Sedition?

Question:  If sedition* is against the law, why are Senators Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Frank et al still not only in office but walking around free?

Sedition: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority

 

In an effort to be historically accurate I have done a little research into the topic of sedition.  While not exhaustive I have tried to go to source documentation for my information.  What I found in a cursory web search was the following. 

 

In 1798 with another war looming on the horizon the government passed 3 Naturalization laws and a Sedition Act.

 

• Naturalization Act, passed by Congress on June 18, 1798 which required that aliens be residents for 14 years instead of 5 years before being granted citizenship.
•  Alien Act on June 25, allowed President to deport aliens “dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States” even during peacetime.
• The third law, the Alien Enemies Act, on July 6. Allowed the wartime arrest, imprisonment and deportation of any alien subject to an enemy power. You know citizens of other combatant nations, like Saudi Arabians, Yemins, Iraqi’s Iranians et al.

Last but by no means least

• “Sedition Act, passed on July 14 declared that any treasonable activity, including the publication of ‘any false, scandalous and malicious writing,’ was a high misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment. By virtue of this legislation twenty-five men, most of them editors of Republican newspapers,were arrested and their newspapers forced to shut down,” including the grandson of Benjamin Franklin.   (my thanks to the folks at Archiving Early America for their succinct information)

 

1918 Sedition Act.

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….  ( many thanks to the folks at BYU Library document site for providing this information and the ability to access the original act).

(ie. The surge is not working, our troops are morons, cutting the budget for the military, and sundry other outrages perpetuated by member of the Party of Undemocracy.  They should ALL be stripped of their citizenship, deported and put on a list of enemy combatants.)

I would suppose as we have a illegal alien as president that most of our other laws are null and void as well. This is good to know.  I wonder how the federal government would react if we all decided that paying taxes like obeying the Sedition acts is simply something that one can chose to do or not do?  Would be an interesting contra temps, eh what?

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I Told You So

I hate to say I told you so……no actually, I’m a woman, of Irish (Celtic) heritage and I love to say I told you so. 

Here it is folks, just in time for Christmas, the annual “Hate Christians or anything that has remotely to do with religion or any stripe or variety (except Islam-cause their so nice)” syndrome. 

Church Fire

Rudolph

Santas

Now truly the church fire probably has less to do with Christmas and more to do with Sarah Palin, who I am sure wishes she’d told McCain to trot on back to Washington and find someone who likes being drawn and quartered or flayed alive instead.  But the perpetrators waited until right before Christmas to make their point. Of course as usual they are late but hey a points a point right.  

It doesn’t matter that arson is against the law, it doesn’t matter that someone (a firefighter or people inside the building could have been hurt or killed-what’s a few dead right wing religious fanatics, right).  It doesn’t matter that this country was founded on religious freedom, not freedom from religion.  They had a point to make and they sure made it.  The forces of peace and tolerance on display today.  God helps us all.

As far as the Anti-Rudolph/Santa’s are as cranky as toddlers crowd goes here’s a hint.  If you don’t want to participate, DON’T.  Retailers are only in it for the cash.  We “Christians” would be more than happy if those who don’t believe in Christ would simply not celebrate our holiday.  After all we don’t celebrate Ramadan, Hannukkah,  Kwanzaa, Samhain or other holy days from other religions.  Everyone however, seems to think our religious celebrations belong to them.  

Christmas, Easter, St. Pat’s and St. Valentines Day are all open season for commercialization and abuse, not to mention de-Christianization.  So make a decision, either enjoy the celebrations and shut up or just go about your business, like the rest of us do all year long.  

We don’t try to take over your holidays so either leave ours alone or “Cowboy Up”.

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