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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Oppose SOPA and PIPA. « Fred Klonsky

Oppose SOPA and PIPA. « Fred Klonsky:

Oppose SOPA and PIPA.

This blogger supports Wikipedia and other web sites who have decided to go black today in protest of so-called web anti-piracy legislation now before Congress. I added a “no censorship” banner to my blog’s page to demonstrate my opposition to the legislation. The legislation is backed by some of the largest billion dollar media corporations in the US who, of course, have no interest in the democratic potential of the internet. They simply want to squeeze every last penny that can, threatening even little mom and pop bloggers like me who might use images and sources to engage with others. I make no profit from this blog.
Go here to contact your member of Congress and tell them to vote against SOPA and PIPA.


They’re not apathetic in Wisconsin.


They needed a little over half a million signatures to put the recall of Governor Scott on the ballot in Wisconsin.
The organizers planned on 750,000 just to make sure.
They got a million. Almost two million if you add in the signatures they got to recall the lieutenant  governor,  Rebecca Kleefisch, and Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald.
The number of signatures to recall Walker are equal to nearly have the voters in the state. It required a face to