Posted on 07/25/2007 8:37:43 AM PDT by Verloona Ti
Washington, D.C.): The Center for Security Policy is gratified that its efforts, those of innumerable bloggers, radio talk show hosts and other public-minded citizens translated into an important legislative victory late last night. Thanks to the leadership of Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins, the chairman and ranking minority member, respectively, of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and especially that of Rep. Pete King, Sen. Collins' counterpart on the House Homeland Security Committee, legislation along the lines of that adopted by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives last May at Rep. King's initiative will shortly become law.
The language will provide protection against the sorts of harassment lawsuits filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) after several unidentified individuals reported six Muslim imams engaged in suspicious – and frightening – behavior prior to boarding a USAir flight in November 2006. CAIR has been identified as a front organization for the Muslim Brotherhood and is an un-indicted co-conspirator in an alleged terrorism-financing plot.
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A huuuuuuge victory.
Awesome! What’s the probability of passage now?
“Thanks to courageous, principled and tenacious efforts by key legislators like Rep. King and Sens. Lieberman and Collins, the American people are going to be free to do their part in the War for the Free World – serving as indispensable eyes and ears for those trying to protect us against terrorism – without fear that the likes of CAIR will be suing them for doing so.”
Excellent news!
Is it retroactive, so as to protect the citizens involved in the “flying imans” case last fall?
Yeeeeeee Haaaaa !!!!!
Excellent !!!
That’s the speculation over at LGF, too...that the donks will really be motivated to push for the falsely named “Fairness Doctrine”. However, I’ve noticed even liberal commentators are decidedly lukewarm at best about the FD, even the LAT editor is opposed to the FD, so perhaps citizen pressure will get that abomination deep sixed, too. The FD is a relic of a time before cable, before talk radio, before the internet, before satellite radio...whatever rationale there was for it ended at least a decade ago.
That's my question. It's ain't over til it's over.
Homeland Security can't protect us 24/7.
The FBI can't protect us 24/7.
Our local police can't protect us 24/7.
If we aren't allowed to protect ourselves by any means possible (before the fact, not after!), what's left?
Passenger aircraft is the most helpless venue in which to feel threatend, but I hope the legislation goes beyond that. Suspecious persons of any and all ethnicities acting suspiciously around critical public infrastructures comes to mind...
What are the next hurdles this legislation needs to clear before it's a done deal? we still have the usual traitors in Congress to deal with, I suspect.
Is treason still a crime?
Sure is nice to win one once in a while.
Over at LGF, a poster said, “I am less thrilled at the victory than appalled that this fight even had to be fought. What were the democrats thinking?” I cannot begin to figure that one out , either...Are the creatures who voted in favor of letting jihadists run amuck so out of touch with the rest of us that they thought “racism” or “racial profiling” more evil than being blown to smithereens, and that the rest of us agree with that view?
Don’t forget the morons that voted against it. We should see that they get the credit they so rightly deserve.
WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!! Joe Lieberman, Peter King, John Boehner, and Susan Collins ... gold stars for you today! I wish I could hug them.
I concur.
Good, step one is nearly done.
Now, step 2: Surviving a challenge to this new law in the courts. Because as we all know, the courts are where laws are REALLY made LAWS these days.
Yep, forget about representation of the people. It’s judicial fiat that rules the day now!
What is the law that this amendment is part of and what is the status of that law right now?
It was originally part of the homeland security bill, but was cut . It’s unclear to me whether it’s been reinstated into THAT bill, or if it’s now being treated as stand-alone legislation. It sounds as if it’s the latter, as the report describes it as “legislation along the lines” of the King Amendment.
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