Saturday 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.

Saturday Session with Bishop

March 20, 2010

PODCAST UPDATE

If you missed the show, here are links to the podcasts from WMAY dot com's Saturday Session Podcast Playlist.

Download the podcasts below:

*Hour 1, Intro to show, informed call about 9/11, & 2010 Census helpline (mp3)

*Hour 2, Interview with Jesse Ventura (mp3)

*Hour 3, Highlights from A Rally for Nonintervention (mp3)

On the show

Your three hours of influence from Saturday Session with Bishop can be heard from 4 - 7p CST. Tune in online at WMAY dot com to hear about today's Rally for Nonintervention, an interview with Jesse Ventura, and an in-depth conversation about the 2010 Census. You can also catch live streaming video of what is happening inside the studio from Bishop's web cam (only available from 4 - 7p CST).

Rally recap

Today, down at the capitol building in Springfield, a rally was held to support the troops and to promote a non-interventionist foreign policy. Tune in to hear what third party candidates have to say about our current foriegn policy and how it needs to change. In attendance at the rally were Libertarians Lex Green (governor candidate) and Mike Labno (Senate Candidate). Also, Randy Stufflebeam, who is now running for senate of the Consitution party, was there to speak. In 2006, Green candidate for Governor Rich Whitney ran on a plan to bring home the Illinois National Guard troops. Listen tonight to see if he has the same plan this election season.

American Conspiracies

He's considered one of the most controversial and intimidating men in the mainstream media. Many outlets refuse to even acknowledge his new book and his point of view. But tonight on Saturday Session at 5p CST, Bishop welcomes the former navy seal, pro-wrestler, and Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura to the show. Tune in to hear Jesse discuss his new book "American Conspiracies" and the new season of his TruTV show "Conspiracy Theory". Saturday Session will have Jesse on for a full hour and may be able to take your calls. So, get your questions ready and call in at 217.629.7970.

In-depth

The 2010 Census is getting personal. Bishop called the 2010 Census hotline to get some answers and didn't get very far. First it was an automated service that screwed up and forward the call to someone who constantly had to look up answers to simple questions. Why is it necessary to gather more information than how many people live in a residence? What does race have to do with legislative redistricting? What does it matter if I rent or have a mortgage? Are any of these things constitutional? Find out tonight as Bishop plays for you his conversation with the 2010 Census hotline.

If there's time

What, you didn't hear? News on the March is a central part to Saturday Session. It highlights some of the stories the mainstream media may have skipped over so they can update you on celebrity gossip and the March Madness action. If there's time, tune in to catch News on the March. If not, get a list of all the stories Bishop shares (including some there is no time for) through Bishop's Shared Items from Google Reader.

Contact

Greg Bishop can be contacted many different ways. Check out Bishop's Google Profile to get links and phone numbers. To call the Saturday Session on WMAY, dial 217.629.7970 or email bishop@wmay.com. You can also join the video chat room with live streaming video (available during the show, 4 to 7p CST, only). As always, you can check out some of the past shows at the Saturday Session streaming channel from 970 WMAY, The News and Talk of Springfield.