Here’s what can happen when we hold the elected “public officials” accountable and responsible for their actions. Our votes, our emails, our letters and telephone calls count more than the kazillions of dollars that corporate interests funnel to special interest lobbying programs.

Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senator Bob Casey is one of the PIPA co-sponsors; why does he want to curtail our ability to find information via the Internet? Send him an e-mail; ask him to reconsider.

Senator Pat Toomey is against Internet interference. “Several other lawmakers that had previously been silent in the debate also came out in opposition, including Sens. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).” Send him an e-mail and thank him for supporting information freedom in the United States.

Representative Joe Pitts has stated, “I am not a co-sponsor of SOPA and will only support it if it protects BOTH artists rights AND internet freedom.” Send him an email and thank him for supporting information freedom in the United States.

A few days ago, we posted this article about your access to information on the Internet being in jeopardy. On Wednesday, hundreds or thousands of Websites “went dark” to show what might be the outcome of bills introduced in Congress by monied special interest groups. This was the modern-day battle of Lexington (and Concord); Americans sent resounding shots to their elected “public servants” in the form of e-mails, tweets, facebook posts, texts and telephone calls.

As Samuel Colt’s revolver was the great equalizer of another era, the Internet is the “great equalizer” of today.

“As popular Internet sites shut down or blacked out in protest on Wednesday, users flooded our SOPA Opera news application and inboxes to let us know what their members of Congress were saying about SOPA.