Tons of slanted coverage… both ways…

But try finding something about how America will win? How it’s people will have better lives in 4, in 8, or 12 years from now….

Try.

It seems like our news media’s priorities are not in the right places. They should first be discussing the plans itself that will get our nation back on its feet, and then, after debating the plan, correlate that plan with an actual person who is running….

Discussing people without a plan, is … like high school elections.

We are also responsible to others. This is important, but does not supersede that responsibility we have unto ourselves… For example: WE have responsibility to our children, that the world they inherit is as good or better than the one we received. WE have responsibility to those with whom we interact, that we in our pursuit of happiness, do not irreparably damage theirs. WE have the responsibility to defend each and all of our personal rights, so they do not get taken away, or expire upon our watch…

This responsibility entitles every person all the same minor rights. They have the right to choose their own religion, their own spouse, their own government, and every person has the right to choose what or when he wants to speak…

Into this mix, technology had added the internet. This new device has shaken up some of the old bedrock stock ideas that have been held for ages. The Internet now allows for open communication across the globe.

There are those who would prefer that not happen. There are those who prosper from maintaining the status quo. Any change to that, and they lose something…

This is the difference that needs to be solved.

It is hereby declared that what is good or bad, will be hereby based on that outcome creating the most net good, or the most net bad, as determined across the scale of the entire Internet.

Protecting intellectual property of one person, and hindering future opportunity for billions, creates a negative that is a billion times the positive one intended… Likewise, legislating an act that guarantees a billion users a free right to express their creativity, while hurting the economy of only one entity, is a positive force a billion times stronger than that negative….

So,… for mankind to fulfill it’s responsibility to future generations, as long as an act creates more then 50% of a net positive worth of good, it should be allowed, if not encouraged… If mankind gains, even just a little, it should go forward.

It is important that new ideas flourish. For that to occur, in the give and take of today’s world, that requires a financial incentive be present at the end of such a creation… But to limit or monopolize such an invention, thereby prohibiting it from being upgraded by another interest, into something better served by man, would not be beneficial…

It appears that copyrights have been extended and extended without this occurrence having been addressed. The issue we have now is that articles that have been in the public domain for centuries, are now being bought up as investment and being protected….

This has the net tendency to take an item, invention, artistic work, or music out of the domain of those who would experience it. It has the net tendency to make our life experience less rich…

The balance between these two appears to be 5 years. If a product is copyrighted, it has 5 years until it should go on into the public domain. Anything over 5 years, will hereby be considered as being in the public domain, irregardless of protected laws, made secretly in the dark of night, sneaked through without discussion or buy in by society….

The Internet is the modern world’s form of speech. It has made mankind far more powerful, since instead of reading an idea, or seeing a scene, and having to describe it though interpretative means, we can actually communicate digitally that very idea, or scene itself, so the receiver can see exactly what we do… This improves the efficiency of communication between the human race and makes our promise, our responsibility to create a future better than the one we inherited, a bit more closer to reality.

No entity on this planet, has sole right to any copyrighted information, that is over 5 years or 1826 days. On the 1827 day, it becomes the property of all humanity.

All global laws need to reflect this reality.

Although he offered zero proof, zero, and ignored the fact that Newt Gingrich was never a registered Lobbyist, … he waded in with questions (charges) of his own……

“Was he working or were his entities working with any health care companies that could’ve benefited from that? That could represent not just evidence of lobbying but potentially wrongful activity of some kind,”

Can anyone else see how this is not an accusation, but a simple question? One born out of zero evidence.. Zero?

“While Florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, Newt Gingrich cashed in,” the TV ad says, noting that the former speaker made more than $1.6 million working for Freddie Mac. “Gingrich resigned from Congress in disgrace and then cashed in as a D.C. insider.”

Gingrich has said he was a consultant for Freddie Mac, the federally backed mortgage company that played a significant role in the housing crisis.

Romney said Gingrich should return the more than $1.6 million he made from the company.

The irony is,….

Mitt Romney also profited from investments in Freddie Mac.

His most recent financial disclosure forms show he had a direct investment in Freddie Mac worth between $100,000 and $250,000. He made between $5,000 and $15,000 in interest income on it between February 2010 and February 2011.

February 2010 to 2011…. All the while during this same frame of time, he criticized Newt Gingrich for what it turns out,… made Mitt Romney a little bit of cash…..

Flake.

Hypocrite.

Cardboard Candidate.

Whereas Newt may have been a “historian” (lol) for Fannie/Freddie Mac, he is a couple of miles closer to Main Street than is Romney.

We were rather curious as to why MegaUpload would be the target, especially since it seemed to be a legitimate company.

But this explains it… They were breaking up the monopoly that Record companies currently have over their artists…

We hear about the wealth of our entertainers… But hidden is how much more, the record companies are scamming off the entertainers products… We buy a U2 album, we think we are helping U2… they only get 1%… Universal takes the other 99%

Obviously, artists would like to perform for another venue. Obviously Universal would like to prevent that from happening.

MagaUpload was immune from both SOPA and PIPA bills.. That is because both bills excluded from control, any site with a .org, or .com in the suffix.

MegaUpLoad.com was therefore exempt…. because it is NOT a foreign registered site, but as a .com, is actually registered here, meaning SOPA and PIPA would not apply…

In the last few days and months, Megaupload had announced plans to help artists make more money… and had announced that very successful and famous music producer Swizz Beatz had become CEO of Megaupload. Beatz is also married to recording superstar Alicia Keys and was responsible for getting all those RIAA artists to endorse Megaupload. All indications were that the company was clearly building a legitimate system for artists to make money and fans to get content. And it seemed that many artists clearly supported the site.

At the same time there are huge questions about why the government is involved here. Megaupload is currently engaged in a lawsuit in the US — and contrary to claims of SOPA/PIPA supporters, the company seemed more than willing to appear in court to deal with civil copyright claims.

Here is the timeline for the DOJ takedown….

Early 2011″ – “The FBI contacted New Zealand Police in early 2011 with a request to assist with their investigation into the Mega Conspiracy.” said Detective Inspector Grant Wormald of OFCANZ
28-OCT-2011 – [1] MegaUpload labelled a ‘rogue’ site by MPAA.
09-DEC-2011 – [2] MegaUpload releases a music video with RIAA artists endorsing MegaUpload.
10-DEC-2011 – [3] UMG doesn’t like the video. Has it removed from YouTube.
12-DEC-2011 – [4] MegaUpload files suit against UMG on the grounds that UMG cannot remove the content as MegaUpload holds the copyright, not UMG.
16-DEC-2011 – [5] UMG says “So what? We can take down whatever we want!” and “You can’t touch us. This isn’t DMCA. We didn’t take it down because of copyright. We took it down because we can.”
21-DEC-2011 – [6] MegaUpload labelled a “rogue” site by the USTR.
28-DEC-2011 – [7] MegaUpload wants an explaination from UMG.
19-JAN-2012 – [8] MegaUpload shut down by Feds
20-JAN-2012 – [9] New Zealand arrests in US led global copyright infringement investigation of Megaupload.com and related sites

So who is in charge of our Justice System? Certainly not WE, the People……

From the New York Times……

“He helped devise a strategy that called for his coalition to line up a strong array of legislative sponsors and supporters behind two similar laws — the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House, and the Protect I.P. Act in the Senate — and then to move them through the Congress quickly before possible opposition from tech companies could coalesce.”

Translated: how can we trick Congress into passing this law before the American People find out….

Wouldn’t it be nice if campaign contributions could ONLY come from individual donors who were actually human?

If someone downloads a Hollywood movie or television series…. is that a loss of profit for a Movie studio?

They would like you to think so…

But most people download movies because they do not have the money to otherwise spend.

Therefore, they would never buy that product …. If it were not available, they would just do without…..

Today, everyone has access to a computer. There is no market for movies copyied on CD and sold on the black market. There is no money in downloaded movies. They are worthless entities…

What the availability of downloaded movies actually do, is to effectively market that product.

How often have you been in a group of strangers with time to kill and get stuck searching cable for a movie?

Do you trust the reviews, obviously slanted so you pick their product, or do you listen to other people and pick one that they have seen and say is good?

You know that answer.

One day soon it will be proven. The reason profits of movies studios and the entertainment industries are up, is because of the ability to “globally” upload movies on the internet…. More people now (or did) have access to “Hollywood” across this globe than ever before… Theoretically, even if one out of ten viewers later buys the product after testing it, that is a boon for movie moguls. Don’t ever think anyone in the Third World will buy without first testing.

Without such glowing reviews from our peers, when it comes to fluffy entertainment, …. we will prefer to spend our hard money on more worthwhile causes.

As a concerned citizen, I am beginning to accept that a boycott of Hollywood until charges against MegaUpload are dismissed … is exactly the precise action that is needed…..

After all, “Hollywood Jobs are at stake.”…..

I used to admire him. I used to defend him… When Republicans lashed out at his Wall Street reform bill, I was right there, finger on the trigger, mowing them down……

But, the dude has since had a stroke and has sold out… In fact, quite a few Democrats have sold out…

In case you did not hear, Chris Dodd, who incidentally is now head of the most corrupt institution in America, the MPAA (Movie Pictures Association of America)…. went on Fox News…
(Fox News? ) to blast his fellow Democrats…….

“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don’t ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don’t pay any attention to me when my job is at stake,”

(Dude, Fox News just owned you; do you not know how often Republicans will play that very indicting clip IN EVERY DISTRICT this upcoming election cycle?)

Couple that with the threat made on Wednesday , that if Obama did not throw his full support behind the existing SOPA or PIPA bills currently up for vote, then Hollywood was withholding all their donations this time around…….. we begin to see the big picture…..

Washington is just stupid.

Allow me to qualify that…

Since the “boiling over” of frustration from August’s flub of a standard debt ceiling passage, the overload that gave the Occupy Movement immense credibility and resonance when it began it’s long drawn-out protest, normal everyday Americans are waking up to the notion that their government is totally corrupt, completely bought out, and not one damn bit interested in what they are experiencing or have to say……..

Then, on a day when their most trusted sources of knowledge (Internet) go black, Chris Dodd makes a blundering threat that confirms and amplifies EXACTLY about what Americans are concerned….

Their politicians are bought, sold, and paid for…….

SOPA And PIPA are symbols of a greater evil: The horrific evil that BIG BUSINESS is taking over the world… (That is an exaggeration, but then again, symbols always are) …

If Dodd truly, as he expressed in the NY Times Opinion Piece, wanted to turn things around and come to a more reasonable result, the approach he took is exactly how NOT to do it.

When people are concerned that the laws hurting them, are passed out of intimidation over campaign funding, to threaten politicians publicly with intimidation, is exactly how NOT to go……

So….

If Washington is broken, how do we fight back?

By boycotting Hollywood…. (Forget the distraction of the puppets; aim the snout of your rifle upwards at the hidden puppeteer.)

How is that possible?

Do not pay for movies.
Do not pay for television.
Do not pay for anything but independent artists.

Independent artists…btw, are really cool…..

Hmmmm, what on earth could be going on at Fox News?

Number 1….

Gingrich shoots down corporate media……

Number 2

Gingrich accurately defines the SOPA and PIPA battle.

Number 3

The consensus on stage, is that on most issues in which Newt lead the dicussion, he was right.

My friends on the left are gleeful at Newt’s coronation as the Republican candidate. They seem to be unaware that Newt is right on these libertarian life themes. Obama is not. It is not cool to say your were a proponent of SOPA or PIPA, before you were against it…..

It could be a very tough race for my friends on the left.

Would any American support a law imposed on us by Communist China?

Would any American support a law imposed on us by Islamic Iran?

Would any American support a law imposed on us by Mexico?

Would any American support a law imposed on us by Canada?

Would any New Yorker support a law imposed on them by South Carolina?

Would any South Carolinian support a law imposed on them by New York?

Would any Delawarean support a law imposed on them by Alaska?

No?

When put in this perspective, the phrase…”it’s the law…” rings rather hollow…

It’s the law… of what? It’s the law of…. who? It’s the law decided by whom?…… What reference does this law have to me?

Such is every Americans feeling to corporate law… These laws were applied to the lawbooks without our knowledge. These laws were applied to the lawbooks without our approval… There laws were applied to the lawbooks not in an open environment, but subtlely sneaked in, unannounced, unnoticed, unapproved, unsubstantiated, and unconstitutional…..

These laws that are being upheld, benefit a very thin percentage of people, a razor thin percentage of people. at the expense of the majority…..

Rick Santorium stands up and states we are a nation of law. We follow the rule of law…

Yes, we will follow a rule of law onto which a majority of us signs on to… But nowhere in our contract with America did we agree to follow laws that have not been sanctioned by the Constitution as being legal. Nowhere in our contract with America, did we agree to follow the phantom that corporations were human beings. that corporations had just as much right as people to write laws, get them passed, and then uphold them… as if they were people….

There are times when breaking the law, is better than following it…

If you don’t believe me, just ask Jesus.