CAIR Cheers"Thought Crime" Bill Passage

I warned against the thought crimes bill here. I even said  "I can just see CAIR scampering to get this passed." They will wield this legislation like a club. Well it passed the House and CAIR is ecstatic. Here is the CAIR alert;

CAIR PRAISES HOUSE PASSAGE OF ANTI-HATE CRIMES BILL

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/3/2007) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today congratulated the US House of Representatives on its passage of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

To see how your U.S. representative voted, go here: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll299.xml

CAIR has supported the act since 2005 and last week renewed its call for the community to urge elected officials to pass the measure.

SEE: Support the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
http://capwiz.com/cair/home/

The Senate now must consider its version of the bill, known as S. 1105.

If passed, the law would allow the Attorney General to provide federal assistance to local law enforcement to aid investigations of crimes motivated by "...prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin..." of the victim.

The White House has indicated that it will most likely veto the measure if it reaches the President.

Thank G-d for Bush.

UPDATE: From the guys in the white hats;

"This legislation is harmful to all Americans because it perpetuates the very hatred and strife that it seeks to prevent," noted the RSC letter.  "This legislation would federalize every state and local crime, so long as there exists the possibility that the crime was potentially motivated by hate - but only the specific 'hate' directed to the special groups included in this bill and other hate crime legislation across the country."

"The Republican Study Committee respectfully urges you to veto any legislation which threatens to undermine our most cherished constitutional rights - the freedom of speech and religious expression and equal protection under the law - and asks you to issue a strongly worded veto threat against H.R. 1592 or any bill that contains the vestiges of this legislation." 

This morning, the White House responded to the letter by issuing a veto threat (attached) noting that the bill is "unnecessary and constitutionally questionable." 

"We are pleased that the President will side with the Constitution on behalf of ALL people - regardless of their class, status, or identity," said RSC Chairman Jeb Hensarling.  "All of us, regardless of party or ideology, want to deter crimes against young women, old men, African Americas, homosexuals, pregnant women, veterans and everyone else.  What we don't believe in is dehumanizing people by segregating them into different groups while ignoring them as individual human beings.  This bill is unconstitutional, undermines individual liberty and is well deserving of the President's veto."

Comments

[BillBowen]

I'll just repost the comment I made in the "Republicans of America Unite" Yahoo Group -

"I'm going to make it my business to find out the identities of all the 25 RINO scum that supported this abomination and do everything within my power to get them defeated in 2008. They are a disgrace to this country, its Constitution and their Oath of Office."

Regards,
Bill Bowen
Sacramento, CA

P.S. I was shocked at some of the names I saw when I looked up this vote: for example, Debra Pryce of Ohio, Mary Bono of California (Sonny must be spinning in his grave) and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen of Florida (being a Cuban-American you'd think she'd see the Marxist bent of this bill). The fact that even ONE Republican voted for this is enough to make me ill. This is a sad day for this country.

[joeblough]

Well it's easy enough to see why CAIR likes it.

Tactically they see this as a tool against criticism of mohammedanism. A good way of shutting down uppity dhimmis.

Philosophically, state mandated mind control is the essential mohammedan idea.

So the law is a step toward sharia no matter how you cut it. Win-win for the rats.

Is osama right? Has America become so decadent and weak that we are incapable of defending our values?

I can accept the idea that our congress has become corrupt far more easily than the idea that our population has rotted out. But we elected them didn't we?

If we don't get this handled we're circling the drain.

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American citizens have a lot of money and a lot of guns. Is it all for nought?

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At a minimum it is time to organize a protest. It could be called "The March on Treason".

Let's get out and tell them what we think of their treasonous ways and their utter ignorance of, if not deliberate betrayal of American principles.

[Thomas Carney]

We just had an earthquake here in Virginia. All the Founding Fathers buried here collectively rolled over in their graves.

I was surprised to see my RINO of a congressman voting against this bill. He finally did something right. He usually listens to the soccer moms.

[Thomas Carney]

I just called my senators' offices and told them exactly where I stand on S.1105.

I am stunned that a Congress would pass something like this.

The people who voted these Democratic idiots in must be.......

[willyp1954]

I just emailed my Rep--Deborah Pryce, and politely ripped her for voting FOR this legislation. I have some connections with folks who know the score here in Cowlumbus, so I am looking for a nice birthday present---their suggestion was an AR-15!! Pryce apparently does not have any real notion of what is going on in her backyard! The largest collection of Somalis outside of Somalia, and they are trying to institute Sharia law within their 'ghetto!'