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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>Dear Federationists, <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>I think that is an issue that should be dealt with as soon as possible. While I haven’t seen the bill, it sounds ominous. I don’t like the FCC tampering with the internet to suit big corporations. If you feel strongly about this, please contact your congress person by phone, EMAIL, or fax telling them that you are against the FCC tampering with the free internet. If anybody has a copy of the actual bill, I’d like to see it. Please let me know how anybody likes the message I got below. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Thanks<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Terry<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The message is below.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><a href="http://freepress.net/?akid=4752.10282589.RK1Ud3" target="_blank" title=freepress.net><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2A5DB0;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=280 height=125 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01CF6FA7.F72EBA50" alt="free press action fund"></span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td style='border:none;border-top:dotted #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Dear James,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Usually we write and ask you to sign something.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>But today we need your help to keep a letter <strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>from</span></i></strong> being signed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>The Free Press Action Fund has gotten its hands on a copy of the email being sent by a top cable lobbyist to members of Congress urging them to oppose “broadband reclassification” and real Net Neutrality.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'><a href="http://act.freepress.net/call/call_congress_NN_cable_letter/?t=1&akid=4752.10282589.RK1Ud3">Call Congress now and tell your rep: Don’t sign that letter!</a></span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Lobbyist Tom Downey — a former member of Congress now representing the National Cable and Telecommunications Association — is sending a note around on Capitol Hill that reads in part:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Downey McGrath Group represents the NCTA, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, and they have asked me to contact you regarding the current policy discussion on net neutrality. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>As you know the Federal Communications Commission is poised to take up this question later this week when Chairman Wheeler introduces his proposal on the issue. Congressman Gene Green is circulating the attached letter to the Commission asking that the Commission not reclassify broadband service as a Title II service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Yep, that’s right. While the letter is nominally being circulated by a member of Congress, it’s the cable lobbyists themselves that are doing the real legwork.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'><a href="http://act.freepress.net/call/call_congress_NN_cable_letter/?t=2&akid=4752.10282589.RK1Ud3">Call Congress now and tell your rep: Don’t sign that letter!</a></span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>You know your actions are making an impact when the cable lobby starts conspiring against you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Your member of Congress needs to know that you know this letter was written and shopped around by the cable industry. And that signing it is unacceptable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>The cable industry has called the shots on Capitol Hill for too long. We need to remind our representatives who they really work for – and that we want nothing less than real Net Neutrality.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'><a href="http://act.freepress.net/call/call_congress_NN_cable_letter?t=3&akid=4752.10282589.RK1Ud3">So please make the call</a>. You know for sure the cable lobbyists are making theirs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Onward,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Craig, Josh and the rest of the Free Press team<br><a href="http://act.freepress.net/go/15958?t=4&akid=4752.10282589.RK1Ud3">freepress.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>P.S. We’re aiming to raise $50,000 by May 15th to power our work to save the Internet. A generous donor will match all funds raised if we meet our goal. <a href="https://act.freepress.net/donate/internet_15_15/?t=5&akid=4752.10282589.RK1Ud3">Please donate today</a>. 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The Free Press Action Fund does not support or oppose any candidate for public office. Learn more at <a href="http://www.freepress.net?akid=4752.10282589.RK1Ud3">www.freepress.net</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:margin-bottom: 10px'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/freepress">Facebook</a> and follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/freepress">Twitter</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'><br><a href="http://act.freepress.net/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?akid=4752.10282589.RK1Ud3">You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p></div></body></html>