I can't with the American government.

[kseenaa]

Originally posted by musique_style at I can't with the American government.

This post is public; feel free to link people to it, pass it around, etc etc etc.

To read more about this Bill, there's a full article over on Oh No They Didn't-Political, which can be found here.

If you can, please contact your House Representative. If you don't know their number, there's a page on Tumblr that will connect you to them. There's also a link entitled, "Email them", where you can sign the petition.

DemandProgress.org had a petition going, but they turned it in to Congress yesterday--while standing alongside Congressmembers Zoe Lofgren and Darrell Issa... with well over 500,000 signatures.

This bill is holding hearings today. Do you realize what will happen if this passes? Take a second and think about what this means to you on a national level; on a personal level; on an interpersonal...hell, even in regards to something like a fandom.. This bill is big, guys. :(

Edit 11/16; 5:15PM: If this Bill passes, here are some sites that could potentially be blocked off to the American people:

-Facebook
-Livejournal
-Twitter
-The Pirate Bay
-Megaupload
-Megavideo
-Mediafire
-Wordpress
-Almost any forum site
-Tumblr

...Well, that's nice. :|

Well that is just fucked up. :-/ For gawds sake, USA!!! STOP being such a fucking world police! :-/ You are NOT the greatest country in the world! Your laws are NOT the best! Other countries DO exist, thank you! Now leave the rest of the world the FUCK alone! *pissed*

Edit to clarify: It is the government and the policicians I am pissed at. NOT the US-people. Really. You should all know me better than that.

Comments

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Oh, you can bash Sweden if you want. :-) I know our history pretty well. ;-) Let us just not start talking about where Hitler got his ideas... or where Göring saw the swastika for the first time.... and we helped the Nazis invade Norway by letting them travel through our country... :-P My grandpa was in the army back then and traded ciggerattes with the Nazis. Sweden as a country is far far far from innocent. Trust me. There is a lot of shit you can digg up if you want to. Modern history to.

Of course what I see in the papers and on the news is skewed. Of course it is. *shrug* I am just saying it is there, this is what is reported. :-P Hell, you probably see skewed things about Sweden in the US news to. If reporters and journalists even find this little country important enough to report from.

Anyway, again. I am NOT bashing the people. I am not. I love the US-people. I do. Really, I do. I have some really awesome friends from the US. Yourself included. But I do not like the politics. I don't. The "we're the best"-thing is what is seen here. Honest. I am not making this up. :-/ And I would say that it is the government that many here think about when saying that, even if, unfortunately, a lot of swedes at least, lump the people in in that statement as well. I don't. I repeat: I don't.

So yeah, I know that the US-people have nothing to do with that. I know. It is the government and the politicians I have a problem with.

[dylansbuzz.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I probably overreacted and of all the people I would love to fight with, you are last on the list. <3

I often wish the US didn't do the things it does, and I know we have a bad world rap - it's just hard to be part of the masses that sit here with our mouths open while Congress does stupid shit. I think that despite our flaws, we're still one of the best places in the world to live, but I guess until I live in another country, I'm a little biased.

Thanks for not just yelling at me back.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

I'd say you are pretty damn biased. ;-) But that's how it is, isn't it?

I'll not start on other politics I have a problem with in the US then. ;-) *grin* But as always, it is never EVER the people I have a problem with! Never ever... It is the leaders and quite a few of the laws... (Not all, mind.)

It is OK to over-react. Hell even to disagree! Not everyone can have the same opinions and views. Gawd damn, our world would be boring then... o.O Sure, a bit more peaceful perhaps, but I am off the firm belief that it would not be a good thing.

And why would I yell back? :-) Much better going down the Eminem-route and point out your own flaws. Because damn, are there flaws here to. X-D At least our politicians aren't sending our army to rule over another country. ;-) As far as I know... And if they do? They must have done it DAMN sneakily! *lol*