Help stop SOPA/PIPA before it’s too late

I’m rather ticked off by politics in general.

One of the main things politicians are doing with more and more regularity is to pass legislation almost behind our backs, every day chipping away, little by little, more and more of our precious freedom. Freedom is what makes America great. Countless patriots have died protecting it. Why is it the present crop of politicians believe it is their duty to protect me from myself?

They’re at it again… with this SOPA / PIPA business. This time, it’s going to hit home for many of you readers. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA is the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011. Only a politician could write a bill with a name as horrific as its intent. While these bills may have good intentions, in practice it’s just a giant fiasco as usual.

What’s this all about? AmericanCensorship.org puts it bluntly:

Congress is about to pass internet censorship, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill – PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House – to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity.

If you like the freedom to read, comment on and post about whatever you like on your blog, or around the internet, don’t let the government shut you down, or tell you what you can or can’t link to, or fine you for failure to comply. It’s just one more way the government is trying to step in and tell you how to run every aspect of your life. It’s time to say NO!

Let your voice be heard! Learn more at the Fight SOPA/PIPA page at WordPress.org.

The internet is fine just how it is, thank you. Now leave it alone!

Think I’m kidding?

11/2011 – House Takes Senate’s Bad Internet Censorship Bill, Tries Making it Worse at ArsTechnica.com

1/16/2012 – SOPA/PIPA: How Far We’ve Come; How Far We Need To Go at TechDirt.com

1/16/2012 – In SOPA, PIPA protest, Wikipedia to black out at Politico.com

1/16/2012 – SOPA, PIPA Headed For Major Makeover at HuffingtonPost.com

1/16/2012 – SOPA vs. PIPA: AntiPiracy Bills Explained at DigitalTrends.com

1/16/2012 – The White House & SOPA: Reading Between the Lines at Mashable.com

Please pass it on…