Whereas Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and Amazon are all considering a "blackout day" where they take there servers down to protest SOPA, We hereby ask the following:
Instead of taking down your servers, we ask that you make a one-time donation of seed money to fund a nationwide third party, and then forevermore forswear all donations to any political party, individual running for political office, or PAC.
The silence from these tech conglomerates is honestly deafening but kind of expected because why would they ever want to stop funneling cash into the pockets of the very people writing these terrible laws. I have been spending my nights drafting up emails to their corporate inquiries lines which is probably shouting into the void but someone has to keep poking the bear.
January 19, 2012
I honestly never thought this would gain this much steam but here we are and it makes me think maybe they really will listen if we keep the pressure on. It is pretty wild to see how many people actually want these massive tech giants to stop dumping cash into the pockets of politicians because honestly that is where the real problem starts anyway.
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Dave Okonkwo
14 years ago
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finally some real action. stop the lobbying nonsense.
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Sarah Foster
14 years ago
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YES. money in politics is the root of the problem. just stop paying them off and maybe they will actually listen to us for once.
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Mike Fox
14 years ago
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Stop buying the politicians. This is way better than a blackout that just messes up my whole day at work.
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Whereas Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and Amazon are all considering a "blackout day" where they take there servers down to protest SOPA, We hereby ask the following:
Instead of taking down your servers, we ask that you make a one-time donation of seed money to fund a nationwide third party, and then forevermore forswear all donations to any political party, individual running for political office, or PAC.
The silence from these tech conglomerates is honestly deafening but kind of expected because why would they ever want to stop funneling cash into the pockets of the very people writing these terrible laws. I have been spending my nights drafting up emails to their corporate inquiries lines which is probably shouting into the void but someone has to keep poking the bear.
January 19, 2012
I honestly never thought this would gain this much steam but here we are and it makes me think maybe they really will listen if we keep the pressure on. It is pretty wild to see how many people actually want these massive tech giants to stop dumping cash into the pockets of politicians because honestly that is where the real problem starts anyway.
3 Comments
D
Dave Okonkwo
14 years ago
Featured
finally some real action. stop the lobbying nonsense.
S
Sarah Foster
14 years ago
Featured
YES. money in politics is the root of the problem. just stop paying them off and maybe they will actually listen to us for once.
M
Mike Fox
14 years ago
Featured
Stop buying the politicians. This is way better than a blackout that just messes up my whole day at work.
finally some real action. stop the lobbying nonsense.