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Rand Paul Promises to Filibuster ‘Censor the Internet’ Legislation

Submitted by StevenNelson on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 00:28
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Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul announced Wednesday that he would filibuster any attempt by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to bring the Protect IP Act (PIPA) to a vote.

“Both PIPA and SOPA give the federal government unprecedented and unconstitutional power to censor the Internet,” Paul said in a statement. “I will not sit idly by while PIPA and SOPA eliminate the constitutionally protected rights to due process and free speech."

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Fight on, Rand!

Submitted by valleyforge on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 16:36.

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Good boy!

Submitted by hj871 on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 16:23.

Good boy!

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Rand is building a good record of principled

Submitted by reedr3v on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 10:07.

action in the senate. This bodes well for his political future.

Someone near Washington

Submitted by Brutus56 on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 09:25.

Someone near Washington should bring food, comfortable slippers, and stacks of reading material to Rand.

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malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium

Gulag Archipelago...

Submitted by riceowlex on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 09:21.

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Just one last kick in the nuts, then a final deathblow

Suggested reads for the Fillibuster?

Submitted by funkmasterizzy on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 01:11.

I say he should read McCain's 200 page anti-Romney book.

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Submitted by bytejockey on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 10:31.

Liberty Defined
End the Fed

or any book written by his dad.

George Orwell

Submitted by freespace2dotcom on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 10:17.

Animal Farm.

I'm sure there would be a few passages he could give extra emphasis. It's short, but wouldn't be the only one.

The Revolution

Submitted by Debbie157 on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 09:26.

by Dr. Ron Paul

Bastiat would be good if it's

Submitted by mythirdij on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 07:48.

Bastiat would be good if it's going out on C-SPAN.

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Road to Serfdom.

Submitted by rpjazzer on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 07:44.

Road to Serfdom.

Liberty Defined

Submitted by i_am_free on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 01:23.

:)

Read it into the record.

Submitted by win on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 10:03.

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I like the...

Submitted by axisOFgood on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 01:33.

...200 page anti-Romney book IDEA :-)

he ain't no RON (who is) but...

Submitted by axisOFgood on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 01:07.

...other than Dad, Rand Paul is the MANNNNN.