http://www.npr.org/2011/06/05/136971766/senators-target-website-that-sells-narcotics

This is likely to become an attack on both Tor and Bitcoin, as enabling technologies. Politicians often legislate with a broad brush.
Write these Senators(especially if you live in NY or WV) and urge them to keep their focus narrow.
Omission of Bitcoin from this action could provide some legal support later, if Bitcoin comes up against things like the recently extended Patriot Act.

The Senators don't seem to understand how Silk Road works; Bitcoin will be an even bigger stretch for them. Help them see that Bitcoin isn't about drugs and money laundering.
It's worth a try.

Political insanity. We all have it. Some have it worse than others.

They do however understand not to type the name Bitcoin or Tor anymore because they know the more people find out about it and start using it the more resilient we get

Schumer mentions Bitcoin specifically in this article: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Schumer-Calls-on-Feds-to-Shut-Down-Online-Drug-Marketplace-123187958.html

"To make sure the money exchanged can't be traced, the site uses a new digital currency called Bitcoins that can be purchased online by visitors, according to Schumer. Using real money, users purchase these Bitcoins, which can be traded at roughly $9 to one bitcoin, and use them as proxy for real money when they buy things on Silk Road.

"It's an online form of money laundering used to disguise the source of money, and to disguise who's both selling and buying the drug," said Schumer."

Training monkeys won't work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndfqN1VKhY

Any guesses on how much Silk Road is paying schumer?

Now if I were going to call these guys, I would forget about Bitcoin and Tor and stick with the end prohibition message.

Don't even think about it, but how long until some idiot sends them a package from Silk Road? 

I was doing a bit of google trends research the other day and discovered that *in terms of searches* bitcoin has overtaken the federal reserve. Posted about it here: 

http://earthsociety.org/news/2011/06/bitcoin-overtakes-federal-reserve-on-google-trends/


While not really meaningful, it's a great way to get peoples attention.

Ideas are dangerous => they should make ideas illegal.

Another reddit thread started ...

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/hscno/bitcoin_is_an_online_form_of_money_laundering/

"Maybe US Senator Charles Schumer should turn his attention to central banks and the global monetary theft of the planet."