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[quote]The Internet Censorship Bill took a massive beating last week (yeah, you did that!) but drug companies, movie studios and the Chamber of Commerce do *not* go down easy.
Now-- get this-- [b]they're telling Congress it's a "jobs" bill.[/b]
This is dangerous. Everyone in Congress is desperate to do something to create jobs. Now the most powerful lobbies in Washington are banging down their doors, saying "this is your (only) chance to pass a jobs bill."
Since Congress is away for the holiday, there's one priority: [b]sign up as many people as possible for a massive call-in day when Congress returns.[/b]
[url=http://americancensorship.org/]Click here to join in, by committing to call your Senator[/url]
Since the House's "SOPA" has such a bad name (yes, you did that) lobbyists are moving their weight behind the Senate version, PIPA ("The PROTECT IP Act"). [b]The Senate's censorship bill is just as bad;[/b] it's only missing a few of SOPA's extra-crazy provisions, like the ones that could send you to jail for singing a pop song on YouTube. The website blocking provisions are all there. Still, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid thinks that with the attention on SOPA, he can sneak PIPA through quickly when Congress returns.
[b]Reid needs to know this bill won't move forward without a fight.[/b] That's why we're organizing a call-in day for Tuesday, using the same tools that our heroes at Tumblr used last week. It's kind of perfect. While Congress rests we've got 5 full days to sign up friends, colleagues, Twitter followers-- everybody. [b]Then on Tuesday we'll unleash a storm of phone calls.[/b]
[url=http://act.fightforthefuture.org/page/m/2e1f205e/1d115ae1/7158e330/f863d57/1137251428/VEsE/]Click here to sign up, and then get others signed up too.[/url]
This weekend, instead of nobly vegging out on the internet, you can fight for the future of the internet and freedom of speech. Every ounce of time you spend counts.
Signups now, phone calls Tuesday. [url=act.fightforthefuture.org/page/m/2e1f205e/1d115ae1/7158e330/f863d57/1137251428/VEsF/]Start your engines.[/url]
Holmes Wilson
Fight for the Future / AmericanCensorship.org
P.S. Are you a Tumblr user? We just put up a special section with extra-easy instructions for Tumblr users to add a "Stop Censorship" button to their site: [url]http://americancensorship.org/#tumblr[/url][/quote]
Oh they're just that desperate.
They should let it pass, watch the entire world go apeshit and take them down.
Everyone wins?
[QUOTE=GeneralFredrik;33416730]They should let it pass, watch the entire world go apeshit and take them down.
Everyone wins?[/QUOTE]
Everyone looses...
[QUOTE=rosthouse;33416757]Everyone looses...[/QUOTE]
But if they see how everything goes to hell, they change their mind!
[QUOTE=GeneralFredrik;33416769]But if they see how everything goes to hell, they change their mind![/QUOTE]
I think it'll be just a bit too late for that then.
Hahaha, jobs bill. A bill that is designed to close large, profitable websites, and throw their operators in jail.
This is how full of shit our representatives are. You can not prove SOPA will protect or create one single job, let alone all the prosperity it will destroy.
Do they not read the bill itself if it can be passed by just renaming it?
[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33416845]Do they not read the bill itself if it can be passed by just renaming it?[/QUOTE]
PIPA has been there since the beginning. They shot with two cannon balls hoping that at least one would get to the castle.
More like a reduce-jobs-so-the-companies-backing-it-get-more-dosh bill.
Seriously though, they won't pack it in.
[QUOTE=little.sparrow;33417181]More like a reduce-jobs-so-the-companies-backing-it-get-more-dosh bill.
Seriously though, they won't pack it in.[/QUOTE]
This bill will prove just how much power the lobbyists have.
If this bill passes with the vast majority of the people against it, shit will hit the fan.
Is there no end to the retardedness of this bill?
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;33416791]Hahaha, jobs bill. A bill that is designed to close large, profitable websites, and throw their operators in jail. [/QUOTE]
We'll need more prisons. We can hire workers to build them, then when that's done, we'll need guards. So we'll have to hire those too, plus a maintenance team to maintain the place.
So, jobs bill.
[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;33417254]Is there no and to the retardedness of this bill?[/QUOTE]
My kingdom for a bad spelling rating.
[QUOTE=FPtje;33417214]This bill will prove just how much power the lobbyists have.
If this bill passes with the vast majority of the people against it, shit will hit the fan.[/QUOTE]
If this bill passes, nobody will know about it, because ISPs will be told to disappear any site that disagrees with it.
These fascist people pushing this bill need to be lined up and shot.
God this is just ridiculous. A jobs bill? Really?
[QUOTE=FPtje;33417214]
If this bill passes with the vast majority of the people against it, shit will hit the fan.[/QUOTE]
Especially since you have stuff like OWS going on right now
Well they were quick to shoot down Obamas Jobs Act, they'll probably shoot this down just as quick.
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;33417489]These fascist people pushing this bill need to be lined up and shot.[/QUOTE]
The irony in this post :v:
[QUOTE=Jeep-Eep;33417429]My kingdom for a bad spelling rating.[/QUOTE]
Oh god, I'm so sorry for my typo, that must have made it impossible to read.
Fuckers.
And that's all I have to say about that.(Forest Gump voice)
[QUOTE=Baldr 2.0;33416760]A jobs bill? Really?[/QUOTE]
It would certainly create additional jobs in the jail industry, and aswell, people who are in jail don't need a job!
It's two birds with one stone!
What the FUCK Reid, I believed in you, especially because of the high speed rail..
Well maybe the people who are labeling it as such are actually against the bill since they know Congress instantly shoots down any bill that creates jobs : v:
[QUOTE=GeneralFredrik;33416730]They should let it pass, watch the entire world go apeshit and take them down.
Everyone wins?[/QUOTE]
Ummmm, what?
Can't you just make a megathread instead of making a new thread every other day.
[QUOTE=Baldr 2.0;33416760]A jobs bill? Really?[/QUOTE]
It'll cure cancer if they think that will get them support.
[QUOTE=markg06;33419870]Can't you just make a megathread instead of making a new thread every other day.[/QUOTE]
After the OWS Megathread, Garry banned them from SH.
[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;33417254]Is there no end to the retardedness of this bill?[/QUOTE]
Although I take offence to calling this bill retarded. Retards never did anything to deserve comparison with this abomination.
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