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		<title>Censoring The Web, And Making You Pay For It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell Your Congressman to vote AGAINST HR 3261 (SOPA) and S 968 (PIPA) Internet Blacklist Bills. What kind of crack does a Washington Congressman smoke?  Corporate! Big Bozos are once again using their deep pockets to influence our representatives in voting some crucial laws to effect.  If passed, the internet will fall into government-censorship standards.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/">Tell Your Congressman to vote <strong>AGAINST HR 3261 (SOPA) and S 968 (PIPA) Internet Blacklist Bills</strong>.</a><br />
What kind of crack does a Washington Congressman smoke?  Corporate!</p>
<p>Big Bozos are once again using their deep pockets to influence our representatives in voting some crucial laws to effect.  If passed, the internet will fall into government-censorship standards.  It will affect you, whether you realize it or not.  But regardless of the details, the biggest flaw is how it will be payed for.  Me and you are forced into it!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure about you, but I&#8217;m tired of how reckless Washington is spending our tax money.  They want to take away our Social Security, which we all paid into, yet spend more money on needless programs like this?  No thanks.  I&#8217;d rather keep my money than invest in Washington&#8217;s crack smoking idea of censoring the internet.</p>
<p>If you just fall asleep and do nothing, then it will pass and your tax money will once again be thrown into the Washington Black Hole.  Also, you will be surfing a government controlled web that is bending over to appease some Hollywood aristocrats.  They are trying to stop internet piracy, but they swinging a sledgehammer to hit a fly.</p>
<p>Do your part!  All you have to do is click on a petition.  If you go a step further and show them that you really are alive, not a zombie, and you pick up the telephone or send your representative an email, then you are the kind of patriot that America needs these days!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/">Tell Your Congressman to vote <strong>AGAINST HR 3261 (SOPA) and S 968 (PIPA) Internet Blacklist Bills</strong>.</a></p>
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		<title>Stop HR 3261 (SOPA) and S 968 (PIPA) Internet Blacklist Bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Online Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wacky Washington Chronicles Just another waste of tax dollars.  Once again corporate pork is pushing Washington into another &#8220;hey buddy, can you vote this into law?&#8221;  Supposedly, our Senators are obliged to vote for these bills based on what the active majority pushes for.  So, if you don&#8217;t speak up, you just don&#8217;t count. All [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Wacky Washington Chronicles</strong></em></p>
<p>Just another waste of tax dollars.  Once again corporate pork is pushing Washington into another &#8220;hey buddy, can you vote this into law?&#8221;  Supposedly, our Senators are obliged to vote for these bills based on what the active majority pushes for.  So, if you don&#8217;t speak up, you just don&#8217;t count.</p>
<p>All you have to do is contact your congress member.  Just let them know that <strong>you&#8217;re alive and not a zombie</strong>.  Tell them what you think.  Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s not like you&#8217;re gonna chat one on one.  Leave a message at the beep, Click To Submit, or whatever&#8230; just make an effort.</p>
<p>Remember, whether you understand this whole bill or not, it all boils down to one thing.  It&#8217;s going to come from your pocket!</p>
<p>Either that, or let someone (something?) else write your laws and spend your tax money, your Social Security money, and whatever change is found in your couch.  Instead of talking about how much it all costs and who&#8217;s paying for it, the supporting side of this bill refers to the &#8220;&#8230;creates jobs for Americans&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>The problem is, the jobs are paid for by the tax payer!</strong> Do you honestly think that your paycheck deductions should be spent on internet police?  If Washington ran an ad that asked you to donate money toward hiring more federal agents, would you?  Aren&#8217;t you starting to think you should, at the very least, start paying attention to what Washington is spending our money on?</p>
<p>- &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - -</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>The following special announcement was found on Craigslist.org</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://craigslist.org"><img class="size-full wp-image-2690 aligncenter" title="clist-pipa" src="http://www.spi360.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/clist-pipa.jpg" alt="" width="380" height="216" /></a></em><strong>&#8220;Stop HR 3261 (SOPA) and S 968 (PIPA) Internet Blacklist Bills</strong></p>
<p>Congress needs to hear from you, or these dangerous bills will pass &#8211; they have tremendous lobbying dollars behind them, from large corporations reportedly hoping to prop up outdated, anti-consumer business models at the expense of the very fabric of the Internet &#8212; recklessly unleashing a tsunami of take-down notices and litigation, and a Pandora&#8217;s jar of &#8220;chilling effects&#8221; and other unintended (or perhaps intended?) consequences.</p>
<p>Please let your Members of Congress know you<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> OPPOSE</span> H.R. 3621 &#8220;Stop Online Piracy Act&#8221; (SOPA) and S. 968 &#8220;Protect IP Act&#8221; (PIPA)</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Phone, yes phone your Member of Congress! (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/mcapdir.aspx">House</a>) (<a href="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm">Senate</a>)</li>
<li>EFF <a href="https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173">Congressional Emailer &#8211; Oppose Internet Blacklisting (SOPA &amp; PIPA)</a></li>
<li>OpenCongress <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/contact_congress_letters/new?bill=112-h3261&amp;position=oppose">Congressional Emailer &#8211; Oppose SOPA</a></li>
<li>Generic <a href="https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml">Congressional Emailer</a> (You&#8217;ll need your <a href="https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action">Zip+4</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173"></a></p>
<p>Learn more about SOPA, Protect IP (PIPA), and Internet Blacklisting:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://cdt.org/report/growing-chorus-opposition-stop-online-piracy-act">Growing Chorus of Opposition to SOPA</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/internet-inventors-warn-against-sopa-and-pipa">Open Letter against SOPA from 83 Prominent Internet Engineers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111122/04254316872/definitive-post-why-sopa-protect-ip-are-bad-bad-ideas.shtml">Why SOPA and Protect IP (PIPA) are Bad, Bad Ideas</a> (Techdirt)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;gl=us&amp;tbm=nws&amp;q=SOPA">SOPA News</a> (Google News)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act">SOPA Wikipedia entry</a></li>
<li><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/?tag=mncol;txt">SOPA FAQ</a> (CNET)</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;gl=us&amp;tbm=nws&amp;btnmeta_news_search=1&amp;q=internet+blackout+sopa&amp;oq=internet+blackout+sopa">Internet Giants Consider Blackout Against SOPA!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/">Where does your Member of Congress stand on SOPA?</a> (Project SOPA Opera)</p>
<p>Opponents of SOPA: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, craigslist, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, eBay, AOL, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, Etsy, Zynga, EFF, ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX)</p>
<p>Supporters of SOPA: RIAA, MPAA, News Corporation, VISA, Mastercard, Pfizer, Comcast, Time Warner, ABC, Nike, Walmart, Dow Chemical, Tiffany, Chanel, Rolex, Monster Cable, Teamsters, Lamar Smith (R-TX), John Conyers (D-MI)&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Call of Duty: Black Ops.  How video games keep Americans stupid.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to love video games.  Well, actually I still do.  First person shooters are fun!  But I have to draw the line at the lame ass attempt of keeping the cold war alive.  I just saw an advertisement for Call of Duty, black ops.  The ad shows Russian comandos speaking in native tongue with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to love video games.  Well, actually I still do.  First person shooters are fun!  But I have to draw the line at the lame ass attempt of keeping the cold war alive.  I just saw an advertisement for Call of Duty, black ops.  The ad shows Russian comandos speaking in native tongue with subtitles.  They speak about how it&#8217;s amazing that the Americans can see their every move, almost like they have help from above.  Then with a thunderous crash, a G.I. crashes through the window and shoots them all dead.  Wow&#8230;the eternal fantasy of war against Russia.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class=" " title="pussy grip" src="http://videogame.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/call-of-duty-black-ops-box.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Call of Duty, Black Ops.  The most uncreative game on the planet.</p></div>
<p>Guess what, a Russian was sitting in the room with me.  She couldn&#8217;t believe what she was looking at.  See, the Russians don&#8217;t do this.  They don&#8217;t dwell on hate or war.  There are no video games over there trying to show how they are better than the Americans.  They don&#8217;t run ads that promote this.  They don&#8217;t even make movies with this theme.  Not only did I ask my Russian friends about this, but I&#8217;ve been there for 9 months in the past year and half and I didn&#8217;t see anything like it at all.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s good business in America.  War is money, even within video games.</p>
<p>lame&#8230;</p>
<p>grow up and get your head out of your ass.  You really let me down, Activision.  You suck at making video games.  Count me in on a boycott against Activision.  I wouldn&#8217;t even download it, for free.  Maybe if they can come up with a more interesting theme.  War is lame&#8230;it&#8217;s yesterday&#8217;s game.  Get with the today and tomorrow!</p>
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