a place where you buy cold drinks. And that's just the Congress; I hesitate to imagine what the Senate actually knows. One thing is certain: Our elected officials - such as they are - have been busy trying to find another way into our wallets. Ah, yes. Safety through taxation. It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or someone trying to resurrect the Whigs from the previous century, once the government gets their foot in the door, expect to pay more (a lot more) for Internet access. Hey, I'm just talking about the good times. IronMan

I appreciate your political neutrality, IronMan. After all, this is a computer website. Not a space for politics. But the subject matter can't help but draw on what is happening in the Federal government. Let's start with the Fairness Doctrine (radio broadcasting). The Democrats want to bring it back. Why? Because their message has been largely ignored. Witness the demise of Air America. It's not that people weren't tuning in. They did. Once they tuned in, they didn't stay and never came back. Air America was selling Democrat talking points and boilerplate. The United States wasn't buying. Still isn't. Internet taxation is just another way the Dems want to "level the playing field." They can't compete with a marketable product (the country has already told them through Arbitron surveys, the Bible of radio): find a new routine). So now, with legislation disguised as the Internet Safety Act, they're trying to get through law what they couldn't accomplish in the free market. A couple of things are apparent. One, Dems are scared witless that their free market messages are being ignored or rejected. Two, they want to accomplish through law what they can't attain through the free market of ideas. Transmitter 99X