The man behind the attack on Guantanamo (traitorous b*st*rd Michael Ratner)

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[Grampa Dave]

The Sedition Act of 1798

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An Act in addition to the act, entitled "An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States. "

SEC. I Be it enacted . . ., That if any persons shall unlawfully combine or conspire together, with intent to oppose any measure or measures of the government of the United States, which are or shall be directed by proper authority, or to impede the operation of any law of the United States, or to intimidate or prevent any person holding a place or office in or under the government of the United States, from undertaking, performing or executing his trust or duty; and if any person or persons, with intent as aforesaid, shall counsel, advise or attempt to procure any insurrection, riot. unlawful assembly, or combination, whether such conspiracy, threatening, counsel, advice, or attempt shall have the proposed effect or not, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction, before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment during a term not less than six months nor exceeding five years; and further, at the discretion of the court may be holden to find sureties for his good behaviour in such sum, and for such time, as the said court may direct.

SEC. 2. That if any person shall write, print, utter. Or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said government, or either house of the said Congress, or the said President, or to bring them. or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States, or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States, or any act of the President of the United States, done in pursuance of any such law, or of the powers in him vested by the constitution of the United States, or to resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.

SEC. 3. That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.

SEC. 4. That this act shall continue to be in force until March 3, 1801, and no longer....

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[doug from upland]

…for many of us seeking to change our society, Cuba was a desirable model. And it was Ché Guevara, more than any other figure, who embodied both that revolution and solidarity with peoples fighting to be free from U.S. hegemony…Ché has remained my hero ever since. (Emphasis added.)

[KS Flyover]

[Das Outsider]

Don't forget the Sedition Act of 1918. It gave the Postmaster General full authority to deny mail service to dissenters. Like the earlier Sedition Act, it only lasted a few years. Remember hearing about a feller named Eugene Debs?

D.O.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I remember doing research on this guy and I found all kinds of interesting stuff on him around the net. I spelled his name a few different ways and got a tons of stuff. I will post it later if I can find the old threads and if you would be interested in seeing it. Let me know.

[anniegetyourgun]

The George Soros-funded Open Society Institute, the Tides Foundation, and other leftist support groups began heavily funding Ratner and CCR’s anti-Bush, antiwar, anti-American agendas.

[sgtbono2002]

George Soros again.

Wasnt he for John Kerry?

[doug from upland]

Yes, he was for Kerry. I predict he will spend 100 million 527 money for Hillary in 2008.

[Grampa Dave]

Below is the search on Yahoo for Michael Ratner and Soros.

There are over 400 hits. $oreA$$ has been financing Ratner for a long time.

[Enchante]

Hmmmm.... another lover of Fidel and Che who guides our Demagogic Party with his talking points....

If anyone were to start referring to the "Benedict Arnold Democrats" every time they are discussed in the media it would provoke paroxysms of rage from the Demagogic Party. Yet, the original Benedict Arnold merely tried to betray one fortress to the enemy (that's bad enough) while our contemporary Benedict Arnolds betray us in so many ways, over and over and over again.....

[wmileo]

Betsy,

Thank you for the effort to help us learn about Ratner. I think that the more light you shine on people like him, the less credibility they will have. I would like someone to get the real poop on Senator Durbin of Illinois. His pronouncements about our troops behaving like Nazis is incredibly distructive.

[wildbill]

Sounds like more than a fellow-traveler. A real home-grown anti-US radical.

[Publius6961]

I remember doing research on this guy and I found all kinds of interesting stuff on him around the net. I spelled his name a few different ways and got a tons of stuff. I will post it later if I can find the old threads and if you would be interested in seeing it. Let me know.

Please.
The more light we shine on cockroaches, the less effective they become.

[Rakkasan1]

Rat-turd working with the Demon-rats. shocking.

[MizSterious]

"...the Tides Foundation..."

If memory serves, this group gets a lot of the Ter-ayz-a Heinz money.

[wmileo]

Betsy,

Thank you for the effort to help us learn about Ratner. I think that the more light you shine on people like him, the less credibility they will have. I would like someone to get the real poop on Senator Durbin of Illinois. His pronouncements about our troops behaving like Nazis is incredibly distructive.

[Redbob]

RATner

Seems appropriate, somehow.

[sgtbono2002]

George Soros is an internationel pirate we allow to hide in America on the cheap. While he hides his money offshore and pays little in taxes, and owns the Dem party.

[handy old one]

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