It’s Contest Time! :D

That’s right! Despite the fact that the government is spying on people with Verizon cell phones in the US, and probably anybody in the US with a cell phone, I’m having a contest! I already did a version of this contest once, and it was so stooky, I’m doing it again.

What to do: Write a story in the comments about my Fortune Wookiee and your favourite president, and tell me why they’re your favourite president. Then, I’ll pick my favourite story, and make the writer a contributor! If you’re already a member of Max-igami, I’ll let you choose what you want (with limits). The deadline for the contest is July 4th at 6:00 PM Central Time.

And just for fun, I’ll write a story about my Fortune Wookiee and my favourite president- Abe Lincoln.

Here it is:

President Lincoln was discussing the Civil War with his secretary. “I’ve arranged for a few people to come in and give you advice on how to win the war.”, said his secretary. “The first is a young boy named Max who apparently has a ‘Fortune Wookiee’ that can supposedly predict the future and give advice. It’s a cootie catcher that looks like some sort of bear wearing a bandolier.” “Predicting the future‽”, yelled Lincoln. “That’s impossible! I don’t have time to listen to the superstitious.” “He’s just a kid. You should give him a chance.”, replied his secretary. “Fine, but only for about 5 minutes.”

And when the time came, Max came. “I was informed you have a ‘Fortune Wookiee’ that can supposedly predict the future.”, said Lincoln. “Is this correct?” “Yes.”, stated Max. “My question for it is: will the Union win, and if so, at what battle?”, asked Lincoln. “Who’s your favourite president? You can’t say yourself.”, replied Max. “I don’t know what that has to do with your Fortune Wookiee,”, said Lincoln, “but I’d say my favourite president other than myself is George Washington.”

“Well,” explained Max, “Washington was the first president, so I’ll open and re-open my Fortune Wookiee just 1 time.” And so Max did that. “Now who’s your 2nd-favourite president?”, asked Max. “John Adams.”, replied Lincoln. “OK, then I’ll count J-o-h-n A-d-a-m-s across the flaps.” And so Max did that. He landed on a flap, and opened it. “Your fortune is… ‘Wuuurgh’.” “Thank you.”, replied Lincoln. Just as Lincoln was about to run back into the White House, Max got out his Han Foldo.

Han Foldo said, “Hello, Mr. President, I’m Han Foldo. I’m going to translate your fortune.” Lincoln thought he must’ve been hallucinating. “Your fortune means, ‘The Union will win. Robert Lee will surrender at Appomattox.’” Lincoln said, “Thank you.”, and went back into the White House thinking, “That kid must be crazy.”

Eventually, however, at the Battle of Appomattox, Lee surrendered, and the war was over. And so Lincoln always trusted the wisdom of the Fortune Wookiee.

 

Peace out, and May the Force be with you!

-SWF Max/GFF Max

 

 

 

 

Here’s Robby

I am now an editor. *Smashes door with axe* Here’s Robby!

The NSA and Verizon

OK, first of all, sorry for not posting in a while.

Secondly, the NSA (National Security Alliance) forced Verizon to hand over a bunch of phone call records. So the government has been spying on everybody with a Verizon cell phone. Documents revealing this were recently leaked, and a man who used to work for the NSA named Edward Snowden also revealed this.

This means that the government is probably also spying on people with other kinds of cell phones, like iPhones.

This is a direct violation of the 4th Amendment, which protects citizens from unreasonable searches.

There will be “Restore the 4th” Rallies held on July 4th, dedicated to restoring the 4th Amendment on the 4th of July. Restoring the 4th, on the 4th. The day our Constitution was approved by the founding fathers.

Speaking of which, if the founding fathers were alive today, they’d almost certainly disapprove of what the NSA has been doing- and a lot of other things done by the government.

The founding fathers wanted us to be able to proudly talk about your opinions in public. The founding fathers wanted us to not be spied on by the government. The founding fathers wanted us to all have an equal say in decisions. But the government is trying to take away that stuff.

On July 4th, I will make a “Restore the 4th” post. I will also have a countdown clock to July 4th.

May the Force, and your rights as a citizens, be with you.

-SWF Max/GFF Max

 

Update

Remember back in November where I had that origami election things where Robby’s Origami Spyro got to be the Origami President, De’Ante’s Yoda got to be the Origami VP, and my Fortune Wookiee got to be the Origami Speaker of the House? Well, De’ante hasn’t had any WordPress activity since December, so I’m pretty sure he’s offline now. So his Origami Yoda is no longer the Origami VP, since De’ante basically isn’t on WordPress anymore. So my Fortune Wookiee has moved up to be the Origami VP, and my Han Foldo (the next origami guy in line after my Fortune Wookiee) is now the Origami Speaker of the House (That’s the position that comes after the Vice President). Robby’s Origami Spyro will continue to be the Origami President. So that’s all for now.

Peace out, and May the Force be with you!

-SWF Max/GFF Max

Star Wars Day! :D

IT’S STAR WARS DAY! WOOHOO! Sorry for all caps. But anyway, today is STOOKY! This month is full of Star Wars holidays. Tomorrow is Revenge of the 5th, May 21st is Talk Like Yoda Day (that’s the day Epsiode V came out- the first movie with Yoda in it), and May 25th is Universal Day of the Jedi (the day Episode IV came out)! So, yeah! I’ll post some Star Wars videos today.

Peace out, and May the 4th be with you!

-SWF Max/GFF Max

UPDATE: Here’s a video!

 

The emergency is over! :D

That’s right! You can keep posting comments, because the emergency is over! CISPA isn’t dead, though, so be careful. But, anyway, it’s Harry Potter Day! No, I didn’t make that up. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the evil wizard Voldemort died on May 2nd- today. So, I’m gonna post 3 Harry Potter songs!

 

Also, in 2 days, it’s gonna be STAR WARS DAY! WOOHOO! It’s gonna be stooky!

Peace out, and May the Force be with you!

-SWF Max/GFF Max

CISPA Update

It was actually only the House of Representatives that passed CISPA. Sorry about the information I gave. But that’s still really bad. CISP is not dead yet. But anyway, there’s news about CISPA. The Obama administration has allowed companies (including AT&T) to wiretap people on the internet. Under the laws we have, this would usually be illegal, but the government decided whether the government got punished, and of course, since they were the ones who did the wiretapping (along with the companies), they decided that they were all OK. So the government basically doesn’t have to follow their own rules. The government had to issue 2,511 letters to allow this to happen, since there are 3 branches of government that all have some say in what the other branches of government can and can not do.  You can read about that here:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57581161-38/u.s-gives-big-secret-push-to-internet-surveillance/

If CISPA gets passed, they wouldn’t even have to issue letters. They could just spy on people while they’re on the internet without having to issue letters or anything like that. This is why we have to stop CISPA. Max-igami is still under an emergency, so the only activity I’ll allow is comments on this post, my “CISPA Blackout” post, and my original “Emergency” post.

May the Force be with you, and good luck protesting CISPA.

-SWF Max/GFF Max

CISPA Blackout

The emergency is still going on, but I’m making a new post. Tomorrow, across the Internet, people are going to participate in a CISPA Blackout. That means that they’ll shut down their websites for the day to protest CISPA. And so am I. Tonight before I go to bed, I’m going to make Max-igami private. It’ll remain that way for until I wake up on Tuesday. So Max-igami will be private for about 1 day, 9 hours, and 20 minutes. It will be password-protected. And until further notice, the only activity I’ll allow on this site is comments on this post and my previous post, titled “EMERGENCY! D:”. So be prepared for Max-igami to be private.

May the Force be with you. If you want to make your WordPress site private for tomorrow too, you can find out how at http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/.

Goodbye for now, and good luck protesting CISPA.

-SWF Max/GFF Max

EMERGENCY! D:

Max-igami will be shut down until further notice. The only activity I will allow on this site until further notice is comments on this post. Why? Because CISPA got passed! Alright, you’re probably thinking, “What’s CISPA?” It’s a really bad bill introduced by the government. Remember SOPA, that bill that planned to give more power to copyright law, and make fan-fiction illegal? SOPA was massively protested, and luckily, it never got passed. And CISPA is kind of similar to SOPA. You know how when you’re signing up for a site, and because of the site’s privacy policy, they promise not to give away your personal information that you give them?

Well, CISPA would allow them to give that personal information to the government without your permission. It would also allow the government to spy on you without your permission. It would also prevent you from knowing that they’re spying on you, even after they’ve already done so. This violates the 4th Amendment in our Constitution, the right to not be unreasonably searched without your permission. In other words, CISPA is really bad. It’s not stooky at all! And since it’s so horrible, it can’t possibly be passed, right? Wrong. It got passed!

That means that the information your parents might’ve given to websites that they signed up for and trusted could be sent to the government. This applies to anyone who has signed up for a website asking for information that they trusted would be safe in the hands of that website. And like I said, it already got passed. Lots of people (including me) protested, but Congress didn’t listen. And the sponsor of CISPA, Mike Rogers, claimed that all the protestors of CISPA are just 14-year-olds in basements, which isn’t true.

Barack Obama said that he plans to veto (a veto is when the president tries to end a law) CISPA (you can read more about that here: http://www.wtvm.com/story/21998220/president-obama-plans-to-veto-cyber-data-sharing-bill). Barack Obama is definitely not a 14-year old. You can enter your email address (or your parent’s email address with their permission) at cispaisback.com to protest CISPA. It’s not too late to protest it, even though it was already passed. Hopefully, the veto will be successful. And you can see Mike Rogers claiming all CISPA-protestors are 14-year olds here:

So, again, Max-igami is shut down until further notice. The only activity I’ll allow for now is comments on this page.

May the Force be with you. You’ll need it to protest CISPA.

-SWF Max/GFF Max

Land-a-gami 2

Hey! Can you guys check out Land-a-gami 2, please? It’s SF Landon’s site. the link is landagami2.wordpress.com. If we get more posts, then it’ll start to get really stooky! If you want to be a Land-a-gami 2 staff member, just ask SF Landon.

Peace out, and May the Force be with you!

-SWF Max/GFF Max