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|    H.R. 347    |
|    15 Mar 12 08:21:18    |
      Wow one of the following came from               .huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/tresspass-bill_b_1321224.html              and the other came from               WND.com              They seem to agree which is which? (without checking)              In a terse online statement, the White House has confirmed that Barack Obama       has signed into law an update of restrictions around the White House, the vice       president's resident and other locations - a move critics say signals the "end       to free speech."       The White House said yesterday Obama "signed into law: H.R. 347, the 'Federal       Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011,' which makes it a       federal crime to enter or remain knowingly in any restricted area of the White       House, the vice president's official residence, or their respective grounds       without lawful authority."                     "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the       press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the       government for a redress of grievances." -- First Amendment to the U.S.       Constitution       One of the key ingredients in a democracy is the right to freely speak our       minds to those who represent us. In fact, it is one of the few effective tools       we have left to combat government corruption and demand accountability. But       now, even that right is being chipped away by statutes and court rulings which       weaken our ability to speak freely. Activities which were once considered a       major component of democratic life in America are now being criminalized.       Making matters worse, politicians have gone to great lengths in recent years       to evade their contractual, constitutional duty to make themselves available       to us and hear our grievances. That is what representative government is all       about.              --- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/1        * Origin: Fidonet Via Newsreader - http://www.easternstar.info (1:123/789.0)    |
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