Franken and Klobuchar on PIPA protests: We heard your concerns

Klobuchar continues to co-sponsor of PIPA after protests! I, Jack Shepard ( am running against Sen. Klobuchar in the Aug. 14 DFL U. S. Senate Primary to eliminate her from the U.S. Senate to make it impossible for her to return to the Senate next year and pass her internet Bill, I - Jack Shepard  am concerned about government regulation of the internet.

visit my  web site www.jackshepardforsenate.com   to learn how we can eliminate Klobuchar to stop her from regulating the internet!

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If you don't believeme, by voting for me is the only way to eliminate Klobuchar from the Senate read this> I am that the only way to elect a Minnesota Republican U.S. Senator on Nov. 6,in the General Election is to beat Sen. Amy Klobuchar in her Minnesota August14 DFL U.S. Senate Primary Eelction then read this because if Amy Klobucharbeats Jack Shepard and get her name on the Minnesota General Election Ballotshe is UNBEATABLE becasue she is the most Popular U.S Senator in America

Did you all know Amy Klobuchar received campaign contributions totaling more than $18,000 from Tom Petters in 2006?

I wonder if she refunded that money so it could be giving back to the people Tom Petters screwed.  Or perhaps she agrees with the methods in which Tom got this money.

Lot of campaign finance info on ANYBODY and EVERYBODY in those links I provided in my previous posts. (FIND ALL THE DATA HERE- TransparencyData. com)Use it!Be active!Hold them ALL accountable!  (the (r's) and the (d's))

According to the bills (house and senate), ONLY Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken are among the "Sponsors/Cosponsors"  from Minnesota.

All others represent constituents from another state.Work locally first.  This where your opinion actually means something...

Intellectual property is a sham, no one can own an idea, an image, a song, a computer program. All that can be done is establishing a government that uses brute force to prevent others from exercising their freedom of expression.

I don't care if she's for a compromise now.  Amy Klobuchar is a corporate whore (especially when it comes to sucking off big media) who should be voted out of office.  She co-sponsored a bill that would have curtailed freedom in this country and the world, and probably failed to read/comprehend it.

Here's a petition made about this issue and Al Franken.http://www.change.org/petition... 

There's actually an amendment called OPEN that would actually do what SOPA is trying to do.

Wait.. what, now Michele Bachmann is too stupid to not agree with.  I'm confused.

I am an artist.  (With a still blocked out website by the way.  I'm not Wikipedia/Google/Craiglist/etc. so I can protest for longer than a day)  Of COURSE I take Copyright Laws seriously and don't agree with theft of intellectual property.  I ALSO work ironically in the music industry.  Won't go into detail other than to say my work involves being ONLINE all the time.  SOPA & PIPA will NOT make me feel anymore protected as a member of the arts community.  As for my clients I work for, there won't BE a job for me if I can't market using the internet.  Nor will I be able to effectively continue to pursue my own dreams and career aspirations as an artist.  (By the way, the irony is my own blocked out splash page HAPPENS to be Copyright protected.)  As for the IP part of the legislation, that is some scary stuff!  How were activists of Arab Spring or a couple of years ago in Iran able to communicate with all of us?  How are friends of ours in China able to sneak through and get onto Facebook despite the laws in China?  Obviously by changing IP addresses to appear to be in other parts of the world.  That's pretty frightening considering the police brutality I witnessed at RNC '08 and the same police brutality that continues to occur now with Occupy.  (Thank goodness Iraq War Veteran Scott Olsen is still ALIVE!  Remember how the Oakland PD nearly killed him?)  Anyway, I just felt the need to weigh in on this serious matter as a member of the arts community who works in the music industry.  I vehemently OPPOSE both SOPA & PIPA.

And it appears that Al Franken has received 678 individual contributions from people in, working for, or tied to the Music/Movie/Cable/network TV industry or these industries themselves.The individual contributions ranged from $100-5000 each.  The average Contribution was around $2000And these are just the "individual contributions." I haven't even dug into the "bundled contributions"

The disturbing thing is, the majority (75%+) of Al Franken's political contributions come from OUTSIDE MINNESOTA!

FIND ALL THIS DATA HERE- TransparencyData. com(it's difficult to explain how I filtered the data, but play with the filters and you will also succeed)

1. Get the data2. Call these senators3. Catch their staffers off guard by using the truth.4. Feel better because you are actually making a difference by protecting our freedoms.

For some more fun, check out how much money Obama received from this industry.For some unrelated fun, check out how much money Al Franken accepted from "BIG OIL"!!!! 

Klobuchar needs a primary challenger. The only way to stop bad pieces of legislation like this is to pick a few targets and kick them out of office. Set a few examples!

She is not ENTITLED to the DFL endorsement people!

Caucuses are in 2 weeks. Don't reward bad behavior.

"[Sen. Klobuchar] believes we need to address concerns being raised today and work out a compromise that balances free exchange on the Internet with stopping foreign piracy that hurts our economy."

This is a lie people!!!!!

This WOULD NOT stop foreign piracy as she claims.  These bills are designed to block U.S. internet users from accessing foreign sites which host these shared files (music, movies, programs).

READ THE BILL!!!!!

Again, these bills are designed to block U.S. internet users from accessing foreign sites. That's it!It is NOT a crime to collect and use, for your OWN purpose, any of these files.  The music and movie industry are the ones behind this.  Why do you think you have NEVER heard of someone being charged with a crime for downloading this stuff?  Because it's ONLY a crime when you "share" these files, sell these files, or use these files for your business.

These two are pawns of the Movie/Music lobbyists.This is bought and paid for legislation.And my guess is these two are either too stupid to understand this, or their pockets have been filled by big business.

Here is what you do.Call the oppressive Minnesota Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar.Tell them to stop this attack on our freedoms!  (PIPA)

Al Franken's contacts: DC office- 202-224-5641Saint Paul office - (651) 221-1016Duluth office- 218-722-2390St. Cloud office- 320-251-2721St. Peter office- 507-931-5813

And I see Al Franken has changed his email contact since to Daily Kos did a article on his oppressive support for this bill.  You can go to his webpage to email the oppressive jackass.

Amy Klobuchar's contacts:Washington, DC office- 202-224-3244 Toll Free: 1-888-224-9043 Minneapolis office- 612-727-5220 Rochester office- 507-288-5321 Moorhead office- 218-287-2219Go to Amy's webpage to email her.

Tell these dictatorial dinks for stop this attack on our freedoms!

And BTW, Amy's stance on this bill will be used against her next election.

VOTE OUT THE PAWNS OF BIG BUSINESS!!!

How does legislating your home turf going to curb foreign pirating? Think people, they are slowing eroding our rights to enslave us, and most citizens won't even notice until it's too late.

Hopefully Sens. Klobuchar and Franken will listen to their constituents, a majority of whom I think have made their feelings about this bill very clear.

Politics as usual. Follow the money trail...

I'd really like to see both of our senators disclose the amount of $$ they've received from PIPA/SOPA proponents ("hollywood", MPAA, etc) in the past year and again over the next year.