American Censorship Day: November 16, 2011

http://americancensorship.org/

They're after us again!

What ever happened to: "government of the people, by the people, for the people."

 

the only 'people' the politicians worry about are the filthy rich and the corporations!

 

Wanna see something scary,
Check out the disparity of funds received from special interest groups!
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Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28] $254,450
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $82,300
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30] $72,200
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $67,700
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31] $64,994
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45] $62,500
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14] $60,591
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27] $58,550
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] $53,500
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7] $53,050
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $272,300
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] $259,350
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $246,450
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $244,694
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $214,675
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $153,500
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI] $81,200
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA] $68,750
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $63,265
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] $57,577
Specific Organizations Supporting H.R.3261

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Motion Picture Association of America
• Independent Film & Television Alliance
• National Association of Theatre Owners
• Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.,
• National Music Publishers' Association
• American Federation of Musicians
• Directors Guild of America
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• Screen Actors Guild
• National Cable & Telecommunications Association
• Recording Industry Association of America

Interests that oppose this bill:

• Communications & Electronics
• Computer manufacture & services
• Online computer services
• Consumer groups
• Education

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14] $39,009
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16] $32,909
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28] $30,239
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14] $26,983
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7] $23,350
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10] $20,500
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] $20,043
Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R, VA-6] $19,019
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $17,000
Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49] $16,024
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $68,295
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $65,334
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] $51,448
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $49,795
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $47,769
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] $43,600
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] $35,970
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] $29,226
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $23,956
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $17,931
Specific Organizations Opposing H.R.3261

• NetCoalition
• Consumer Electronics Association
• Computer and Communications Industry Association
• Public Knowledge
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• EDUCAUSE
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Open Internet Coalition
• Bloomberg
• Google
• Yahoo

Data on bill support and opposition provided by

 

This is disgusting. Is it really this bad in America? I mean, Canada is not exactly on the right track either, but why has every American who uses the internet not risen up and stormed government buildings in protest by this point. At least it has not passed yet right. Talking about it does not necessarily mean that it will happen, not that there is a great track record for free speech and civil rights going on.

On a related note, this is just another step to making sure no one can blink without having to pay for it.

 

They can all go fuck themselves.

 

And they wonder why we are protesting, I mean whats the problem?

 

Does anyone know if this crap passed?

 

According to DemandProgress, more than 700,000 people contacted congress about opposing this.

 

Time to wake up. We're actually further down the track than the US and some of the C-11/35 stuff puts us on par with Korea.

This illusion that Canada is more progressive than the US is dangerous. It allows the erosion of our freedoms to happen quietly and without fuss as we look and point fingers to the south.

Yes. Lets rage about all the evils of the US...but let our own government use us as a doormat. Distraction tactics, anyone?

rawr.

 

It's a combination of Harper being a former Bush butt-buddy/US wannabe and our citizens being world-renowned for apathy and lack of spine.

 

I think it's gonna take a bullet, Skip.

Winning!

Just experienced an interesting version of censorship, myself. But private owned gives the right...I get that. I just don't have to like it.
And if ya gotta do what ya gotta do, then that's ok. I'm getting over it now.

 

GlobalresearchTV on internet censorship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgLBwAEEjIk&feature=player_embedded"]Perfect Storm of Internet Censorship - YouTube

 

Quite amazing the outcome was so high!

NOW LETS HOPE IT DOES SOME GOOD!!

 

Congress doesn't care what 700,000 people want... they will follow the money trail as always.

 

Sign this petition easily at: http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?fp (took me like two minutes to do it)

Enter a name, then enter: whatever/any name you choose @mailinator.com

The e-mail address you pick is yours the instant you use it, no sign up required. http://www.mailinator.com/faq.jsp

Then enter the Country. Find it's postal code here: http://www.foreign-trade.com/resources/country-code.htm

Done. One more voice added.