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79. The people who are getting arrested are deliberately refusing to leave a legislative building

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 02:39 AM

Jul 2013

after being told to clear the building

Reports from people I know who have been arrested say that the police actually seem quite sympathetic to the Moral Monday protests and are behaving very pleasantly towards them.

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Constitution Watch. Four sections of the Bill of Rights have been extinguished under Obama. [View all] Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 OP

K & R. But a little editing - Point three is not truedelphi Jul 2013 #1

Those are sections of the Bill of Rights. n/t Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #6

They're getting ready for a wider war in the Mideast, and expect domestic opposition. That's what leveymg Jul 2013 #2

But since the truth is marching on... defacto7 Jul 2013 #31

ready kardonb Jul 2013 #32

And when will this be happening, Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #63

On this one, I hope I'm proven wrong for a long time to come. leveymg Jul 2013 #92

I wouldn't rule this out at all, but woo me with science Jul 2013 #96

There is nothing left to control us but the police state leftstreet Jul 2013 #3

At least we have the memories of the Bill of Rights damnedifIknow Jul 2013 #4

Put it in the Smithsonian tblue Jul 2013 #56

K&R MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #5

So by your own admission, he has preserved over half of them! Alamuti Lotus Jul 2013 #7

Sad that a sarcasm tag was needed n/t Hydra Jul 2013 #8

I debated with myself about precisely that before posting.. Alamuti Lotus Jul 2013 #17

Hey, the glass IS half full! Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #11

I see my glass is about empty. Will have to fix that right away, although posting rhett o rick Jul 2013 #119

Some Paulbots here wanted President Romney! Don't they see Dragonfli Jul 2013 #15

I'm am so SICK of this Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #86

"DU used to have a much higher level of discourse until The Collective invaded this place." chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #89

"Tactfully worded, of course." Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #90

+1000 N/T beevul Jul 2013 #113

You actually took that post seriously? Saved the third Amendment? Dragonfli Jul 2013 #95

So, that was satire? Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #98

Le Taz Hot & Dragonfli, I love you both! appal_jack Jul 2013 #100

Agreed! Brewinblue Jul 2013 #108

Ya gotta admit Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #115

You're right... chervilant Jul 2013 #103

LMFAO This should have been posted in a conspiracy group. n/t L0oniX Jul 2013 #104

Psst! You forgot the part about the pony! BuelahWitch Jul 2013 #117

He has preserved nothing, for He is powerless! It is the A Simple Game Jul 2013 #114

He's been beaten and flogged into submission by the RW since he was Crowned! KoKo Jul 2013 #121

Obama is wide awake. He signed, twice, the NDAA section 1021 providing for the indefinite detention Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #136

Snopes on the 2012 bill HR 347 struggle4progress Jul 2013 #9

I know the Snopes response to HR347 and have quoted it in here in the past alongside the ACLU's. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #10

I haven't encountered any problem protesting recently: Monday, the cops strolled past me without struggle4progress Jul 2013 #18

I'm with Occupy and have seen cops grab people while they were looking entirely in the Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #24

"Obama .. ordered domestic terrorism against US citizens engaging in the 1st Amendment" struggle4progress Jul 2013 #26

You need to be aware of what has been done to "our" police departments under "iWatch". Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #30

Chicago PD cop came this close to splitting my skull open at NATO as well NuclearDem Jul 2013 #39

:( Thank you at least for getting out and protesting, knowing it would be bad there... Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #59

The ones framed with the alleged bomb plot against Rahm, or the others? NuclearDem Jul 2013 #64

Sigh...I didn't know there were that many :( Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #88

That's not how 3 strikes works in CA. RudynJack Jul 2013 #93

Ah, thanks for that. To imagine that 1st Amendment marching forces me to have to learn such. Note: Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #132

Sigh RudynJack Jul 2013 #141

This message was self-deleted by its author ieoeja Aug 2013 #143

What were you demonstrating about? JDPriestly Jul 2013 #48

Exactly. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #61

The Federal Executive doesn't give orders to the Capitol Police in Raleigh, nor to any other state struggle4progress Jul 2013 #74

What were you demonstrating about? JDPriestly Jul 2013 #77

The people who are getting arrested are deliberately refusing to leave a legislative building struggle4progress Jul 2013 #79

You forgot he wants your guns too......... Historic NY Jul 2013 #12

I truly wish the 1st and 4th Amendments had half the money and political firepower the 2nd enjoys. leveymg Jul 2013 #13

Do not conflate NRA talking points with my post, which stand on its own and has nothing to do Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #14

you have a link to support any of this? nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #16

You just watch what country he leaves us with. caseymoz Jul 2013 #41

No links, then, apparently. n/t pnwmom Jul 2013 #51

Links have already been rejected by one genius or another. caseymoz Jul 2013 #97

thanks for straightening that out nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #71

Just mark my words. caseymoz Jul 2013 #99

someone just messaged me the link arely staircase Jul 2013 #107

Well, that was as clear an oil spill. nt caseymoz Jul 2013 #131

K&R forestpath Jul 2013 #19

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2013 #20

"Oooooh! Mel Gibson! I'm sure libruls luuuv Mel Gibson!" struggle4progress Jul 2013 #27

Keep trying to change the subject, struggle4progress. Th1onein Jul 2013 #67

I stopped watching when Mel appeared cuz he's a rightwing fruitcake struggle4progress Jul 2013 #75

A rightwing fruitcake almost immediately followed by Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Norton, NuclearDem Jul 2013 #78

Sorry. I've refused to watch Mel since his racist meltdown a few years back struggle4progress Jul 2013 #81

Do you realize that making it about Mel Gibson is the same thing that you and others Th1onein Jul 2013 #82

Well, you go ahead and listen to the racist fruitcake, and I'll spend my time in other ways, struggle4progress Jul 2013 #91

There you go AGAIN. Making it about the messenger, and not the message. Th1onein Jul 2013 #126

Wow, good point, that'll entirely change my perception of the video. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #72

I enjoyed the video.....timely. nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #40

What is that from? I really love it. Well done. Favorited and thank you n/t Catherina Jul 2013 #42

I first saw it here: DeSwiss Jul 2013 #44

I loved it so much I just added it to my last thread Catherina Jul 2013 #45

Excellent!!! DeSwiss Jul 2013 #54

Coming from an Obamacare = tyranny pundit. n/t cprise Jul 2013 #80

Nice video. NealK Jul 2013 #57

Thanks. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #58

ALL OBAMA'S FAULT! ALL OBAMA'S FAULT!!! cliffordu Jul 2013 #21

Is he, or is he not the President, the sworn defender of the Constitution? n/t Hydra Jul 2013 #22

Yep. So is congress. cliffordu Jul 2013 #23

don't forget the good old boys at the Carlyle Group think Jul 2013 #28

Ya, it's called revealing Hydra Jul 2013 #29

NO!!! DeSwiss Jul 2013 #34

Are you serious? mimi85 Jul 2013 #25

Google what I've posted and learn how horribly wrong you are. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #33

You're making the assertions, so YOU should be doing the googling. pnwmom Jul 2013 #53

That one isn't a direct link. The evidence of opinion against the 2nd Amendment is quite clear here Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #133

LoL, yeah, it'll be like 'oh, hey, it wasn't that bad' railsback Jul 2013 #35

Christ, the "do you want the Republicans to win??!!?!?!" argument NuclearDem Jul 2013 #36

I agree. Zoeisright Jul 2013 #43

Oh, well I guess that makes it okay then. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #46

I want the next president to be a Democrat -- Elizabeth Warren. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #62

I support Elizabeth Warren for 2016. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #60

PUH-LEEZE! Don't you know that the MSM will pick our next candidates FOR us? Th1onein Jul 2013 #70

So which of the networks should we send our political contributions to? L0oniX Jul 2013 #106

Sorry, LOonix, you lost me. Th1onein Jul 2013 #123

"Don't you know that the MSM will pick our next candidates FOR us?" - Th1onein L0oniX Jul 2013 #124

LOL! Yes, I know, that's what I wrote. But I don't understand your comment in Th1onein Jul 2013 #125

Why bother giving money to campaigns when ya can just give it to those who decide who will be... L0oniX Jul 2013 #127

Okay, I understand what you're saying.......but, what I'm saying is exemplified by Th1onein Jul 2013 #129

So what happened under BushCo.? SoapBox Jul 2013 #37

FINALLY someone brings it up, thank you! Torture, rendition, secret prisons, warrantless wiretapping Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #38

With Congress and the Senate WHEN CRABS ROAR Jul 2013 #116

K&R. We did not work to elect Obama so that his administration could violate JDPriestly Jul 2013 #47

What they've done to the Constitution was not done democratically by the majority of an informed... L0oniX Jul 2013 #122

I think this is putting it mildly. blackspade Jul 2013 #49

Do you have links for all of this? pnwmom Jul 2013 #50

pay them no mind, huffing glue makes one post wierd shit. nt dionysus Jul 2013 #55

Yeah, maybe you should stop doing that then. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #69

I and others have been posting and screaming about these things for well over a year, right here Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #66

How on earth would anyone know to google something like "DHS hunch 100 miles"? pnwmom Jul 2013 #73

Because having read the article here several times, I made certain the key words which would Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #76

I've read many posts but, sorry, I don't remember the specifics of yours. pnwmom Jul 2013 #85

I've explained why three times and twice suggested that you do a quick and easy search. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #138

I agree and sympathize. delrem Jul 2013 #120

lol dionysus Jul 2013 #52

K&R NealK Jul 2013 #65

Operation Northwoods .. blkmusclmachine Jul 2013 #68

More anti-Obama BS jazzimov Jul 2013 #83

Or to hold Democrats to a higher standard. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #84

Voicing Displeasure With Obama = Making People Vote Against Dems? Brewinblue Jul 2013 #111

Gee. Obama's actions are anti-Constitutional and I have a real problem with that. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #137

similar things under Wilson, Adams. Deep13 Jul 2013 #87

It is always nice to see another thread Skidmore Jul 2013 #94

Obama himself twice signed the NDAA section 1021 (indefinite detention) and sent laywers to Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #134

ROFL... SidDithers Jul 2013 #101

This op would be better over at freerepublic JaneyVee Jul 2013 #102

Thank you for your enlightening insight into these extremely critical matters. n/t Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #139

#8: The bail for being arrested for smoking pot has been raised to ... JoePhilly Jul 2013 #105

! dionysus Jul 2013 #112

Oh, boy. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #109

Here's an interesting thing I saw on reddit today BobbyBoring Jul 2013 #110

who knows Chaco Dundee Jul 2013 #118

Really? Was Alan West busy the week they were picking? Generic Brad Jul 2013 #140

Didn't Everyone Get The Memo - Obama Has Moved Pass N-Dimensional Chess To Hyper-Dimensional Chess cantbeserious Jul 2013 #128

lol @ the rantings of a paulbot Dustin DeWinde Jul 2013 #130

"Zimmerman apologist"? When you call names, you go very deeply below the belt. Not from around here, Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #135

Wow, bullshit logic bingo! NuclearDem Jul 2013 #142

Has anyone alerted on this? Blue_In_AK Aug 2013 #144