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If you're a US citizen, call your senator or representative and ask them to (a) change the laws and (b) put pressure on TSA. http://www.contactingthecongre...

Write to your congress-critters! I have. If enough people write, there could be a chance.

http://www.house.gov/represent...

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Snatch up one Comcast and one Time Warner exec. Saw their heads off on YouTube.

Great, the solution is to become the Taliban of the Internet. Like that's going to help anything.

Rather than being an asshat, why not ask folks to contact their elected officials.

GOVERNMENT WARNING:
WARNING: Left to themselves, governments can become extremely dangerous. Please, contact your elected representatives regarding the matters that are most important to you (unless you are an asshat that advocates sawing people's heads off on YouTube, in that case STFU). http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

See how easy that was?

The 235 decibel blasts from these sonic cannons enters the water about every ten seconds, 24 hours a day, for weeks or months on end, per exploration mission. 235 decibels is about a million times louder than standing next to a jet engine. It kills or injures nearby life almost immediately.

The US Navy recently increased sonar exercises without a proper assessment of the risks to marine mammals. The service and the Navy later estimated that the use of sonar during the five year plan will result in the death or injury of 650,000 marine animals. Their own study.

This isn't something you can compare to the noise that your neighbours make, it's essentially the shockwave from a powerful bomb that goes off every 10 seconds for weeks or months and travels hundreds of kilometers in every direction due to the increased conduction of the wave by the density of the fluid (water). This is one of the largest compression waves that humans can generate, and it "hemorrhages in and around the ears" and causes "organ damage and internal injuries similar to decompression sickness". If you intentionally wanted to kill every living mammal in the ocean, there are few things you could do that would accomplish it quicker or more effectively.

I'm not a US citizen, but you should Contact your Congressional Representative and tell them that this won't fly, immediately.

A much better way to show your support is by contacting your representative directly.

http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/ Write him and tell him you appreciate it. Especially since it's not even time for elections yet... :D If you don't live in Oregon, write your rep and tell them that you see something like this and that it actually matters to you... And that you'll remember this come time to vote. http://www.contactingthecongress.org/