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Excerpt: "President Obama signed a bill on Monday that will phase out the manufacturing of face wash, toothpaste and shampoo containing plastic microbeads by July 1, 2017, and the sale of such beauty products by July 1, 2018."

Microbeads used in personal care products are being found in the Great Lakes. (photo: APP)
Microbeads used in personal care products are being found in the Great Lakes. (photo: APP)

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Victory: Obama Signs Bill Banning Plastic Microbeads

By Center for Biological Diversity

29 December 15

 

resident Obama signed a bill on Monday that will phase out the manufacturing of face wash, toothpaste and shampoo containing plastic microbeads by July 1, 2017, and the sale of such beauty products by July 1, 2018.

Following the footsteps of California�s historic microbead ban, the Microbead-Free Waters Act (H.R. 1321) bans all plastic microbeads from beauty products, including those made from so-called �biodegradable plastics,� most of which do not biodegrade in marine environments.

Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives unanimously approved the bill last week.

�Our oceans are inundated with microplastics that threaten sea birds, turtles and other marine wildlife. Now we can stop adding to the trillions of pieces already out there,� Blake Kopcho, oceans campaigner with the Center for Biological Diversity, said. �This will eliminate a pointless and harmful source of plastic pollution before it ever has a chance to reach the oceans.�

The Microbead-Free Waters Act, introduced by Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.), is an important step toward addressing the global crisis of microplastic pollution. Plastic microbeads�designed to be washed down the drain and too small to be reliably captured by wastewater treatment facilities�pollute lakes, rivers and oceans. One tube of exfoliating facewash can contain more than 350,000 microbeads and it�s estimated that 2.9 trillion microbeads enter U.S. waterways annually.

Once in the environment, plastic microbeads concentrate toxins such as pesticides and flame retardants on their surface, which may then transfer to the tissue of fish that mistake microbeads for food. A recent study found that one-quarter of fish purchased at California markets had ingested plastic.

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+95 # Barbara K 2011-11-12 12:17
Are the police and officials trying to deliberately provoke violence? It certainly looks like it. Their job is to protect these citizens, not to attack and beat them. I hope that no one gets killed or that no one else is left seriously injured by these heavily armed cops as they attack unarmed students who just want to have a fair shake for the 99% of the citizens of this country and we are so proud of them. How much are the Koch Bastards paying them to harm the citizens anyway?
 
 
+75 # MainStreetMentor 2011-11-12 13:19
I agree ... I'm having a difficult time in understanding WHY the 99% need to be evacuted ... it doesn't appear to me that these protestors are doing anything more than voicing their constitutionall y guaranteed right to protest - in a non-violent manner. America is watching.
 
 
+41 # NanFan 2011-11-12 14:05
Quoting MainStreetMentor:
America is watching.


The WORLD is watching! And they are horrified.

N.
 
 
+43 # redjelly39 2011-11-12 14:23
Police dont have the training/patien ce to deal with peaceful protests but are well trained to deal with violent ones. Remember to vote out the Police Chief, Mayor and anyone involved with siding against the 99% We the People. We have drawn a line in the sand and our elected officials are either with US or need to find another job.
 
 
+41 # Dave_s Not Here 2011-11-12 14:36
"Are the police and officials trying to deliberately provoke violence?"

Of course they are. That's what police gangs do.
 
 
+18 # Rita Walpole Ague 2011-11-12 15:01
Oh yes, Barbara. You've gone to the heart (your good one) and evil soul (the Koch's kochsucking, buyout one) of things.

OWSers, camping so visably in front of city halls, state legislatures (i.e. Denver), highly populated central cities (New York, etc.) is an Advertising 101, ever so constantly spreading of potent word of mouth reminders of how badly we need American Revolution II to rid our 'democracy in the toilet', no longer liberty and justice for all country of the evil, greed and power addicted 1%.

Must be driving the villainaire rulers and their Kochsucking minions crazy that they are unable to 1. threaten with cop brutalization/t orture, 2. use MSDing (manipulation, spin, distraction) via non and little coverage of the story of this and the past few centuries, and end the OWS occupations.

All the 'mess' media's overcoverage of stupid ass pols, sex scandals in football settings (again, karlroving advertising 101 MSDing), and other MSDing non-news stories is not deflating vast interst in OWS.

The villainaires must be truly sweatin' it that this OWS word of mouth is overcoming their best buy 'em out & sell 'em out efforts, and could screw up more of their supposedly 'close' and in reality election frauded elections.
 
 
0 # Michael_K 2011-11-12 17:54
Where's your darlin' O'Bama, eh Barbara? Why isn't he using the prestige and bully pulpit of his office to at least shame those who would unilaterally rescind the 1st Amendment? Do you STILL believes he gives a damn??????
 
 
+10 # Lolanne 2011-11-12 19:34
Quoting Michael_K:
Where's your darlin' O'Bama, eh Barbara? Why isn't he using the prestige and bully pulpit of his office to at least shame those who would unilaterally rescind the 1st Amendment? Do you STILL believes he gives a damn??????


And do you, Michael K, really believe allowing a RePIG to be elected would make things better??? Obama is not anybody's "darlin" -- he's just the only person, at this time at least, that might keep from giving the abominable RePIGS the White House! Not voting at all, or voting a 3rd party candidate, will do just that -- give them the White House. Is that what you want?
 
 
-2 # Michael_K 2011-11-12 21:02
He cynically uses the "where else can you go?" calculation against you. Do you really not understand who and what he is?
 
 
+5 # Lolanne 2011-11-13 15:09
Quoting Michael_K:
He cynically uses the "where else can you go?" calculation against you. Do you really not understand who and what he is?


My feelings are based on historical observations, not on anything Obama says or does. I know quite well what/who he is, and I do not like it. But I saw what happened in 2000 and 2004 -- the democratic vote was split by third party candidate, and you KNOW how that turned out! I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN!!! I do not believe the country could survive having the Reprobates in charge for even one more term.
 
 
-1 # Michael_K 2011-11-13 16:00
OK, well then you agree with me. We need to wrest control of the party's DLC/Rethuglican wing, and have a primary to nominate a real Democratic candidate. Barring that, we can simply massively abandon the party to them, and form a new party or join the Greens. I'm sick and tired of hearing "a 3rd party can't win"... that thinking is the only reason a 3rd party can't win!
 
 
-1 # Lolanne 2011-11-13 17:02
Quoting Michael_K:
OK, well then you agree with me. We need to wrest control of the party's DLC/Rethuglican wing, and have a primary to nominate a real Democratic candidate. Barring that, we can simply massively abandon the party to them, and form a new party or join the Greens. I'm sick and tired of hearing "a 3rd party can't win"... that thinking is the only reason a 3rd party can't win!


I totally agree with you on the need for a 3rd party. I just don't think it could happen in 2012 -- there's just not enough time. But 2016 -- now that's a different story, if OWS can just hold out and continue to grow until everybody in the 99% knows who they are and realizes they are themselves part of the 99%. OWS would have had ample time by then to become an actual party and have found a REAL candidate, somebody who is not one of the "establishment" but who will truly govern for the people, ALL of us, not just those who have money. Assuming Eliz Warren is not corrupted once she gets into Congress, she might well be the candidate, based on what I've heard out of her so far...maybe with Bernie as a running mate. Sure would like to see that happen!
 
 
+57 # oiseau 2011-11-12 13:27
"mayoral spokeswoman Sue Piper said the fatal shooting "has elevated concerns about the safety of the encampment and people who also use the space. The risks are too great, and it is time for the encampment to end.'"

This comment is not just stupid it is insane.

OWS is in some way connected to a drug deal gone bad in Oakland CA? This would be laughable if wern't so sad.

Every day our representatives just get crazier and crazier. It is the freaks at city hall that are dangerous not the folks out side.
 
 
+11 # Phlippinout 2011-11-12 15:36
Probably the police who made sure there was a killing to further their agenda . Now i really hate laW enforcement and cheer for the real people. Cops have no morals, they kill for money
 
 
+14 # in deo veritas 2011-11-12 16:01
It is time for the current officeholders in Oakland to end their term of office. It looks like all they are trying to do is establish Oakland as the capital of the FSA (Fascist States of America). Will NYC respond by upscaling its attacks on democracy to remain number one?
 
 
+1 # Michael_K 2011-11-12 17:56
They're not crazy, they're seizing upon a pretext... It's just not a very good one, and their disingenuous idiocy is quite transparent.
 
 
+54 # Paul Scott 2011-11-12 13:40
Hearing politicians blame the protesters for violation of their illegal permits and other rules that are made up 20 minuets before they are executed, to prevent the constitutional right to assemble and air grievances against the government; simply confirms that the 1% has more influence, on the politicians, than do the people.
 
 
+7 # in deo veritas 2011-11-12 16:02
For the moment-they better enjoy it while they can.
 
 
+6 # CL38 2011-11-12 20:43
"simply confirms that the 1% has more influence, on the politicians, than do the people."

-- and it's we, the 99%, who are paying the salaries of these politicians and police !
 
 
+41 # soulsource 2011-11-12 13:48
Since when is the mayor not in charge? Who are these higher-than-eve ryone=else people? Deaths occur in cities like Oakland all the time. Drugs are a part of the city. Leaders haven't cleaned up the streets of all that yet, so why is the standard higher here? Instead this should be used to show what we, civil society and its elections, have not been able to clean up. I find the magnifying glass to be a farce, a trick way of saying the Occupy Movement is dangerous instead of cities are dangerous.
 
 
+34 # Susan W 2011-11-12 13:51
Don't these thug cops realize they are part of the 99%? They are nothing but a tool of the powerful and are as dispensable as any lowly worker. The solution is for all of them to join the movement and refuse to invade the plaza or do the dirty work of their masters. Get the city council people out there in their suits to break it up if it is so important! Gutless assholes.
 
 
+23 # Texas Aggie 2011-11-12 14:16
Actually they're not part of the 99%. The 99% are those people who are being victimized by the 1% while the cops are being paid handsomely by the 1%. Witness the multimillion dollar "contribution" that the NYPD got from Wall St. plus who decides on their contracts.

The cops well know who they serve and who they are beholden to. They aren't about to identify with the common people (with a few rare exceptions.)
 
 
+1 # RagingLiberal 2011-11-12 22:02
[quote name="Texas Aggie"]Actually they're not part of the 99%. The 99% are those people who are being victimized by the 1% while the cops are being paid handsomely by the 1%.
Actually, Aggie, they are very much part of the 99%. According to Salarywizard.co m, the average salary of a full-time Officer in Oakland, CA is $56,951. Honestly, in California, that's not enough to raise a family on, and sure as hell not enough to buy loyalty. Cops are a unique breed, and whether good or bad, they all feel a unity with other cops, and are rather self-righteous about their jobs. THAT is why they continue to do the bidding of their oppressors. It's also why they put themselves in harm's way without a second thought. It has nothing to do with money at all, and sadly even good cops will continue to arrest Occupy members, simply because Occupy is breaking the law by camping in a public park. It doesn't make it right, but that's how it is. (Former wife of a good cop)
 
 
+6 # in deo veritas 2011-11-12 16:03
In Albany NY I understand the police there did just that.
 
 
+48 # CL38 2011-11-12 13:54
The 99%, on behalf of those of us who make up the 99%, are legitimately asserting their right to free speech, protest and assembly against the 1% that have bought off our Congress and Senate, the judicial system and apparently even local governments and our police force across the country. The salaries of all these government employees are paid for by the 99%. We want equal representation and to exercise our right to demand change in the land of 'liberty' and freedom.

What's next 1%, setting up concentration camps?

This is our country, not yours. You don't own it. We do.
 
 
+17 # redjelly39 2011-11-12 14:54
What's next 1%, setting up concentration camps?
Yes - type in FEMA Camp in your search window and look through the links & videos. These are also referred to as Fusion Centers. I have known about these for a while and thought them to be Conspiracy Theory rhetoric but there is enough information to at least question their existence.
Along with voting out all politicians that support the 1% against We the People, we must also demand a repeal of Homeland Security/Patrio t Act as they make our Bill of Rights obsolete.
 
 
+1 # chick 2011-11-12 16:59
Emergency and Disaster Activity
District of Columbia Earthquake
Vermont Severe Storms And Flooding
Virginia Earthquake
New Hampshire Severe Storm
Massachusetts Severe Storm
Connecticut Severe Storm
Louisiana Tropical Storm Lee
Puerto Rico Tropical Storm Maria
New Jersey Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee
Maryland Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee
Delaware Hurricane Irene
District of Columbia Hurricane Irene
Kansas Flooding
Maryland Hurricane Irene
New Jersey Severe Storms and Flooding
Maine Tropical Storm Irene

Above are some of the good things FEMA does. I totally disagree with you. They have helped too many people I think you are mistaking them for some other "CAmp" made up by REpugs to discredit FEMA.
 
 
+1 # michelle 2011-11-12 18:38
Add New York to your list of good things accomplished by FEMA. I have a sister in the small town of Phoenicia who was caught in the flooding brought on by Hurricane Irene. She said FEMA came in quickly, assessed needs and provided aid to the residents. Between FEMA and the Red Cross she and her husband were able to recover. I agree, FEMA is now doing good things unlike the actions of FEMA under GW Bush. No heck of job Brownie this time.
 
 
0 # redjelly39 2011-11-12 22:06
I worked with FEMA and others when I helped out with Katrina recovery down in Gulfport, Ms and I know they do good things but they are still a government entity and people have positive views of FEMA which is why it is even more alarming that they call these secret prisons FEMA Camps.
I still dont know positively about their locations & purpose but it is odd that an empty train repair station had over $2 million invested for gates/fencing & security camera's at a location out in the middle of nowhere in Indiana when there is no active/open business there.
This may all be BS but at this point I think it is better to be aware of the possibility rather than ignorant or in denial of their existence.
The only thing I am certain of is that our government is corrupt & lies to us daily. Their actions are not in the interest of We the People but for the Wall St/Mega-Corps they serve at our expense. 90% of the media is owned by 6 corporations (AOL/TW, Disney,Bertelsm en, Viacom, NewsCorp & NBS/Comcast) and they are all under the FCCs Clear Channel Communications control. We do not get the news from TV, Radio, papers - we get whatever BS we are being sold by Gov't/Bank-Corp s.
Isn't this why we are reading RSN & Daily Uncensored - to try and find the truth ? We must continue to educate/inform ourselves and keep searching.
 
 
+2 # michelle 2011-11-13 13:48
I wouldn't get too worked up over rumors of FEMA camps. If the powers that be want to herd people into camps they will improvise. In WWII Americans of Japanese ancestry were rounded up and held at the LA county fairgrounds and Santa Anita race track. We even coerced Peru into sending Peruvians of Japanese ancestry to the US and held them in an improvised camp just outside of Los Alamos. They were considered a threat and you have to wonder what brainiac thought housing "terrorists" next to a high security facility was a great idea. Chili and Argentina used soccer stadiums. There is no limit to places that already exist. The best thing to do is invest in a good pair of hiking boots, a backpack, compass and map so you can head out.
 
 
+3 # chick 2011-11-12 17:01
FEMA Camp is not FEMA the government agency that helps people during earthquakes, floods and other emergencies.

Emergency and Disaster Activity
District of Columbia Earthquake
Vermont Severe Storms And Flooding
Virginia Earthquake
New Hampshire Severe Storm
Massachusetts Severe Storm
Connecticut Severe Storm
Louisiana Tropical Storm Lee
Puerto Rico Tropical Storm Maria
New Jersey Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee
Maryland Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee
Delaware Hurricane Irene
District of Columbia Hurricane Irene
Kansas Flooding
Maryland Hurricane Irene
New Jersey Severe Storms and Flooding
Maine Tropical Storm Irene
 
 
+2 # RagingLiberal 2011-11-12 22:08
Yes, that's exactly whose camp it is. They say they built them to house people in a National Disaster. The first was in Louisiana after the hurricaine, and did house people. Then they built them all over the country so they would not be caught "unprepared" again. The problem is that now that they exist, they can be used by the Fed any way they see fit. They claim they are now set up for housing "terrorists". So how many times have you heard that Occupy is a group of "Domestic Terrorists"? Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid!
 
 
+8 # Doubter 2011-11-12 18:06
"This is our country, not yours. You don't own it. We do."
NOT ANY MORE!

"what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. ... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure." Thomas Jefferson
 
 
+2 # jcdav 2011-11-12 19:53
What's next 1%, setting up concentration camps?

Well, FEMA or some other Gvt agency set up at least one barbed wire enclosed several city block "camp" @ Fort Indian Town Gap, PA. Supposedly to hold "terrorists". This is one of ten or so built in the wake of 911.]
 
 
+24 # DaveM 2011-11-12 14:02
This has so many terrible possibilities. Aside from all of the obvious civil rights violations, we have already seen the Oakland Police overstep their bounds as far as the use of force is concerned. What are we going to see if they are truly determined to clear the park? What happens when an officer mistakes the sound of a flash-bang, a car backfiring, a firecracker, or another police weapon for a shot?

Clearly, the protesters in Oakland are making a great impression--pow erful people are afraid of them. We can only hope that non-violent protest is not about to lead to summary executions.
 
 
+5 # in deo veritas 2011-11-12 16:07
If Obama and the "justice dept" do nothing to control these stormtroopers then we will hold them responsbile for whatever injuriews or deaths result. That IHO would be sufficient grounds for impeachment (as if there aren't already enough).
 
 
+7 # in deo veritas 2011-11-12 16:10
Yeah Alameda-people in hell wanting ice water too. Control your stormtroopers or face being bled dry financially. Whjere the hell is the ACLU?
 
 
+4 # in deo veritas 2011-11-12 16:14
The best way for the Quan gang to get out of the mess is to resign and leave town. Let somebody with common sense take over if someone like that can be found.
 
 
0 # RagingLiberal 2011-11-12 22:09
Or to the warehousing of "Domestic Terrorists"!!!
 
 
+26 # pernsey 2011-11-12 14:13
GOP=Greedy One Percent!

NEVER EVER VOTE REPUBLICAN!!
 
 
+2 # TrueAmericanPatriot 2011-11-13 10:23
Quoting pernsey:
GOP=Greedy One Percent!

NEVER EVER VOTE REPUBLICAN!!

GREAT JOB, Pernsey; you should put that on a T-Shirt or bumper-sticker. To echo your last line: NEVER, EVER VOTE REPUBLICAN (OR BLUE DOG DEMOCRAT) AGAIN!!!
 
 
+25 # Peace Anonymous 2011-11-12 14:16
The majority of the people support change and the Occupy movement is not only about change, it is about peaceful change. Ghandi's supporters were brutally beaten by British forces and it was their violence, ultimately that reinfoced the Indian Independence movement. Be Peaceful. Your country may not be behind you. But the people are.
 
 
+6 # Vern Radul 2011-11-12 15:08
 
 
+10 # Hot Doggie 2011-11-12 15:53
Oakland said,

"So even if the mayor wanted to do so (keep the camp in place), she cannot because she does not set policy for the city," Huen wrote. "The council does."

Excuse me but the people of Oakland set policy not the council. And everything else pertaining to the city. All power in vested in the people. Let's put this occupy movement to the vote. This includes a stay of hostilities between the city and the occupyers. Can I get an Amen?
 
 
+1 # RagingLiberal 2011-11-12 22:12
Amen Brother!! According to the article, the "polls" told them the people want Occupy gone. I'm guessing this was a poll of the City Council and Big Business owners...
 
 
+6 # gentle 2011-11-12 16:06
Where is Obama? To allow "local police action" against citizen's practicing their 1st amendment rights is breaking his oath. The phrase "to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States" has lost it's meaning today. From "Yes we can" to "yes sir, master" in just 2+ years.
 
 
-2 # mwd870 2011-11-13 05:50
Good point - also made by Michael_K. Obama's conspicuous absence in this debate and his failure to take the oath "to uphold and defend the Constitution" seriously just make me dislike him more.

The slogans "Yes we can" and "Change you can believe in" have become laughable.
 
 
+8 # seeuingoa 2011-11-12 16:23
 
 
-1 # jcdav 2011-11-12 20:06
So, If I understand this correctly, the mayor & shitty council can revoke any citizen's or group's First Amendment Rights?
Obamma is too busy serving his corporate massas to be concerned about helping to expose / control them. He is part of the PROBLEM.. HE IS THEM..Short of getting an HONEST, populist (not lip service populist-the real McCoy) even progressive majority in congress and all levels of gvt- local, state and federal- OR outright revolt I do not see how we can overcome the established, entrenched pay for play rules/persons now clearly in charge.
 
 
+5 # disgusted American 2011-11-12 16:23
Here we go again. Blame Republicans and the Koch brothers.

Obama wants this Occupy movement gone! The world is watching, and it's a thorn in Mr. Hope and Change's side. You know, the greatest country in the world with freedom and justice for all.

What part of this do you all not understand?

for the record: I'm not a Repuke or a Repuke plant. But I do know along with many others in this country that Democrats are complicit in all that has happened to we the people.

Democrats are not going to save the day.

As for Obama, he's as bad or worse than Bush.

Wake up!
 
 
+3 # RagingLiberal 2011-11-12 22:20
I'm a True Blue Dem, all my life, and I wouldn't be sad if our Prez took a long walk off a short plank! Obama accepted almost $1Million from big Oil, $1Million from Goldman Sachs, 0.8Mil from JP Morgan Chase, 0.8Mil from Microsoft, etc, etc, etc. He is NOT the sweet Community Organizer he was portrayed as. He is a professional Politician, and Shows which side owns his vote. His record on Civil Rights is FAR worse than Bush, or any President in the last 75 years. I will vote for him again in 2012, but only because the alternatives are even worse.
 
 
+3 # Kootenay Coyote 2011-11-12 17:24
 
 
+3 # jon 2011-11-12 19:00
"The Police Chief dictates to the Mayor?"

Harry Truman - The buck stops here - is spinning in his grave. He was the man who recalled General Douglas MacArthur from Korea when there was a dispute - and constitutionall y, rightfully so. The military is always subject to the civilian authority in this country.

I am always thunderstruck by how many people in high offices know so little about our history, or even what was called "Civics", when I was going to school.
 
 
+2 # RagingLiberal 2011-11-12 22:22
If either of you read the article, you would note that the decision was made by the City Coucil, who are actually in charge of things like this. I hope Oakland takes note of the "aye" votes on this one!!
 
 
+4 # John Locke 2011-11-12 17:29
Remember Bush saying (to paraphrase) ...your either with us or with the enemy... obama is really with the enemy
 
 
+11 # jwb110 2011-11-12 17:32
The point that is being missed is that a leader, like Obama (tee-hee), is unnecessary in this movement. We have no top down stuff in America that works.
The leadership from bottom up crowd is doing just fine. What we want is no pundit, GOP/TP or Dem., to even try to get in the way of this movement.
We are looking at OUTRAGE that has been a long time coming and the so called Oakland leadership had better be careful what side of this thing they come down on.
The Country is watching and the World is watching.
 
 
+3 # RagingLiberal 2011-11-12 22:26
The other point here is that Obama spoke out loudly when demonstrators in OTHER countries were being beaten, shot, and "disappeared". Yet, now that it's America, he sits back and lets them beat us bloody. Bastard!
 
 
+3 # OldSalt 2011-11-12 19:24
Well,where is the FBI? They should be investigating these violent acts committed "under the color of law" against peaceful people exercising their constitutional rights. See: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/federal-statutes#section241
 
 
+8 # gentle 2011-11-12 20:34
Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241
Conspiracy Against Rights

This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the United States, (or because of his/her having exercised the same).

It further makes it unlawful for two or more persons to go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another with the intent to prevent or hinder his/her free exercise or enjoyment of any rights so secured.

Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to ten years, or both; and if death results, or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years, or for life, or may be sentenced to death.

That just about covers it, so where is the FBI?
 
 
0 # RagingLiberal 2011-11-12 22:24
Since Occupy is taking action in public parks, you just listed the statute they are using AGAINST us.
 
 
+3 # Nominae 2011-11-12 22:22
"Where is the FBI ?" Most likely the same place they were at Kent State - infiltrating the Student Body and actually firing the pistol shot that signaled the National Guard to begin firing live rifle ammunition upon unarmed, peaceful students and killing four of them on the spot. "Astoundingly", nobody went to jail for *that*, either.
 
 
+2 # Billy Bob 2011-11-12 22:45
Anybody else notice all the yahoo/ap headlines like "Pressure to leave mounts on Occupy camps"?

I wonder who they work for...
 
 
+2 # CL38 2011-11-13 00:21
THE 99% ARE WATCHING.
 
 
+1 # maverita 2011-11-13 09:05
CL38 - the camps you should be concerned about are the detention and deportation centers, such as T. Don Hutto Residential Center, being built and expanded these last 10 years. they house entire families and are already set up as concentration camps.
 
 
+1 # boudreaux 2011-11-14 08:10
Everyone seems to want to blame Obama when the real blame goes to the mayors of these cities. I think that they want OWS out of their towns and just shut them down and right now they are exerting their power to try to do just that. They want a police state!!!Instead of the police being pushed into doing harm to OWS they should be doing their jobs in policing these parks and keeping the riff raff out of these parks, that would be doing their jobs and I also think that OWS should be able to put up port a poties where they need them as most business's will not let them use their facilities....W e own these parks and not them, we pay for the upkeep of these parks out of our tax payer monies...

I do believe that the police are being pushed to start rioting with OWS..

And it's time to stop blaming Obama and start blaming the right people like the mayors of these towns, they are the ones running the show in these towns and pushing these people to leave...Obama has his hands full fighting the repugs on every angle....MY opinon and I'm entitled to it.....respect me voice too here

The ones that want a third party, I'd like to know what ya'll think that is going to do to help our people...
 

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