Welcome to “What’s Wrong With Washington!” I am Lance Pisowicz and I would like to thank you for joining us once again. I resolved that I would do a blog for today but once again my schedule will not permit me the time to create a video today. Please do check out my website, Lance Pisowicz Online (www.wix.com/lancejp/online). Also become a subscriber of my Youtube Channel (www.youtube.com/user/lancejponline), like my Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/Lance-Pisowicz/130049603677542), or follow me on Twitter (www.twitter.com/lancejp). You can also subscribe to my blogs on blogger (www.wrongwithwashington.blogspot.com and www.lancesweeklywalk.blogspot.com). There are a couple of key topics I would like to take a look at today. We will start off with the Wikipedia blackout that occurred on Wednesday, President Obama’s refusal to approve the Keystone pipeline, and finally we will take a look into the 2012 Presidential primaries.
*I was on the computer on Wednesday evening and had something that I needed to look up for school. Generally I try to use certified, expert websites for my research, but for general information one of my favorite tools is Wikipedia. When I got to the website, a black screen appeared that said, “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge.” I read the description on the screen and it mentioned something about the Senate possibly approving the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) that would target websites such as Wikipedia. It would greatly harm the free and open internet by trying to protect the intellectual property of individuals and organizations.
While protecting intellectual property is a honorable thing to do, the method that the Senate is taking in the bill is wrong. There are certain things that are common knowledge or a general public knowledge. That includes websites like Wikipedia. While I may not individually know where Henry Clay was born, there are thousands of people out there who do. That and the fact that one of these individuals knows this and is willing to share it, is all it takes to make it public property. A person cannot own the fact concerning Henry Clay’s birthplace. If SOPA targeted individual sites who were stealing facts from an Encyclopedia or a book, especially if the works were not cited, then I would have no problem with it. But to deny the people the right to free public information is a step toward a society with fewer freedoms. In fact, Wikipedia cites their sources on every page they have. What have they done wrong? Although I was disappointed to not be able to use Wikipedia on Wednesday, I fully support their stance and hope that it sends a message to the Senate: either listen to the people or be sent packing in November.
*Now I am going to switch gears to talk about the Keystone pipeline issue and how it affects every American. If you have been following the news at all recently, chances are you know what the Keystone pipeline is. Although Congress has passed the bill to expand the Keystone pipeline in Canada, President Obama has refused to sign it into law. So basically, President Obama is siding with his environmentalist cronies and denying the American people cheaper fuel from a nation that we are closely associated with. Most Americans agree that gas prices are still a huge issue in the nation and that they would approve of the Keystone pipeline expanding.
Instead the President wants to buy oil from Saudi Arabia and the rest of OPEC (some of these nations are on hostile terms with the United States) in fear of harming the environment. Is drilling oil in Saudi Arabia not going to harm their environment as well? Obviously it will affect the environment there differently, but it certainly is not going to help it. The President and his supporters also claim that they are saving the oil for a “rainy day.” Well judging by the state of our economy and national debt (among others) I would say the day is not a “sunny” one. By the time we get what Obama would call a rainy day we will either have an alternative fuel source or several generations will have come and gone by then. If we haven’t innovated enough to find an alternative fuel source by the time we run low on oil resources, I would suppose that all innovating had ceased to exist. In terms of how this will affect the election in November, I am certain the American people will be thinking about gas prices when they cast their ballots.
*Speaking of the 2012 Presidential Election, the Republican Primaries are well underway. The next stop on the road to the White House is South Carolina which is tomorrow. We didn’t have to wait until Saturday to hear some important news. Rick Perry dropped out of the race yesterday. I was disappointed to see him go. He along with Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were my favorite candidates left. However, just because I liked those three the best does not mean I would formally support them. As the primaries drag on I am feeling more and more drawn to support Mitt Romney. I truly feel he has the best chance of defeating President Obama and brings the most economic experience to the table. I am especially interested to see how Florida votes at the end of the month and of course what Colorado, Ohio, and Indiana do before I finalize my choice. Those swing states will determine exactly who can defeat President Obama in November.
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