SOPA author stands by the Bill

SOPA is about the super rich protecting their income and Governor Smith getting their political backing ... "Let's make more laws to keep on exploiting the masses". De Oppresso Liber!
 
“It is amazing to me that the opponents apparently don’t want to protect American consumers and businesses,” Republican Representative Lamar Smith told Reuters in a telephone interview.

“Are they somehow benefitting by directing customers to these foreign websites? Do they profit from selling advertising to these foreign websites? And if they do, they need to be stopped. And I don’t mind taking that on.”
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Perhaps that quote needs to be added to this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawman#Examples
 
Oh the hypocrisy!
Smith has received numerous awards from conservative organizations for his opposition to efforts to expand the federal government’s power.

But the Texas representative says giving Washington sweeping powers over the Internet is necessary to protect free enterprise.
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And to top it off, the website of the author violates the bill: http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/lamar-smith-sopa-copyright-whoops
 
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