Stop American Censorship
Internet censorship is going to a vote in the Senate on January 24th (known as PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House). While Senators are in their home states for the January recess, we need to flood their public meetings and offices with our concerns about the bill. Learn More
Louisiana for Internet Freedom
Top Priority for LA: Set up Meetings
Please continue trying to schedule meetings:
- Call 504-589-2427 to meet with Senator Landrieu, a co-sponsor of PIPA.
- Call the office nearest to you to find out about the local town halls Senator Vitter has planned. He is a co-sponsor of PIPA.
Be polite and professional, and request a meeting on behalf of Louisiana for Internet Freedom (the folks in this forum) to discuss the PROTECT IP Act and SOPA. Make it clear that you want to meet with the Senator during the January recess, and that you'll be bringing others from your group. Have your calendar open when you call, so you can pick a time that works for you. When finished, post a report-back.
For example: "Hi, my name is ________, I'm with Louisiana for Internet freedom, and I'm calling to request a meeting with Senator _______ during the January recess. The PROTECT IP vote is happening on January 24th, and I wanted the Senator to understand my concerns before the vote happens."
IMPORTANT: If you do get a meeting, post another message. That way others can join you in your meeting. If there's any other specific information we should include in this post, message us and we can add it.
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i speak with landrieu's rep in lake Charles and in short despite the arguments with him and by noticing on the phone i had him looking for ways to combat my arguments. but the end result is despite the arguments made and the concerns he said that she will support the bill.
i want to make clear i did not say i was from this site because i wanted to try and speak to them first. becasue i wanted to face them alone and see for my self what there veiws are. im sorry
now that i know there views i need help with a local groupe and honestly i am the only one i know of that rejects sopa and pipa.
1. i can not get a personal meeting with him but i can send a mesage to him and say no to sopa and get a letter back.
2. there is a town hall meeting in town of turkey creek in the town hall on the 10th in evangeline parish at 12:30 p.m.
i will call turkey creek city hall to find out where the town hall is tomorrow.
Vitter to host town-hall meeting
You can voice your concerns to U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., at a town-hall meeting set for next week.
The meeting will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12. at the Houma Municipal Auditorium, 880 Verret St.
Vitter will discuss federal spending, the national debt, new health-care regulations and job growth.
this was found in a google news search. so the town hall meetings seem to be true but i wil check the one at turkey creek to make sure its true
U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, is hosting meetings in Evangeline and Sabine parishes next week to hear from constituents.
The
first meeting will be at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Turkey Creek
Community Center, 12850 Veterans Memorial Highway, in Evangeline Parish.
The Sabine Parish meeting is set for 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Many Town Hall.
"We'llbe discussing the issues most important to them, including my efforts
to bring Louisiana common sense to Washington, reform the culture of
runaway federal spending and debt, and develop positive solutions to get
our economy going again," Vitter said.
turkey creek
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:30.87053,-92.41445
many town hall in sabine parish
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:30.87053,-92.41445
please be advised if you do go to these towns please be respectful and polite. if they ask you to leave then do so.
these meetings are in small towns and i don't know how they act about stuff like this. just my advice i want no one to be in a conflict.
thank you for your kindness. good luck,
No one seems to know about it/care about it in Lake Charles, either (at least, from my observations). Wikipedia going down is bound to have an impact, though, especially around campus. I sent my e-mails to the senators, and I'll print out a few fliers, but honestly, I think Wikipedia shutting down is going to reach more Louisiana residents than anything. After tomorrow, more people will know what's going on, and with knowledge comes power :D
I moved from Hammond to Covington to take a new job. I work in IT and sideline a VHP business. This legislation is dangerous to both the company I work for as well as my own business. I routinely post the statuses of both SOPA and PIPA on facebook and I have personally begun to boycott the companies I can that support either of these horrible abominations. At this point, I currently refuse to do business with the following:
3M
1-800-PetMeds
Adidas
Comcast
Bose
Dollar General
EA
GoDaddy
Harley-Davidson
Marvel Entertainment
McGraw-Hill
Monster Cable
New Balance
Nike
Nintendo
Reebok
Rite Aid
Rosetta Stone
Scholastic
SoBe
Sony
Dow Chemical
McGraw-Hill
Toshiba
Wal-Mart
Any new vendor for my own business gets "background checked" to see where their position is on SOPA/PIPA. I agree that the blackout will get more attention than anything. The thing that sucks is that my ISP will be starting up services at my new address tomorrow when everyone will be blacked out. I will suffer for the cause but that is fine. I have also started the process of moving my domains off of GoDaddy and on to Name.com. Everyone can boycott this in their own little way. This is just mine. It is really kind of fun letting companies know that their actions and stupidity have actually cost them a sale or two (Cisco had to learn this lesson). Everyone has alternatives with the exception of the government granted monopoly that is AT&T for internet.
As for status, I know the White House opposes SOPA and have even vowed to veto it should it get there. And SOPA have actually been indefinitely shelved. PIPA is still waiting to be voted on. I hope this gives someone some inspiration to stand up and stop this trampling of rights.
Town hall meeting in Hammond La. at 2:00 pm- 3:00 pm on Wednesday January 18th
(Hammond City council Chambers) 310 E. Charles Street. Hammond La.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-against-SOPA/304313362953003?sk=info
first step:
1._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a under copyright item
2._ No subscriber to this group will ever go to a cinema
3._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy film on pay tv
4._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a book (paper or e-book)
5._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a news paper
6._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a magazine of any kind
7._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a CD
8._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a DVD