A couple days ago I mentioned SOPA and wrote:

I haven’t looked to follow the money trail yet, but I’m sure there are folks in Congress that are benefitting from this, else they wouldn’t be trying to hammer this horrible piece of legislation through.

I didn’t know for sure if there was a money trail, but was 99 and 44/100th’s percent sure there had to be because hey… we know that big business and big government are in bed together. It’s a tale told hundreds of times a day for hundreds of years. Why buck the trend now?

Well, sure enough…

“Representative Lamar Smith, the creator of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has been consistently receiving donations averaging $50 000 from the TV/Film/Music industry for each of his re-election campaigns for the past ten years. Smith has received roughly half a million dollars from the TV/Film/Music lobby over the past ten years according to opensecrets.org. Check out the source link for a full breakdown of donors to Smith’s campaigns.”

Gee… surprised?

So… for all the haters of the Tea Party, and for all the lovers of OWS (one and the same, perhaps?). Why aren’t you hating on your friends in Hollywood? They’re one of the biggest businesses out there, one of the biggest corporate evils playing around with such things. Where’s the hate for them? Why are you embracing their likes within your ranks? They’re obviously part of the problem too….