[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: [gpsmc-d] How Did Another Assault on Our Rights Slip Through?

[Gerry Gras]

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Subject: Re: [gpsmc-d] How Did Another Assault on Our Rights Slip Through?
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:51:19 -0800
From: Gerry Gras <gerrygras at earthlink.net>
To: Arlen Comfort <acomfort at rocketmail.com>
CC: GPSMC Discussion Board <gpsmc-d at cagreens.org>


I did a little searching of the internet.

NOTE: Abbreviations - R = Republican, D = Democrat

In the Sanate, (S. 1794) the sponsor and the cosponsor
are Ds.  It passed by unanimous consent.  I wonder what
Bernie Sanders thinks of this?

In the House, the sponsor is R, there is one cosponsor
who is D.  There are only 3 No votes, 2 R and 1 D,
none from California.  There are 42 "Not Voting",
including Grijalva, Jackson, Kucinich, Lee, Paul,
Speier, Woolsey.

Gerry


Arlen Comfort wrote:
> Thought you would be interested in this. We may have to re-think how to
> do protests in this country.
>
>
> http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/03/01/hr-347-how-did-another-assault-on-our-rights-slip-through-without-anybody-noticing/
>
> Congress passes bill severely curtailing civil liberties
> by Alison Weir <http://www.ifamericansknew.org/about_us/alisonweir.html>
> H.R.347, the 'Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act
> of 2011' has just been passed.
> <http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-347>
>
> This makes it a federal offense, with imprisonment of *at least* up to
> one year, for any "unauthorized" person to enter or remain in a building
> -- or the grounds -- where the Secret Service is present or where there
> is an "an event designated as a special event of national significance."
>
> In other words, it is now a felony to have a demonstration near
> presidential candidates or a visiting head of state such as Benjamin
> Netanyahu. In fact, it is a felony to even be on the grounds where they
> are temporarily visiting, say at a campaign stop -- even if you don't
> yet know that this has now become an off-limits area.
>
> By the way among events that have been "designated as a special event of
> national significance" are the Super Bowl and the Democratic and
> Republican National Conventions.
>
> The bill passed 388-to-3. Now it awaits Obama's no doubt willing
> signature --just in time for the AIPAC convention, which starts this
> weekend. *<snip> *
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> How did you expect our Govt. to react to too much feedback from their
> supposed constituents, the 99%?
> What is next to silence the 99% . . . The internet and social media
> comes to mind.
>
> - Arlen
>
>
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