{"id":33609,"date":"2012-03-01T00:04:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T07:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=33609"},"modified":"2014-12-30T19:02:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T02:02:18","slug":"and-the-descent-into-a-police-state-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/03\/and-the-descent-into-a-police-state-continues.html","title":{"rendered":"And the descent into a Police State continues…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

as our Ruling Class, in firm bi-partisan agreement, continue to strip you of your first amendment rights and wall themselves off from you pesky little people with your stupid concerns:<\/p>\n

Goodbye, First Amendment: \u2018Trespass Bill\u2019 will make protest illegal<\/a> <\/p>\n

Just when you thought the government couldn\u2019t ruin the First Amendment any further: The House of Representatives approved a bill on Monday that outlaws protests in instances where some government officials are nearby, whether or not you even know it.<\/p>\n

The US House of Representatives voted 388-to-3 in favor of H.R. 347 late Monday, a bill which is being dubbed the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. In the bill, Congress officially makes it illegal to trespass on the grounds of the White House, which, on the surface, seems not just harmless and necessary, but somewhat shocking that such a rule isn\u2019t already on the books. The wording in the bill, however, extends to allow the government to go after much more than tourists that transverse the wrought iron White House fence. <\/p>\n

Under the act, the government is also given the power to bring charges against Americans engaged in political protest anywhere in the country.<\/p>\n

Under current law, White House trespassers are prosecuted under a local ordinance, a Washington, DC legislation that can bring misdemeanor charges for anyone trying to get close to the president without authorization. Under H.R. 347, a federal law will formally be applied to such instances, but will also allow the government to bring charges to protesters, demonstrators and activists at political events and other outings across America. <\/p>\n

The new legislation allows prosecutors to charge anyone who enters a building without permission or with the intent to disrupt a government function with a federal offense if Secret Service is on the scene, but the law stretches to include not just the president\u2019s palatial Pennsylvania Avenue home. Under the law, any building or grounds where the president is visiting \u2014 even temporarily \u2014 is covered, as is any building or grounds \u201crestricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the president who would be spared from protesters, either. <\/p>\n

Covered under the bill is any person protected by the Secret Service. Although such protection isn\u2019t extended to just everybody, making it a federal offense to even accidently disrupt an event attended by a person with such status essentially crushes whatever currently remains of the right to assemble and peacefully protest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note, yet again, that it is not just our Tyrant King who wants this. It is the House 388 to 3. And I have no doubt it will pass.<\/p>\n

Our Ruling class is the enemy of American liberty. And they will get away with it unless Americans wake up.<\/p>\n

By the way, the reader who sent this linke notes that the source is \u201cRussia Today\u201d and sez, \u201c25 years ago if you had told me I would be getting the most reliable news and commentary on US issues from a Russian TV station, I\u2019d have thought you were nuts.\u201d But, of course, our media are in the business, not of informing us about what the Ruling Class is doing, but of serving the Ruling Class, providing bread and circuses to keep us docile, and selling beer and shampoo. The West is not and never has been immune to original sin.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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