Obama outlaws OWS and other Protestors H.R. 347

Have our resident "progressives" forgotten their civics yet again? There is a third option available to the executive beyond signing or vetoing the bills passed by the legislature. Remember what it is?

PrintSmith wrote: Have our resident "progressives" forgotten their civics yet again? There is a third option available to the executive beyond signing or vetoing the bills passed by the legislature. Remember what it is?

Doing nothing?

Seems to me that this was nearly unanimous because it's written as a self-serving law regarding impeding official government business. This will keep our Senators and Representatives from having to face protests on their way to or from 'official business'.

We all know that congress is all about passing self-serving laws.

CritiKalbILL wrote:

PrintSmith wrote: Have our resident "progressives" forgotten their civics yet again? There is a third option available to the executive beyond signing or vetoing the bills passed by the legislature. Remember what it is?

Doing nothing?

The pocket veto. If Obama wanted to look like he was against it, he could have vetoed it then let Congress overide the veto. Then it would have looked like it was all on Congress and he could have saved face.

Nobody that matters wrote: Seems to me that this was nearly unanimous because it's written as a self-serving law regarding impeding official government business. This will keep our Senators and Representatives from having to face protests on their way to or from 'official business'.

We all know that congress is all about passing self-serving laws.

That's exactly right- and it's an arogant law that swats away the OWS protestors like they are gnats- in the way of the arrogant elitist government.

The law completely ignores our right to protest- dosn't matter if you are KKK or TEA party- or OWS- or Greenpeace. All they have to do is declare the area you are in as “restricted” and you are instantly a felon.

Yes- that's right, I'm on the liberal side of this issue to be sure- I don't agree at all with what the OWS crowd stands for- but I will defend their right to protest against our government- it is our first amendment guaranty that is being infringed on here. The amendments to the constitution were placed there for very important reasons- this places severe restrictions on that right- and makes criminals out of what should remain law abiding citizens.

It just amazes me how anal the lefties on this board are- they can't ever call bullsh** for anything that Obama does- not even to the point of signing away our rights- you gotta wonder- Obama could take away every freedom they have - and these nitwits wouldn't say boo. What could Obama have done?

He could have refused to sign this bullcrap bill!

And more media today is calling this the "Anti-OWS Bill". I didn't name it that.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1874/870/Obama_Signs_Anti-Protest_Trespass_Bill_-_OWS_Youve_Been_Warned.html

The MUST be something good about it, since the Senate passed it unanimously and only three Reps voted against it.

Maybe this is the somthing "good" you were posting about....

Presidential hopefuls Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are now officially covered under Secret Service protection, making it a federal offense to disrupt a campaign stop. That means whether it’s by way of a glitter bomb protest or causing a disturbance on the same Holiday Inn hotel floor that Santorum is staying in, doing such could cause a bit of a legal battle for the persons involved.

JSG wrote: The MUST be something good about it, since the Senate passed it unanimously and only three Reps voted against it.

The question is "who is it good for?"

The answer is the authors and supporters, but not the people that voted for them.