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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

"The Sedition Act." Ted Cruz (And Others Tea Bags) Are Guilty

"Misfeasance: Is The Republican Party Guilty?"

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Alan: The people in power stay in power because The System controls which charges to apply and which suits to bring. Clearly, Republicans will not be held to the same standard of justice that applies to garden variety criminals who do not threaten the United States (and the world) with decades-long Depression. Even so, it is tonic to consider what justice would look like if these Obama-hating economic thugs were brought "to the dock."

 The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub.L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. [1]
It forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, its flag, or its armed forces or that caused others to view the American government or its institutions with contempt. Those convicted under the act generally received sentences of imprisonment for 5 to 20 years.[2] The act also allowed thePostmaster General to refuse to deliver mail that met those same standards for punishable speech or opinion. It applied only to times "when the United States is in war."[3] It was repealed on December 13, 1920.[4]
Though the legislation enacted in 1918 is commonly called the Sedition Act, it was actually a set of amendments to the Espionage Act.[5] Therefore many studies of the Espionage Act and the Sedition Act find it difficult to report on the two "acts" separately. For example, one historian reports that "some fifteen hundred prosecutions were carried out under the Espionage and Sedition Acts, resulting in more than a thousand convictions."[6] Court decisions do not use the shorthand term Sedition Act, but the correct legal term for the law, the Espionage Act, whether as originally enacted or as amended in 1918.

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Republican presidential candidate, Pat Buchanan, the living American who has served longest as a White House senior staff adviser, observed: “The Republican philosophy might be summarized thus: To hell with principle; what matters is power, and that we have it, and that they do not.” “Where the Right Went Wrong" 

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The Daily Show Asks A Real Hostage Negotiator How To Handle The GOP. (Video)

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"A Southerner Explains Tea Party Radicalism: The Civil War Is Not Over"


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Diane Rehm's Brilliant Panel Discussion: "Possible Repercussions Of A U.S. Debt Default At Home And Abroad"

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"The Great Recession Vaporized 40% Of Americas's Net Worth. The Tea Party Intends Worse."

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"The Shutdown Is A Republican Civil War" by Ezra Klein


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Republican Rule And Economic Catastrophe: A Lockstep Relationship"
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"Politics and Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"

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"Republicans for Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism



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