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
Iowa: Town halls starting Jan. 5-19. Sen. Grassley is a co-sponsor and needs to hear from you!
Top Priority for IA:
GO TO TOWNHALL MEETINGS!
GO TO TOWNHALL MEETINGS!
Senator Chuck Grassley, a co-sponsor of PIPA, has a list of town halls throughout the month, starting January 6th. Urge him to change his position!
- Join the meetup for Senator Grassley's townhalls and invite as many people as possible. There are townhall meetings in several different locations.
- Senator Harkin, on the other hand has no meeting scheduled. Call the state scheduler, Pam Rigleb at (515) 284-4574 to request a meeting.
Be polite and professional, and request a meeting on behalf of Iowa 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 Iowa 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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Senators,
My name is Keith Smith and I am a registered voter, student, parent, and concerned citizen contacting you on behalf of Iowa for Internet Freedom. While it may seem to some that internet censorship is in the best interest of all, it isn't. The beneficiaries of such legislation are media outlets, large businesses, and the shadier side of big government. It would give those in power positions the ability to prevent and eliminate any negative ideas as a start. Once opposition is removed, propaganda has free reign. This has been the case through-out history. Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Kim Jong il, Chairman Mao, and Pol Pot all began their genocidal regimes by censorship and propaganda.
Also, to censor the ideas of others violates the first ammendment rights of freedom of expression, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Unabashed compilation/plaguerization of both of your comments sent to Harkin and Grassley , as a letter from me hope you don't mind. Now to look up some congress people.
JonThompson I too am a tech employee in West Des Moines and was curious as to any other town hall meeting that your group plans to attend. There are a lot of town hall meetings in small towns around the Des Moines area, within 45 mins to an hour long drive and I would consider driving myself to one of them.
Government, I'm saying no! I'm keeping my Freedom of Speech whether you like it or not.