{"id":2610,"date":"2002-05-29T08:22:47","date_gmt":"2002-05-29T13:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2002-05-29T08:22:47","modified_gmt":"2002-05-29T13:22:47","slug":"a_gentle_remind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/29\/a_gentle_remind.html","title":{"rendered":"A gentle reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eternal vigilence is the price of liberty. Except in Missouri, where the House of Representatives has passed a law banning photo-taking in barns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The explicit target of the legislation is animal rights activists and press photographers who sneak into barns to take pictures of conditions there. “They’d like to come in and take pictures and say how bad it is when in actuality (the animals) have never had it so good,” said Rep. Legan, Republican sponsor of the (I kid you not) “anti-terrorism” amendment to the Agriculture Bill.<\/p>\n

Legan had to be talked into toning down the felony <\/i>punishment for such a grave offense from five years to “only” one year.<\/p>\n

A picture may be worth a thousand words. It’s now also worth 365 days in the slammer. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n

And just to be sure where the media actually stands in all of this, Rep. Legan added that the news media shouldn’t be allowed to conduct undercover investigative reports. “We have the investigators working for the Missouri Department of Agriculture who investigate these folks. Your job is to stay out of my business.”<\/p>\n

We’re from the government. Trust us.<\/i> Kind of an odd attitude for a Republican to take, don’t you think? Maybe the fact that he’s a farmer has something to do with it.<\/p>\n

(Via Quiddity<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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