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Lawmakers Intent On Approving SOPA, PIPA
snydeq writes "U.S. Congress appears likely to move forward with SOPA and PIPA, despite widespread opposition, IDGNS reports. The U.S. Senate is expected to begin floor debate on PIPA shortly after senators return to D.C. on Jan. 23, and supporters appear to have the votes to override a threatened filibuster. Some opponents of the bills hold out hope: 'We're optimistic that if members really understood the Internet architecture and cybersecurity measures, they would not support SOPA as written. Instead, members who are really committed to combatting online piracy would look for effective ways to do that without compromising cybersecurity or the open architecture of the Internet,' said a CCIA spokesperson. Others remain doubtful that Congress will come to this understanding."
Friend, I want you to stop for a moment, maybe have a good friend slap you in the face or splash you with some cold water, you know, get you present to the here and now. Our President just signed the National Defense Authorization Act. This bill dramatically extends the Patriot Act, and now allows the government to detain American citizens at home and abroad without due process. With the stroke of a pen, your government has just declared WAR ON YOU! Over the last decade they have constructed a completely privatized army ready and waiting, as some subsidiary of Halliburton, only too happy to shoot you as easily as they did strangers in Iraq (do you really for a moment think our soldiers needed guarding by Blackwater employees in Iaq?)
You think the wealthy and powerful are just going to sit still high on a hill and let you take potshots. You've been bled dry, used badly by a host of political whores who attained wealth and power by sucking the teat of those who now own this country. And now we sit on the verge of a new society, a fascist state where all liberty and freedom has been sequestered to those who rule. Do you think for a second this is some strange alignment of the stars or an accident of fate? In the late 70s business and wealthy conservative leaders spent billions on conservative think tanks, strategizing ways take our nation over, and move government out of the venue of politics and into the venue of Wallstreet marketing. Since then, our candidates have been bought and sold. The take-over is near complete, all they have to do is have an "Emergency" and declare marshal law.
You want to get this deep down in your bones. You are the terrorist. The wealthy and powerful are well educated. They remember what happened to the French elite during their revolution, and you best believe they like the way their heads are attached to their necks. SOPA and PIPA are just another small nudge down the road called "You are just property" and we can crush you any time we please. When you speak about shooting representatives, I say first, your gun is pointed at the puppet and not the puppet master. I say second, you justify their fear and what you start will end in horror and blood for a great many innocent people, perhaps for all of us. We have a tiny, tiny, small, little window of opportunity still open to take our government back, by ballot box. People need to be informed what it going on, and stop listening to that little lying box in the living-room which is now a wholly owned outlet of the very people of whom I speak. The internet is still free enough, you just have to pick sane sources, sadly those same people own most of the wires and they are fighting hard to rob you of that last bit of light. Its time to stand on a very high place and say, we will not give up our freedom. We are taking our nation back, and we will clean up the horror these people have made. I used to think this was just the boundless greed of a few ego maniacs. The pattern is clear now. This is a coup is slow motion. The road ahead in any case is broken and will be hard to travel, the only question left is will we travel it as free men or slaves to ungrateful despots.