October 30, 2007

Prepare for the Thought Police

You did see this coming, right? All those bad dreams are coming home in the middle of the day. From now on, any thought that doesn't conform to a romp in a drug commercial must be squeezed out of consciousness or else face the consequences of what, the Spanish Inquisition?
H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes.

Library of Congress:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c110:4:./temp/~c1105SWCjU:e0:
...(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change.`
(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.`
(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE- The term `ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs.
Please note that the sponsor and most of the cosponsors are, ready? Democrats! Keep up-to-date on this bill's status with this link:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1955

This bill has been passed in the House. The bill now goes on to be voted on in the Senate.
Sponsor: Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]
Cosponsors [as of 2007-10-24]
Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]
Del. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]

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