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><br>Date: Nov 22, 2006 3:55 PM<br>Subject: Protect Net Neutrality in Michigan, Tuesday!<br>To: Caleb Cushing <<a href="mailto:xenoterracide@gmail.com">xenoterracide@gmail.com</a>><br><br></span>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><small><font color="black" size="2"><small><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Don't
Let the Michigan Senate Sell Out the Internet.<br>
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<strong><b>Join
us at a November 28 rally at the Capitol Building in Lansing<br>
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Dear Caleb,
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</p><p><font size="-1">Michigan is the front line of the fight for
Internet freedom.
AT&T lobbyists are swarming the State Capitol to push
through a
bill in Michigan's lame-duck state Senate session that would
strip away
Net
Neutrality protections and let AT&T control what we see and
do
online. <br>
<br>
They're trying to ram this bill through next
week before the outgoing Republican Senate turns over control to
the
new Democratic majority that Michigan voters chose on Nov.
7.<br>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span>Before
Michigan state legislators vote on this bad bill, let's make
sure
that they hear loud and clear from the people across the state:
Don't
Sell Out the Internet to AT&T. Protect Net Neutrality!<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Next Tuesday, November 28, at
noon
join the SavetheInternet.com Coalition and others at the State
Capitol
in Lansing for a
rally to protect Internet freedom.</span><br>
<br>
WHAT: Rally to protect Internet freedom<br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">WHEN: Next
Tuesday --
November 28 -- </span></font> <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="fuchsia" size="-1">12 p.m. - 1 p.m.</font><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">WHERE: Capitol Building
in
Lansing, 1st Floor </span></font> <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="fuchsia" size="-1">Rotunda</font><font color="black" size="-1"><span style="color: black;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br>
WHO: Free Press, MoveOn.org Civic
Action
and the
SavetheInternet.com
Coalition -- media will be in attendance<br>
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</p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/S7er3Xn1pPCU/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Join the rally by RSVPing
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We've just beat back AT&T and its allies in Congress. But
these
powerful corporations haven't stopped their efforts to kill Net
Neutrality. They are now determined to take away Internet
freedom at
the state level -- starting in Michigan. And if they win in
Michigan,
it will have severe repercussions for our work in
Washington.<br>
<br>
</font> <font color="black" size="-1"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black;"></span></font><font color="black" size="-1"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: black;"></span></font><font size="-1">The
"Michigan Video Franchising Bill" (HB 6456) was written by phone
company lobbyists. AT&T tells legislators and the public
that
it will expand access to the Internet. What they don't reveal is
that
unless Net Neutrality protections are added, these corporations
will be
able to abuse their role as gatekeepers to the Internet --
deciding
which
Web sites open quickly on your computer. This is also simply a
bad bill
for broadband deployment bringing competition to just the
wealthiest
communities and gutting consumer protections for all.<br>
<br>
Coming to the Lansing rally will send a loud message to your
legislators and the media that Michigan residents want to keep
the
Internet free and open. You can do more by visiting <a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/Sper3Xn1pPCy/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">SavetheInternet.com</a>
and
contacting
your state senator:<br>
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Michigan</span></a><br>
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<font size="-1"><br style="font-family: arial;">
<span style="font-family: arial;">With your help, we stood up to
the phone and cable companies in
Washington. It's now time to save the Internet in
your home state.</span><br style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Onward,</span><br style="font-family: arial;">
<br style="font-family: arial;">
<span style="font-family: arial;">Timothy Karr</span><br style="font-family: arial;">
<span style="font-family: arial;">Campaign Director</span><br style="font-family: arial;">
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