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__Bonk__  5 stars
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-Espiritu-  2 stars
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it's for your protection

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
Posts: 5,122
Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
Its very sad. Fear of terrorism and now the Democrats love of hollywood because it gives them money is causing the internet to become more and more less free over time.

 

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-Espiritu-  2 stars
Posts: 269
Registered: 2004-11-29 18:27:00
Pretty soon your internet provider will have a bill that looks like this:


$39.99 Monthly 15MB/5MB


Surcharges and Other Fees

9-1-1 Emergency System

Billed for Cook County .48

Federal Universal Service Fee 4.02

IL Universal Service Fee 2.91

Police and Fire Protection Fee 2.25

Fair Use Surcharges and Other Fees 9.66

Film Actors Guild Fee 3.64

Stop Global Warming Fee 1.28


Taxes

Federal at 3% 3.25

State at 5% 6.16

Backbone at .1% .12

 

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NuEM  4 stars
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Registered: 2004-3-2 09:08:11
The Pirate Party currently gets around 12% in the polls over here and is a little scared of its own success.

 

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Allstarslacker  3 stars
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Registered: 2006-5-23 20:09:28
The internet offers people far more power over their actions than any other aspect of their lives.

They're afraid it will go away.
Sezyrrith  2 stars
Posts: 257
Registered: 2003-7-13 05:04:05
__Bonk__ posted:

Its very sad. Fear of terrorism and now the Democrats love of hollywood because it gives them money is causing the internet to become more and more less free over time.



You cite the Democrats' love of Hollywood. Are you referring to SOPA/PIPA? I ask because those weren't partisan. Republican Representative Lamar Smith from Texas wrote SOPA, while PIPA was started by Patrick Leahy, a Democratic Senator from Vermont. It had extremely strong support from both sides before the protests gained momentum. Partisanship had nothing to do with it, at all.

 

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the_great_intex  4 stars
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The MPAA and RIAA are huge lobbyist inside the government who have bought and paid for politicians on both "sides" including many, many inside the DoJ. VP Biden is one of the hugest MPAA/RIAA puppets there was in Congress when he was there

 

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