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  406. <div class="entry-title" style="display:none;">Jenkins, Yoder say SOPA is wrong approach</div>
  407. <div class="entry-content"><p>Republican U.S. House members from Kansas are voicing opposition to the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act.</p>
  408. <p>The proposed legislation is designed to combat illegally distributed copyrighted material, but opponents say the bill is too restrictive.</p>
  409. <p>In expressing her disapproval for SOPA, 2nd District Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins said the &#8220;misguided legislation&#8221; had the potential to stifle the Internet with censorship &#8220;and open the door for rampant legal abuse.&#8221;</p>
  410. <p>&#8220;Since its inception,&#8221; Jenkins said in a news release, &#8220;the Internet has educated millions, connected people around the world, toppled corrupt dictatorships and made millionaires out of garage entrepreneurs.&#8221;</p>
  411. <p>SOPA would threaten the Internet&#8217;s status as &#8220;one of the greatest harbingers of free speech, free expression, free enterprise and the American Dream the world has ever known,&#8221; she said.</p>
  412. <p>Opponents of the legislation include Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, eBay and AOL. Wikipedia blocked access to its content Wednesday in protest of the bill, and Google blacked out its search engine logo.</p>
  413. <p>In a statement released Wednesday, 3rd District Congressman Kevin Yoder said SOPA&#8217;s &#8220;overly vague&#8221; and harsh restrictions on Internet service providers &#8220;will stifle innovation across the Web.&#8221;</p>
  414. <p>&#8220;While I have great concerns about the proliferation of online piracy and copyright infringement, SOPA is the wrong response,&#8221; Yoder said.</p>
  415. <p>Yoder said he would oppose the bill if brought to a vote in the House. It is being considered by the House Judiciary Committee.</p>
  416. <p>The White House has said the Obama administration won&#8217;t support &#8220;legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.&#8221;</p>
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  458. By <a href="/users/culturechange" title="culturechange">culturechange</a> |
  459. <em>01/18/12 - 12:53 pm</em>
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  462. <p>It seems violations of the Constitution are the only means Congress can think of to combat secuirty threats.....or deal with anything else. We have compromised so much and we still aren't safe.</p>
  463. <p>And I am sure these State legislator will happily vote for other measures depriving us of Constitutional rights as long as it suits THIER prejudices. </p>
  464. <p>Obama is hardly a spokement of the Constitution when he recently signed a law allowing the military to indefinitley detain US citizens in terrorism case....which will immediatley bleed into any case....terrorism or not.</p>
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  479. <a href="/news/2012-01-18/jenkins-yoder-say-sopa-wrong-approach#comment-498967" class="active">Ron Paul for President</a> </h3>
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  482. <em>01/18/12 - 12:54 pm</em>
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  485. <p>He is the only one who really gets it.....and isn't in it for power and wealth.</p>
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  503. <em>01/18/12 - 01:08 pm</em>
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  506. <p>but I'm not a registered Republican so he's gonna have to make it past the primaries for me to help him!</p>
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  508. <p>Ryan</p>
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  524. <a href="/news/2012-01-18/jenkins-yoder-say-sopa-wrong-approach#comment-498977" class="active">I encourage ALL of our REPS/Senators too!</a> </h3>
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  526. By <a href="/users/marathoner02" title="marathoner02">marathoner02</a> |
  527. <em>01/18/12 - 01:11 pm</em>
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  530. <p>Look at the National Defense Authorization Act AND this one. </p>
  531. <p>Lynn: Why did you vote for NDAA????? What is the #1 reason you did that?</p>
  532. <p>These laws/policies are coming from a government which also states that walnuts are considered a drug because "Nut company" Diamond lists benefits of them to our health!<br />
  533. Read it for yourself:<br />
  534. <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/8294-walnuts-are-drugs-says-fda" title="http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/8294-walnuts-are-drugs-says-fda">http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/8294-walnuts-are-drugs-...</a></p>
  535. <p>Until we vote people into office with some common sense, we will continue to have our freedoms fretted away--because most of us aren't paying attention. Get your head into the game folks...this is serious stuff. Take a stand! Speak OUT! Write them letters and tell them how disappointed you are in how things are going. </p>
  536. <p>Ron Paul will get my vote because I think he 'gets' it...don't like all of his views--but is there any candidate where all of their views are sensible? At least I feel Ron Paul will take an honest look at issues...believes in the AMERICAN way of life...is willing to make the hard decisions and keep us informed. ALL of the rest of the candidates (OrAMA included) are suspect of being 'inside' job people. Little ol me, sitting in little 'ol Kansas has had enough! Let the grass root voices be heard.</p>
  537. <p>Do you think we will EVER get back to reading and supporting our Constitution???? Lynn?? Kevin??</p>
  538. <p>God Save the USA.</p>
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  540. <p>Smile! It uses more muscles....and keeps your face from sagging!</p>
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  559. <em>01/18/12 - 01:25 pm</em>
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  562. <p>Jenkins and Yoder don't support it.</p>
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  578. <div class="submitted">
  579. By <a href="/users/lucinda" title="Lucinda">Lucinda</a> |
  580. <em>01/18/12 - 01:34 pm</em>
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  583. <p>When he was reminded by a reporter that some of his policies would hurt a lot of people, I heard him say, "Yes, but they deserve it."</p>
  584. <p>That makes anything else he is for irrelevant to me.</p>
  585. <p>That a president could say, "They deserve to be hurt," about people he has sworn to protect... says a lot to me.</p>
  586. <p>I'm happy to see Jenkins is against it. I hope she sticks by that.</p>
  587. <p>You can go here to protest this bill:</p>
  588. <p><a href="http://act.credoaction.com/blackout/?r=657881&amp;id=33629-4838910-xnDuL9x" title="http://act.credoaction.com/blackout/?r=657881&amp;id=33629-4838910-xnDuL9x">http://act.credoaction.com/blackout/?r=657881&amp;id=33629-4838910-xnDuL9x</a></p>
  589. <p>From there you enter your information and they give you your senator's phone numbers. </p>
  590. <p>I called Moran and Roberts offices and talked to their staff.</p>
  591. <p>Moran's staff said he is against the bill and will vote against it.</p>
  592. <p>Robert's staff said he is generally for it but wants to make changes to it. I told them I am against it and will not vote for someone who votes for it. </p>
  593. <p>All very cordial and took less than 5 minutes for both calls.</p>
  594. <p>I also put a link to that site on my Facebook page and posted it in various sites online where I frequent, especially sites where I know others agree with me. Making that call is critical if we are to impress on our representatives that they will lose votes if they vote for it. It's easy. Please make your feelings about it known today. Using cell phones, long distance calls are free generally, so no cost to you to call.</p>
  595. <p>I also signed the online petition against the bill. </p>
  596. <p>All done at the link I posted above. Btw, if you call, be sure to note the response and report it to the people at the site. They also make that easy to do.</p>
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  598. <p><em><strong>In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.</strong></em></p>
  599. <p><em><strong>--John Steinbeck</strong></em><br /></p>
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  615. <a href="/news/2012-01-18/jenkins-yoder-say-sopa-wrong-approach#comment-498992" class="active">I&#039;m all for protecting copyrights but most of the violators</a> </h3>
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  617. By <a href="/users/bluespirit" title="bluespirit">bluespirit</a> |
  618. <em>01/18/12 - 01:45 pm</em>
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  621. <p>are from overseas. They need to redo this.</p>
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  638. By <a href="/users/lucinda" title="Lucinda">Lucinda</a> |
  639. <em>01/18/12 - 01:49 pm</em>
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  642. <p>Someday I'd like to see a real discussion between American citizens from all walks of life on "the AMERICAN way of life"</p>
  643. <p>Do you think we would all agree on what that is?</p>
  644. <p>Ron Paul apparently agrees with YOUR idea of what the American way of life should be. Note I didn't say "what the American way of life IS."</p>
  645. <p>America is a melting pot. Our ways of life are many. </p>
  646. <p>The "way of life" in Cuba is probably much more homogeneous than here in our country. That's because Cuba is not a melting pot. </p>
  647. <p>We have been a melting pot since the day we took this country from the Native Americans. Before that, the "way of life" was possibly different from tribe to tribe, but it at least had some homogeneity in that they all developed their cultures from scratch in similar environments. But they had different languages so they were not carbon copies either, and had some differences in their "way of life".</p>
  648. <p>But the people who came here on the Mayflower and before that - they did not even speak the same languages or hail from the same country. If we had an American "way of life" it would be amazing considering we have many sections within our cities that are called Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hispanic... and so on. And these areas are filled with many people who were born here and speak the language, go to the same schools, attend the same churches and so on, that we do. BUT they live within same-groups because they have specific "ways of life". </p>
  649. <p>Who, then, of us has a right to say that our way of life is the American way of life?</p>
  650. <p>Would it not be unduly egotistical for any of us to make such a declaration? If Ron Paul thinks his way of life is how we should all live the word that comes to mind comes in a big neon flashing light DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!</p>
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  652. <p><em><strong>In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.</strong></em></p>
  653. <p><em><strong>--John Steinbeck</strong></em><br /></p>
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  671. By <a href="/users/lucinda" title="Lucinda">Lucinda</a> |
  672. <em>01/18/12 - 01:55 pm</em>
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  675. <p>As a writer I am also solidly against copyright infringement.</p>
  676. <p>But like many things in life, there are priorities for me. I want my freedoms more than I want my copyrights. I'd like to have both but no matter how strong our copyright laws are... they can be circumvented by anybody who really wants to.</p>
  677. <p>So it comes down to freedom for me. It's why I love America - but also why I'm very concerned about the direction America is going. </p>
  678. <p>We must be vigilant at all times. There are beautiful people out there gaining power over us who honestly have their own priorities that do not work for all of us.</p>
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  680. <p><em><strong>In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.</strong></em></p>
  681. <p><em><strong>--John Steinbeck</strong></em><br /></p>
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