[wplug] Fw: Call Congress, save the Internet

[O'Connor, Michael P.]

Please no political stuff on this emailing list, because 1) many that
post political things have ways of distorting things, fact it was the
democrats that wanted to treat blogs as political contributions, and
force loggers to be regulated by the FEC, the Republicans did not want
that. 2) we do have a mix of political leaning people here (I for one am
a Republican, take what I say with that grain of salt) 3) politics do
seam to have a way to start flame wars.

Michael P. O'Connor
US&S 
Office: 412-688-2491 
Cell: 412-498-0667
mpoconnor at switch.com

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+mpoconnor=switch.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+mpoconnor=switch.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Drew
from Zhrodague
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 12:05 PM
To: General user list
Subject: [wplug] Fw: Call Congress, save the Internet

    I thought this was relevant, and figured I'd invite anyone with a
few 
minutes to call our officials. The numbers for Pittsburgh are included 
below.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org Civic Action
To: Drew Celley
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 11:07 AM
Subject: Call Congress, save the Internet


The House of Representatives votes as early as next week on whether to 
preserve Internet freedom, and the Senate takes up this issue soon.
Can you call your members of Congress today and tell them to protect 
Internet freedom?

Click Here


Dear MoveOn member,

Just days ago, a Republican-dominated congressional committee struck a
blow 
to Internet freedom by voting to gut Network Neutrality, the Internet's 
First Amendment.
Net Neutrality has always been the law of the land until recently being 
threatened. It guarantees that all online speech is treated equally and 
prevents Internet providers like AT&T from deciding which websites work
best 
on your computer. Without it, these companies can decide what you see
and do 
online.
Your House member, Rep. Michael Doyle, voted in committee to preserve 
Internet freedom. Let's encourage Rep. Doyle to do it again when the
full 
House votes as early as next week , and let's send a message to Senators

Specter and Santorum that we expect the same when they vote soon.
Can you call your members of Congress today? Let's urge them to support 
preserving Internet freedom by supporting Network Neutrality.
Here are the numbers:
Congressman Michael Doyle
Phone: 202-225-2135
District Offices:
    McKeesport: 412-664-4049
    Penn Hills: 412-241-6055
    Pittsburgh: 412-261-5091

Senator Arlen Specter
Phone: 202-224-4254
District Offices:
    Allentown: 610-434-1444
    Erie: 814-453-3010
    Harrisburg: 717-782-3951
    Philadelphia: 215-597-7200
    Pittsburgh: 412-644-3400
    Scranton: 570-346-2006
    Wilkes-Barre: 570-826-6265

Senator Rick Santorum
Phone: 202-224-6324
District Offices:
    Allentown: 610-770-0142
    Altoona: 814-946-7023
    Erie: 814-454-7114
    Harrisburg: 717-231-7540
    Philadelphia: 215-864-6900
    Pittsburgh: 412-562-0533
    Scranton: 570-344-8799

To maximize impact, please call their Washington, D.C. and local
offices. 
Please click here to let us know you called and to share how it went:
If asked how you heard about this issue, please be sure to reference our

SavetheInternet.com Coalition-with over 400 organizations including
MoveOn, 
Gun Owners of America2, Craig from Craigslist, consumer organizations,
and 
others.
If asked for specific bill information, you can urge Rep. Doyle to
support 
"Rep. Ed Markey's Network Neutrality amendment to the COPE telecom law"
when 
it comes up on the House floor-and to oppose any telecom law that
doesn't 
include Markey's Internet freedom amendment.1 In the Senate, the key 
proposal is the bi-partisan network neutrality bill that will soon be 
introduced by Senators Snowe and Dorgan.
As companies like AT&T spend millions lobbying Congress for more control

over what you see and do online, high-tech pioneers like Google, eBay,
and 
Amazon fighting alongside our coalition. And just last week, the New
York 
Times wrote a powerful editorial endorsing Net Neutrality. It said:
"Net neutrality" is a concept that is still unfamiliar to most
Americans, 
but it keeps the Internet democratic. ... One of the Internet's great 
strengths is that a single blogger or a small political group can 
inexpensively create a Web page that is just as accessible to the world
as 
Microsoft's home page. But this democratic Internet would be in danger
if 
the companies that deliver Internet service changed the rules so that
Web 
sites that pay them money would be easily accessible, while little-guy
sites 
would be harder to access and slower to navigate. Providers could also
block 
access to sites they do not like.3
This issue has dramatic consequences, the threat is real, and the time
to 
act is now.
Please call your congressional representatives today-ask them to support

Internet freedom by preserving Network Neutrality.
Congressman Michael Doyle
Phone: 202-225-2135
District Offices:
    McKeesport: 412-664-4049
    Penn Hills: 412-241-6055
    Pittsburgh: 412-261-5091

Senator Arlen Specter
Phone: 202-224-4254
District Offices:
    Allentown: 610-434-1444
    Erie: 814-453-3010
    Harrisburg: 717-782-3951
    Philadelphia: 215-597-7200
    Pittsburgh: 412-644-3400
    Scranton: 570-346-2006
    Wilkes-Barre: 570-826-6265

Senator Rick Santorum
Phone: 202-224-6324
District Offices:
    Allentown: 610-770-0142
    Altoona: 814-946-7023
    Erie: 814-454-7114
    Harrisburg: 717-231-7540
    Philadelphia: 215-864-6900
    Pittsburgh: 412-562-0533
    Scranton: 570-344-8799

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Drew from Zhrodague             http://www.WiFiMaps.com
drew at zhrodague.net              http://www.zhrodague.net

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