Monday, January 30, 2012
Jack Abramoff’s a bad man, and this documentary shows you why. Read my review of it here.

Jack Abramoff’s a bad man, and this documentary shows you why. Read my review of it here.

Posted at 2:03 PM Tags: alex gibney jack abramoff movies reviews jaj politics crime casino jack and the united states of money usa documentary bob ney
Friday, January 20, 2012
cartographymaps: Unknown, 1920, World Colonial Powers in 1919

cartographymaps:

Unknown, 1920, World Colonial Powers in 1919

Posted at 5:20 PM 81 notes Reblogged from cartographymaps Tags: world maps colonialism usa uk history
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Do your civic duty

I just called my US Representative and both of my US Senators to voice my opposition against SOPA and PIPA. You should do the same.

Michiganders: Your senators are Carl Levin (D) (202-224-6221) and Debbie Stabenow (D) (202-224-4822). If you’re in Ann Arbor, you share my Representative, John Dingell (D, MI-15) (202-225-4071).

Call them. For Levin and Stabenow, you get an option to leave a message by pressing 1 or to speak to a member of the staff (by pressing 2 for Levin’s system, 3 for Stabenow’s). SPEAK TO A MEMBER OF THE STAFF. If you’re nervous or don’t know what to say, here’s something like what I said:

“I’m calling to voice my strong opposition to the Stop Online Privacy / Protect IP Act, because I believe that it is legislation that would be very damaging to the Internet and the basic civil liberty of freedom of speech. I want (insert name here) to know that if (s)he supports this piece of legislation, they are doing a disservice to their constituents and that they will effectively lose my vote”

For Levin and Stabenow, I added something similar to: “I’d also like to add my strong disgust for the Senator’s support of the National Defense Authorization Act, which I believe threatens to undermine our freedom in this country. Honestly, (s)he’s already lost my vote because of his/her position on NDAA, but if (s)he’d like to redeem him/herself as a human being and as a representative of American liberties, (s)he will vote against PIPA.”

The US is great because we have a representative democracy that (in theory, at least) gives a voice to the people. Use your voice. Stand up for your rights.

Posted at 9:37 AM 6 notes Tags: pipa sopa legislation politics america usa government internet freedom rights the people