Wednesday Session with Bishop

STOP ACTA & TPP

Stop ACTA & TPP! - Never use trade agreements to mess with the Internet!

They tried to push internet censorship through Congress and we stopped them with our STOP SOPA/PIPA protests. But the companies behind SOPA & PIPA have a backup plan: secretive trade agreements like ACTA & TPP. If we can't stop these backroom deals, the internet's future belongs to SOPA's backers. DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO SPREAD THE WORD, CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, YELL FROM THE STREET CORNERS, ALL OF IT! You can start by using the form below to send a message. Get more detail from KILLACTA.org

I urge you to vote no on ACTA and to communicate its severe problems to your colleagues. ACTA's vague language locks us into obsolete copyright and patent laws, preventing democracies from updating their laws to unlock new economic and social opportunities.It criminalizes harmless remixes by ordinary users if they achieve 'a commercial scale' (art 2.14.1) which many amateur videos do on sites like Youtube. And it criminalizes legitimate websites by making them responsible for user behavior ('aiding and abetting' art 2.14.4).Worse, it permanently bypasses the democratic process by empowering the 'ACTA Committee' to 'propose amendments to [ACTA]' without your approval. (art 6.4) In other words, it's impossible to know what you're voting for.The global movement against the US law SOPA showed that internet freedom is a crucial issue which belongs in the legislative process of each country. You should view ACTA as an attempt by a handful of companies to circumvent the democratic process, and you should vote against it.Thank you. Please reply if you have any questions.

Wednesday Session with Bishop

November 26, 2008 - Thanksgiving Eve

Greg Bishop fills in on from the Downtown Studio today on 970 WMAY from noon to 3, streaming worldwide on WMAY dot com.

Reasons for being late

Here's the scenario ... you work early mornings, you take a nap mid afternoon ... you wake after 2 hours, look at the clock and think you are late for work the next morning.Â Your heart races, you hunt down some clothes, you grab your phone to call explain why you are late to work ...

What do you say? - Take the poll: What is the best reason for being late to work?

Of course this happened to me last night!Â As I am running around like a Thanksgiving turkey with it's head cut off, my girlfriend asks what's wrong ... I ask, is it 6A or 6P?Â Sure enough ... it was still evening!Â That feeling sucks!

Disclaimers

Watching your allotted time for TV, you are bound to see not just one, but many drug commercials.Â Some could be late night male enhancement 'natural supplements' that do not necessarily need a disclaimer ... while others during prime time could be for a better heart, or for stronger bones.

Why is it that when you see a drug commercial on TV, when the disclaimer or side effects are narrated, the actors in the commercial are always happy go lucky and very active?Â Is it different when you hear the spot, without the visuals?

And - What are you thankful for this year?Â

Personally, I am thankful for my health, relationships, family, knowledge, jobs, and life ... now if we could just get a little more freedom, justice and liberty I will be ecstatic!

This and your calls live from downtown at 217.629.7970 or email bishop@wmay.com