PETITION TO CONGRESS: Save Net Neutrality! from PCCC 26MAI10

Unless you don't care if your ISP or phone company decides what sites you can view, or access with ease, you should be concerned about the threat to internet freedom posed by the major ISPs, corporate broadcasting and the telecommunications industry. Please sign this petition by clicking the header or copy and paste this link http://act.boldprogressives.org/act/petition_netneutrality_congress/?source=auto-e&referring_akid=1222.177676.2AFz20k , and pass on to family, friends, co-workers.



On Fox, Glenn Beck recently went on a rampage against Net Neutrality -- the "First Amendment of the Internet."
Net Neutrality prevents your Internet company from picking which sites open quickly and slowly on your computer...or blocking sites entirely. Phone and cable companies want to get rid of Net Neutrality so they can set up tollbooths on the Internet.
(Without Net Neutrality, Fox would have a huge advantage over independent news sites.)
Now, over 70 corporate-funded Democrats are joining Beck and most Republicans in opposing Net Neutrality.
Fortunately, Reps. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Jared Polis (D-CO) are fighting back. They're organizing colleagues to sign a pro-Net Neutrality letter to the FCC, which is in the middle of some important decision making on this issue right now.
Since yesterday (25 MAY 10), the number of House members signing the pro-Net Neutrality letter grew from 17 to 25 because of grassroots activism -- so please sign the petition and pass this email to friends to increase our impact.
On the petition page, you can watch Jon Stewart and John Hodgman (of "I'm a PC" fame) do a brilliant explanation of Net Neutrality. 
Then, pass this email to any lover of email, blogs, puppy videos on YouTube, Google, Craigslist, Amazon, independent media, LOLcats, or anything else that represents the innovation and ingenuity that has thrived on the Internet due to the existence of Net Neutrality.
Thanks for being a bold progressive -- and for helping to save the Internet.
-- Aaron Swartz, Adam Green, Stephanie Taylor, Forrest Brown, Shaunna Thomas, and the PCCC team
Net Neutrality is under attack in Congress. Please tell your Representative to support Internet freedom

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PETITION: "I support Net Neutrality, the First Amendment of the Internet. Any member of Congress who doesn't stand up for Internet freedom shouldn't ask me for my money or my vote in 2010. House members should reject Rep. Gene Green's anti-Net Neutrality letter and sign Rep. Jay Inslee's pro-Net Neutrality letter." 

After you sign, you'll see your Rep's phone number. 

Net Neutrality -- In the words of the Daily Show

www.thedailyshow.com