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Hostile bloggers facing fines, jail?
World Net Daily ^ | 05/08/2009 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 05/08/2009 9:15:56 AM PDT by Polarik

Edited on 05/08/2009 9:23:43 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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Given how much the Left has been able to trash our Constitutional rights in only the first 100 days of O's Administration, this is actually something to be expected.

I say, "Hope for the best but prepare for the worst," and when I say the "worst," I mean your worst government nightmare.

1 posted on 05/08/2009 9:15:56 AM PDT by Polarik
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To: Beckwith; FrdmLvr; Prole; backhoe; Jet Jaguar; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ETL; Brown Deer; ...

Another SHTF on the horizon.


2 posted on 05/08/2009 9:16:51 AM PDT by Polarik (Forgeries are forever)
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And the Libs were scared of Bush doing the same (but didn't)

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3 posted on 05/08/2009 9:21:11 AM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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“up to two years in prison for those whose electronic speech is meant to ‘coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress.’”

...GOOD LORD! Just about everything posted on the internet could fall into any of the above categories. Or easily be miscontstrued as such. A set of “living, breathing” rules that will change when convenient.


4 posted on 05/08/2009 9:23:30 AM PDT by albie
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This bill is causing me emotional distress....where do i sue???


5 posted on 05/08/2009 9:23:46 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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Hostile bloggers facing fines, jail?

They want us to shut up and drink the Kool-Aid.

6 posted on 05/08/2009 9:24:09 AM PDT by Dustbunny ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
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To: Polarik

Chnage we can believe in? More like change you won’t effin believe.


7 posted on 05/08/2009 9:28:56 AM PDT by RC one
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And don’t think that the dumasses won’t go for it either. The word “bully” is used in public schools to describe looking at someone cross-eyed and parents eat it up. Same with this “zero-tolerance” BS. Bring an aspirin into school and parents will agree that “rules is rules” blah, blah. Kid gets suspended for 3 days.

Wonder if Oklahoma or Texas will be impervious to any of this horse squeeze?


8 posted on 05/08/2009 9:29:53 AM PDT by albie
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This bill is blatantly unconstitutional enough that it won’t withstand a legal challenge, regardless of the makeup of the court.


9 posted on 05/08/2009 9:32:19 AM PDT by mysterio
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To: albie

That’s why I’m so glad I was home schooled ... had to attend some classes at the local HS ... was always looked upon as being weird ... and always ace’d them at test time ...


10 posted on 05/08/2009 9:32:58 AM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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Public schools are a disaster! They should be called thought control training.....


11 posted on 05/08/2009 9:37:05 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Damn the Constitutional, full speed ahead.


12 posted on 05/08/2009 9:44:00 AM PDT by MattMa ("Void of ideas, driven by hate, they voted the Democrat Party in 2008")
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To: Polarik

Who gets to deccide what is hostile? That is the question.


13 posted on 05/08/2009 9:58:37 AM PDT by rawhide
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Any e-mail message critical of the homosexual agenda or critical of Barack Obama could cause "emotional distress" to a homosexual who happens to read it, or to a fanatical supporter of Obama...so any such message could mean the sender was liable to a fine or jail time.

They have a human rights commission in Canada which levies heavy fines against people who say things that upset homosexuals, but as far as I know they don't impose prison time for that...so the US is poised to leapfrog the Canadian stance.

14 posted on 05/08/2009 10:00:31 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Well, since the entire contents of the HuffPuff and DailyKook and DU cause me distress, they clearly MUST be shut down immediately, and their owners jailed.


15 posted on 05/08/2009 10:08:07 AM PDT by Mr Inviso (ACORN=Arrogant Condescending Obama Ruining Nation)
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This commie approach from Sanchez is no surprise. She achieved her seat by cheating the system she denegrates. Democrats are lying criminals in elected office ... and have blood dripping from their filthy hands already, so expect anything from dead souls like Sanchez.
16 posted on 05/08/2009 10:10:28 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: mysterio

Being a dreamer is one thing, but to remain anive with the education you’ve acquired is ridiculous. The Constitution is what the liberalized court determines it to say. Recall the convolutions passed from the court’s butts to create Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton.


17 posted on 05/08/2009 10:13:05 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: Polarik
Obama is causing me "substantial emotional distress."

Can I put his ass in jail or something?

18 posted on 05/08/2009 10:16:42 AM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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“up to two years in prison for those whose electronic speech is meant to ‘coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress.’”

Hmmmmm buh-bye .... Perez Hilton. He/she certainly sleazes through the above criteria.

19 posted on 05/08/2009 10:17:11 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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"communications that include e-mails and text messages that "cause substantial emotional distress"."

The article didn't mention anything about "intent", which is usually a condition required in the commission of a crime. Without intent, it is usually a lesser crime, if at all. The article also mentions that this law would apply to blogs and websites, so not just to direct communication, like email or texts.

So this, of course, would mean that any Leftie Nutbag, could read a post on FR, declare emotional distress, and have the poster locked up.

This is who the political Left is. American has been conquered.

20 posted on 05/08/2009 11:09:49 AM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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