Senate Bill 1959 to Criminalize Thoughts, Blogs, Books and Free Speech Across America
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Guv Bob
> http://www.newstarget.com/z022308.html
Good golly, I cannot believe this was actually introduced in our government Congress!!! Yet there it is -- on the official US govt website...
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc110/h1955_rfs.xml
Please scan through the text. This is a wake up call for anyone who is against spying on law-abiding US citizens. Too much to excerpts.... here's one part that would in effect shut off any information that the govt does not think advances it's propaganda...
"SEC. 899B. FINDINGS.
"The Congress finds the following: ...
"(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens...
April 19, 2007 - Introduced by Jane Harman (CA)
Harman is local here. I call her the "light bulb" woman because she repeated introduces legislation to outlaw the sale of incandescent (normal) bulbs which can be thrown away in the trash without harming the environment, in favor of compact fluorescent bulbs, which contain high levels of mercury. She has no concept of what is "good" for the environment and is a true globalization promoter.
Cosponsors of this bad bill - remember them on election day:
Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 9/18/2007
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 9/18/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 9/18/2007
Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 8/1/2007
Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 9/18/2007
Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 9/18/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 9/18/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 9/18/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 9/18/2007
Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3] - 9/18/2007
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 9/18/2007
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 10/3/2007
Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] - 4/19/2007
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 9/18/2007
October 24, 2007 - Passed by the House and sent to the Senate.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 404, nays 6, not voting 22.
The 6 "good guys" who voted against it...
Abercrombie
Costello
Duncan
Flake
Kucinich
Rohrabacher (the local hero)
The 22 "quasi-good guys" who didn't vote either way...
Barrett (SC)
Bilbray
Bishop (UT)
Carson
Conyers
Cooper
Cubin
Davis (IL)
Davis, Tom
Feeney
Hunter
Issa
Jindal
Johnson, E. B.
McKeon
Moore (KS)
Ron Paul (TX) **** out on the campaign trail
Peterson (PA)
Reyes
Sherman
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
If your Congressman is in this list that voted to pass this bill, remember them on election day. They have sold you out...
Ackerman, Aderholt, Akin, Alexander, Allen, Altmire, Andrews, Arcuri, Baca, Bachmann, Bachus, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Barrow, Bartlett (MD), Barton (TX), Bean, Becerra, Berkley, Berman, Berry, Biggert, Bilirakis, Bishop (GA), Bishop (NY), Blackburn, Blumenauer, Blunt, Boehner, Bonner, Bono, Boozman, Boren, Boswell, Boucher, Boustany, Boyd (FL), Boyda (KS), Brady (PA), Brady (TX), Braley (IA), Broun (GA), Brown (SC), Brown, Corrine, Brown-Waite, Ginny, Buchanan, Burgess, Burton (IN), Butterfield, Buyer, Calvert, Camp (MI), Campbell (CA), Cannon, Cantor, Capito, Capps, Capuano, Cardoza, Carnahan, Carney, Carter, Castle, Castor, Chabot, Chandler, Clarke, Clay, Cleaver, Clyburn, Coble, Cohen, Cole (OK), Conaway, Costa, Courtney, Cramer, Crenshaw, Crowley, Cuellar, Culberson, Cummings, Davis (AL), Davis (CA), Davis (KY), Davis, David, Davis, Lincoln, Deal (GA), DeFazio, DeGette, Delahunt, DeLauro, Dent, Diaz-Balart, L., Diaz-Balart, M., Dicks, Dingell, Doggett, Donnelly, Doolittle, Doyle, Drake, Dreier, Edwards, Ehlers, Ellison, Ellsworth, Emanuel, Emerson, Engel, English (PA), Eshoo, Etheridge, Everett, Fallin, Farr, Fattah, Ferguson, Filner, Forbes, Fortenberry, Fossella, Foxx, Frank (MA), Franks (AZ), Frelinghuysen, Gallegly, Garrett (NJ), Gerlach, Giffords, Gilchrest, Gillibrand, Gingrey, Gohmert, Gonzalez, Goode, Goodlatte, Gordon, Granger, Graves, Green, Al, Green, Gene, Grijalva, Gutierrez, Hall (NY), Hall (TX), Hare, Harman, Hastert, Hastings (FL), Hastings (WA), Hayes, Heller, Hensarling, Herger, Herseth Sandlin, Higgins, Hill, Hinchey, Hinojosa, Hirono, Hobson, Hodes, Hoekstra, Holden, Holt, Honda, Hooley, Hoyer, Hulshof, Inglis (SC), Inslee, Israel, Jackson (IL), Jackson-Lee (TX), Jefferson, Johnson (GA), Johnson (IL), Johnson, Sam, Jones (NC), Jones (OH), Jordan, Kagen, Kanjorski, Kaptur, Keller, Kennedy, Kildee, Kilpatrick, Kind, King (IA), King (NY), Kingston, Kirk, Klein (FL), Kline (MN), Knollenberg, Kuhl (NY), LaHood, Lamborn, Lampson, Langevin, Lantos, Larsen (WA), Larson (CT), Latham, LaTourette, Lee, Levin, Lewis (CA), Lewis (GA), Lewis (KY), Linder, Lipinski, LoBiondo, Loebsack, Lofgren, Zoe, Lowey, Lucas, Lungren, Daniel E., Lynch, Mack, Mahoney (FL), Maloney (NY), Manzullo, Marchant, Markey, Marshall, Matheson, Matsui, McCarthy (CA), McCarthy (NY), McCaul (TX), McCollum (MN), McCotter, McCrery, McDermott, McGovern, McHenry, McHugh, McIntyre, McMorris Rodgers, McNerney, McNulty, Meek (FL), Meeks (NY), Melancon, Mica, Michaud, Miller (FL), Miller (MI), Miller (NC), Miller, Gary, Miller, George, Mitchell, Mollohan, Moore (WI), Moran (KS), Moran (VA), Murphy (CT), Murphy, Patrick, Murphy, Tim, Murtha, Musgrave, Myrick, Nadler, Napolitano, Neal (MA), Neugebauer, Nunes, Oberstar, Obey, Olver, Ortiz, Pallone, Pascrell, Pastor, Payne, Pearce, Pence, Perlmutter, Peterson (MN), Petri, Pickering, Pitts, Platts, Poe, Pomeroy, Porter, Price (GA), Price (NC), Pryce (OH), Putnam, Radanovich, Rahall, Ramstad, Rangel, Regula, Rehberg, Reichert, Renzi, Reynolds, Richardson, Rodriguez, Rogers (AL), Rogers (KY), Rogers (MI), Ros-Lehtinen, Roskam, Ross, Rothman, Roybal-Allard, Royce, Ruppersberger, Rush, Ryan (OH), Ryan (WI), Salazar, Sali, [Page: H11900] GPO's PDF, Sánchez, Linda T., Sanchez, Loretta, Sarbanes, Saxton, Schakowsky, Schiff, Schmidt, Schwartz, Scott (GA), Scott (VA), Sensenbrenner, Serrano, Sessions, Sestak, Shadegg, Shays, Shea-Porter, Shimkus, Shuler, Shuster, Simpson, Sires, Skelton, Slaughter, Smith (NE), Smith (NJ), Smith (TX), Smith (WA), Snyder, Solis, Souder, Space, Spratt, Stark, Stearns, Stupak, Sullivan, Sutton, Tancredo, Tanner, Tauscher, Taylor, Terry, Thompson (CA), Thompson (MS), Thornberry, Tiahrt, Tiberi, Tierney, Towns, Tsongas, Turner, Udall (CO), Udall (NM), Upton, Van Hollen, Velázquez, Visclosky, Walberg, Walden (OR), Walsh (NY), Walz (MN), Wamp, Wasserman Schultz, Waters, Watson, Watt, Waxman, Weiner, Welch (VT), Weldon (FL), Weller, Westmoreland, Wexler, Whitfield, Wicker, Wilson (NM), Wilson (SC), Wolf, Wu, Wynn, Yarmuth, Young (AK), Young (FL).
Elmo
My Congresscritter ain't on that list but since he sold us all out
years ago I'm going to vote the "Anybody but him" candidate again.
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