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 27, 2010

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 News on the March, a discussion about the unconstitutionality of mandating Americans to buy something, and the looming REAL ID. 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).

Last week

If you missed last week's show, you missed one heck of a Session. Swing by the archived show brief to get the podcasts of an interview with Jesse Ventura and also highlights from A Rally for Nonintervention. Also, be sure to check out video from last week's rally at Bishop's YouTube Channel.

What, you didn't hear?

News on the March is a central part to Saturday Session highlighting some of the stories the mainstream media may have skipped over. Tune in to catch News on the March. Get a list of all the stories Bishop shares (including some there is no time for) through Bishop's Shared Items from Google Reader.

Unconstitutional

The Health Care reform bill that passed the House, signed with over 20 pens by President Obama, sent back to the House by the Senate to fix some things and then passed again--is raising red flags that should cross party lines. There is no question that offering insurance across state lines is good. There is no question that denying insurance for people who have preexisting medical conditions is wrong. There is no question that preventative health care is a good thing. What is a HUGE problem is the federal government mandating Americans to purchase a product or service and there is confusion about health care vs. health insurance. How can we, as Illinois residents, join a bunch of other states to use the constitution to block this bill. Tune in to find out. Be sure to become part of the Facebook Group, Urge Illinois to file suit against Obama Care.

REAL ID

Passed in 2005 with a war appropriations bill, the REAL ID Act was something recommended by the 9/11 Commission to make this country safe. State refused to submit to a national ID card because of financial and civil liberty issues. Now, Lindsay Graham and Chuck Schumer are standing upon their elite bipartisanship to get the measure of a high-tech biometric ID card in the hands of American citizens. Tune in to Saturday Session to find out the particulars and why this must be resisted.

Anger continues to mount

People are getting really upset about the continued expansion of the Federal Government and the ongoing destruction of the US Constitution. It is important to remember that the pen (and voice) is much mightier than any sword cast from the strongest metal. Reports of threats towards lawmakers because of the recent passage of health care is very dangerous to any kind of resolve in this (and any other manner). What could possibly come from demonizing dissent?

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.