Another right bites the dust...

I agree. 'Our' president has shown himself for what he is that is for sure.( I wonder who payed to seat him there.)remember how much everyone believed in him when he was voted into office? Remember one woman who really got behind him and pretty much used her name to get him in there! I am agast now as I was then. I would love to find a party I could believe in. Writing to our congressman doesn't do any good. What more can we do?

Having read the link it appears that the Liberals are seeking protection from their base. The TEA Party has followed the rules where the Occupy movement has not. The reports from the TEA Party demonstrations were that they are peaceful and well controlled. In Wisconsin the anti Walker group, mostly Democrat supporters, refused to follow the rules or even police directions. When was the last time a Conservative group had a demonstration that would have violated the proposed law? What about a Liberal protest? They should be considered violating this law but I doubt it will happen. Just like the TEA Party had to pay for permits and provide for security while the Occupy movement was allowed to occupy private property, destroy government building and what has happened to them?

They will complain at the voter's booth, I hope.

Hello :). I'm not from US but I am from one of your colonies so everything you decide ends up being forced on us. This gives me a different perspective on politics, as well as on how the balance of power works. On one hand I, as a peace loving human I want to agree that protests should be peaceful, but peaceful protesters are often abused, hurt or arrested. Even Luther King Jr. was killed, and while he is often mentioned as one of the principal activists for black rights, the fact is that aside from him there were violent gangs, rioters and armored groups of people fighting for the same at the same time. The same applies to every movement that manages to get anything from the powers that rule. To say that peaceful protesting is how a protest should be is to ignore those people who literally fought for their rights, bleeding and dying, and that thanks to them people began to notice, either out of pride or out of fear, that things weren't alright. In my country this is specially transparent. Since we have to accept anything US decides, even the most stupid and evil stuff, we can see that often peaceful protests and civil disobedience spark around, however most of the time these protestors are ignored, laws passing anyway and if they make too much noise and get too much attention they are arrested to get them out of the way. Only when the people bring the country to the brink of civil war, politicians are forced to alter (often in insignificant ways) whatever they are doing. It is the same in your country, however it is not that transparent as in here. Examples of this is the ACTA signing and the occupy movement. Both sparked peaceful protests of different magnitudes and neither managed to get anything of importance. On the other hand, the rights you are losing (both for you and for us your colonies :p) were obtained by war, and because you are too peaceful you are being limited even in protesting when they steal more of your rights in the future. So no, it's not that people just sit back and let it happen, it's just that they have lost faith in both their government and the efficiency of peaceful protesting, however they don't want to be the ones to cause a bloodbath. But I agree if someone doesn't do something soon we will be living in a jail with view to the sky, although we differ as to what should be done :).