Some bills become unstoppable in the Congress. They pile up cosponsors, get leadership support, and cruise on through to easy passage. Not SOPA, or its original Senate version, PROTECT IP. They’re in trouble. While the left is fighting these bills with blackouts and protesting, our message is simpler: If you back SOPA or PROTECT IP, we will primary you. That matters.
One guy who has clearly heard us, and is responding to our complaints by urging a slowdown on PROTECT IP, is Orrin Hatch. He’s a potential primary target and he knows it, so he’s listening. It’s refreshing, and certainly puts Hatch over many in Congress on this issue.
Yeah, Free Press and the radicals are hypocrites on this, but SOPA really is a bad bill. Lamar Smith is even talking about removing some of the worst provisions, that’s how bad it is. Patrick Leahy is also talking about bending on PROTECT IP. We’re making progress. Keep it up.
Industry is paying attention, the threat of a vote looms. Erick Erickson made it clear he’d even oppose Marsha Blackburn if she helped pass SOPA. This is serious and we need to be loud and committed to action.
Look. It’s simply bad customer service for Google to sabotage its own new search service by deliberately omitting popular services like Twitter. But it’s an even worse idea to bring government into it. We need to leave government out of it. These big government losers need to suck it up, quit whining, and just stop using Google if they don’t like Google. Grow up people. Get a life already.
Likewise, if you don’t like NFL blackout policy, quit watching. I don’t like bringing government into it, either. But the FCC under Barack Obama thinks it rules the world.
So it’s irksome that they’re now crowing about their shameful behavior regarding AT&T. They claim it was a win of the rules for competition, but there were no rule of law there. There was no objective decision being made according to facts and evidence. This was government picking winners and losers according to the whims of commissioners.
why do you think they’re getting hysterical about House Republicans wanting to constrain FCC action regarding spectrum allocation? They want FCC to rule according to their whims, and now Constitutionally-passed law. Congressional oversight and control over legislation annoys them. Thinking about why that would be suggests why it’s a good idea to begin with to pass laws constraining the FCC’s actions.
Chuck Grassley is turning into a real beast on regulatory oversight. Good on him.
Moe Lane
PG DeFreese
Victoria Coates
Daniel Horowitz
Dan Spencer
"But the FCC under Barack Obama thinks it rules the world."
bk (Diary) Saturday, January 14th at 7:20AM EST (link)Why should it be any different than EPA etc.? If Obama wants something and Congress doesn’t go along, he can always go the “administrative rules” route can’t he? He’s made it perfectly clear that he doesn’t need Congress, and Harry Reid isn’t going to let anything be done to thwart that. The damage will be done by the time any victims fight it out in court, if they even have the resources to do so.
FCC, EPA, they aint squat...
kyle8 (Diary) Saturday, January 14th at 7:53AM EST (link)compared to what the Treasury and the Fed are doing at this very moment. People who do not follow the markets closely do not see the enormous criminal manipulation of markets that is going on.
These a-holes are continuously jacking the markets around to prop up their cronies in the big investment banks, and to some extent prop up the Euros.
This entire administration is totally criminal from the top to the bottom.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
And they're talking about doing even more manipulation
bk (Diary) Saturday, January 14th at 4:42PM EST (link)It’s funny how Obama and the Dems are talking about the economy turning upward while at the same time the fed is saying they need to do some “easing” (RED ALERT!) because the economy is stalled and unemployment will soon rise.
The biggest coming scam is this "consumer protection"
Adjoran (Diary) Sunday, January 15th at 1:14AM EST (link)in mortgage markets. The law is so poorly drafted that the agency could get funding from the Fed to “refinance” $1 trillion or more in delinquent mortgages.
Just what we need – another tril printed and handed to deadbeats!
Call your Georgia Senators
philsukalewski Saturday, January 14th at 8:52AM EST (link)Yesterday I was told by both Johnny Isaakson’s ph (202) 224-3643 and Saxby Chambliss’ ph 202-224-3521 offices that they had signed on to support the Protect IP bill.
Also Lynn Westmoreland is categorically against SOPA, while David Scott’s office ph (202) 225-2939 says he is undecided.
This just arrived....
rsklaroff (Diary) Saturday, January 14th at 10:10AM EST (link)POLITICO Breaking News
————————————————-
Obama administration officials said in a blog post today that they would “not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.” The White House did not take a definite position on SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act, but said “the DNS filtering provisions in some proposed legislation suggests that they pose a real risk to cybersecurity and yet leave contraband goods and services accessible online.” The officials said, however, that legislation is needed to combat online piracy.
For more information… http://www.politico.com
Robert B. Sklaroff, M.D.
r.sklaroff@verizon.net
[the guy with the "RS-diary" dedicated to differentiating trustworthy conservative-pundits from inside-the-beltway-RINO's]
“…fighting for Truth, Justice, and the American Way!”
Keep up the good work
synergist777 Saturday, January 14th at 12:31PM EST (link)I’m trying from my (local) end to do what I can about SOPA (my long-term Republican congressman is facing a challenge due to redistricting, so he is vulnerable).
In Blackburn's district, and would love to contribute to
earlgrey (Diary) Saturday, January 14th at 4:28PM EST (link)a primary challenge against her.
For the time being I’ll have to settle for calling her office, which I’ll do next week.
The Left?
bornagainrealist Saturday, January 14th at 5:10PM EST (link)Last time I checked, Darryl Issa was against this censorship. This is not a left/right issue. SOPA is Chinese stye censorship.
You mean the ChiComs aren't "left"?
Adjoran (Diary) Sunday, January 15th at 1:17AM EST (link)of course it is a left-right issue. The leftists who will side with us are the little people who mistakenly believe the commissars are working for their benefit most of the time.
Um, you're missing the point
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, January 15th at 4:49AM EST (link)I said the left is being hypocritical on this issue.
RS contributing editor, technical administrator, and “a hardy variety of crabgrass.”
Read the RedState Posting Rules
Unlikely Voter: Poll Analysis, Election Projection.
“I rejoice that America has resisted.” – William Pitt, the Elder
Justin Amash R-MI3
enrique Sunday, January 15th at 7:08AM EST (link)has been working around the clock to kill this bill. He sees the massive encroachment on our liberty. Good for him. http://www.facebook.com/repjustinamash
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one striking at the root.” Henry David Thoreau
Amash is one of the good ones on this, yes
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, January 15th at 7:01PM EST (link)Issa’s been huge.
Among Democrats, Lofgren and Wyden are going great jobs.
RS contributing editor, technical administrator, and “a hardy variety of crabgrass.”
Read the RedState Posting Rules
Unlikely Voter: Poll Analysis, Election Projection.
“I rejoice that America has resisted.” – William Pitt, the Elder
I don't think I've commented much on Tech@Night
aesthete (Diary) Sunday, January 15th at 7:12PM EST (link)but I would like to say that I appreciate the great reportage and advocacy against SOPA, Net Neutrality, and other odious bills attempting to insert federal government controls on the content of everyday internet use. Keep up the good work — and as others have said, Issa and Amash are doing a great job on this bill.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
What is Romney's position on SOAP?
Samsara (Diary) Monday, January 16th at 1:29PM EST (link)Murdock backs SOPA, so you can count of FOX to back it.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398940,00.asp
My Bad... SOPA
Samsara (Diary) Monday, January 16th at 1:36PM EST (link)dyslexia
All I could find is this
Samsara (Diary) Monday, January 16th at 1:41PM EST (link)http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120108/00322817330/did-mitt-romney-just-come-out-against-sopapipa.shtml