[Palter]

Earlier:Unemployed Philadelphia Man, Indicted For 'Harassing Email' To Jim Bunning[FR]

[padre35]

Should be interesting to follow, I doubt office holders have any such protection from being ‘annoyed’ but stranger things have happened.

[WKUHilltopper]

What do you expect from a fascist regime?

[nathanbedford]

Heads up.

[EGPWS]

How the Feds Target the Innocent" by means of the ever-increasing broad and vague federal laws that allow prosecutors to pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, even for the most seemingly innocuous behavior.

Been going on for decades if not longer.

Best line of defense against federal prosecution is staying out of the radar screen OR painting such a big picture that not even the feds would dare punish you.

Anything in between and you are toast.

The ol' "gray area" promoters are the ones who should take heed, those of us "black and white" thinkers already know better.

[JSteff]

because of e-mails he sent to the Web site of U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky.

The entire story does not mention what the complainant specifically said or was complaining about

This story may not be about a citizens innocuous complaint. Or is it innocuous at all? Details please.

[Cricket24]

It looks like Senator Bunning or one of his staff must have turned this guy in. THEY should KNOW better!

[icwhatudo]

I’d like to know more than what Huffington and others are telling us...

1. I’m guessing there was more to the emails than just the one innocent one cited.

2. On the other thread they said the guy spent time in prison and had admitted to 35 burglaries.

3. No money for food but he has a computer, internet access, TV, and cable to watch C-Span?

[Cricket24]

It looks like Senator Bunning or one of his staff must have turned this guy in. THEY should KNOW better!

[Cricket24]

It looks like Senator Bunning or one of his staff must have turned this guy in. THEY should KNOW better!

[ml/nj]

Uh, oh.

I could be in trouble.

ML/NJ

[EGPWS]

I often am annoyed by my senator, Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.,....

Most of the country have been annoyed only once by this self righteous bigot on an ongoing basis of course.

[FrankR]

It’s interesting that the “regime” doing this violation of free speech travesty are the ones who invented protesting, and civil disobedience, back in the 60’s and 70’s.

[PaleoBob]

I would say that it’s ludicrous for the courts to be drawing distinctions between “electronic” speech and spoken words but I’m, uh, well, I’m posting here on an electronic message board and it’s, um, well...gosh. What were we talking about?

[BenLurkin]

I love Big Brother.

[snowtigger]

Dear Senator Bunning, If you want to give your political career a huge boost, you will do all you can to stop this travesty against this man. How can a man who puts the "R" after his name sit by and see a working man's life destroyed for exercising his right to free speech?

What you said is a slap in the face of every working person in the US.

I am not on unemployment yet, but as long as this administration is in office, the possibility exists. Until they are voted out, the only income available to many, is unemployment.

I feel you owe this man and all unemployed an apology for your words.

I know being in the minority somewhat ties your hands, but you can work to stop the slide into Marxism the "Present" seems hell-bent to lead us into.

Just so there is no possibility that you will be harassed by anonymous communications:
I am losing respect fast
Roger Hughes
753 Alice Road
Fairbanks, Alaska

[La Lydia]

There is no way to judge this without seeing the entire email. I suspect there was something else in it that set off alarm bells, something that was perceived as a threat.

[jeffc]

Free speech is the enemy of the state and the powers that be have been working on killing it for a very long time.

They are very close to succeeding. You can tell, when the people are afraid of their government, instead of government afraid of its people.

[Mad Dawgg]

The Gentleman certainly has Free Speech what he failed to realize is that Free Speech only applies when talking about citizens, when you tell one of the "Ruling Class" what you think of them or ask them a question then you aren't covered by the First Amendment.

And... if you don't believe me then watch this video:

Who are you?

Moral of the story is that we should all remember our place in the Obamanation! We are just subjects now and we are not fit to speak to the "Ruling Class"

[EdReform]

BTTT

[kingu]

Dig, dig, dig... AHHH, here we go...

"If I do NOT get my check next week I WILL HAVE NO FOOD AND WILL BE ON THE STREET," said one email Shore sent from his Yahoo account. "IF THIS POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING DOES NOT END TODAY - WE WILL COME TO YOUR OFFICES AND MAKE OUR POINT."