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HR 347 – Is This The First Step To Limiting Free Speech?

Bill — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:49:04 +0000

The president just “secretly” signed into law, a bill, HR347, which will allow prosecutors to charge anyone who enters a building without permission or with the intent to disrupt a government function with a federal offense, if the Secret Service is on the scene. However, the law stretches to include not just the president’s palatial Pennsylvania Avenue home. Under the law, any building or grounds where the president is visiting — even temporarily — is covered, as is any building or grounds “restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance.”
Section (c) of the act defines the key phrase “restricted buildings” as follows:

The phrase “Restricted buildings or grounds” means any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area;
(A) of the White House or its grounds, or the Vice President’s official residence or its grounds;
(B) of a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or
(C) of a building or grounds so restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance

Under the terms of the existing law amended by this act, the Department of Homeland Security, affectionately referred to as “Big Sis” by Matt Drudge, is tasked with deciding which events will qualify as being of “national significance.”
There have been nearly three dozen events in all which have been considered a National Special Security Event (NSSE) since the term was created under President Clinton. Among past events on the DHS-sanctioned NSSE list are Super Bowl XXXVI, the funerals of Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, most State of the Union addresses and the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

Surely this law will be challenged all the way to the Supreme Court and found to be unconstitutional. While the bill is scarey enough on its own, what’s even more alarming is that it passed with bipartisan support in both houses.

Sen. Rand Paul Being Detained by TSA-Indefinitely

Bill — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:42:37 +0000

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was detained Monday by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tenn., after refusing a full body pat-down.
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s press secretary Moira Bagley tweeted on Monday that Transportation Security Administration officials were detaining her boss in Nashville, Tenn.

“Just got a call from @senrandpaul,” Bagley tweeted at about 10 a.m. on Monday. “He’s currently being detained by TSA in Nashville.”
“I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said. “The image scan went off; he refused a pat-down.”

Sen. Paul’s father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) also tweeted aboout the incident, saying that there had been an “anomaly” with a body scanner. Rep. Paul went on to say that his son was being detained indefinitely.

Really, the TSA is detaining a U.S. Senator? Have they completely abandoned the concept of common sense? Has the time arrived for Congress to take an all encompassing review of the funding for DHS with a specific focus on the TSA?

Forbes Says How Perry Can Regain The Lead

Bill — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:25:01 +0000

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Bachmann: US Kicked Out of Iraq; Withdrawing Troops Political decision by “Gen. Axelrod”

Bill — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:10:05 +0000

Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) appeared on Face the Nation Sunday and took issue with the triumphant stance the Obama administration has trumpeted with the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.

Perry On The Attack: Web Video Says Obama and Romney Are ‘Carbon Copies’

Bill — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:39:18 +0000

From Fox Nation: In an attempt to bring the environmental debate back to jobs, GOP candidate Rick Perry’s campaign has just released a web video claiming Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are “carbon copies” when it comes to their pro-environmental policies.