Government going after our First Amendment rights

[INGunGuy]

Check this crap out. I just cant believe it, I think it may be time to think about moving to Antarctica.

Pentagon Exam Calls Protests 'Low-Level Terrorism,' Angering Activists - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

INGunGuy

 

[jblomenberg16]

Check this crap out. I just cant believe it, I think it may be time to think about moving to Antarctica.

Pentagon Exam Calls Protests 'Low-Level Terrorism,' Angering Activists - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

INGunGuy

I know you mean it half jokingly, but moving out is the wrong answer. Its not time to move out, its time to step up and take back our country. The Government is Of the People by The People. THEY WORK FOR US!!! We are not slaves to them.

We are the board of directors, majority share holders, what every you want to call it. If we don't like what the government is doing, fire them - i.e. use your right to vote to do something about it.

Sorry if that sounds like I'm taking it out on you -I'm not, I'm just tired of all of the talk about the government taking away our rights. They can't do that unless we let them!

 

[Marc]

man politics and drinking is not a good mix... its getting my blood boiling pretty bad.

 

[xamsx]

Check this crap out. I just cant believe it, I think it may be time to think about moving to Antarctica.

Pentagon Exam Calls Protests 'Low-Level Terrorism,' Angering Activists - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

INGunGuy

No surprise here. I hope you've seen or are aware of the DHS reports on "right-wing extremists" and whatnot already as well..

I know you mean it half jokingly, but moving out is the wrong answer. Its not time to move out, its time to step up and take back our country. The Government is Of the People by The People. THEY WORK FOR US!!! We are not slaves to them.

We are the board of directors, majority share holders, what every you want to call it. If we don't like what the government is doing, fire them - i.e. use your right to vote to do something about it.

Sorry if that sounds like I'm taking it out on you -I'm not, I'm just tired of all of the talk about the government taking away our rights. They can't do that unless we let them!

 

[cclark2009]

Problem is, we always let them keep screwin' us. Sheeple only watch or read the drive-bys. When congress was at 9% approval, we re-elected over 90% of the incumbents. Now that's insanity ... or stupidity

I have been voting against someone, instead of for someone, for the past 25 years. I vote libertarian when I can, but drive-bys have made a mockery of the party and it winds up getting wasted. Eventually though, something is gonna stick

 

[danielocean03]

man politics and drinking is not a good mix... its getting my blood boiling pretty bad.

That's no joke, I've noticed myself getting the same way some nights. And I'm typically slow to anger most of the time, and I'm not a "mean drunk" like some people can be. But I guess me being able to remain somewhat calm out in public while the land I love is being torn apart from the inside out by all of the leftist leadership is an inhibition. And few things can erase your inhibitions more quickly than alcohol.

 

[CarmelHP]

Check this crap out. I just cant believe it, I think it may be time to think about moving to Antarctica.

Pentagon Exam Calls Protests 'Low-Level Terrorism,' Angering Activists - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

INGunGuy

Posting this is an act of terrorism.

 

[Liberty's Teeth]

Problem is, we always let them keep screwin' us. Sheeple only watch or read the drive-bys. When congress was at 9% approval, we re-elected over 90% of the incumbents. Now that's insanity ... or stupidity

OR the fix is already on.

 

[rambone]

I shutter to think that this is the first time I am on the side of the ACLU.. I have chills...

 

[WeAreNotAlone]

I see that this thread is about 7 months old, but the info ties in with alot of what has been happening lately..

So as to keep the story alive here's the body of text of the story. ALL credits to the original author:
Pentagon Exam Calls Protests 'Low-Level Terrorism,' Angering Activists - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

Pentagon Exam Calls Protests 'Low-Level Terrorism,' Angering Activists

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

By James Osborne

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A written exam administered by the Pentagon labels "protests" as a form of “low-level terrorism” — enraging civil liberties advocates and activist groups who say it shows blatant disregard of the First Amendment.
The written exam, given as part of Department of Defense employees’ routine training, includes a multiple-choice question that asks:
“Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism?”
— Attacking the Pentagon
— IEDs
— Hate crimes against racial groups
— Protests

The correct answer, according to the exam, is "Protests."

“Its part of a pattern of equating dissent and protest with terrorism," said Ann Brick, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which obtained a copy of the question after a Defense Department employee who was taking the test printed the screen on his or her computer terminal.
"It undermines the core constitutional values the Department of Defense is supposed to be defending,” Brick said, referring to the First Amendment right to peaceably assemble.

She said the ACLU has asked the Defense Department to remove the question and send out a correction to all employees who took the exam.
“There were other employees who were unhappy with it and disturbed by it,” Brick said.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Les Melnyk said the Defense Department is looking into the matter and expects to provide more information later Wednesday.
“We need to determine if it’s something we’re currently doing,” Melnyk said. “A lot of the information in this exam is intended for people stationed abroad. We counsel those people to avoid demonstrations.”
Anti-war protesters, who say they have been targets of federal surveillance for years, were livid when they were told about the exam question.
“That’s illegal,” said George Martin, national co-chairman of United for Peace and Justice. “Protest in terms of legal dissent has to be recognized, especially by the authorities.
"It’s not terrorism or a lack of patriotism. We care enough to be active in our government.”
Bill Wilson, president of the Americans for Limited Government, which supported the Tea Party demonstrations earlier this year, agreed.
"Groups like Al Qaeda and Hezbollah, paramilitary orgainzations that are striking at out at something they oppose or hate, that's terrorism," Wilson said.
"To equate that in any degree with citizens being able to express themselves seems to me to be headed down a road where all dissent is suspect and questionable."
Ben Friedman, a research fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, said the U.S. government has a long history of infringing upon citizens’ civil liberties in the name of domestic security.
“It’s the kind of thing that happens when you have large security bureaucracies, which is why they need to be kept in check,” Friedman said. “These things tend to occur in times of panic, like after Sept. 11.”
The ACLU, in a letter of complaint it sent to the Defense Department, catalogued a list of what it said were recent civil liberties violations by federal authorities, including the monitoring of anti-war protests and the FBI’s surveillance of potential protesters at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York.
Martin said getting information on the extent of the FBI and National Security Agency’s surveillance programs is nearly impossible.
“I have been arrested within 100 yards of George W. Bush and spoken out against the policies of our government in more than 100 countries," he said. "But they said they have no record on me. I don’t believe that.”
During Bush's presidency, the Defense Department was criticized for infringing on citizens’ civil rights through surveillance programs designed to protect the nation against terrorist attacks. Brick said she has seen no indication that there will be a change in policy under President Obama.
“We need to see what they do,” she said. “In a number of areas the Obama administration has not backed off and kept the Bush administration line.”




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[AFA1CY]

Just say NO to old posts!

 

[WeAreNotAlone]

Just say NO to old posts!

More importantly, say NO to those that are trying to take our freedoms away from us step ....by step.


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[Expat]

 

[WeAreNotAlone]

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The above info may be old news to you, but to many it is not old news. Not all of us can sit around all day reading thru the blogs /watching tv.

(FYI: The news in the grand scheme of things isn't that old (In Real-World time)


Regardless at this point in time of our nations history ALL such events that have happened should be brought into the light of day for ALL to see.

Q: To those that are making a big deal out of thread being bought back to life.

Does the info tie in with current events?
Are there more recent events that tie in with the above? (yes)

Do you think it's a good idea to have Federal employees being trained to equate dissent and protests with the word /label of terrorism?

Are attacks on the First Amendment, the right to peacefully assemble and protest against those that rule us a big joke to you guys?

Do you want your 2nd Amendment rights stripped away?

If you were to to attend a Pro 2nd Amendment function, would YOU like Federal agents to have the "Green-Light" to label YOU a terrorist? / say you were attending a function that was promoting terrorism?


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[mrjarrell]

Attacks on the 1st Amendment have been ongoing since the Lincoln's time. In my lifetime I've seen Klinton go after protesters and saw Bush, Jr ratchet things up wholesale. Obama is just continuing business as usual.