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Thread #57283   Message #900585
Posted By: GUEST,The Dreaded Guest
28-Feb-03 - 03:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: NPR now CIA (Conspiracy Theory of the Day)
Subject: RE: BS: NPR now CIA (Conspiracy Theory of the Day)
Hope I'm posting on the proper thread...this one has something to do with media, so I'll put this here.

Michael Savage is about to become the next big thing on American TV. Big new contract with MSNBC. And the bit below is just a sample of what he's posting nowadays on his website:

The Sedition Act - Time to Act.
Time to Arrest the Leaders of the Anti-War Movement,
Once we Go To War?
We Must Protect Our Troops!

America's new Spokesman

And in case you've forgotten what the Sedition Act reads like after being amended in 1918, here's part of it. It PERFECTLY describes all of you who participated in the recent marches and protests:

"SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements, . . . or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct . . . the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or . . . shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States . . . or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully . . . urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production . . . or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both...."

And then there's this bit of analysis of the new Patriot Act 2:

"If the Patriot Act was so named to imply that those who question its sweeping new powers of surveillance, detention and prosecution are traitors, the DSEA takes that theme one giant step further. It provides that any citizen, even native-born, who supports even the lawful activities of an organization the executive branch deems "terrorist" is presumptively stripped of his or her citizenship. To date, the "war on terrorism" has largely been directed at noncitizens, especially Arabs and Muslims. But the DSEA would actually turn citizens associated with "terrorist" groups into aliens...."

YOU will lose your citizenship

All this stuff is obviously conspiracy theory since The Dreaded Guest came up with it, so where would it be posted? Should it be added to the threads about the anti-war movement and marches, or a 'conspiracy' thread, or what? Should I post it to a 'miscellaneous humor' thread since it talks about hauling all you protestors off for your final vacation?

Pardon me...just my paranoia talking.