Report that a bill has been passed to prohibit any protest of the President

Fox News | 3/13/2012

[Ab Alius Domitor]

I admit I am on drugs for a messed up back but I was watching Fox and Friends News this morning and heard that congress had passed a bill making it a felony to protest the President or any one with Secret Service protection. Was I dreaming this or did anyone else hear this? I went to their web site after I heard it but I can't find anything. Please help me Freeper's before I lose my mind and move to some 3rd world country!!!

[Ab Alius Domitor]

May God bless you and keep you. My mind is fine! Given earlier posts I know I speak the truth. I am not a “conspiracy” person

[Cringing Negativism Network]

*blink* (rubs eyes) Goes back and checks FReepmail archive.

Wow. Welcome back!!

We may have disagreed about Palin, but glad to see you back at FR.

FReegards!

[ETL]

>You may not have a good mind to begin with so no fear for you to lose it.
>It is a bit early in the day for the stupid conspiracy theories.

Speaking of “stupid”, if you knew anything at all about this current administration, you would know that damn near anything is possible, especially something as easily conceivable as an attempted clamp down on free speech.

[Humal]

This must be a new law, because Judge Napolitano (sp?) said never in the history of our country have we been prohibited from speaking our piece. He said this law violates 1) our freedom of speech; 2) our freedom to peacefully assemble; 3) (don't remember this one).

Clinton did sign a bill right before leaving office that provided SS protection for Hillary, Chelsy, Al Gore, and maybe others (don't remember now). Whether this was for life or a specific number of years, I never heard.

A bill was passed by the House that changed the president's (George W. Bush) SS protection to only 10 years.

[jveritas]

Good to see you too :)

[Leroy S. Mort]

Next thing you know, they’ll be dusting off the Sedition Act of 1798.

[jveritas]

Isn’t the case now and has been for ages that a person cannot protest inside a building where the President is present? Don’t they remove hacklers when the President is giving a speech? I think the topic of discussion here is way overblown…

[1rudeboy]

From your link:

In other words, according to the courts, “willful” means that you are aware that what you are doing is against some law; “knowing” means that you are simply conscious of what you are doing.

Sorry, I don't see the FEMA boxcars. Yet.

[nuconvert]

just fyi ...

Secret Service used to be an agency of the Treasury Dept. As of Mar. 2003, it is now under Department of Homeland Security.

[Vendome]

Tin foil is apparently allowed. but silk underwear is prisonable

[Michigan Bowhunter]

E mailed my representative for his vote on this legislation. Rep Bill Huizenga

[The Sons of Liberty]

The kenyan, marxist, usurper 0bama isn’t running for re-election, he’s out to become a Totalitarian Dictator.

[Ab Alius Domitor]

Do you not remember Code Pink and George Bush?

[ETL]

Even the commie-left “Occupy Wall Street” movement is concerned about this bill. However, with one of their own in the White House, I seriously doubt they’d have anything to worry about. “Somehow” their activities will be allowed/excused.

From a left-wing (”Progressive”) author...

HR 347 threatens freedom of assembly - restricts political protest

Michael Stone
Portland Progressive Examiner

U.S. House passes bill giving the federal government new and sweeping powers to bring charges against Americans engaged in political protest anywhere in the country. Critics claim the bill, HR 347, would make free speech a felony, and restrict political protest.

HR 347, the “Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011,” also known as “First Amendment Rights Eradication Act,” was passed by the House on Tuesday. Some speculate the bill is an attempt, at least in part, to silence and intimidate the Occupy Movement that began with Occupy Wall Street.

The bill makes it a federal offense to disrupt or protest at any place or event attended by any person with secret service protection. The bill would make it a criminal offense to trespass on any “restricted buildings and grounds,” and would seriously hamper any future political protests near the White House. However, the bill goes much farther than simply protecting the president.
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Salem-News reports the bill “will seriously diminish the right of American citizens to petition their Government for a redress of grievances by outlawing protests where key government officials or other VIP’s may be nearby. Federal law enforcement agents will be empowered to bring these charges against Americans engaged in political protests anywhere in the country, and violators will face criminal penalties that include imprisonment for up to 10 years.”

The Christian Post reports that supporters of this bill argue that extraordinary measures are necessary to protect the president and other major political figures.

According to Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the bill’s sponsor, “This bill will improve the law enforcement tools available to the Secret Service in its attempts to protect the President, the Vice President, and others on a day-to-day basis by closing loopholes in the current federal law. The new law should punish and deal more effectively with anyone who illegally enters restricted areas to threaten the President, Vice President, or other Secret Service protectees.”

HR 347 passed with overwhelming support. Only three House members voted against the bill: Paul Broun (R-GA), Justin Amash (R-MI), and Ron Paul (R-TX).

What do you think about HR 347? Is this bill a threat to first amendment freedoms? A reasonable response to a clear and present danger? Both? Neither? Leave a comment - express yourself.

http://www.examiner.com/progressive-in-portland/hr-347-threatens-freedom-of-assembly-restricts-political-protest

[Darksheare]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2858316/posts

[DJ MacWoW]

Do a search on it.

[ETL]

Do you not remember Code Pink and George Bush?

Cindy Sheehan, Jodie Evans, Hugo Chavez,
Medea Benjamin [co-founder Code Pink]

Code Pink 'Bundles' for Barack, 4/14/2008

"The co-founder of the radical anti-war group Code Pink [Jodie Evans] has “bundled” more than $50,000 for Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and pro-troops groups are demanding that he return the money."

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25997
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November 22, 1970 -- During a fund-raising tour for GI deserters, Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the Black Panthers, Jane Fonda is quoted in the Detroit Free Press as telling a University of Michigan audience:

"I would think that if you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would someday become communist," and "The peace proposal of the Viet Cong is the only honorable, just, possible way to achieve peace in Vietnam."
http://www.wintersoldier.com/index.php?topic=Timeline
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Fonda made the following statement at the University of Texas:
"We've got to establish a Socialist economic structure that will limit private profit-oriented businesses. Whether the transition is peaceful depends on the way our present governmental leaders react. We must commit our lives to this transition ...... We should be very proud of our new breed of soldier. It's not organized but it's mutiny, and they have every right." --Karen Elliott Dallas Morning News December 11, 1971
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From 1972: "I am not a do-gooder, I am a revolutionary. A revolutionary woman."

http://www.1stcavmedic.com/jane_fonda.htm

Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans embraces commie
traitor Jane Fonda

[ETL]

Obama Funder 'Jodie Evans' In White House Visitor Log days after Code Pink Hamas Trip
by Kristinn Taylor and Andrea Shea King

http://biggovernment.com/taylorking/2010/01/08/obama-funder-jodie-evans-name-in-white-house-visitor-log-days-after-code-pink-hamas-trip/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29&utm_content=Twitter

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Sorry to butt in, but you might speak more civil with someone who is almost an FR legend.