Yep. This is exactly how lobbyists and legislators work. This stuff is going to work it's way in bits and pieces into every unrelated bill that comes out of Congress... after the current furor has died down. It's guaranteed.
the administration was against NDAA, and look what happened there. obama signed with our blood and tears
Yeah, that one made me really mad. Obama was against it, thought it was a bad idea, and let himself get pressured into passing it. And this is supposed to be okay because "Oh, don't worry, I'll make sure it's not used for wrong" (No, that's not an actual quote)... but that's the most retarded thing I've ever heard because he can't be president forever or anything. So why would he pass something he thought was wrong using the excuse that he would keep a watchful eye on it to make sure it is never used for evil knowing damn well that he's going to have to pass the reins to someone else very shortly? It's all just sad. We supposedly live in a free country, but it's obvious that isn't true at all. And they barely even try to pretend these days.
Poor guy was probably threatened, him and his family. Jfk was the set example for corrupt politics. "Dont follow our orders, youre done for." Pres is just a puppet, a fall guy, a talking head, yep...and a pushover..
Here's a link to sign a petition to Congress, spread it around. There are buttons on there to share on Twitter and Facebook too. https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
Already signed this morning. They had a commercial on Faux News supporting SOPA, of course they had to use the line "STEALING AMERICAN JOBS". Guess they figure that everybody in a trailer in middle America will put their can of Budweiser down and vote when they hear that.
Internet petition vs. big-money/superpak/Corporate donors. I wonder which will win? /sarcasm...:horse:
Good news everyone! http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngau...ng-controversial-internet-piracy-legislation/
Probably. I didnt want to read the first page of Torx's shenanigans Edit: Ah, maybe reading all the posts through is a good idea.
I collected some of the blackout screencaps for posterity... and of course that fabulous gif from the oatmeal: http://www.mypantsarefancy.com/2012/01/day-internet-went-blackish.html
Nice. Tassia. Did anyone else hit up /b/ last night after 9PM PST? LMAO The black-out was pretty weak indeed. In order for average users to understand what the net could be like, there needs to be more solidarity in a future protest like this. Simply putting up a banner , throwing a black tarp over your logo on the home page and shutting down for only 12 hours, is not going to cut it. People know about something going on with IP rights but still don't get it enough to look into it themselves. 4-Letter acronyms scare off the general net user (most users of 10+ years STILL have no idea what HTTP stands for). The job intended was not accomplished.
Either that, or we're being outflanked and we just don't know it yet. If we did win this battle, now it turns into a waiting game, where the SOPA supporters wage a PR campaign, and wave Anonymous attacks that hurt normal folks, as a banner for regulation of the Internetz, and set up conditions for the next wave of "Son of SOPA" and "Post-PIPA" bills, while the opponents keep a gimlet eye on everything Congress does, and over-reacts to provocations. Count on it.
More like the crooks that were supporting this crap legislation decided to distance themselves really quickly after the public got wind of exactly what it was washington was trying to do. I'm here to tell you guys, you have to watch them crooks like a hawk. We caught them this time and yelled loud enough to get their attention, but what about all the shit that slips by us and/or is shoved through in closed door sessions?
Yeah, I wonder what is going on while we are busy patting ourselves on the back. Big ticket corporate lawyers are loving this shit.
