Six strikes makes your ISP your online parents

From Demand Progress:

Tell ISPs: No "Six Strikes" Plan -- Or We'll Take Our Business Elsewhere

Here it comes: After over a year of secret negotiations with the players who pushed SOPA, the major Internet Service Providers on the verge of implementing their "Six Strikes" plan to fight "online infringement". With essentially no due process, AT&T, Cablevision Systems, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon will get on your case if you're accused of violating intellectual property rights -- and eventually even interfere with your ability to access the Internet. (You can contest accusations -- if you fork over $35.)

After the first few supposed violations, they'll alert you that your connection was engaging in behavior that they -- the giant corporations that provide your Internet service -- deem inappropriate.

And then it gets really dicey: They can make it difficult for you to access the web, or start throttling down your connection. From Wired:

After four alerts, according to the program, “mitigation measures” may commence. They include “temporary reductions of Internet speeds, redirection to a landing page until the subscriber contacts the ISP to discuss the matter or reviews and responds to some educational information about copyright, or other measures (as specified in published policies) that the ISP may deem necessary to help resolve the matter.”

That's right: These mega-corporations now claim the authority to undermine your Internet access -- and want to serve as judge, jury, and executioner. Tell them to back off -- or that you'll start looking for other places to bring your business.

Just add your name at right to tell the ISPs to back down.

To sign the petition:click here

You pay your ISP for internet service now you can pay them to be your parents too. If this appeals to you do nothing,you don't deserve this republic serviceMEN died for. On the other hand If you're not a big fan of this maneuver then sign the petition. The freedoms you save may be your own.

End the TSA

From Campaign For Liberty:

Have you heard?

About the TSA, I mean.

You'd think the TSA realized its screening policies violated Americans' civil liberties and begged forgiveness for violating our dignity...

At least based off the headlines and self-congratulatory statements from politicians I saw earlier this year.

I'm referring to the stories about TSA ending its contract with Rapiscan to use its "backscatter" nudie scanners.

The headlines led many to believe ALL the scanners would be gone.

Wouldn't that be nice?

In reality, the truth is much less straight forward.

Most of the press got this one wrong. Way wrong...

While the TSA ended its much publicized contract with Rapiscan, they still have contracts with three separate companies (L-3, Smiths Group Plc, and American Science & Engineering Inc.).

Rapiscan was unable to comply with a Congressional mandate requiring the scanners to have a "privacy filter."

In other words, there will still be potentially harmful backscatter and millimeter wave scanners in our nation's airports - only with "privacy filters."

That's comforting...

Only 250 machines are leaving our airports, and while they may just end up collecting dust in a government warehouse, the TSA says it is searching for a new home for the scanners with another government agency.

While this is a small step in the right direction, it's clear we have a long way yet to go.

That's why it's more important than ever that we double-down our pressure on politicians to rein in the rogue agency.

For too long, you and I have been treated more like cattle than human beings for simply exercising our natural right to travel freely.

I refuse to trade my dignity for any fleeting promise of "security."

And I hope you feel the same way.

Last Congress, Campaign for Liberty worked with Senator Rand Paul to create a plan to End the TSA!

We intend to do so again, but you and I must help Senator Paul show there is overwhelming support for such a heavy undertaking.

You can pledge to stand with Senator Rand Paul and C4L to End the TSA by signing your Statement of Support today!

Taking on the most visible aspect of America's national security state is not going to be easy.

You and I know the TSA operates retroactively in response to yesterday's terrorists, but many Americans fail to see the TSA for what it is - tens of billions worth of "security theater."

Furthermore, there is a lot to address about this agency beyond its demeaning screening procedures.

TSA employees officially unionized last year under the American Federation of Government Employees Union, a national affiliate of the AFL-CIO.

This means it will be that much harder to fire that disgusting screener who seemed to enjoy your "enhanced pat-down" a little too much.

And as if that weren't enough, there's the "mission creep" aspect.

Campaign for Liberty has long warned about the TSA's plans for expanding far beyond our airports.

Unfortunately, it's already happening, and at a frighteningly fast pace.

You see, here in Washington, D.C., it's not uncommon to run into TSA bag-checkers on the Metro (that's our "subway" to those of you outside D.C.).

TSA VIPR (Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response) teams have been deployed to train stations and highways.

And that's not even the worst of it.

Inexplicably, Transportation Security Officers were present at both the Republican and Democrat National Conventions.

A bit removed from their "transportation security" mandate, no?

For these, and many more reasons space prevents me from expounding on, it should be a high priority for Americans to seek to End the TSA!

It offends our decency, our dignity, and our self-respect.

Any agency that is so blatantly committed to infringing on our natural and constitutionally protected rights simply must be abolished.

I hope you'll sign your Statement of Support to show you will stand with Senator Rand Paul and C4L to End the TSA!

After you've signed your Statement, please share this letter with your contacts to let them know about our efforts.

A task this monumental will require much heavy-lifting from the grassroots.

Will you stand with us?

In Liberty,

Tim Shoemaker
Director of Legislation

P.S. The TSA was in the news again recently. This time, the headlines made it appear we'd won a huge victory! Unfortunately that was far from the truth.

The TSA remains a grave threat to our civil liberties, as "mission creep" sets in, and they expand far beyond our airports.

Will you join C4L and Senator Paul in working to End the TSA?

Sign the statement here

Sounds great. Let's get some of our freedoms back by reining in a rouge agency. Now if we can de-unionize them and get rid of them that would be great. It's one thing to be a threat to terrorists,which they're not. It's another to be a threat to American citizen's privacy,which they are and what do they have to show for it? Nothing. How many terrorists plots were thwarted by TSA? None. The TSA hasn't stopped the terrorists they've just replaced them.

Deliever the knockout blow that will knockout SOPA

Imagine sitting down at your computer one morning to catch up on the latest at CampaignForLiberty.org and instead having this pop up on your screen:(see above)

After doing a little digging, you find out that Campaign for Liberty's web domain was seized by the government because a Federal Reserve official claimed content we had posted violated copyright - with no more than the accusation serving as cause and C4L receiving no chance to defend itself against the charge.

Hoping this is a temporary mistake - a fluke move by a bored bureaucrat that will soon be corrected - you head to another favorite site to get the latest on the freedom movement...

...only to have the same image assault your eyes.

And it doesn't stop there.

Time and again that morning you encounter the same notice - seeing it over and over as you try to access any alternative to the establishment echo chamber that claims to be "news."

In only the time it takes to stroke a few keys, the federal government has muzzled its opposition.

And they did it while you were sleeping.

Ray, this isn't an exaggeration or desperate fear mongering.

This is exactly what statists are working to make happen at this very minute.

But together, you and I can turn this Big Government-lover's dream into a nightmare for the political class.

We've done it before.

In just a moment, I'll show you how you can fight back.

But first let me provide a little background on the threat you and I are facing.

Last year, thanks to the quick action of C4L members and millions of other Americans, the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) was thrown out the window right when it seemed to be fast-tracked to pass.

Proposed under the cloak of "protecting copyright," SOPA would have allowed the federal government to shut down websites for minor copyright violations or even a private allegation of a violation.

Without due process, entire websites could have been shuttered for inadvertent violations, malicious attacks, or a made-up claim.

To illustrate SOPA's potentially devastating impact, CampaignForLiberty.org and many other websites, including Wikipedia, "went dark" for 24 hours.

Activists rose up with such a backlash that legislators couldn't trample each other fast enough in a mad scramble to backpedal from the bill.

Many believed SOPA gone for good.

As it turns out, it was just on the ropes.

Now you and I must deliver the knockout blow.

In recent weeks, stories have surfaced reporting that pro-SOPA forces are gearing up to resurrect the legislation with a vengeance.

Some in Hollywood even believe President Obama's reelection gives him a mandate to pass bills like SOPA, and you better believe attacks on our freedoms from highly connected lobbyists will be well-funded.

So today, I'm asking you to take 30 seconds to exercise your right to free speech on the Internet by signing our "Hands Off the Internet" fax form to your representative and senators.

Our "Hands Off the Internet" statement clearly puts politicians on notice that if they thought the first backlash over SOPA was intense, they haven't seen anything yet.

The establishment uses pro-SOPA rhetoric to distract from the real agenda - shoving government's foot further in the door to rein in the area where our movement is growing the fastest.

The Internet is a refuge for liberty-minded Americans looking to get educated about the issues, equipped with the knowledge to be effective activists, and connected with other concerned citizens.

The web fuels pro-liberty efforts all across the globe.

And the elites can't stand it.

There's still time to act before SOPA's supporters gain momentum, so please sign our "Hands Off the Internet" fax form to your representative and senators right away.

Don't let the hypothetical situation from the beginning of this email turn into your cold, hard reality one future morning.

Take action today.

In Liberty,

Matt Hawes
Vice President of Programs

P.S. After its crushing defeat in 2012, many believed SOPA gone for good.

But recent reports indicate it is just on the ropes - waiting for us to deliver the knockout blow.

Help preserve Americans' freedoms online and safeguard the liberty message by signing our "Hands Off the Internet" fax form to your representative and senators today.

Sign fax form here

If the idea of the government censoring the news and deciding what you can watch and what you can't appeals to you then you are in the wrong part of the web. On the other hand,if all those things sound repugnant to you then please fill out this fax form and let those we elect know we will not tolerate them stepping on our liberties. The civil liberties you save may be your own,sign that fax form today.

A couple of things I want to bring to your attention

First,the bad news: CISPA is back. That anti-privacy bill is back for the new Congress. It was bullshit last time and it is just as equally bullshit now. If you believe in safeguarding your privacy stand up for it by opposing CISPA. More on CISPA here

Now the good news: Good guy U.S. Senator Rand Paul (Kentucky-R) introduced Audit The Fed in the Senate. What Audit The Fed will do is make the Federal Reserve accountable to the American people. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve,Ben Bernanke,is fighting Audit The Fed tooth and nail. This is where Senator Paul needs you help click here. You want transparency in government? Make it happen.

Let's demand answers in the death of Aaron Swartz

Tens of thousands of people have used the White House's petition site to demand that President Obama fire Aaron Swartz's prosecutor Carmen Ortiz -- easily surpassing the 25,000 signature threshold that's supposed to guarantee a response.

Aaron died more than two weeks ago, but the White House still hasn't even issued a statement.

We've been waiting far too long. Help us demand answers from the White House. It's enough already: They need to respond to our calls and fire Ortiz.

Just click here to tell the White House to stop stonewalling and fire Ortiz.

There's actually some good news to report: The House Oversight Committee has responded to our requests and is calling for a briefing on Aaron's prosecution from the Department of Justice.

That's because what happened to Aaron looks far more like a persecution than a prosecution: Ortiz wanted him to serve upwards of 35 years in federal prison for downloading too many ACADEMIC ARTICLES.

We've demanded answers, Congress is demanding answers. It's time for the White House to stop ignoring us.

Click here to tell the White House to stop stonewalling and fire Ortiz already!

To sign the petitions click here

35+ simply for downloading academic articles? If he wasn't doing anything illegal why the heavy-handed methods? The government did what it could to silence him. There are some that are saying Swartz was the recipient of an assisted suicide.

Tell Cantor and Boehner not to back down

From Campaign For Liberty:

John Boehner and Eric Cantor are planning on a surrender on the debt limit fight THIS MORNING.

Please read the message below from John Tate that details their cowardly plans.

Afterwards, call Boehner, Cantor, and YOUR Representative IMMEDIATELY and DEMAND they vote "NO" on a debt ceiling increase.

Speaker Boehner - (202) 225-0600 email

Majority Leader Cantor - (202) 225-4000 email

Find your represatative here

Just hours ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he will postpone his assault on the filibuster until Thursday.

This battle is far from over, but thanks to your consistent action and quick work to turn up the pressure, it's clear Harry Reid is scrambling to find the votes he needs.

But right now, there's another all-out EMERGENCY C4L needs your help to combat.

Tomorrow, in a push led by Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the U.S. House is scheduled to vote on a plan to increase the debt limit by... infinity.

You see, passage of this scheme would hand President Obama a blank check to spend whatever he can get through Congress before this summer!

That's why it's vital you give Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor, and your U.S. Representative a piece of your mind IMMEDIATELY!

Only weeks ago, as they caved in to President Obama's demands for higher spending and increased taxes, Republican leadership told you and me not to worry.

Sure, our nation is mired in over $16 TRILLION of debt.

Sure, it's common sense that Congress needs to rein in its reckless, drunken spending.

But first, they had to cave in to President Obama on economy-crushing higher taxes (and just you never mind that their plan hiked spending, too)...

The good news, we were told, was the new debt ceiling fight would surely give fiscal conservatives the "leverage" they'd been seeking to cut spending!

Now, those outright LIES have been totally exposed.

It seems Speaker Boehner and Eric Cantor are afraid to EVER stand up to President Obama and Harry Reid's demands for more spending.

In fact, under this new scheme, whatever new spending hikes, massive new boondoggles, and outrageous new assaults on our liberties President Obama can ram through an increasingly compliant Congress by May 19 will be automatically funded with borrowing increases.

And with the Federal Reserve eager to buy up as much debt as they can with dollars created out of thin air, I fear what this could mean to our already fragile economy.

That's why it's vital you take action right away!

Please call House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor at once.

Tell them exactly what you think of this new scheme to grow government, chicken out from taking a stand again, and stick you with the bill – and do not mince words.

While you're at it, call your U.S. Representative.

Tell your Representative to vote "NO!" on this radical scheme before it's too late.

Our window to make our voices heard is rapidly closing, so please act at once!

In Liberty,

John Tate
President

P.S. Tomorrow, in a push led by Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the U.S. House is scheduled to vote on a plan to increase the debt ceiling by... infinity.

That's why it's vital you contact Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor and demand they abandon this radical scheme.

Please also contact your U.S. Representative and make your opinion clearly known.

Sounds good. We don't have the money to spend on Obama's mad scheme so someone needs to tell him where to go. Obama needs to leave this alone,abandon his feminist schemes and stir this country right. We don't have the money for his bullshit so tell him to leave it alone.

Audit the Fed-let's get this finished

From Campaign For Liberty:

Our fragile economy is speeding toward a collision with economic ruin.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has jammed his foot down on the gas pedal.

And now statist economists are even discussing hyperinflationary "minting" out of thin air - arguing the Fed should create a trillion-dollar coin to pay our rapidly expanding debt!

Without your action today, I'm afraid members of BOTH parties will continue to just look the other way while the Fed's "print-now, ask-questions-later" policies bankrupt every man, woman, and child in the United States.

That's why I'm counting on you to fill out your Audit the Fed petition to Campaign for Liberty to make YOUR voice heard IMMEDIATELY.

I'll give you the link in just a moment. But first let me explain exactly why this is so important.

I know the Fed banksters believe they've wined and dined and bought off enough politicians to keep up their iron grip on our economy.

But while the Fed may have cash and connections, you and C4L have the numbers. And politics is a numbers game.

Five years ago, few dared talk about sound money or the role of the Federal Reserve.

But now, between 70-80% of Americans believe the Fed should be audited.

And as any politician worth his salt knows, standing in the way of nearly three quarters of the American people when they're activated and mobilized on an issue is like standing in the way of an oncoming freight train.

But none of that matters if good folks like you don't take action.

You see, after Harry Reid recently praised Bernanke - and said he'd have to "talk to" the Fed Chairman before allowing a vote on Audit the Fed - there's no doubt he's in the Fed's back pocket.

And ever since the GOP's 2012 election debacle, House Republican leadership has been in disarray.

Their willingness to allow President Obama to set the agenda on taxes and spending has me worried Audit the Fed will be swept under the rug.

This would be a DISASTER.

With passage of Audit the Fed, the American people will be able to see the evidence proving the Federal Reserve System leads to:

*** Constant economic crises. The housing crisis and the resulting chaos is just one example of an economic bubble created by centrally planned interest rates and money manipulation;

*** The destruction of the middle class. As fuel, food, housing, medical care, and education costs soar, everyone who is NOT on the government dole is forced to make do with less as the value of their money slowly decreases;

*** Currency destruction. History shows us that riots, violence, and full-scale police states can result when people finally realize our money isn't worth the paper it's printed on and REFUSE to accept it.

So won't you please sign your Audit the Fed petition to C4L TODAY?

I hope you'll act IMMEDIATELY.

Even after 2012's "QE3" - which was dubbed "QE-infinity" for its never-ending inflationary printing spree - news is the Fed is "considering" another $870 BILLION QE4!

On top of that, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is DEMANDING the President be handed the unilateral ability to raise the debt ceiling at will!

So the solution to our economic problems is infinite dollar devaluation to pay for infinite spending?

Any sane person can see the answer is "NO!"

Now, countries around the globe - after spending years enabling the statists' lavish boondoggles by buying U.S. debt - are saying "enough is enough" and are preparing to cut the last thread preserving the dollar.

But the banksters and Washington, D.C.'s politically connected corporate cronies couldn't care less.

They're happy so long as their coffers are flush with Fed cash, taxpayer bailouts, and special government "perks" designed to destroy capitalism's name and usher in even more government control over our lives.

But if Campaign for Liberty can turn up the heat on Congress once again, every politician - including Harry Reid - will have a choice to make:

Vote to pass Audit the Fed... or find a new job.

Ultimately, it's their call.

All I know is, I can think of several politicians off the top of my head that I wouldn't mind joining me in retirement!

That's why it's so critical you sign your Audit the Fed petition to Campaign for Liberty TODAY!

Thanks to the support of good folks like you, Campaign for Liberty has a "reputation" in Washington, D.C.

Last year, thanks to their efforts, Audit the Fed passed the House by an overwhelming three-fourths majority.

In fact, C4L has quickly become the big spending, Big Government statists' number-one enemy.

And I think that's a good thing.

Today, I'm asking you to join their efforts by signing your Audit the Fed petition to C4L and - if possible - agreeing to a generous contribution.

With your support, C4L will launch an all-out drive to give the American people a voice in calling for Audit the Fed by:

1) Contacting up to 12 million Americans via hard-hitting mail and email to alert them to the Fed's shady dealings;

2) Running web ads on heavily trafficked websites, working the blogs, and launching a state-of-the-art Facebook campaign to reach and mobilize up to four million more supporters;

3) Work the talk radio lines, write op-eds, and continue to take the fight to the statists' phony intellectual machine, which got us into this economic mess in the first place;

4) In the days before the vote, launch hard-hitting radio, newspaper, and Internet ads calling on Representatives and Senators by name to support Audit the Fed;

5) And finally, if funds permit, C4L will launch an excoriating TV ad campaign - to be unveiled in key states in massive press conferences - ensuring every targeted Senator knows his reelection could ride on his or her Audit the Fed vote.

This is an ambitious plan, I know. But it's what it will take to win.

Sadly, not everyone understands the damage the Fed routinely causes with its inflationary policies.

Some - especially those who leech off government and have wedded themselves to Big Government's big handouts - just won't "get it" until catastrophe hits them in the face.

That's why these times call for true patriots.

I know you understand doing nothing is not an option.

So won't you please agree to sign your Audit the Fed petition to C4L.

You have the ability to make a difference.

I've seen it. My former colleagues in Washington, D.C. have seen it, too.

So please sign your Audit the Fed petition to C4L.

For Liberty,

Dr. Ron Paul
Chairman

P.S. I'm counting on you to sign your Audit the Fed petition to C4L right away.

With your signed petition and generous support, C4L members and thousands of other Americans can finally EXPOSE the Federal Reserve's corruption and rampant cronyism.

Sign the petition

We've been at this for a while. We want to see what the fed is up to and this may be our chance. Let's put the pressure up sign the petition right away.