hubiestubert: To be fair, that's usually the case no matter what...

well when you let the lobbyists and corporations write the bills, what other work is there left to do? oh, i forgot. got to pick up the checks. and maybe praise jebus to keep the voters happy.

GAT_00: As always, most of our Congresscritters are completely immune to the opinion of their constituents.




"A riot is an ugly thing..."


I called AND emailed both senators and the rep

Made damn sure that they know that WE know that this is about censoring political speech. We need to make these that asshats remember WHO they are SUPPOSED to be representing.

LeilaK: Rev. Skarekroe: The RIAA spin on this tomorrow should be entertaining.

It already is.
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Fark the RIAA.

Copyright infringement is just an excuse to allow authoritarian censorship of speech that the Powers That Be find undesirable.

GAT_00: As always, most of our Congresscritters are completely immune to the opinion of their constituents.

Dunno. I begin each e-mail with "I am your constituent." Works for me.

I did the right thing, emailed both of my Senass-tors and also my congrescritter, but I am skeptical it will do any good.

I recall distinctly, opposition to Obamacare was running 60--30 against, 10 undecided; my Congressman's voters were
opposed 4--1, but he voted for it anyway.

We got rid of the bastard next election but it is still 1 down, 434 to go.

nekom: This is what happens when you piss off the internet. Pro tip: DO NOT piss off the internet.

This.

Amos Quito: GAT_00: As always, most of our Congresscritters are completely immune to the opinion of their constituents.


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"A riot is an ugly thing..."


I called AND emailed both senators and the rep

Made damn sure that they know that WE know that this is about censoring political speech. We need to make these that asshats remember WHO they are SUPPOSED to be representing.

themselves? people voted their ideology in, only rarely do they actually change opinion and represent...

nekom: This is what happens when you piss off the internet. Pro tip: DO NOT piss off the internet.

This is what happens when you fark strangers in the ass, Larry.

I was gonna write my congresscirtter but drew refused to approve any of my links.

It's too bad that we can't take all this energy and turn it into a call to remove the ability of lobbyists being able to buy legislation.

Otherwise, even if this battle is won, the war is still going to be lost. These moments are good to see, but if used too often can cause fatigue or apathy in the public.

Taking on symptoms of bad governance is like shoveling shiat against the tide. The root cause has to be eliminated.

Fark yea

In other news, the protesters are working harder than the Senators

That's only news in the same sense that "today is a day that ends in y" is also news.

Pretty soon, I'll have to pay a fine for half my farking rants.

Senators work?

so how do we use these internet powers to reform healthcare and education?

Amos Quito: Copyright infringement is just an excuse to allow authoritarian censorship of speech that the Powers That Be find undesirable.

Yup. First they're shutting down sites streaming MLB. Then sites that have video clips of certain movies to base their blog around. Then sites that say something that somebody already said. Then sites that publish anything undesirable that's ever been said.

/bye bye Patrick Henry's words.

Ed Finnerty: "Senator Toads. You know, Senator Battletoads."

YES WE CAN...notbeatthatfarkinghoverbikelevel

Olddinosaur

Keep in mind that there plenty of people - myself included - who did support the PPACA. It was a subject of debate which divided the country.

This is different. No one outside a few scared content creation companies who used to rely on being gatekeepers support this. If this passes, it'll be because hollywood money has finally become more important than democracy.

Okay, I must ask now: Who in their right mind would follow the RIAA on a social media site??

Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer.

What the fark is going on in here? I spent all day at school and it looks like the rest of the internet spent the day drinking whiskey pissing on the living room rug. Jeese internet. This is why we can't have nice things.

CygnusDarius: ericbo84: Senators work?

Ancient tales say this, yes.

/They also tell stories of dragons
//And arrows in the knees

I used to be a Senator like you...

CygnusDarius: Spraynard Krueger: CygnusDarius: ericbo84: Senators work?

Ancient tales say this, yes.

/They also tell stories of dragons
//And arrows in the knees

I used to be a Senator like you...

Then you took a lobbying money in the wallet?.

I was thinking more a lobbyist's hand to the browneye, but that works to.

Freaky_Sold_Mustard: What the fark is going on in here? I spent all day at school and it looks like the rest of the internet spent the day drinking whiskey pissing on the living room rug. Jeese internet. This is why we can't have nice things.

Would I be unhip to say that you owe me a new keyboard?

CygnusDarius: Spraynard Krueger: CygnusDarius: ericbo84: Senators work?

Ancient tales say this, yes.

/They also tell stories of dragons
//And arrows in the knees

I used to be a Senator like you...

Then you took a lobbying money in the wallet?.

I'm sworn to carry your SuperPAC Burden...

CygnusDarius: Freaky_Sold_Mustard: What the fark is going on in here? I spent all day at school and it looks like the rest of the internet spent the day drinking whiskey pissing on the living room rug. Jeese internet. This is why we can't have nice things.

Sorry that we didn't invite you. I think there's a lick of Guinness, not sure. But there is definitely a six pack of bud light in the bathroom.

That rug really brought the room together.

You didn't care when the government decided it could spy on you without a warrant. You didn't care when they started telling you what you could eat. You didn't care when your kids' education was turned into indoctrination. You didn't care when they were more worried about military veterans than Islamic terrorists. You didn't care when they spent so much money that our entire economic system may collapse. You didn't care when they gave billions of your money to unions and corporations that were their political contributors. You didn't care when inert cosmetic features on guns were felonies. You didn't care when they made it a farking crime to not have government approved health insurance.

All of these things were done in your name. On your behalf. To help you, protect you, take care of you. Each time you gave them more power and gave away more of your freedom. Each time you believed them when they said they were protecting you, or helping the less fortunate, or sticking it to "the rich" who "aren't paying their fair share".

Each time you applauded their efforts. Mocked those that were concerned. Called them uncaring or racist or alarmist or stupid. Each time you asked for more. You begged them to take care of you, protect you, right wrongs, enforce equality.

But now that your Internet porn and bit torrents are threatened, NOW you care?

It's too late for all that, kids. Turning off Wikipedia for a couple days isn't going to win back the freedoms we've pissed away. It isn't going to undo decades of expanding government power. They've already decided there's nothing they can't do, no law they can't pass.

We watched it happen. We let it happen. We have the country we deserve.

So go ahead, post a rant about SOPA on your blog. Link to Ron Paul's web page. Pretend you're doing something. It'll make you feel better. Then you will go back to business as usual and so will they.

Democracy in action. Isn't it beautiful?

I just find it interesting how national news is playing this down while global news has it on headlines.