How far fetched does that headline seem, on a scale of 1 to 10? Completely ludicrous? It’s really not so very.

A simple minded fellow such as myself could never begin to comprehend the august pondering of personages such as Joe Lieberman or John McCain, President Obama, or even any of the puppeteers, I mean advisers, around him.

I was always good at basic Logic though. My Logic teacher even told me so. Logic is a very simple minded pursuit. If only all things in Life were as easily solvable as pure Logical problems, but Life is infinitely complex, and human beings are not logical, and that destroys the equation.

Just for fun, I do sometimes try to apply the basic principles of Logic to the august utterances of our esteemed personages, mainly to highlight my own abysmal ignorance, which brings me to the point of this brief (hopefully) blog.

Senator Joe Lieberman has recently spoken in favor of an Internet “Kill Switch” in times of war and national emergency. This is his belief, he has more information than I do, and while I am not a huge fan of any of his opinions, I would defend his right to express them, although, unfortunately, he apparently would not defend my right to express mine on the Internet.

Where the logical problem resides is when Joe Lieberman defends his notion by saying China has an Internet Kill Switch, therefore we should too:

“Right now China, the government, can disconnect parts of its Internet in case of war and we need to have that here too,” said Lieberman.

Today, I read that China is essentially locking their migrant workers up at night, a classic Middle Ages move historically associated with restricting the freedom of Jewish communities:

“BEIJING – The government calls it “sealed management.” China’s capital has started gating and locking some of its lower-income neighborhoods overnight, with police or security checking identification papers around the clock, in a throwback to an older style of control.”

I believe another political leader used this same technique to reduce crime and sabotage in Germany about 60 years ago. While I never dreamed Joe Lieberman would support the ideas of Adolph Hitler, the problem is, logically, he must. You see, China does it. In times of war and national emergency, shutting down the Internet would make us secure, so why not lock up certain segments of society we deem untrustworthy into camps as well? China does it, even when there’s no apparent national emergency. How cool is that?

While I’m at it, how about forced abortions and torturing people for being members of street dancing clubs, the way China locks up the Falung Gong? In fact, why don’t we all just move to China? China did. At least other countries won’t hate us for our freedom anymore if Joe Lieberman has anything to say about it.