Throwing Out the Baby With the Bath Water

That’s what Obama and his illegitimate government is doing with the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA). Yes, there is a problem with online piracy, coming principally from communist China, but the answer is NOT to stop Internet users from linking to other sites, as this law does. Linking to other sites allows writers to refer their readers to the sources for their opinions and actually ENHANCES the activity for the other site, since not only their writings, but their ads are seen. The WHOLE IDEA of having a web site is to “get hits” and have your writing and other content seen by as many people as possible. Linking to it does that, and the site owners welcome it. This is NOT plagiarism, as Obama claims. But will this fact stop him? Probably not, unless sufficient pressure can be brought to bear. He isn’t concerned with logic and truth. Only his own opinion and ideas concern him and he dearly wishes for a way to shut bloggers up, which this law will do. It won’t shut ME up, at least until I’ve had my say. Then he will no doubt pit me in prison for saying it, regardless of the First Amendment to the Constitution if the United States. (The Heritage Foundation)