Picture this. You’re sitting in your home and suddenly a news flash appears on your television. The President of the United States is holding a press conference to explain why citizens of America no longer have Internet access.

What reason would be good enough for you? Is there one?

The CyberSecurity Act of 2009 will give the President that very power. The bill which was authored by Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller (W.V.) has been drawing outcry now for some time, and even though it’s been revamped to remove some troubling language it still remains very vague.

The president of the Internet Security Alliance, Larry Clinton, was quoted as saying:

“In the original bill they empowered the president to essentially turn off the Internet in the case of a ‘cyber-emergency,’ which they didn’t define…” and that, “The current language is so unclear that we can’t be confident that the changes have actually been made…” (emphasis added by author)

In my humble opinion I feel that this will truly violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which states that:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Cutting off our access to the Internet in this way is clearly the creation of a law that will restrict our ability to exercise our free speech as a country and also will cut off the ability of the press to deliver information to the public at large.

And since we can consider ourselves journalists here at BreakingTheGame, how are we going to get the scoop for you on all the latest and greatest gaming news without our beloved Internet access?

It’s a scary thought and a scenario which I hope never comes to pass!