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Most of you who know me, know I can be very loud and more than a bit obnoxious. I know I've been very loud the past few days about SOPA. 
We all know what is at stake. I won't talk down to you or think you don't realize how this concerns us. We are being fucking lazy. 
We are so concerned with our day to day lives that we are forgetting how much Federal government can affect us and or interest.
What we do today could be made much more difficult to do well without good reason. 
But more importantly, even if it doesn't, nothing much of substance will have changed. Because we were not the ones to stop it. 

We, beyond anyone else, know how amazing the web is. How important it is to our lives and our communities. We have power, people.
We command million dollar businesses, we bring so much  and money to the cities and states we reside in. We need to use this.
We need to call our representatives; but more than that, we need to state that we matter.

This is a time that matters, and we cannot let small personal matters get in the way of causing change; 
in creating good and interesting ideas and companies. 
I've seen so much protest and strength go into the fighting of SOPA but not from us. 
And that must stop if we want the internet to continue to be a powerful force of commerce and change.