[font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][span][font face="Times"][span]House Democrats Trying to Censor YouTube Videos
Click Below to Tell Congress to STOP Attack on Free Speech[/span]:
[/font][a href="vny!://news.conservativealert.com/c.asp?OhcrMZ3/PwRbualmp8qrhQHXZO4hix5hxUdFPRbFAZuA" target="_blank"][font face="Times"]www.capwiz.com/sicminc/issues/alert/?alertid=11596541&type=CO[/font][/a][/span][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][font face="Times"]ALERT: Have you ever watched a video on YouTube?[/font][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][font face="Times"]Who hasn't?[/font][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][font face="Times"]Millions of Americans today utilize free, unregulated and uncensored websites like YouTube on a daily basis to not only obtain information from their elected leaders about what's going on in their government, but to also give feedback and easily share that information with others. The advent of new media technology has empowered American citizens with real-time information about the policy debates and actions being undertaken by Congress. This has increasingly forced Congress to become more transparent and made it easier for American citizens to hold their elected leaders accountable.[/font][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][font face="Times"][img style="width: 239px; height: 168px;" src="vny!://media.conservativealert.com/3146/pics/Bill_Greene/rm_youtube_tv.jpg" align="left" hspace="10"]The Committee on House Administration is considering a new rule that could bring this trend to a screeching halt. The Committee is considering the adoption of new rules that would require outside websites such as YouTube to comply with House regulations before Members of Congress could post videos on them. Under the proposal, the House Administration Committee would develop a list of "approved" websites, and Members of Congress could post content only such websites. The rule has been proposed by the Democratic chairman of the Commission on Mailing Standards, Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA), and is being considered for adoption by the Committee on House Administration, chaired by Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA).[/font][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][font face="Times"]If the proposed rule is adopted, the free flow of information over the Internet between Americans and their representatives will be significantly curtailed. Americans who currently use free websites like YouTube to obtain uncensored daily information about congressional policy debates will instead be forced to go to websites "approved" by the House Administration Committee in order to continue getting such information. This would amount to new government censorship of the Internet, by a panel of federal officials that is neither neutral nor independent.[/font][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][font face="Times"]THIS IS AN OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH -- and it MUST be stopped![/font][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][font face="Times"]TAKE ACTION: The Internet is a powerful tool for promoting openness and transparency in government. It has given individual Americans an unprecedented window into the daily actions and policy debates of their Congress. The result has increasingly been a better-informed electorate -- better equipped with real-time information about what's happening in their government, and more empowered to hold their leaders accountable.[/font][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][font face="Times"]We need to make sure that the House Democrats STOP their attempt to deprive Americans of their ability to get information about what's happening in their government through the Internet and free websites like YouTube. Please click below NOW to send a FREE message to your Representative, demanding that he or she OPPOSE the proposed House rule:[/font][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"][span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times','serif';"][a href="vny!://news.conservativealert.com/c.asp?cIWiSqIpzau3LIzNq6MUqQHXZO4hix5hxUdFPRbFAZuA" target="_blank"][span style="font-weight: normal;"]www.capwiz.com/sicminc/issues/alert/?alertid=11596541&type=CO[/span][/a][/span][/font][/font][/p] [font size="3" face="times"][font face="Times"]
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