Tag: politics

SOPA, PIPA, and Me

STOP SOPA

“You know, there are some words I’ve known since I was a schoolboy: ‘With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.’ Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning. The first time any man’s freedom …

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Sorkie? Sorkinite? Sorkinista? Doesn’t matter, I’m a total Sorkin fanboy…

Aaron Sorkin is writing a new show, for HBO.  Read all about right here (from TV Guide’s Scott Huver).  This has me excited in a way that I haven’t felt about an upcoming TV show, since the production of Studio 60 was announced in early 2006.  Not to mention that I think Sorkin could really …

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Obama and Me

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve written here. I’ve since joined the Obama for America campaign as an IT specialist for the field offices in the area.  I have been helping them in deploying new field offices in South San Francisco and East Palo Alto, where lots of people came in and made over …

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To my friends out there in Radioland…

If you love Internet Radio, you need to read this right now. It’s in danger, and needs your help. As you may be aware, in 2002, the Library of Congress (LOC), under a recommendation from the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP), required that Internet radio stations pay prohibitively high royalty rates for the music they …

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<lj user=”maggiesox”>, you’ll never beleive this…

LOL. SantorumBlog linked to me, because of my post about Santorum losing. Apparently, I’m a far-leftie! I’m representing the far-left vote! I think maybe 5 people read this blog, but I guess I have to say thanks to John for providing me with a bigger microphone than usual. Much obliged, John! 🙂 And don’t forget: …

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No, John. Rick lost.

John Lewandowski, over at SantorumBlog discussed the results of Santorum’s defeat by Casey, Jr. in the recent Senate election for Pennsylvania. In a nutshell, he says that Santorum didn’t lose because he was Santorum, but because voters had an wet-cat-like reaction to anyone with the letter ‘R’ next to their name. In the blog post, …

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D is for Victory!

I’d like to thank everyone who got out to the polls today to make their voices heard.  Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, Green or Libertarian, Reform or Peace & Freedom… you stood up for your ideals and sent your message loud and clear. Personally, I’m absolutely ecstatic over the returns I’m seeing reported by …

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Did you vote today?

I voted this morning. Did you? If you’ve decided not to vote, consider the following bits of wisdom from various sources: “It’s really something; every two years we get to overthrow a government.” — Aaron Sorkin. “Decisions are made by those who show up.” — Woody Allen. “One of the penalties for refusing to participate …

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Taking Back Congress

From Electoral-Vote.com: So, this is good news for Democrats. I’ve been keeping an eye on the nationwide tracking polls and it looks like having a 19 seat advantage in the House would finally put an end to the 10 year reign of the Republicans in both houses of Congress. I’m looking forward to casting my …

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Net Neutrality

I’m not sure if you guys are aware, but there’s a House Resolution (H.R. 5252 [PDF]) which would allow major internet service providers (AT&T, Verizon, Comcast) to determine which sites you get to see. It passed the house and is now within the Senate, awaiting a scheduled vote on the issue. www.SaveTheInternet.com is actively tracking …

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