CISPA Supporters List

19 April 2012
I am scared and this is the moment of truth, the American future and the death of the Forth Amendment and here is why.

The political firepower that the proposed CISPA bill has in congress is strong and has a ton of money backing it up.  I have provided by courtesy of digital trends, http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/cispa-supporters-list-800-companies-that-could-help-uncle-sam-snag-your-data/ a list of CISPA supporters.  From this list, you will see the power that is behind the bill and how difficult it will be for the American people to help to stop it from passing.  These companies have voiced their direct support for CISPA or indirect support through the direct support of a trade group.

Those on the CISPA camp say, "Don't worry. Trust us."  But we don't and shouldn't.  Simple trust should not be a factor, while this is an example of the government and corporations abusing power to derail individuals.  How can we put our civil liberties in the hands of those who could justify anything that they please?

    * AT&T
    * Boeing
    * BSA
    * Business Roundtable
          o A.O. Smith
          o ABB Inc. USA
          o Abbott
          o Accenture pic
          o ACE Limited
          o AES
          o Aetena, Inc.
          o AGCO
          o AK Steel
          o Alcoa Inc.
          o Allstate
          o Altec, Inc.
          o American Electric Power Company, Inc.
          o American Express
          o Amerigroup
          o Ameriprise Financial
          o Amgen, Inc.
          o Anadarko Petroleum
          o Apache Corp.
          o Arch Coal, Inc.
          o AT&T
          o Automatic Data Processing
          o Avery Dennison
          o Avis Budget Group
          o Ball Corp.
          o Bank of America
          o Barclays PLC
          o Bausch + Lomb
          o Bayer AG
          o Bechtel Group, Inc.
          o BlackRock, Inc.
          o Blackstone Group
          o BNSF Railway
          o Boeing
          o BorgWarner, Inc.
          o C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
          o CA Technologies
          o Caesars Entertainment
          o Campbell Soup Company
          o Cardinal Health, Inc.
          o Case New Holland Inc.
          o Caterpillar Inc.
          o CBRE Group, Inc.
          o CF Industries
          o CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.
          o Charles Shwab
          o Chesapeake Energy
          o Chevron
          o Chrysler Group LLC
          o CIGNA
          o Cisco Systems, Inc.
          o Citigroup, Inc.
          o Coca-Cola
          o Cognizant Technology Solutions
          o Comcast
          o Computer Sciences Corporation
          o ConocoPhillips
          o Convergys Corporation
          o Cooper Industries PLC
          o Corning Inc.
          o Covidien pic
          o Crane Co.
          o CSX
          o Cummins Inc.
          o CVS Caremark
          o Danaher Corp.
          o Darden Restaruants, Inc.
          o DaVita Inc.
          o Deere & Company
          o Dell
          o Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
          o DIRECTV
          o Dominion Resources
          o Dow Chemical
          o Duke Energy
          o DuPont
          o Eastman Chemical
          o Eaton Corp.
          o Edison International
          o Eli Lilly and Company
          o EMC Corp.
          o Ernst & Young
          o Exelis Inc.
          o Express Scripts
          o Exxon Mobil
          o FedEx
          o First Solar, Inc.
          o Fluor Corp.
          o FMC Corp.
          o Ford Motor Company
          o Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
          o Frontier Communications
          o Gannet Co., Inc.
          o General Electric
          o General Mills
          o General Motors
          o Goldman Sachs Group
          o Goodrich
          o Grainger
          o Hanes Brands Inc.
          o Harman International Industries
          o Harris Corp.
          o Hartford Financial Services Group
          o Hasbro, Inc.
          o Hertz
          o Hess Corp.
          o Honeywell International, Inc.
          o HSBC – North America
          o Humana Inc.
          o INgersol-Rand PLC
          o Intel
          o IBM
          o International Paper Company
          o Interpublic Group
          o ITC Holdings
          o ITT Corp.
          o Johnson & Johnson
          o Johnson Controls, Inc.
          o JPMorgan Chase
          o Kelly Services, Inc.
          o Kindred Healthcare
          o KPMG LLP
          o Liberty Mutual
          o Liz Claiborne
          o Macy’s
          o Marathon Oil
          o MassMutual Financial
          o MasterCard
          o McDermott International
          o McGraw-Hill
          o McKesson Corp.
          o Medtronic, Inc.
          o Merck & Co., Inc.
          o Meredith Corp.
          o Meritor, Inc.
          o MetLife, Inc.
          o Microsoft
          o Motorola Mobility
          o Motorola Solutions
          o NASDAQ OMX
          o National Gypsum Company
          o Navistar
          o New York Life Insurance
          o NextEra Energy
          o Norfolk Southern Corp.
          o Northrop Grumman Corp.
          o Nucor Corp.
          o Ownes Corning
          o Peabody Energy Corp.
          o PepsiCo
          o Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc.
          o Pfizer
          o Praxair, Inc.
          o PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
          o Principal Financial Group
          o Proctor & Gamble
          o Prudential Financial
          o Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
          o Qualcomm
          o R.R. Donnelley & Sons
          o Realogy Corp.
          o Rockwell Automation, Inc
          o Rockwell Collins, Inc.
          o Ryder Systems, Inc.
          o Sanofi-Aventis
          o SAP
          o SAS Institute Inc.
          o Sealed Air Corp.
          o Shell Oil Company
          o Siemens
          o Simon Property Group, Inc.
          o Southern Company
          o Stanley Black & Decker
          o State Farm
          o Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
          o SunGuard
          o Target
          o Telephone and Data Systems
          o Tenet Healthcare Corp.
          o Tenneco, Inc.
          o Texas Instruments
          o Textron Inc.
          o The Brink’s Company
          o Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
          o Time Warner Cable
          o Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P.
          o Travelers Companies
          o Tyco International
          o Union Pacific Corp.
          o UPS
          o United Technologies Corp.
          o UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
          o Universal Health Services, Inc.
          o Verizon
          o Viacom
          o Visa
          o Wal-Mart
          o WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
          o WellPoint, Inc.
          o WESCO International, Inc.
          o Western & Southern Financial Group
          o Weyerhaeuser Company
          o Whirlpool Corp.
          o Williams Companies
          o Windstream Corp.
          o WL Ross & Co. LLC
          o World Fuel Services Corp.
          o Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
          o Xerox
          o Yahoo!
    * CSC
    * COMPTEL
    * CTIA – The Wireless Association
          o Allied Wireless Communications Corporation
          o Aloha Partners II, L.P.
          o AT&T
          o Barat Wireless, L.P.
          o Bluegrass Cellular, Inc.
          o Carolina West Wireless
          o Cavalier Wireless, LLC
          o Cellcom
          o Cellular Properties Inc, dba Cellular One
          o Clearwire Corporation
          o Cox Communications, Inc
          o DoCoMo Pacific, Inc.
          o East Kentucky Network LLC dba Appalachian Wireless
          o GCI Communication Corp.
          o GreatCall, Inc.
          o Leap Wireless
          o LightSquared
          o Mohave Wireless
          o MTA Wireless
          o MTS Communications, Inc.
          o Nex-Tech Wireless
          o NTELOS, Inc.
          o Pioneer/Enid Cellular
          o Smith Bagley, Inc. DBA Cellular One of N.E. AZ
          o SouthernLINC Wireless
          o SpectrumCo, LLC
          o Sprint Nextel Corporation
          o Stelera Wireless, L.L.C.
          o TerreStar Network Services, Inc
          o T-Mobile USA
          o TracFone Wireless, Inc
          o U.S. Cellular
          o Union Telephone Company
          o Verizon Wireless
          o Vitelcom Cellular, Inc. d/b/a Innovative Wireless
          o Westlink Communications, Inc.
          o 3Cinteractive
          o Access Telecom, Inc.
          o AirCell, Inc.
          o Alcatel-Lucent
          o AMGOO
          o Anritsu Company
          o AnyDATA, Inc
          o Apple Inc
          o Assurant Solutions
          o Asurion
          o BilltoMobile
          o BlueAnt Wireless
          o Bluetest AB
          o Bravo Tech Inc.
          o Brightstar Corporation
          o Bytemobile, Inc.
          o CBS Interactive
          o Cequint, Inc.
          o Cibernet
          o Cisco, Inc.
          o ClearSky Technologies, Inc.
          o CNN Mobile
          o DBSD North America, Inc.
          o Disney Mobile
          o EMC Test Systems, L.P., (ETS-Lindgren)
          o Ericsson, Inc.
          o eSecuritel Holdings, LLC
          o FiberTower Corporation
          o Finsphere Corporation
          o Frontline Test Equipment
          o Garmin
          o GOGII, Inc.
          o Good Technology
          o Google Inc
          o GroupMe, Inc.
          o Harris Information Technology Services
          o HEAD acoustics GmbH
          o HTC America, Inc.
          o Huawei Technologies USA Inc
          o HyperCube LLC
          o IDI Billing Solutions
          o Inmar
          o Inteliquent
          o Interop Technologies
          o Intrado, Inc
          o Intuit
          o kgb
          o Kore Telematics Inc.
          o LG Electronics MobileComm USA, Inc.
          o LOC-AID Technologies, Inc
          o M Seven System
          o Major League Baseball, Advanced Media, L.P.
          o MapInfo Corporation
          o Medio Systems, Inc
          o MI Technologies
          o Microsemi Corporation
          o Microsoft Corporation
          o Mobile Messenger
          o Mobile Posse, Inc.
          o Motorola Mobility, Inc.
          o Motricity
          o Movius Interactive Corporation
          o National Analysis Center, Inc
          o NBCUniversal Digital Networks
          o NeuStar, Inc.
          o NextG Networks, Inc
          o Nokia, Inc.
          o Numerex Corp
          o OnStar
          o OpenMarket
          o Openwave Systems
          o Opticon, Inc.
          o Panasonic Solutions Company
          o Paratek Microwave, Inc.
          o PaymentOne Corporation
          o PCTest Engineering
          o Personal Communications Devices, LLC (PCD)
          o Petra Industries, Inc.
          o Plantronics Inc
          o Plum Mobile
          o PPC
          o Qualcomm, Inc.
          o Quality One Wireless, LLC
          o QuickPlay Media Inc.
          o RealNetworks
          o Recellular, Inc.
          o RemoteMDx Inc.
          o Research In Motion
          o Samsung Telecommunications America, L.P.
          o Sasken Communication Technologies Limited
          o SEQUANS Communication
          o SGS US Testing Company, Inc.
          o Single Touch Interactive, Inc.
          o Smartcomm LLC
          o SMC Networks Inc.
          o Smith Micro Software, Inc.
          o Snackable Media
          o Southwire Company
          o StreamWIDE, Inc.
          o Sybase, Inc
          o Syniverse Technologies
          o Taqua, LLC
          o TARGUSinfo
          o TeleCommunication Systems, Inc
          o Telefonica Internacional USA, Inc.
          o The Howland Company, Inc
          o The NPD Group
          o The Weather Channel
          o Transaction Network Services
          o Tri-L Solutions, Inc.
          o TSB PLUS DEAL, Corp d/b/a EYO AMERICA
          o Vibes Media
          o WMC Global
          o Zipwhip, Inc.
          o Zong, Inc
          o Zoove Corp.
          o 7 layers
          o AccuWeather, Inc.
          o Agilent Technologies
          o Alaska Communications Systems
          o American Roamer Company, Inc.
          o AT4 Wireless
          o ATC Logistics & Electronics
          o Audience, Inc.
          o Azimuth Systems, Inc
          o Bechtel Telecommunications
          o BeQuick Software
          o Bloomberg Government
          o Bluetooth SIG
          o Boingo Wireless, Inc.
          o Boku, Inc.
          o BOX
          o Bragg Communications DBA Eastlink Wireless
          o Brightpoint, Inc.
          o Broadcom Corporation
          o Bureau Veritas ADT
          o Capital Telecom, LLC
          o Caterpillar
          o CDMA Development Group
          o Cellairis.com
          o Cenoplex, Inc.
          o CETECOM
          o CExchange, LLC
          o China Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL)          
          o Ciena Corporation
          o Cloudmark, Inc.
          o Commscope
          o Compliance Certification Services
          o comScore
          o ComSource, Inc
          o Corning Cable Systems
          o CT Miami LLC
          o CWG LLC (Communications Wireless Group)
          o Dell Inc.
          o Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
          o Dolby
          o Elektrobit System Test Ltd.
          o ETAK Systems, Inc.
          o Fibrebond Corporation
          o Ford Motor Company
          o GENERAC Power Systems, Inc.
          o GetJar
          o Hyper Taiwan Technology, Inc.
          o Incipio
          o Ingram Micro
          o Intec Billing Inc.
          o Intel Corporation
          o Intertek
          o iQmetrix
          o Jumptap, Inc.
          o Juniper Networks
          o Kathrein Inc. Scala Division
          o KGP Logistics
          o Kyocera Communications, Inc.
          o Lenco Mobile Inc.
          o Lenovo Inc.
          o Malsha LLC
          o Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
          o mBlox, Inc.
          o Metrico Wireless
          o Millennial Media
          o Mobileistic
          o MobiTV, Inc
          o Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.
          o National Electronics
          o NEC Corporation of America
          o New Retail Solutions
          o NEXPRO International, LLC
          o Novatel Wireless
          o NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc.
          o Offwire
          o Omnilert, LLC
          o Oracle Corporation
          o Palm, Inc
          o Plateau Telecommunications
          o Powermat
          o Protect Cell
          o Qmadix
          o Qualcomm Q-Lab
          o Radio Frequency Systems
          o RBC Capital Markets, LLC
          o Rohde & Schwarz
          o Sabre Industries, Inc.
          o SATIMO
          o SETAR-Servicio Di Telecomunicacion
          o Sierra Wireless
          o Simplexity LLC
          o Smart Synch
          o Sony Corporation of America
          o SPEAG (Schmid & Partner Eng. AG)
          o Spirent Communications
          o Sporton International Inc.
          o Stargreetz
          o Strategy Analytics, Inc.
          o Superior Communications
          o Symantec Corporation
          o Synchronoss Technologies
          o Talley, Inc
          o TCT Mobile Inc.
          o TECORE, Inc.
          o TEKELEC
          o Telecom Expert Group, LLC
          o Telecom. Metrology Center/Ministry of Information
          o Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA)
          o TELUS Communications Company
          o Texas Instruments, Inc.
          o The Management Network Group, Inc. (TMNG)
          o The Washington Post
          o TUV Rheinland Group
          o Twilio, Inc.
          o Unnecto/Parktel USA
          o Valor Communication Inc.
          o Ventus
          o VoltDelta/LSSi
          o W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
          o Wiley Rein LLP
          o Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
          o Wireless One, Inc.
          o Xentris, LLC
          o ZAGG Inc.
          o ZTE Corporation
    * Cyber, Space & Intelligence Association – Ed. Note: There is no information about this organization, what it is, what it does, or who its members are. We are looking into the matter further.
    * Edison Electric
    * EMC
    * Exelon
    * Facebook
    * The Financial Services Roundtable
          o AEGON USA, Inc
          o Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
          o Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America
          o Allstate
          o Ally Financial, Inc.
          o American Honda Finance Corp.
          o Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
          o Ares Capital Corp.
          o Associated Banc-Corp
          o Assurant, Inc.
          o Aviva USA
          o AXA Financial, Inc.
          o BankcorpSouth, Inc.
          o BancWest Corp.
          o Bank of America
          o Bank of Hawaii
          o The BNY Mellon Corp.
          o Barclays Capital, Inc.
          o BB&T Corp.
          o BBVA Compass
          o BlackRock, Inc.
          o BMO Financial Corp.
          o Brown & Brown Insurance
          o Capital One
          o Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
          o Charles Schwab
          o The Chubb Corp.
          o CIT group, Inc.
          o Citigroup, Inc.
          o City National Corporation
          o Comerica Incorporated
          o Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
          o Discover Financial Services
          o Edward Jones
          o E*Trade
          o Fidelity Investments
          o Fifth Third Bankcorp
          o First Horizon National Corp.
          o First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.
          o Ford Motor Credit Company
          o Fulton Financial Corp.
          o General Electric
          o Genworth Financial
          o Hancock Holding Company
          o The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
          o The Hartford
          o HSBC North America
          o Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
          o ING
          o John Deere Financial Serivces
          o Jon Hancock Financial Services
          o JPMorgan Chase & Co.
          o KeyCorp
          o Liberty Mutual
          o Lincoln National Corp.
          o LPL Financial
          o M&T Bank
          o MasterCard
          o Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co.
          o Nationwide
          o New York Life Insurance Co.
          o People’s United Bank
          o The PMI Group, Inc.
          o The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
          o Popular, Inc.
          o Principal Financial Group
          o The Private Bank
          o Protective Life Corp.
          o Prudential Financial Inc.
          o Putnam Investments
          o Raymond James Financial, Inc.
          o RBC Bank, USA
          o RBS Americas
          o Regions Financial Corporation
          o RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
          o Sallie Mae, Inc
          o Sovereign
          o State Farm Insurance
          o State Street Corp.
          o SunTrust Banks, Inc.
          o Swiss Reinsurance America Corp.
          o Synovus
          o TD Bank
          o Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
          o Trustmark Corp.
          o TSYS
          o UnionBanCal Corp.
          o United Bankshares, Inc.
          o Unum
          o U.S. Bancorp
          o Visa
          o Webster Financial Corp.
          o Wells Fargo & Copmany
          o Western & Southern Financial Group
          o Zions Bancorporation
    * IBM
    * Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance
          o CenturyLink
          o Cincinnati Bell
          o Comporium Communications
          o Consolidated Communications
          o FairPoint Communications
          o Hargray Communications
          o HickoryTech Communications
          o SureWest Communications
          o TDS Telecom
    * Information Technology Industry Council
          o Accenture
          o Adobe
          o Agilent Technologies
          o Alcatel Lucent
          o Altera
          o AMD
          o Aol
          o APC
          o Apple
          o Applied Materials
          o Autodesk
          o Broadcom
          o CA Technologies
          o Canon
          o Cisco
          o Cognizant
          o Corning
          o Dell
          o Kodak
          o eBay
          o EMC2
          o Ericsson
          o Fujitsu
          o Google
          o HP
          o IBM
          o Intel
          o Intuit
          o Lenovo
          o Lexmark
          o Micron
          o Microsoft
          o Monster.com
          o Motorola
          o NCR
          o Nokia
          o Oracle
          o Panasonic
          o Qualcomm
          o Ricoh
          o RIM
          o SAP
          o Sony
          o Symantec
          o Synopsys
          o Teradata
          o Texas Instruments
          o VeriSign
          o VMWare
    * Intel
    * Internet Security Alliance
          o AVG
          o BNY Mellon
          o Boeing
          o Carnegie Mellon University-CyLab
          o Dell
          o Direct Computer Resources
          o Lockheed Martin
          o National Association of Manufacturers
          o NJVC
          o Northrop Grumman
          o Raytheon
          o SAIC
          o Symantec
          o VeriSign
          o Verizon
          o USAA
          o Zurich North America
          o Computer Sciences Corps. (CSC)
          o GovDelivery
          o Infineon Technologies North America
          o Intuit
          o L-3 Communications
          o Qualcomm
          o Reed Elsevier
          o Phillips Nizer, LLP
          o Chartis Insurance
          o Mitsubishi
          o Palindrome Technologies
          o Power & Telephone Supply Co.
          o Salare Security, LLC
          o Sentar, Inc.
          o TASC
          o The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)
          o Wipro Technologies, Inc.
    * Lockheed Martin
    * Microsoft
    * National Cable & Telecommunications Association
          o A+E Networks
          o ActiveVideo Networks, Inc.
          o Acumen Solutions, Inc.
          o Advance/Newhouse Communications
          o Advanced Digital Broadcast, Inc. (ADB, Inc.)
          o Africa Channel
          o Alcatel-Lucent
          o Alticast, Inc.
          o AMC Networks Inc.
          o ARRIS
          o Aurora Networks, Inc.
          o Azar Computer Software Services, Inc.
          o BCM
          o Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
          o Beechwoods Software, Inc.
          o BelAir Networks
          o BendBroadband
          o BET Networks
          o BigBand Networks, Inc.
          o BlackArrow, Inc.
          o Blonder-Tongue Labs, Inc.
          o BlueHighways TV
          o Bond & Pecaro
          o Bonneville Distribution
          o Bortz Media & Sports Group, Inc.
          o Brigade Capital Management LLC
          o Broadlogic Network Technologies Inc.
          o Broken Bow TV
          o Cablevision Systems Corp.
          o Carlsen Resources, Inc.
          o Casa Systems
          o Castalia Communications Corp.
          o CatholicTV
          o CEA Associates, LLC
          o Charter Communications
          o CHR Solutions
          o Cim-Tel Cable, Inc.
          o Cisco Systems
          o Clear Creek Mutual Telephone
          o Clearleap, Inc.
          o CLIINTEL
          o Coaxial Cable TV Corp.
          o Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
          o Colton Cable TV & Telephone Co
          o Comcast Corporation
          o Comcast Programming
          o Com-Link, Inc.
          o CommScope, Inc.
          o Conax As
          o Consolidated Cable Solutions
          o Convergys
          o Cox Communications, Inc.
          o C-SPAN
          o Current TV
          o Cycle30, Inc.
          o Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
          o Discovery Communications, Inc.
          o Disney Media Networks
          o Dow Lohnes, PLLC
          o Duff & Phelps, LLC
          o Eagle Cablevision, Inc.
          o Eagle Communications
          o EATEL Corp.
          o Ebru TV
          o EchoStar Technologies, L.L.C.
          o Edwards Wildman Palmer, LLP
          o Ensequence, Inc.
          o Entone, Inc.
          o Entropic Communications, Inc.
          o Ericsson
          o ESRI
          o Euronews
          o EWTN Global Catholic Network
          o FamilyNet, Inc.
          o Fox Networks Group
          o France 24
          o Front Porch Inc.
          o Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
          o Game Show Network (GSN)
          o GCI Cable Inc.
          o Goltv, Inc.
          o Gospel Music Channel
          o Great Lakes Data Systems, Inc.
          o Hallmark Channel (Crown Media Holdings)
          o Hamilton County Cable TV Inc.
          o HDNet, LLC
          o Hearst Corporation
          o Hogan Lovells US LLP
          o Home Box Office (HBO)
          o Home Shopping Network
          o Hood Canal Cablevision
          o Horror Entertainment, LLC dba FEARnet
          o Hostopia.com Inc.
          o HRTV: HorseRacing TV
          o Huawei Technologies USA
          o icueTv, Inc.
          o Imagine Communications
          o iN DEMAND
          o InfoSpace, Inc.
          o Infosys Technologies Limited
          o Insight Communications, Inc.
          o Inspiration Networks (INSP)
          o Integrated BroadBand Services, LLC
          o Intraway Corporation S.R.L.
          o ION Media Networks
          o itaas, Inc
          o Juniper Networks
          o Karmaloop TV
          o Keene Valley Video, Inc.
          o Kennedy Network Services, Inc.
          o KPMG
          o Lifetime Entertainment Services
          o Lode Data Corporation
          o Massillon Cable TV
          o Mav’rick Entertainment Network, Inc.
          o McGuire Wood LLP
          o Mediacom Communications Corporation
          o METASWITCH
          o MGM HD
          o Midcontinent Communications
          o Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.
          o Mixed Signals, Inc.
          o Momentum Telecom Wholesale
          o Motorola, Inc.
          o Moultrie Telecomm. Inc.
          o Mountain Zone TV
          o MTV Networks
          o NagraVision S.A.
          o NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc.
          o National Geographic Channel (NGC)
          o NBC Universal
          o NDS Americas Inc.
          o Nelson County Cablevision Inc.
          o NEUSTAR, Inc.
          o NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc
          o New Visions Communications, Inc.
          o One World Sports
          o Outdoor Channel
          o Ovation TV
          o Pace Micro Technology PLC
          o QVC, Inc.
          o Qwest Communications
          o Rasenberger Media LLC
          o RBC Daniels
          o RCH Cable
          o Red Bull Media House North America
          o ReelzChannel
          o Rentrak Corporation
          o Retirement Living TV, LLC
          o RFD TV
          o Rovi Corporation
          o Scripps Networks Interactive
          o SeaChange International
          o Service Electric Cablevision
          o SES World Skies
          o Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
          o Si’ TV
          o Sigma Systems
          o Silver Star Communications
          o Sjoberg’s, Inc
          o Smithsonian Networks
          o SomosTV LLC
          o Sony Movie Channel
          o Starz Entertainment Group
          o Strategy & Technology Ltd.
          o Suddenlink Communications
          o Synacor, Inc.
          o Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.
          o TBN – Trinity Broadcasting Network
          o TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
          o Television Cable Co. of Andalusia
          o Tellabs, Inc.
          o TelVue Corporation
          o The eScapes Network LLC
          o The Sportsman Channel, Inc.
          o This Technology, Inc
          o Time Warner Cable
          o Times Fiber Communications, Inc.
          o TiVo, Inc.
          o TMNG Global
          o Toner Cable Equipment, Inc.
          o Turner Cable Networks
          o TV Guide Network Group
          o TV One
          o Universal Electronics, Inc.
          o Universal Remote Control, Inc.
          o Univision Communications Inc.
          o US Cable Corporation
          o Veria TV
          o Veronis Suhler Stevenson
          o Viacom/CBS
          o Viamedia
          o Visual Advertising Sales Technology
          o Vivicast Media, LLC
          o Vozzcom, Inc.
          o Waitsfield Cable Company
          o Waller Capital Corporation
          o Wealth TV
          o Weather Central, LLC
          o Weather Channel, Inc., The
          o White & Case LLP
          o WideOrbit Inc.
          o Wilson West Communications Inc.
          o Womble Carlyle Sandbridge & Rice
          o Worldcast
          o Youtoo TV
          o Zodiac Interactive
    * NDIA
    * Oracle
    * Symantec
    * TechAmerica: Full list not readily available
    * US Chamber of Commerce: Includes more than 3 million businesses
    * US Telecom – The Broadband Association: Full list not available
    * Verizon
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Funny, the headline says "Activist" when in fact they are journalists.  I was called an activist when I was "doing" war journalism.  Funny thing is that when we report the "truth" as journalists should do and no one want to hear it, our government does not want us to print it, we become "activists".  The scary thing is that when we are called "activists"  I am concerned that later, we will be called "propaganda terrorists" that can lead to our arrests.  All for the sake of civil justice.
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Josh Fox Arressted while filming 2/1/12

Fox is making a sequel to his acclaimed 2010 documentary film Gasland, in which he revealed the scale of the contamination of ground water resulting from the use of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to extract natural gas from oil shale. At the hearing, where Fox was scheduled to film, the subcommittee was due to receive a December 2011 report from the Environmental Protection Agency that confirmed his findings.

“The right to inform and be informed, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, was violated twice in this case,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Firstly, Fox’s arrest and expulsion constituted a flagrant act of censorship that was all the more absurd as an official video recording of the hearing is available on the subcommittee’s website.

CISPA and Journalism

 
18 April 2012

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is a bill that would allow companies doing business in the US to collect records of American citizens online activities, worldwide.  This includes all American journalists, photographers, investigative journalists, news agencies, associations, You Tube and bloggers.  This is a bill in my opinion, is very serious indeed. 

It was developed to help stop "cybersecurity threats" and for "cybersecurity purposes"  The bill is weak in definition, and it does not narrow the categories that the companies are to report to the American government.  This leaves the door open to any kind of interpretation, censor any speech that a company believes could "downgrade the network."  It is supposed to "protect theft or misappropriation of private or government information."  This includes intellectual property.  This gives a powerful weapon to close websites that provide important information to the American public and to the world.  The New York Times, could face problems with this bill because they published information from WikiLeaks.  They could censor international sites from American view who has information that the government does not want the American people to know about.

It reminds me of the European history pre-WWII, or the American Japanese scare and arrests on American soil.  I don't want to be forced to "wear a star" so others can identity me as a "cyber terrorist", or a "propaganda terrorists", (a new term that I read about lately, more on that later) and an American enemy, because I am writing this article.  As far as I am concerned this is the next step towards Fascism, by controlling the people, controlling the media and inserting fear that you may just get arrested the next time you cross over into American borders. 

How does the CISPA effect journalists? 
The bill disregards our Fourth Amendment rights as they apply to journalists and documentary filmmakers working on subject matter related to US military operations, foreign policy and other subjects that the Homeland Security finds offensive. 

Wait, what does homeland security have to do with CISPA the "internet eye in the sky?"  It has everything to do with it, when a person writes "keywords" that are a concern to American homeland security, that person is added to a "Homeland Security watch list" and if that person is researching, investigating, photographing, filmmaking on any of these subjects, then they will be added onto this list.  When someone is on the list, then the government, Homeland Security will have the right to arrest, question, or detain that person without any explanation, rights to make a phone call, for any amount of time and without any legal representation.  Now that is a hard call and a scary one.

The fourth amendment reads: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Is not the passing of CISPA creating the legal ability for the government (what ever branch) to follow citizens actions, opinions, online published papers, published articles, images, or emails and conversations using the written word or even voiced such as on Skype or Google, against the fourth amendment?  This action will Kill the Forth Amendment. 

In the end, it boils down to who is reading the key words and what kind of mood they are in that day if they report you or not. If anyone in the corporation feels that the citizen in this case, journalist, is approaching information that concerns the said "national interest, sensitive, secret or protected from disclosure then that information," journalist will be considered a "threat".  Remember it is the government or "homeland security" that can distinguish which materials are public or protected from disclosure not the companies.

CISPA puts the companies into the position of becoming "informers" with the promise of shielding them from any legal responsibility.  The government and these companies, (see supporters of CISPA list) tell the citizens that the law protects the populations and tech companies from cyber attacks.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers"

That freedom was suppressed in Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg, as Adolf Hitler was coming into power.  Hitler suppressed press freedom through the Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda where which the government acted as a central point for all media, issuing orders as to what stories could or could not be told. In this way, important realities were kept from the citizens and the journalists did not have a choice to take action in fear of execution. 

This bill instills increased fear among the American people.  I always hear people say, "Well, I'm not doing anything wrong, they can do what they want.  I have nothing to hide."  Wait a minute, does this mean because you are a "good person" that you will watch our civil rights drift away?  What happens when you become really angry about what can most likely happen in America's future when our freedoms are really gone and you want to say something or do something about it, like create a petition?  If the CISPA bill passes, you will be faced with the fear regarding, your postings on Facebook, web searches, sending emails, writing blog posts, any communication online...for fear that someone could "come knocking" on your door.  This has already happened to over 50,000 American citizens, and some of them have quietly been deported.

If "they" don't like what you are doing, they will have the right to: shut you down, your website, your blog, your business, and your existence.

Reporters Without Borders put it this way, "The definition of potential threats is even broader. It targets ‘‘efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy” a system or network, the “theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information”.  CISPA in its current form is written in broad scope.  The information that the companies share is not narrow and limited.  Information sharing should be about increasing Internet users' security, not government surveillance.

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Stop The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)

18 April 2012
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would allow companies doing business in the US to collect exact records of all of our online activities and hand them over to the US government, without ever notifying us that we are being watched. No warrant, no legal cause and no due process required. To make matters worse, the bill provides the government and corporations with blanket immunity to protect them from being sued for violation of privacy and other illegal actions.

The bill’s supporters claim that consumer information will be protected, but the reality is that huge loopholes would make everything we do online fair game -- and nowadays, from banking to shopping, our private information is all stored on the Internet.

CISPA is being moved forward in Congress and will be voted upon in days. Let’s raise a massive outcry to stop corporations from giving the US a blank check to monitor our every move.

Right now, the US is poised to pass a new law that would permit US agents to spy on almost everything we do online. But we can stop them before the final vote.

Companies that we trust with our personal information, like Microsoft and Facebook, are key supporters of this bill that lets corporations share all user activity and content with US government agents without needing a warrant in the name of cyber-security -- nullifying privacy guarantees for almost everyone around the world, no matter where we live and surf online.

If enough of us speak out, we can stop companies that profit from our business from supporting cyber-spying. Sign the petition to these key net corporations now:

Click below to take action:
Avaaz

This year, we helped stop SOPA, PIPA and ACTA -- all dire threats to the Internet. Now, let’s block CISPA and end the US government attack on our Internet.
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No Wage Change in 30 Years

The people have been living with wage decline since republicans have had a voice in government!

For working people the economy has been in recession since 1973.
The GOP and the rich corporatra¬tists have made a mess of everything¬.
1. Before 1973, The inflation Adjusted Median Income rose at 2.5% per year:

1953 = $22,648
1973 = $34,762

2. From 1973 to 2009, Inflation Adjusted Median Income fell by $2,578.

1973 = $34,762
2009 = $32,184
U.S. Census

3. The same thing shows up in Weekly Earnings.

All earners:

1979 = $339
2008 = $339

No Change over 30 years

Men:
1979 = $412
2010 = $389

DECREASE of $23/week
BLS

4. While per capita GPD has doubled:

1969 = $21,021
2010 = $42,517
USDA

5. This is accomplish by shifting the income distributi¬on:
Share Of Aggregate Income by Quintile:

BOTTOM 20% - 1967: 4.0% 2009: 3.4% Change: -0.6%
LOWER MIDDLE - 1967: 10.8% 2009: 8.6% Change: -2.2%
MIDDLE CLASS - 1967: 17.3% 2009: 14.6% Change: -2.7%
UPPER MIDDLE - 1967: 24.2% 2009: 23.2% Change: -1.0%
UPPER CLASS - 1967: 43.6% 2009: 50.3% Change: +6.7%
BLS

Bottom line message: WORK MORE, PRODUCE MORE, BUT GET LESS”

Comparrison of the debt under different proposals

According to the CBO from 2012 to 2022:

I. Obama's Proposals:
a. Extends Bush Tax Cuts.
b. Repeals Alternative Minimum Tax AMT.
c. No Medicare Reductions.

These add $2.7-trillion to the deficit.

II. Ryan/Romney's Proposals:
a. Extends Bush Tax Cuts.
b. Repeals Alternative Minimum Tax AMT.
c. Tax cut for those making more than $1 million
d. A 20% cut to all tax rates.
e. Increase military spending by 4% GPD.

These add $8.3-trillion to the deficit, THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS OBAMA.

III. Sa.nt.or.um's Proposals:
a. Extends Bush Tax Cuts.
b. Repeals Alternative Minimum Tax AMT.
c. Cuts capital gains to 12%
d. Cuts personal taxes across board
e. Cuts corporate taxes by 1/2

These add $6-trillion to the deficit, or TWICE AS MUCH AS OBAMA

WalMart Stirs Concern over Workers Compensation System

By: Becca Aaronson
9 April 2012

When Walmart, one of Texas’ largest private employers, dropped out of the state’s workers’ compensation system in March, it was a heavy blow to advocates of the system who have watched more large companies offer private — and in many cases, less generous — injury benefits.

Texas is the only state in the country that allows employers of any size to decline to carry state-regulated workers’ compensation coverage. Businesses administer their own injury benefit programs, reaping big cost savings in exchange for exposing themselves to heightened liability risks. Target, for example, began administering its own injury care policy in 2005.

Fifteen percent of Texas businesses with more than 500 employees do not carry state workers’ compensation coverage, according to a 2010 survey conducted by the Texas Department of Insurance.

Daniel Morales, a spokesman for Walmart, said the company is “sort of late to the game” of switching to its own program. The new policy gives the company “an opportunity to provide better care for our associates while also better managing our costs,” he said.

Opponents of large companies forgoing the state system, like Rick Levy, a lobbyist for the AFL-CIO, say the practice poses a “real threat” to the workers’ compensation system. He said it puts competitive pressure on companies that remain in the system to find similar cost-savings in their budgets.

“You end up punishing the folks that are trying to do the right thing by making their life more difficult as this other option becomes more prevalent,” he said.

But Bill Minick, president of PartnerSource, which has designed injury benefit policies for dozens of Fortune 500 companies, including Walmart, said these private plans restore the balance between adequate benefits and employee accountability. Many of them require employees to report injuries in a timely manner, visit pre-approved physicians and follow medical advice, he said.

Terry Frakes, senior vice president of public affairs at Texas Mutual, the largest provider of workers’ compensation coverage in Texas, said he believes the benefits for injured employees are not as good under the private plans.

For example, Walmart’s in-house plan caps total medical coverage at $300,000 for individual injuries, compared with lifetime coverage for the injury under state workers’ compensation. The Walmart plan provides 90 percent of lost wages for injured employees for up to 120 weeks, compared with 70 percent of lost wages for up to 401 weeks under the state system. That is a maximum of $140,350 under workers' compensation and $54,000 under Walmart’s policy for employees who earn $500 a week.

But Frakes said mandating that all employers carry state workers’ compensation, as the AFL-CIO has proposed, would not lower premium rates and could endanger some businesses.

“If they were forced into the decision, they would have to make the decision, can they afford to buy a policy or do they go out of business?” he asked.

Steve Bent, the executive director of the Texas Association of Responsible Nonsubscribers, which advocates for private injury benefit systems said with rising workers’ compensation rates possibly motivating more companies to opt out, insurance companies could be pressured to keep premium rates low.

* This story did not originally say that figures used for maximum payments through workers' compensation and Walmart's policy were based on employees who earn $500 a week.

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Six ways to get the Rich Richer under Romney

1. Housing bargains – but only for the wealthy and uber-wealthy.  The largest transfer of wealth from the public to private sector. The federal government will be bulk-selling the massive portfolio of foreclosed homes now owned by HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private investors — vulture  Read More... funds.  “You and I will not be allowed to participate” is that these properties will only be sold to those that can bring “a billion dollars or more to each transaction”

2. Tax breaks are good – especially if you’re rich - RYAN PLAN - $MANY TRILLIONS - PLUS CAYMAN and SWISS ACCOUNTS.  PAY FOR THIS CUTTING PROGRAMS FOR THE 99%.

3. Hedge funds: A typical minimum investment is $2.5 million, but many have much higher admission prices.  PLANNED SCAMS FOR THE RICH!

4. Borrowing is easy – if you don’t need the money
Mark Twain said, “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”

5. Buy low and sell high – easier if you’re rich - capitalize on bad times as prices plummet and demand drops and supply increases.

6. Good credit is money in the bank - More income and money you have, the easier it get credit at ZERO%
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Procedures for handling Assemblies and Mass Demonstrations, D.C.

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Procedures for Handling First Amendment Assemblies and Mass Demonstrations
From:  Public Intelligence

    The Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) outlined in this manual are to ensure that this department is prepared to respond effectively and efficiently in accordance with applicable law and District of Columbia policy to any unlawful conduct occurring in the context of First Amendment assemblies. These SOP’s incorporate revisions to the manner in which the Metropolitan Police Department responds to demonstrations and other assemblies on District of Columbia public space that the District has implemented in resolving litigation. This manual also reflects measures mandated by the First Amendment Rights and Police Standards Act of 2004.

    This handbook sets forth general policy and shall serve as standard operating procedures for all members in carrying out the mission of the Metropolitan Police Department in dealing with all demonstrations, rallies, marches, picket lines, or other similar gatherings conducted for the purpose of persons expressing their political, social, or religious views. This policy is intended to exceed constitutional requirements and satisfy the heightened requirements of local statutory law and best practices.

    The manual also is designed around the concept of operational flexibility within the requirements of the National Incident Management System. It is impossible to devise specific standard procedures for handling all possible situations, for each has its own characteristics and problems. The overall police philosophy must be one of moderation, flexibility and controlled response. Since each situation is unique, both commanders and supervisory officials must plan to respond according to the nature and size of the crowd. The tactical procedures established within this manual are a guide, and not a substitute for the exercise of sound judgment and proper command and supervision within the context of general departmental policy.

    It is imperative that members of the force understand the role of the Metropolitan Police Department during mass demonstrations and major disturbances in our city and the manner by which the department prepares itself to fulfill this role. It is to this end that this handbook is dedicated.

    …

    V. VIOLENT CIVIL DISTURBANCES

    Unplanned civil disturbances may arise from a number of causes such as political grievances, economic conflicts, community unrest, or in response to police action taking place in neighborhoods, or in the midst of a crowded street, park or public place. Civil disturbance participants come from all walks of life and cover the entire political spectrum.

    Whenever an unplanned First Amendment assembly arises, the first officer on the scene will serve as the initial incident commander. That member will be responsible for conducting an assessment of the scene, notifying the CIC and the element Watch Commander of the situation and requesting assistance from the Special Operations Division.

    The basic human element sparking a civil disturbance is usually the presence of a crowd. Civil disturbances usually arise when a crowd:

    1. Gathers to air grievances on issues, and transfers its anger from the issues to the people dealing with the issues.
    2. Swells uncontrollably as curious bystanders and sympathetic onlookers join forces with the activists or protestors.
    3. Is incited to irrational action by skillful agitators.

    In civil disturbances, crowds employ any number of tactics to achieve their goals. Their tactics may be unplanned or planned, non-violent or violent confrontations. As indicated, the situations that could evolve into a violent civil disturbance are numerous and varied. Often there will be little or no warning before the onset of violence or property damage. In a few instances, it may be possible to predict a level of civil disorder by the nature of a pre-planned event. However, each civil disturbance situation is unique and commanders and supervisory officials must, therefore, plan and respond according to the nature and size of the disturbance. The policies and procedures presented in this SOP are based upon the concept of operational flexibility, and it is expected that officials will exercise sound judgment and proper command and supervisory responsibility in the control of a civil disturbance.

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Recalculating Romneys Four Percent Gimmick

2 April 2012  (Think before you vote...really)  This is one of the most important elections in our history, our future is at stake and this is not a time for playing around...(side note: Susan Brannon)

I have a new piece up at ForeignPolicy.com on Ron Paul and the Republican Party, focused in particular on the strong support that Paul draws from young people, with some additional speculation about where those young people will end up, if and when Paul steps back from his very public role. My instincts are that these young people are motivated at least as much by the ideas that Paul espouses as by Ron Paul, the person. If I am correct, many of them are likely to remain active in politics. I close with a warning to GOP leaders that they would be making a grave error if they ignored this libertarian-leaning voting bloc. Unfortunately, that is what the GOP’s leading candidate, Mitt Romney, seems to be doing by pushing a short-sighted plan for boosting military spending at a time when the country is awash in debt.

I have always been puzzled by the fact that conservatives who rail against welfare dependency here at home miss the pernicious effects of security dependency among our allies. Tim Pawlenty didn’t get it. Neither does Mitt Romney. Rather than questioning the mantras that have guided U.S. foreign policy for over a generation, Romney simply assumes that the United States will remain the world’s policeman, other countries will continue to free-ride on our security guarantees, and U.S. taxpayers will happily foot the bill. He proposes spending at least four percent of GDP on the military’s base budget, plus whatever additional money might be needed to fight the wars that he wants to fight (for example, this one).

I commented on the Four Percent Gimmick a few months ago, and now I have a bit more detail about Romney’s plan relative to the Obama administration’s latest 10-year projections. I alluded to these numbers in the ForeignPolicy.com piece, and below provide some more detail. (I am grateful, as always, for the help of my colleague Charles Zakaib in sorting through these, and in preparing the charts).



The chart above shows spending in nominal, current-year dollars, over the next ten years. The Obama administration plans to spend $5.7 trillion between 2013 and 2022 (the blue bars). If Romney keeps his promise of four percent for defense, he will spend at least $8.3 trillion (using OMB’s GDP projections) over that same period, an additional $2.58 trillion (the yellow bars). His budget in 2022 would top $1 trillion, and would be at least 61 percent higher than Barack Obama’s. He hasn’t said what other spending he will cut, or what taxes he would increase, to cover that difference. Until he does, it is logical to conclude that he plans to pile on more debt.

And we should remember that current laws call for even less spending than President Obama has proposed, but he has chosen to ignore the sequestration provisions of the Budget Control Act. GOP leaders in Congress seem equally disinterested in following through on their promise to kick the spending habit, and several have put forward plans to undo sequestration for the Department of Defense. Either way, the bottom line is more debt. As I speculate at ForeignPolicy.com, no wonder young people seem to like Ron Paul so much (and Mitt Romney so little).

Another way to demonstrate the absurdity of Romney’s plan is to control for inflation and compare it to future and past trends. Looking ahead, in constant, 2012 dollars, annual Pentagon spending will average $744.8 billion over the next ten years—again assuming the same GDP projections as Obama’s plan. That is 44 percent higher than Obama’s average budget (the bright pink line) over that same period, and nearly 59 percent higher than sequestration (the dark red line).

Now consider how this compares with the recent past. As you can see, Romney’s Four Percent Gimmick would result in taxpayers spending more than twice as much on the Pentagon as in 2000 (111 percent higher, to be precise), and 45 percent more than in 1985, the height of the Reagan buildup. Over the next ten years, Romney’s annual spending (in constant dollars) for the Pentagon would average 64 percent higher than annual post-Cold War budgets (1990-2012), and 42 percent more than the average during the Reagan era (1981-1989).





Mitt Romney may genuinely believe that today’s enemies are 42 percent more frightening than the big bad Soviets. He might believe that spending an average of $450 billion (in constant dollars) every year since 1990 has left the country dangerously vulnerable. If that is true, he should say so. More importantly, however, he should be compelled to answer the question on everyone’s mind: Where is he going to get the money to fund his Pentagon spending binge?

Cross-posted from Cato @ Liberty 
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