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  • HATE CRIMES BILL

    09/28/2007 7:01:50 AM PDT · by Turret Gunner A20 · 11 replies · 256+ views
    Nealz Nuze/WSB RAdio/Washington Post ^ | September 28, 2007 | Neal Boortz
    HATE CRIMES BILL The Senate voted to attach hate crimes legislation to the pending defense authorization bill. Legislation to help states prosecute attacks on homosexuals will now be voted on in conjunction with funding the war in Iraq. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/27/AR2007092700126.html?hpid=moreheadlines Opponents say that it will ultimately fail, as Bush threatens to veto. Republicans say that the matter of hate crimes legislation should be left to the states. The better response is that hate crimes legislations not only criminalizes thought, it also sets up different classes of victims. Example: Some people say I look a bit like Idaho Senator Larry Craig. Not...
  • Deportation Is Not A Penalty

    06/13/2006 6:33:31 AM PDT · by FerdieMurphy · 1 replies · 299+ views
    Sierra Times ^ | 6/13/2006 | Mark Andrew Dwyer
    Imagine an "undocumented tenant" moved into your house while you and your family were vacationing. The guy slept in your bed, wore your clothes, used your gas and electricity and helped himself to your fridge. When you came back, he refused to leave, claiming the protection that Fourth Amendment extends to "the people to be secure in their...houses", so you had to call police and insist your uninvited "guest" be removed from your place forcefully. A police officer who arrived shortly after your call was not willing to get involved, though. He referred to the situation (a “tenant” not willing...