Egyptians Use Old School Technology to Stay in Touch

The Egyptian government shut down the internet and cellphone service, but they weren't able to shut off the communications:

Egyptians armed with low-tech electronic gadgets like dial-up modems, landlines and old-school satellite phones are finding ways to get their message out, despite efforts by the teetering government to block communication.

Those who had been using social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to distribute images and video to the outside world have had to come up more creative ways to communicate after the Egyptian government blocked Internet and cell service, a move that many are calling unprecedented.

I hope that any Republicans who were considering giving Obama an Internet "kill switch" will rethink that vote in light of what's going on in Egypt. Though you'd like to think no president would use that tool except in the event of a national emergency, one president's definition of emergency may be very different than another's.