1. People in GD likely are not aware of HR347 as are many Occupiers.
2. People who read Occupy Underground might enjoy learning of this fascist development in the encroaching police state.
3. It pisses off those who make apologies for the fascist encroaching police state.

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)

3. Eff that "law" it violates the Constitution a few ways.

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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 07:16 PM

Jan 2013

GentryDixon

(3,025 posts)

5. My bad.

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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 07:33 PM

Jan 2013

I did not notice it was a different forum.

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)

6. Cool, thank you.

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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 07:40 PM

Jan 2013

antiquie

(4,299 posts)

4. Thanks for the link;

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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 07:17 PM

Jan 2013

often OU is the only place I learn of news and actions.
I've found Politics and GD are bad for my BP.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

7. Thanks for the link. Why don't we just crown a king instead of pretending we are still a

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Fri Jan 11, 2013, 01:39 AM

Jan 2013

democracy?

When I read about the early presidents, who did their jobs and then went home and did them much better than any of those we are familiar with in our lifetimes, I think how far this country has traveled from the original ideal we were supposed to be working towards. They were provided with no particular luxuries that might attract them to the job, they mostly hated it, but did it out of civic duty. Now, we treat presidents like kings.

bananas

(27,509 posts)

8. Wow, can't protest anywhere you know SS are present?

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Fri Jan 11, 2013, 04:33 AM

Jan 2013

Thanks for the link, I would've missed this.

IIRC, in the past, some president's kids have gone to protests, accompanied by SS agents. They couldn't do that anymore.

Googling for more information, came across this:

http://open.salon.com/blog/watchingfrogsboil/2012/03/01/outlawing_occupy_hr_347_makes_free_speech_a_felony

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"Current law makes it illegal to enter or remain in an area where certain government officials (more particularly, those with Secret Service protection) will be visiting temporarily if and only if the person knows it's illegal to enter the restricted area but does so anyway. [H.R. 347] expands current law to make it a crime to enter or remain in an area where an official is visiting even if the person does not know it's illegal to be in that area and has no reason to suspect it's illegal... [And to] show you the extent to which the public is misled and misinformed about the legislation we are voting on, read one prominent media outlet's coverage of the same bill: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/212873-house-approves-white-house-trespass-bill-sends-to-obama The report mischaracterizes not only current law but also the changes proposed by the bill."

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