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Furor Over Colorado Bill to Give Secret Service Agents Police Powers
The New American ^ | 6 APril 2013 | Bob Adelmann

Posted on 04/07/2013 6:48:13 AM PDT by CodeToad

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is expected to sign into law a bill that would give the U.S. Secret Service "limited" police power while operating in the state of Colorado. The bill, SB 13-013, which has already been passed by both the Colorado House and Senate, has sparked a firestorm of controversy because of fears that the proposed power could be used by Secret Service agents, acting on behalf of the Obama administration, to arrest sheriffs in Colorado who refuse to enforce unconstitutional federal gun controls.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: ameronazi; banglist; bloodoftyrants; colorado; cwiiping; democrats; govtabuse; guncontrol; hickenlooper; impeach; liberals; nazistate; policestate; secondamendment; secretservice; sheriff; tyranny
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To: rarestia

Setting the stage to move Moridoor on the Potomac there. Did they not invest a bunch of money on some super secret digs there. First you have to get the culture and politics to your liking then make the move. The smell must be getting pretty bad in D.C.


21 posted on 04/07/2013 7:38:24 AM PDT by DeWalt
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To: Travis McGee

Unless this idiots eye brows are under his eyes he can’t see.


22 posted on 04/07/2013 7:42:58 AM PDT by DeWalt
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To: CodeToad
Anybody read the actual bill?

In the first place, the Secret Service does have police powers throughout the U.S. to enforce federal laws, specifically those relating to financial crimes: currency counterfeiting, financial fraud, wire fraud, etc. Any expansion of those powers comes from Congress and not the governor of Colorado. In the second place, the legislation gives them the authority to respond to non-federal crimes committed in their presence, or non-federal crimes that have been committed when a Colorado law enforcement agency requests their assistance. This has nothing to do with arresting local sheriffs. If a local sheriff violates a federal law then the feds don't need permission to arrest them, and it likely wouldn't be the Secret Service who does the arresting.

23 posted on 04/07/2013 7:44:37 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: DeWalt

The Federal Center in Lakewood is the largest federal employee center outside of DC. It houses the alternate locations for Congress and many federal agencies in case DC is a goner. Much of it is underground and “super secret”.

Colorado is home to many federal and DoD facilities, not to mention missile, satellite, and nuclear weapons companies. More than a third of Colorado’s economy is federal money of some kind.


24 posted on 04/07/2013 7:46:49 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: CodeToad

Back around 1985 I saw a bumper sticker in Cortez “Don’t Californicate Colorado”.

Apparently nobody paid attention.


25 posted on 04/07/2013 7:47:08 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: 0.E.O

Um, you just made the point of the article. The ability to make arrests for non-federal crimes like State gun laws. The Governor has no one else to call on to make those arrests so they need a federal agency like the SS to be able to do so.


26 posted on 04/07/2013 7:48:40 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: DuncanWaring

These pinhead yuppies were too busy building the Stepford Wives never-ending-suburbs like Highlands Ranch to care about politics.


27 posted on 04/07/2013 7:50:15 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: CodeToad

If you think about it , would it not make sense to centralize so you can get a better grip on those pesky westerners. And it would put them dead in the middle of their FEMA regions. They are building their nest. Just have to get the environment right.


28 posted on 04/07/2013 7:54:27 AM PDT by DeWalt
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To: DeWalt

“They are building their nest. Just have to get the environment right.”

Yep, we call it the Goldilocks treatment.


29 posted on 04/07/2013 7:58:09 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: CodeToad
Um, you just made my point - people need to read the legislation. They can make an arrest only if they witness it happening or about to happen, or if asked to do so by a Colorado law enforcement official. You would no doubt find similar laws granting similar permissions to FBI agents, BATF agents, and other federal law enforcement officials.

And why wouldn't the Colorado authorities be enforcing state laws?

30 posted on 04/07/2013 8:01:10 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: Vigilanteman
Back in the 70’s when the Russian Cosmonauts were in Texas to train for the joint US-USSR space mission, the Ruskies were taken to Bill Daniel's Plantation Ranch to see a Texas ranch.

Next to Plantation Ranch is Big Thicket Camp Park which was developed by a friend on mines family.

He and I got a cooler of beer and went up there to see if we could see the Ruskies.

We were outside the house which is just a few feet away from the fence line of Plantation Ranch.

We could see the whole bunch coming, they were in golf carts.

Right across the fence on the Plantation Ranch we noticed 2 Secret Service snipers had us in their cross-hairs.

My buddy and I were about half looped, so we started jacking around with them holding our beers up pointing at them to shoot the beer out of our hand.

They were starting to laugh so we pushed it a little further and put the beers on our heads.

They really started to laugh with that so I then held my beer in front of my buddies chest.

That did it, we took out the SS snipers. They had to sit down they were laughing so hard.

When the Ruskies came by we yelled to them to come have a beer with us. They wanted to come over but they wouldn't let them.

31 posted on 04/07/2013 8:02:56 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: All

Democrat Representative Claire Levy
Democrat Representative Rhonda Fields
Democrat Senator Morgan Carroll
Democrat Senator Evie Hudak
Democrat Representative Beth McCann
Democrat Senator Lois Tochtrop
Democrat Representative Jenise May
Democrat Representative Lois Court
Democrat Senator Rollie Heath
Democrat Senator Mary Hodge
Democrat Senator John Morse
Democrat Senator Jessie Ulibarri
Democrat Senator Irene Aguilar
Democrat Senator Lucia Guzman
Democrat Senator Angela Giron
Democrat Senator Gail Schwartz
Democrat Senator John Kefalas
Democrat Senator Jeanne Nicholson
Democrat Senator Matt Jones
Democrat Senator Cheri Jahn
Democrat Senator Andy Kerr
Democrat Senator Linda Newell
Democrat Senator Nancy Todd
Democrat Senator Pat Steadman
Democrat Senator Michael Johnston

Boot them ALL out!


32 posted on 04/07/2013 8:03:57 AM PDT by RandallFlagg
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To: IMR 4350

LOL!! I could see that happening back then.
These days, however....


33 posted on 04/07/2013 8:06:03 AM PDT by RandallFlagg
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks CodeToad.
The bill, SB 13-013, which has already been passed by both the Colorado House and Senate, has sparked a firestorm of controversy because of fears that the proposed power could be used by Secret Service agents, acting on behalf of the Obama administration, to arrest sheriffs in Colorado who refuse to enforce unconstitutional federal gun controls.
Hollywood Limo Libs have bought this.


34 posted on 04/07/2013 8:07:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Eye of Unk

BVut Alaska does not have the underground complex for the oligarchs which is under the Denver Airport.


35 posted on 04/07/2013 8:12:02 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: CodeToad

You might know the take over is close when they start busing in the ghetto trash for a buffer.


36 posted on 04/07/2013 8:13:55 AM PDT by DeWalt
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To: DuncanWaring

In 1986 I saw a bumper sticker:

“Would the last American leaving California please bring the flag?”

Twenty-seven years ago I saw it.


37 posted on 04/07/2013 8:14:33 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Travis McGee
They Aren't Called the S.S. for nothing!

Or maybe at least the Praetorian Guard!!!

38 posted on 04/07/2013 8:19:17 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: IMR 4350

Great story.


39 posted on 04/07/2013 8:29:04 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: RandallFlagg

Different times.

What we did then would get you thrown in jail today.

Today the Secret service wouldn’t even allow them to go along a fence line of another property that hadn’t been secured.

In fact we were surprised they did it then, but Bill Daniels was driving the golf cart the Ruskies was in and probably didn’t tell anyone where he was going. He was just showing them around like he would anyone else.

When we yelled at the Ruskies to come have a beer, B Daniels stopped the golf cart and the Ruskies were climbing out looking for a way to get around the lake and come over. As far as B Daniels was concerned it was just “Welcome to Texas”. It was a bunch of other guys in suites that stopped them.


40 posted on 04/07/2013 8:29:34 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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