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Teh intertubz haz problem?

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Not sure about Watt.

Submitted by James on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 11:30am.

Not sure about Watt. For Hagan it seems to be just another example of a "corporations are people" mindset.

They both consistently support policies....

Submitted by Frank Burns (not verified) on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 11:38am.

that gives the federal government more and more control over our lives. This does not surprise me.

Are you being purposely dense again?

Submitted by James on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 11:54am.

This topic is about government ceding more control to private businesses to limit the openness of the internet. You should be cheer-leading Hagan. She's working to make sure Big Media can control what you see online.

Big Business or Big Government...

Submitted by Frank Burns (not verified) on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 12:02pm.

are equal tyrants on us. Don't you agree?

No. I don't agree.

Submitted by James on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 12:30pm.

Big business is a unelected tyrant with no underlying foundation tied to democracy. At least with big government there's the illusion of public accountability.

Wikipedia pledge to go dark

Submitted by loftT on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 12:49pm.

Encourage Wikipedia to go dark next week in protest of PIPA & SOPA.

here:
http://www.wikipediablackout.com/

Progressives are the true conservatives.

Signed.

Submitted by James on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 12:54pm.

Signed.

Signed

Submitted by Thurman on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 6:02pm.

For what it's worth, I plan on going dark for a few days as well. And I hope BlueNC does the same. I've seen several different dates being thrown around. Is there any consensus on timing and duration?

"Money doesn't talk, it swears." ~ R. Zimmerman

I don't know about the timing

Submitted by James on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 6:07pm.

but we'll probably discover it when we go to Google and Google ain't there. That'll be all the impetus I need to shut down for a spell.

I am flat-out fried.

Not sure of timing either, but

Submitted by SteveA-NC on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 10:21pm.

Not sure of timing either, but you may want to keep tabs on the

The NetCoalition is made up of AOL, eBay, Facebook, foursquare, Google, IAC, Linkedin, Mozilla, OpenDNS, PayPal, Twitter, Wikipedia, Yahoo! and the Zynga Game Network. If all of these websites were to act simultaneously, both national commerce and the day-to-day life of the majority of Americans would be disrupted with an anti-SOPA message.

January 24 is the date many initially discussed, but I now see more sites pledging to join reddit's planned January 18 blackout date.

Thanks

Submitted by Thurman on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 10:51pm.

The more I think about it the more I think this is as close as we're ever going to get to a general strike, and maybe even more effective in some ways.

Eyes wide open and ready.

"Money doesn't talk, it swears." ~ R. Zimmerman

Signed

Submitted by SteveA-NC on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 10:05pm.

Signed

Kay Hagan - Again

Submitted by wafranklin on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 12:21am.

Dont forget, Hagan is co-chair of the accursed Third Way organization, son of DLC, both sponsored by corporations to keep Dems in control. Ask her why
she has such an affiliation.

wafranklin