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• The 51st State Initiative

Anyone remember the state of Jefferson?

Anti-piracy is well and good, but congress acting to regulate the internet is not the way to do it. Enact laws to prosecute those who pirate, but do not force ISPs to block sites that are suspected pirates. There are copyright laws out there to enforce, we don't need more to help; enforce the ones that are already on the books (there are ways to do so, and they work).

SOPA and PIPA might not affect famwagner.com or Atlantis, though it could with my use of OS and Browser logos. Hey, I've never said I own the logos, but if SOPA and PIPA are enacted, I could be shut down or have someone go after me. That's how overbearing these bills are.

So, I stand with sites like Wikipedia (which is blacked out today) and Google, who put a black bar over their logo. I liked that idea, and decided to emulate it.

• Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours to protest web piracy bills
• FoxNew's SOPA coverage
• Google's Anti-SOPA page—TAKE ACTION
• Wiki's SOPA information (while the site is blacked out, this particular page and their SOPA initiative page are not)

Links:

• Current link for relief for Japan
• LCMS World Relief and Human Care general link (see all of their efforts, including some long-forgotten by the regular populous)

Rev. Matthew Harrison is different, though. He's not merely an "us against them" kind of confessional man (not that the others were, necessarily). He's a "we want and need them with us" kind of confessional man. He shows himself to be. He gets it.

The links:

• harrisonforpresident.org
• It's Time: LCMS Unity and Mission - the home of information related to Rev. Matthew C. Harrison's paper of the same title, written in response to the LCMS' Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and Governance.
• It's Time: LCMS Unity and Mission - Rev. Harrison's paper

PCR was started by Rev. Wilkin after he was—well, let's be plain and blunt—fired from KFUO by the LCMS. It hosts the Issues, Etc. program, among many other solid, Lutheran programs. There are also a few actual radio stations that broadcast Issues, Etc., but they are in so few markets. In any event, listen to PCR, for more than just Issues, Etc.; it's all good programming. If you're having trouble listening to the webcast from the PCR page, try their Live365 page. Issues, Etc. airs weekdays from 4pm to 6pm, eastern, on PCR.

Alternatively, you can find Issues, Etc. at their own page: issuesetc.org. You can find the list of radio stations that air Issues, Etc.. More importantly (impressively?), you can find a backlog of previously aired episodes (found in segments). Give them a listen; find a segment with a subject that interests you.

List of links:

• Pirate Christian Radio
• PCR's Live365
• Issues, Etc.

There are a few of these sites (you can see them all by clicking links in a bar at the top of each of their pages), but here are my favorite of the bunch:

• ICANHASCHEEZBURGER - Lolcats 'n' funny pictures of cats.
• ihasaHOTDOG - Loldogs 'n' cute puppy dog pictures
• FAIL blog - Pictures and videos of owned, pwnd and fail moments.
• EngRish funny - Engrish pictures that is your funny Engrish.

That last one is the same concept as can be found at Engrish.com. EngRish funny looks like it will update more often, while Engrish.com does one pic per day.