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poasterchild — Stop CISPA in the Senate!
Published: 2012-05-09 19:54:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2813; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 61
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Please disseminate widely, thank you! This does not give permission to alter or claim credit for this work, for which I retain all copyrights.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED CISPA TODAY, MAY 9, 2012, LARGELY ON A PARTY LINE VOTE, WITH THE RETHUGLICANS IN THE MAJORITY. CISPA CAN STILL BE STOPPED IN THE U.S. SENATE. CALL YOUR U.S. SENATORS TODAY AT 202-224-3121 AND ASK FOR YOUR SENATOR'S OFFICE (EACH STATE HAS TWO. YOU CAN FIND THE NAMES OF YOUR SENATORS AT www.senate.gov). ONCE THE SWITCHBOARD CONNECTS YOU, JUST TELL THE PERSON WHO ANSWERS THE PHONE THAT YOU WANT YOUR SENATOR TO VOTE AGAINST CISPA BECAUSE OF ITS NEGATIVE EFFECT ON CIVIL LIBERTIES. THAT IS ALL YOU NEED TO SAY. DO IT NAO!
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The republicans are monsters. How would they like it if we did it to them......wait a minute...
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Woah, okay, so where is CISPA in the legal line? What else does it have to pass to be put into action?
We have a Canadian bill C-30 that was getting really close to passing, but because of all the negative responses it's been put to review. Honestly, the Conservatives are just waiting for the noise to die down so they can sneak it past us and put it into action.
Never stop fighting for whats right. The government is not in power, the people are.
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It has to pass the Senate, and then, be signed by the President in order to become law. Obama has said he would veto it, but here in the States, we need to put them down a third time. That should stop this nonsense for a while, at least, although history teaches that we can never really relax our vigilance against new attempts at infringement.
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Damn. Do you think it might pass the Senate? Obama.. I don't know what to think of him, I've heard so many positives and negatives. Good luck stopping it!
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It might. I'm trying to get a better fix on it now. Obama has said he would veto it because he is worried it could lead to the loss of classified information, and because of civil liberties concerns. But, he also said be would veto NDAA, and he signed that, something for which it is unlikely I will ever forgive him. Imagine, a professor of constitutional law signing a law that gives the President the right to order any American SUSPECTED of terrorism (however that is defined) to be indefinitely detained, without charges, by the military. I don't care if the accused is a real terrorist or not. This law is so at odds with the fundamental idea of civil liberties and the core concept of American justice and limited government that I cannot reconcile my personal liking for the President with his actual policies.
I supported, gave money to, and volunteered for Obama in 2008 because I thought he was FDR. Too bad he turned out to be Herbert Hoover. Please read this: [link] It is a speech given by Robert Fitch, a radical journalist and troublemaker, who traces in detail how Obama's early rise came with the support of the very interests many of us hoped he would confront and cut down to size. Sadly, Fitch died in March of last year.
I will not be working for, supporting, or giving money to Obama this year. All of my political effort will be devoted to the issues that gave rise to Occupy. I worked as a professional political consultant on more than 100 Democratic campaigns in the 1970s and 80s. No more. I am done with that silly excuse for a political party. It is not that I have left the Democratic Party. They left me, and millions of other progressives, a long time ago.
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God, that's horrible. that seems unreal. How could he pass that?? The link isn't working for my 
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Better still, let's KILL it as a warning to anyone who tries it again. I want us to be three for three (SOPA, PIPA, CISPA). Call your Senators in the morning. 202-224-3121.
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On it!
You know Firefox and Reddit are agaisnt the CISPA bill so it's a good sign that some major computer companys are now taking a stand against this bill!
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The government has to leave the internet alone. I'm sick with this.....
ACTA, SOPA, PIPA and now, CISPA...don't they have anything better to do with their lives?
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AGAIN WITH THIS?!
CAN'T THE GOVERNMENT JUST LEAVE THE INTERNET ALONE?!
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WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE AGAINST FREE AND PRIVATE INTERNET USE! *rageface*
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Your rage face doesn't have to be text based. ^^
I got this from: [link]
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Thanks for the tip! I was always wondering where everyone kept getting those icons on their comments.
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This is why I'm not a Republican. I'm a conservative.
Anyone else sick of these internet bills being attempted?
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Google it, but basically it permits the government to pass on information about "threats to cybersecurity" from "hackers," and "terrorists." It also permits companies to share information between themselves and with the government about anyone's internet behavior, all without a warrant or finding by a judge that there is probable cause that a crime has been committed. Of particular concern is the role of the National Security Agency. Many knowledgeable observers, e.g., Jim Bamford and Chris Hedges, think that the real purpose of CISPA is to enable NSA to legally monitor all internet activity 24/7/365 under the guise of looking for "patterns suggesting terrorist activity." This bill, if it is signed into law, will legally enshrine monitoring and surveillance of all Americans at all times on the internet. You can kiss any shred of internet privacy good-bye if this bill gets through.
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thanks for the info. i new it wouldn't be any good. i have a question though... was it proposed by Lamar Alexander by any chance?
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No. Lamar Alexander is a Senator. This vote was in the House. The Senate has yet to vote. The House sponsors were Mike Rogers (R-MI) and "Dutch" Rupplesberger (D-MD). There is time to stop it. Call both of your US Senators today, please. Thanks.
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i shall. thanks for the info
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Obama might veto the bill and it has massive public opposition.
HEY, LET'S PASS IT!
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The President has said he will veto it because of civil liberties concerns, and, because he is worried it could lead to the leaking of classified information to private corporations (imagine that!). While that may be a comforting thought, Obama also said he would veto NDAA, and then signed it. In order to suppress the chance that another similar bill will be introduced this year, let's do everything possible to STOP CISPA IN THE SENATE. Let's make it 3 for 3 -- SOPA, PIPA, and CISPA, ALL dead on arrival.
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Don't forget ACTA.
I'm not sure how many of these damn things we have to metaphorically abort with a clothes hanger.
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ACTA is dead, I believe. The Europeans killed it back in March, as I recall. Let me know if I am mistaken, please.
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To my knowledge, ACTA is as dead as SOPA and PIPA.
Unless, of course, I'm mistaken and those two aren't dead at all.
Regardless, ACTA has been stomped flat here in Europe. Polish politicians in particular made a public mockery of the whole thing.
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Maybe this works better: [link]
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Yep. See this: :thumb286488591:
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I noticed something - your image didn't get through.
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Maybe this works better: [link]
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