What First Amendment?

Big Brother, i.e., the Hussein administration, is attacking the Constitution like no other regime in history. The latest assault comes in the form of H.R. 1966, the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act.

The meat of the act reads thusly:

‘Sec. 881. Cyberbullying

‘(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘(b) As used in this section--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘(1) the term ‘communication’ means the electronic transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user’s choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink



‘(2) the term ‘electronic means’ means any equipment dependent on electrical power to access an information service, including email, instant messaging, blogs, websites, telephones, and text messages.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘881. Cyberbullying.’.

So, pretty much this means that if one uses any sort of electronic device or medium, like, say, a blog or Facebook, to write a statement or series of statements expressing an opinion that someone else might find offensive, you get slapped with a felony, a fine, and prison time.

Imagine that in America. Cause some whiny, eco-thug, bleeding-heart twit "substantial emotional distress"? Felony. Tell some loudmouth jackass he's a loudmouth jackass? Felony. Speak out against the government that's trying to destroy your Great Nation? Felony.

I realize that this law came about because of a young girl's suicide brought on by cyberbullying. I feel for that family's loss, but you know what? I don't really care. To use something like that in an effort to restrict one of the critical components of a free society? I call bullshit.

This is another blatant attempt by the Hussein administration and their lackeys to re-write or blot out the parts of the Constitution that prevent them from turning America into a socialist, nanny-state dictatorship.

This story is all over, but a nod from me to Atlas Shrugs.