The new secret is that Information access is the new political leverage.

An American opportunity has arrived. Remember  March of 2012, Google and other popular websites went on a one day strike to protest the apparent inevitability of passing  anti-privacy legislation. As a result, the legislation was quickly defeated. Technology providers, like Google, Amazon or Apple,  that Americans rely on, can make powerful political statements.

The threat of not having immediate access to my Google, email or iTunes or any other popular website that me and millions of other Americans use each day places genuine political power in those companies. I can leave my home without food, water or my billfold, but not my iPhone. Daily phone charging is a mandatory exercise. If my bank would shut down its website, go on strike if you will, for a few days, I would be broke and paranoid. All my money is electronic.

The opportunity is the creation of a national communications network. This concept has be given added visibility by the failure of the government to provide a working website for its health care initiative. A national communication network would be similar to the successful Eisenhower national highway system, but it would provide a means to distribute critical  information to Americans rather than cars. This concept is not particularly novel, it just awaits a republican party to adopt it and promote it. It is the the affordable information act. It is Infocare rather than Obamacare. Infocare is equivalent to the Space program which launched thousands of businesses, created millions of jobs and founded new cities.

The republicans need a top level initiative. A one liner-put a man on the moon. Make critical information available to everyone. And so on.