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S.522 - Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act
- adelie : With the MPAA showing record profits for 2007, I think this is further proof that the government and people have been tricked into associating ~$10,000,000,000 profit with "starving artists". What a committee should really be looking into is the value and impact of work that has been effectively stolen from the public domain, and compare big media's gain to the loss by the American public. The only purpose for such a committee, let alone a not to 'limited period of time' copyright term is to control the ability for people to create and compete for a part of that ten billion dollars. How about a 'Public Domain Enforcement Act' that punishes people for destroying (intentionally or otherwise) works that have ever been of any kind of value, keeping them from ever falling into the public domain. Or further, mandate that copyrighted works be made EASILY available for purposes of fair use and make it a right rather than an 'affirmative defense'. Legislation like that would tell me that the government is looking out for the best interests of artists and people, and not just the guys that can steal more than anyone else such as Warner, Fox, and Disney.
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S.1959 - Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
- Anonymous : Ron Paul and his cult are loons.
- ProjectCMD : This must not pass simply because it labels Americans terrorists. How? Everyone has an opinion on which party is better, they are actually quite alike in most ways, they just put things in different terms. Bipartisan, right? They all have their own opinions and that is what they follow. How many disagreed with the bailouts, I know I did, and I wrote senators and congressman, nothing that we Americans asked. The bailouts went through, banks bought out banks, went on vacations and we did nothing.
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H.R.1022 - Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007
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- bsctov : Bills like this show the ignorance and pure disregard for American law that today's Democrats exhibit. A bill should be introduced to make it treason to introduce a bill like this. Simply disgusting.
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4] is not an American in any sense on the word.
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S.774 - DREAM Act of 2007
- PanchoVilla : In a nation created by "legal" immigrants...these are just words. This land originally belonged to the native americans and people are complaining about legalizing "illegal" immigrants. Wake up! This whole world belongs to no one in particular and everyone at the same time. Honestly, why should there be flags and borders? Anyways, how is this affecting you directly? Not the nation but you! I think most of you are just racist! How would you act if you had your sight taken away?
- cjxxi : great bill, keep it up
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H.R.96 - Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2007
- AndrewJackson : This bill is just another way of the left trying to capture and seize all guns. Plus criminalize millions of now law biding citizens. So they can spread their elitist propaganda. Remember if you are a felon you can not vote, so if you get convicted for having a gun after any said gun control bill(s) pass. Who do you think will be running the country then? The ones who want you to be dependant on them for everything I personally believe in self-efficiency, self-reliance. Everybody better wake up or 10-15 years down the road America is going to be a very, very different place, and I don’t think I am going to like it very much
- Anonymous : "No Gun" is their real objective. They want everyone to be sitting ducks for all criminals. "No Gun" means that criminals will have guns, but not even need them. Criminals can rob, rape, and kill with their knives, clubs, hands, or any convenient weapon they pick up.
Other than that, the advice is good. Email your senators and spread the word about preserving gun rights and concealed carry rights.
The government cannot even stop the millions of illegal aliens running the underground economy, which supports vicious gangs. Gangs are the terrorists among us. Every illegal or gang member should get a criminal record so a criminal http://backgroundsearch.com background search will identify them as ineligible for jobs and public services. The gangs should go to jail or be deported.
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S.1237 - Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2007
- Anonymous : I believe the point of the bill is not to disallow the sale of arms to terrorists as much as it is to give that power to the Attorney General . I'd vote a big NO on this one and would have to call into question the motives of any senator who would vote for this. I will be tracking this with a great deal of interest. I'm all for stopping terrorists but the ones that we really need to be vigilant of are the incidious terrorists within who threaten to relieve American citizens of their rights under the premise of our protection.
- imbud : Alex, You might be considered a terrorist, because of your confusion, if this bill becomes law.
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S.1375 - Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act
- myopencongress : Please see UniteForLife.org. This bill is very dangerous. Excerpt from Unite For Life:
The MOTHERS Act - Trolling for Mental Patients in a Maternity Ward Near
Certain Congressmen who normally spend time pushing legislation are on a mission to "save" birthing mothers of America from "mental illness." The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act exploits a mother who was "treated" with almost everything the mental health industry can offer, from drug cocktails to electroshock. These "treatments" worked so well for Melanie that she jumped from a 12th story Chicago hotel room window.
The bill seeks to screen all pregnant and new mothers in America for being "at risk" of mental disorders, and funnel them into "preventive treatment." What the sponsors won't talk about are the thousands of babies dying each year from spontaneous abortions and birth defects caused by antidepressant exposure. Nor do they publicize a provision in the text to conduct research on post-abortive women.
The bill died last session, despite Harry Reid's attempt to pass it in a failed $10 billion omnibus spending bill. This session, we may not be as lucky. One cosponsor of the bill from the 110th Congress is now President. Another is Secretary of State. And Majority Leader Harry Reid now enjoys a much larger majority in his voting caucus, which could help him overcome any potential filibuster in the Senate.
Implementing a nationwide "mental illness" scaremongering campaign seems logical to those who haven't yet learned to locate the FDA website for black box suicide warnings. Or to those who think that electrocution is wrong if used for capital punishment, but electrocuting the brain of a mental patient is ok.
To many people this bill flies in the face of not only reason, but morality. For it ensures that more families will suffer the same horrors ours have. Things we can never forget: Being suicidal and homicidal after only three days on Zoloft. For Julie, having a baby with a rare heart defect who nearly died at birth. For Mathy, Kim W. and Jim, losing a child or husband to antidepressant-induced suicide. For Kim C. twin daughters murdered by their father under the influence of Prozac. And for Enne, not knowing whether her son Dirul Lewis is alive or dead, even though his psychiatrist does.
This path paved in death and destruction is a road America must not travel.
- Anonymous : While I don't approve of censorship, I will point out that saying psychiatrists promote the truth is akin to saying that the earth is flat. Puh-leeze!!
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S.1957 - Design Piracy Prohibition Act
- designerella : Adelie, your 2nd comments refer to protections in place by and for huge companies only, or mostly only. Large brands knock off independent designers and get away with it (I'm not saying Prada does, but I just read DVF did)! Also, most small companies, especially start-ups, cannot afford to brand our items with logos as much as the well-funded big boys. Why is this so necessary anyway, from a style perspective, when many women do not want to be advertisers for a brand? Yes, stamped hardware is usually subtle, but your argument implies we indies need to do it too or else we deserve to be copied, as I read it.
- designerella : I am highly for the protection but against this particular bill. There is no stipulation that the fee for a fashion copyright can't be exorbitant. Big companies copy the little people and they could get OUR copyrights first if it's say the most expensive form. I'm also curious about a bulk filing discount, as I heard it's done in music. Send in 30 tapes for $30 - one fee. Something like that can be affordable, especially since we can only pick select designs that fall under being sooo unique. I think this would protect indie designers if done right. It would mean that no one can carry around a Birkin inspired bag though, so consumers could be against it.
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