Clearly, what we do will be “against the law” in this bill. How it gets implemented will remain to be seen. The latest Gallup polls indicate, that the recent drop in gas prices, has re-energized Bush and his party, and that the Republicans will retain both houses after the November election.
This means, indirectly, that this law will be pushed hard for implementation. Regardless of all the civil liberty cries, I clearly can see this party implementing the following:
1) Force of ISP’s to block sites in U.S.;
2) Prevent incoming/outgoing transactions to NETeller, FirePay, etc.;
3) Preventing the Major Credit Cards from accepting and transactions
from a “hitlist” of vendors, including # 2 above;
Seriously, to implement those 3 above, will NOT take a serious amount of work for the vendors involved. It is all the spinoff back-door mechanisms that will result, that will be hard to catch.
If this is all challenged in Supreme Court (and you can bet that it eventually will), it will take years, if at all, to unwind this mess. The American political process has screwed us royally once again.
Time is short; time to diversify. Personally, I know that I don’t look good in stripes……………
All in all, no matter how you slice it, this is devastating news…….