Posted on 01/18/2012 3:08:55 PM PST by abb
DeMint 'gets it'....
Oh really? And just who decides what websites are "legitimate?"
The 'committee' to decide who's legitimate and who isn't would carry great power - power to gather 'donations' from companies wanting favors.
The last thing we need is one more corrupt group fattening up our almost bribed out 'law' makers. Lawmakers enter congress as middle class - and in a few short years they're millionaires - this is how they get from point A to point B...
Whatever about up/downloaders, I am certainly not in favor of an immigration amnesty.
Hundreds of millions of Internet users, most of whom might have been unaware of the bills until Wednesday, are likely to have noticed the protests.
Hundreds of millions have been unaware of the bills because the mainstream media has been hiding these bills hoping Congress would pass them behind our backs. The mainstream media and Congress are the enemy of liberty, freedom and the enemy of the people.
These bills are the worst attack against liberty that I have seen.
And Lamar smith the villain behind these bills has a backup bill PCIPA in case these fail. This PCIPA he says is to protect the children against pornography but has SOPA in it.
Lamar reportedly sold his soul to this for only $100 grand. Surely Google could say to Lamar here, give the money back, we have $200 grand for you?
“Leahy, the chief author of the Senate bill, said the protest is based on a misunderstanding of the legislation.”
Uhhh...I would say that the protest is based on an UNDERSTANDING of the legislation.
“Lamar reportedly sold his soul to this for only $100 grand. Surely Google could say to Lamar here, give the money back, we have $200 grand for you?”
Well, I wonder what _would_ happen if Google publicly offered this jerk double what he’s gotten for dropping it. Do you think anyone would have the guts to charge Google with bribing a public official? The trial would be vastly entertaining.
Ain't it though? One of the few groups that I trust even less than the US Congress is MPAA/RIAA or whatever that stupid acronym is. And don't it figure that that crook Dodd is the doddering idiot in charge of it.
These politicians must be low-grade morons if they think that we don't see that this is the thin edge of the wedge that they've been trying to get their claws into the internet for years. Both US politicians and how many times have we heard about threatened UN internet taxes.
I need to hunt down that petition ;( Saw that google was blacked out but didn't click on it.
All that SOPA does is to set a precedent that govt can dismantle the internet and pull people's domain names and websites just because they don't tow the govt line. The govt decides what's "legitimate" and not.
Not for me anytime in the lifetime of this universe!
Scuzzy politicians ;(
Godspeed
On Freerepublic we need to start a campaign to get rid of Lamar Smith ,Dodd, SOPA, and Leahy .
Schumer, D-NY, and Gillibrand, D-NY, co-sponsors of PIPA, had protesters shouting outside their offices; the criminals of Anonymous busted the website of Holder’s so-called Department of Justice, Leahy’s doubling down looks like his last shriek on the retreat (and hopefully, retirement; he’s the current face on the We Need Term Limits movement), and you’ll notice very few (I saw zero, but maybe there were more) overpaid entertainers giving any encouragement at all to Congress.
Occutardation? No impact at all.
Internet censorship bills? Up in flames, the fascists backed down.
They will be back though.
No Republican should EVER back a bill like this — not even if every hollow idol of Hollywood suddenly endorsed the entire Republican slate of candidates, and we know that will never happen. IOW, since there’s no chance for their support, and every likelihood of their continued hostility, WHY WOULD YOU VOTE FOR IT?
Shut up, Leahy. Your side had a chance to negotiate in good faith, and blew it off because you thought you'd just get you way without making any concessions.
Now that you've been pwned and come up empty-handed, you whine about "misunderstanding". Go away.
Here was my contribution last week to the fracas. I like to think that my newsblog influenced Scalise to see the light.
http://lincolnparishnewsonline.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/scalise-removes-name-from-sopa-sponsorship-as-promised/
Scalise Removes Name From SOPA Sponsorship, as Promised
http://lincolnparishnewsonline.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/scalise-pulls-sopa-sponsorship/
Scalise Pulls SOPA Sponsorship
http://lincolnparishnewsonline.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/la-congressman-supports-internet-censorship/
LA Congressman Supports Internet Censorship
No, fine-tuning is what happens when a bill is NOT up for a vote - what's debated when a bill is on the floor is yea vs. nay. Old fart Leahy doesn't even understand his own job - and we should believe he understands the Internet better than Wikipedia and reddit?
It was very dismaying when so many Republican Reps and Senators signed onto this piece of shyte. What’s the upside for a conservative to support such an awful Hollywood driven bill that totally messes up internet freedom, unless he is getting schmeared (paid off)
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