Will Google, Amazon, and Facebook Black Out the Net?

FOX ^

[GATOR NAVY]

I can't see this as being a bad thing-it will certainly draw attention to the matter at the very least. I can especially imagine the howling if Facebook was to go down for a while (although it wouldn't bother me a bit.)

As an aside, am I the only one who sees SOPA and whose first thought is immediately "Senior Officer Present Afloat?"

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

It’s regrettable the dumb old shits in DC are empowered with the force of Statism.

And THAT is precisely the problem. It is not that this or that regulation goes to far. The federal government needs to be stripped of the power to regulate AT ALL. (The INTERSTATE Commerce Clause never gave it in the first place.)

[unixfox]

Let's take it even farther and have a blackout on filing tax returns and sending the IRS any more of our hard earned money.

Now THAT would cause a government blackout!

[Focault's Pendulum]

He told me he stopped hiring musicians because a union (AFTRA, I think) was going to charge him $5 per chair

You're thinking ASCAP. AFTRA is the American Federation of Radio & Television Actors.

[redhead]

"No Google searches. No Facebook updates. No Tweets. No Amazon.com shopping. Nothing."

I don't use google. Don't have Facebook. Don't have Twitter. Shop amazon about once a month.

[redgolum]

The free exchange of information is a threat to big government propoganda. It was only a matter of time.

[redgolum]

The free exchange of information is a threat to big government propoganda. It was only a matter of time.