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#136. To: lodwick (#126)

Agree - we're pussies, but I'd like to be able to walk to the bed at night, instead of knee-crawl in there.

"Bed" is wherever you lose consciousness.

"I'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price." Vir Cotto, Babylon 5

orangedog  posted on  2008-01-12   22:03:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#137. To: palo verde (#112)

I am completely non violent
I will not shoot or kill anyone
however I am not afraid to die

I have no idea why UK citizens are going quietly to police state and fascism
I would hope here in USA we would resist it non violently

Before buying any more tables I'll be sure to check them for policy liens and glove drawers.

"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2008-01-12   22:04:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#138. To: buckeye (#134)

The key would be to organize civil protests and public outcry, similar to the actions that were undertaken last summer. I don't know how to make that happen. The Minute Men, Let Freedom Ring, the John Birch Society, these groups could mobilize together. Do you want to try to kick something off?

We're trying to conduct a grass roots presidential campaign, and now this. There's so much to do.

what happened last summer?
remember I left LP in protest of Goldi banning Pon Paul articles in early June
I did not return till Thanksgiving

palo verde  posted on  2008-01-12   22:10:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#139. To: palo verde (#138)

what happened last summer?

Legal immigration activists put the fear of God into congress when the President was lying about the McCain-Kennedy bill not being amnesty, and it was nearly railroaded through the Capitol.

The political ground was shaken under their feet, and they knew they had reached the absolute limits that they could push with their legal anarchy.

I am certain that it was this watershed moment that led to HR 1955's meteoric rise.

buckeye  posted on  2008-01-12   22:12:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#140. To: orangedog (#136)

"Bed" is wherever you lose consciousness.

Damn.

That is too funny for words.

I will quote you on that one.

Jesus. I'm still laughing.

Thanks.

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Lod  posted on  2008-01-12   22:12:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#141. To: Dakmar, palo verde, all non-shooters here (#137)

I am completely non violent I will not shoot or kill anyone

Just give us their names and addresses.

Problem solved.

Next case...

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Lod  posted on  2008-01-12   22:23:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#142. To: buckeye, ALL (#139)

thank you for exlaining it to me, Buckeye
you are very kind
as you know I am not into the iummigration issue

HR55 is vicious legislation which takes away freedom of speech
I pray it can be stopped
whole Senate wants it

talk radio does immigration 24/7
but they will never go near this one
because they are in bed with the same people who want the police state
that's why they never mention Ron Paul either

I don't know what to do except to pray for a miracle to stop it

Do you thnk Ron Paul's Presidency can protect us from this legislation?
I ask this question to all
I really want to hear your answers to it
because I do not know, and I would like to know
Love, Palo

palo verde  posted on  2008-01-12   22:25:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#143. To: lodwick (#135)

As you know, I was a member of the Free-love section of the Southern Baptists,
and tried my level best to do my duty when, and wherever,
I could spread the word - so to speak.

LOL I love you for being in the free-love section of the Southern Baptists

I was jewish new york girl, they have reputation for being "loose" LOL

palo verde  posted on  2008-01-12   22:28:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#144. To: palo verde (#142)

Do you thnk Ron Paul's Presidency can protect us from this legislation?

To the extent that he could encourage the DOJ to get it judicially reviewed. To the extent that he could avoid prosecuting it, again with influence on the DOJ. I know immigration is not your issue, but you may find yourself curious about the coincidence of the massive activism last summer (in outcry against the loss of legal integrity in our government over the issue) and the rapid sweeping in of the HR 1955 legislation.

This is why HR 1955 discusses American-born citizens.

Recall that Bill Clinton tried to tie the patriot movement to Timothy McVeigh after the Murrah building attacks. The language of HR 1955 is directly related to both the Murrah building incident and last year's summer of immigration activism.

The Internet links us together in our love of country and the rule of law, and this terrifies the outlaw Establishment that congress protects.

buckeye  posted on  2008-01-12   22:30:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#145. To: All (#142)

(Palo) Do you think Ron Paul's Presidency can protect us from this legislation?
I ask this question to all
I really want to hear your answers to it
because I do not know, and I would like to know

if anyone answers this, I will read it tomorrow
I have thought and thought and not come up with an answer myself
which is why I appreciate any input anyone has

sweet dreams to all of you
I love you
Palo

palo verde  posted on  2008-01-12   22:34:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#146. To: buckeye (#144)

thank you Buckeye, for your long thoughtful answer
I really appreciate it!
I will read it again first thing tomorrow, when I can fully concentrate
All my love, Palo

palo verde  posted on  2008-01-12   22:36:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#147. To: palo verde (#128)

I'm still a hippy, but I am a good girl!

You say that as though the two are mutually exclusive.

Which they aren't, by the way. :)

"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2008-01-12   22:52:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#148. To: palo verde, Original_Intent, robin, lodwick, Critter, scrapper2, FOH, christine (#146)

I will read it again first thing tomorrow, when I can fully concentrate

I find it significant that a CFR member, Jane Harman, and apparently a Zionist, is somehow indirectly concerned with the Patriot movement, which concerns itself with the American identity.

We do have an identity, Palo. Part of that identity is the love of the law, and the faith that it sets us free because it sets us apart from savagery, and rules over us with equal protection. Part of that identity is the English language, and the heritage it brings with us.

A culture like ours, which has extended its generosity to so many, is worth preserving. We have shed blood over generations to build and preserve what we have here, and it is too precious to see it destroyed by globalism and unprincipled multiculturalism. And yet htis is what the ADL strives to do, and has in many ways succeeded in doing.

HR 1955 is another brick in the wall around our freedom to preserve our American culture of freedom and sovereignty by standing up for what we believe with our freely spoken words.

buckeye  posted on  2008-01-12   22:56:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#149. To: palo verde, aristeides, Brian S, lodwick, ghostdogtxn, Burkeman1, rowdee, christine, Original_Intent, farmfriend, All (#130)

It's too late to call Congressmen. It's now been forwarded to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, names of committee members here, 17 members in total, some more vulnerable than others as noted below.

Those of us who are active in other political boards or political meet-up groups - whether they are of Dem or Repub persuation - need to marshall the energies of members of those groups and encourage them to call and fax and send letters of protest to their own senators as well as to the Senators on the Committee on Homeland Security. The Senate Bill is S-1959. ( mirror of HR 1955). This bill is a thought crime bill - a variation of a hate crime bill, that fell through earlier this year. The same anti-free speech Stalinists are trying to ram this through. We must stop them at the Senate level.

Light up the switchboard at (202) 224-3121, and let the Senators know that they should not vote for an unconstitutional thought-crime measure like the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act" S-1959. Our free speech rights are the corner stone of our fair Republic and guaranteed free speech is something that distinguishes us from all other nations. They should over turn what other Americans through history fought to defend and to preserve.

Here's more on contacting Senators by snail mail ( the best!), by phone, by email and fax:

www.senate.gov/pagelayout...nd_teasers/contacting.htm

www.govtrack.us/congress/committee.xpd?id=SSGA

Chairman: Joe Lieberman I-CT

Co-Chair: Susan Collins R-Maine **** vulnerable, up for re-elect 11/08

Members:

Daniel Akaka D-Hawaii

Thomas Carper D-DE

Thomas Coburn R-OK

Norman Coleman R-MN *** vulnerable & up for re-elect 11/08

Pete Dominici R-NM **** vulnerable -up for re-election 11/08

Mary Landrieu D-LA **** vulnerable -up for re-election 11/08

Carl Levin D-MI **** vulnerable - up for re-election 11/08

Claire McCaskill D-MO

Barack Obama D-IL **** vulnerable to voter concerns-Dem Pres candidate

Mark Pryor D-AR **** vulnerable up for re-election 11/08

Ted Stevens R-AK **** vulnerable up for re-election 11/08

John Sununu R-NH **** vulnerable up for re-election 11/08

John Tester D-MT

John Voinovich R-OH ( a bit vulnerable -only 44% approval as of 11/07)

John Warner R-VA **** vulnerable - up for re-elect 11/08

The bill was introduced to the Senate on August 02, 2007, as Senate Bill 1959, and has been referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.[7]The Bill was introduced by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), and has been co-sponsored by Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN).

From wiki regarding Media "blackout"...interesting - who says we have a "free" press?( Pravda by another name- our US media function as gubment foot soldiers)

scrapper2  posted on  2008-01-12   23:05:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#150. To: scrapper2 (#149)

Warner is retiring at the end of the session, as is Domenici. And STevens? Who knows.............he's under criminal investigation.

God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!

rowdee  posted on  2008-01-12   23:10:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#151. To: All (#149)

Oops - I forgot to add the wiki write up about Media Blackout - you can go to the site and read it yourself but here is the specific section along with institutional Reaction:

en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/US_House_Resolution_1955

Media reaction The mainsteam press as of Jan. 7, 2008 appears to have blacked out this issue: Exceptional coverage did occur in The Brattleboro Reformer ,Brattleboro VT(Jan. 4,2008, Nov. 28, 2007), Madison Capital Times. Madison, Wis. (Jan 4, 2008) and The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, UT (Oct. 28). Other exceptions are noted below:

The Baltimore Sun published a opinion article by Professor Emeritus Ralph E. Shaffer and R. William Robinson, titled "Here come the thought police" Check Sun archives after Dec. 18,2007. [27]

The Pioneer Press published an article by Professor Peter Erlinder, pointing out disturbing parallels to the House Un-American Activities Committee.[28]

Conservative commentator Devvy Kidd writes: "Since the bill doesn't specifically define what an extremist belief system is, it is entirely up to the interpretation of the government.... Essentially they have defined violent radicalization as thought crime.""[29]

In an interview aired on Democracy Now, Academic and author Ward Churchill said: "HR 1955, as I understand it, provides a basis for subjective interpretation of dissident speech...."[13]

Kamau Franklin of the Center for Constitutional Rights said that the bill "concentrates on the internet as a place where terrorist rhetoric or ideas have been coming across into the United States and to American citizens.” [30]

LewRockwell.com columnist Jeff Knaebel criticizes it as an Orwellian thought crime bill specifically targeting the civilian population in the USA and defines "Violent Radicalization" as promoting any belief system which the government deems to be "extremist." [31]

The Hartford Advocate, noting that all of Connecticut's Representatives had voted for the bill, sought to interview one of them, but reported that none of them would comment on the record, personally or through a spokesperson, about their reasons for voting in favor. The Advocate concluded that the problem with the bill was "not that the bill threatens anything specific, but that it’s far too vague."[32]

[edit] Institutional reaction The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a statement saying:, "Law enforcement should focus on action, not thought. We need to worry about the people who are committing crimes rather than those who harbor beliefs that the government may consider to be extreme."[33]

The National Lawyers Guild and the Society of American Law Teachers issued a joint statement opposing the Bill: "The National Lawyers Guild and the Society of American Law Teachers strongly urge the Senate to refuse to pass the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007." Details about their objections can be read here.

The Center for Constitutional Rights opposes the bill and issued this Fact Sheet. (cut and paste the following url)

ccrjustice.org/learn-more...olent-radicalization-and- homegrown-terrorism-prevention-act-2007

The John Birch Society wrote in an Action Alert: "I haven't found anyone who supports this bill and contests these very negative interpretations. If there isn't anyone who can explain why it does not have these negative consequences, than your objective template is unwarranted and should be removed."[34]

scrapper2  posted on  2008-01-12   23:10:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#152. To: scrapper2 (#149)

Ted Stevens? Hells yes, I was wanting to call someone at random, why not a public figure? Brilliant suggestion on your part.

"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2008-01-12   23:10:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#153. To: rowdee, All (#150) (Edited)

Warner is retiring at the end of the session, as is Domenici. And STevens? Who knows.............he's under criminal investigation.

Thanks for the up-date. But I think it's still worth calling them - play on their party loyalty - maybe we should vary the approach a bit to the Senators you mention above, rowdee, with ( as the case may be):

"I really want the Dems/Repubs to retain your seat ( or to retain/regain majority power on Capitol Hill if these are not our Senators and we are contacting them because they are members of the HS Committee) in November '08 and I must tell you that this bill is extremely important to me and to the people I work with and my fellow church goers....blah, blah... "

scrapper2  posted on  2008-01-12   23:15:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#154. To: scrapper2 (#153)

I'm sure they will do whatever te liar in chief wants them to do...they are party players.

God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!

rowdee  posted on  2008-01-12   23:17:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#155. To: scrapper2 (#149)

Sununu......New Hampshire...........sheesh...........they're the nuts wanting 100 years of war......or 5 generations anyways! You think that type is gonna listen to reason?

God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!

rowdee  posted on  2008-01-12   23:18:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#156. To: rowdee (#155)

You think that type is gonna listen to reason?

Speak now while it's still legal. This is the "petitioning" part that's described in the Declaration of Independence. It's important to be sincere in the effort to lodge these complaints.

buckeye  posted on  2008-01-12   23:20:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#157. To: buckeye (#156)

buck...

This has been done as a test of Congressmen...

Send in two letters asking for action for and against any current subject and then compare the two answers.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-01-12   23:23:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#158. To: rowdee (#155)

Sununu......New Hampshire...........sheesh...........they're the nuts wanting 100 years of war......or 5 generations anyways! You think that type is gonna listen to reason?

Yep - I do.

These individual Senators love power not only with regards to what their state senate seat affords them but also what special powers controlling the Senate might afford them in 11/08 - either cushy Committee assignments or bare bones nothing if they are in the minority.

The balance of power in the Senate shifted but a little in 2006. It could get very bad for the GOP due to dubya or it get worse for the Dems because they have not delivered. It's up in the air. I think we need to play on their love of being on the majority side and their fear of being cast into the minority.

scrapper2  posted on  2008-01-12   23:26:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#159. To: scrapper2 (#149)

The Senate bill is not the one we need to worry about. It hasn't moved from committee. It won't as long as HR1955 is moving. It is out of the House and in Senate committee. Energy should be directed at that bill.


My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. -- Winnie the Pooh

farmfriend  posted on  2008-01-12   23:30:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#160. To: palo verde, scrapper2, TwentyTwelve, critter, ALL (#130)

I would give anything to stop this bill being passed by our Senate but I have no idea how?? Do you know how many Representatives voted for it, it was practically unanimous and it will be practically unanimous in Senate too

There was an attempt in the second half of the 1950's to pass a bill to start a Soviet Style Psychiatric Gulag in Alaska - any person could be sent there without trial or due process if some Psychiatrist said so. It passed the House almost unanimously but then it got publicized and was stopped cold in the Senate.

That CAN be done here. We just have to raise hell about it.

"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken

Original_Intent  posted on  2008-01-12   23:56:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#161. To: farmfriend (#159)

The Senate bill is not the one we need to worry about. It hasn't moved from committee. It won't as long as HR1955 is moving. It is out of the House and in Senate committee. Energy should be directed at that bill.

HR-1955 was introduced to the House on April 19 2007 and passed on Oct 23, 2007. It was introduced to the Senate on August 2, 2007 as S-1959.

www.govtrack.us/congress/...d?tab=main&bill=h110-1955

scrapper2  posted on  2008-01-12   23:58:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#162. To: buckeye, Palo Verde, lodwick, scrapper2, all (#144)

The Internet links us together in our love of country and the rule of law, and this terrifies the outlaw Establishment that congress protects.

Criminals get very nervous when people start uncovering, and making public, their crimes.

That is likely how the House and Senate are kept under control - Dossiers on their individual criminal actions. Which are compiled and used by even bigger criminals i.e., Lobbies, Foreign Interest Groups, Bankers, etc., ...

That is one of the things about Ron Paul that scares the Banksters and other members of the Criminal Establishment - he has led a clean life and they don't have any handles on him to blackmail him into compliance.

The real targets of this bill are the Internet, and alternative Talk Radio such as Alex Jones and Jack Blood. The more we talk, and the more we exchange information the more nervous they get. They fear discovery of their crimes.

"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken

Original_Intent  posted on  2008-01-13   0:06:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#163. To: Original_Intent (#162)

The real targets of this bill are the Internet, and alternative Talk Radio such as Alex Jones and Jack Blood. The more we talk, and the more we exchange information the more nervous they get. They fear discovery of their crimes.

I think it's all Internet political discussion sites and all talk radio.

The Powers That Be do not want people exchanging ideas and information regarding politics at all. They only want sanitized meaningless PC pablum consumed. They want voters of all political stripes very fearful to get news anywhere but through reading and listening to and watching "approved" MSM slop.

scrapper2  posted on  2008-01-13   0:26:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#164. To: scrapper2 (#163)

Well do you, don't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast, but don't let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me your answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer

"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2008-01-13   0:32:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#165. To: palo verde (#146)

Ferret Mike  posted on  2008-01-13   0:44:38 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#166. To: Ferret Mike (#165)

"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2008-01-13   0:49:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#167. To: Dakmar (#166) (Edited)

If I close my eyes and listen to Charlie, I swear I've had that guy in the Food For Lane County facility I work at.

I am a 'hospitality' person who does ambiance control at a free meal site four days a week and a certain percentage of them try to run the show their way or play there movie.

Old Charlie would be 86ed almost immediately if he showed up, and he is not the craziest tramp I've seen in the 'hood and at work. ;-)

Ferret Mike  posted on  2008-01-13   1:12:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#168. To: scrapper2 (#161)

HR-1955 was introduced to the House on April 19 2007 and passed on Oct 23, 2007. It was introduced to the Senate on August 2, 2007 as S-1959.

Sorry, that's not how it works. Bills keep their numbers when they change houses. These are two separate bills, one originating in the House (HR) and one originating in the Senate (S). When you look up HR1955 it will show several versions. One is designated as HR 1955 RFS which stands for "refered to the Senate."

H.R.1955
Title: To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] (introduced 4/19/2007) Cosponsors (14)
Latest Major Action: 10/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
House Reports: 110-384 Part 1

MAJOR ACTIONS:
4/19/2007 Introduced in House
10/16/2007 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 110-384, Part I.
10/16/2007 Committee on Judiciary discharged.
10/23/2007 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 6 (Roll no. 993).
10/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

SUMMARY AS OF:
10/16/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary)

Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add a new section concerning the prevention of violent radicalization (an extremist belief system for facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change) and homegrown terrorism (violence by a group or individual within the United States to coerce the U.S. government, the civilian population, or a segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives).

Establishes within the legislative branch the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism to: (1) examine and report on facts and causes of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in the United States; and (2) build upon, bring together, and avoid unnecessary duplication of related work done by other entities toward such goal. Requires: (1) interim reports and a final report from the Commission to the President and Congress on its findings and recommendations; (2) the public availability of such reports; and (3) Commission termination 30 days after its final report.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish or designate a university-based Center of Excellence for the Study of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism in the United States to assist federal, state, local, and tribal homeland security officials, through training, education, and research, in preventing violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism in the United States. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a survey of methodologies implemented by foreign nations to prevent violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism; and (2) report to Congress on lessons learned from survey results.

Prohibits Department of Homeland Security (DHS) efforts to prevent ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism from violating the constitutional and civil rights and civil liberties of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. Directs the: (1) Secretary to ensure that activities and operations are in compliance with DHS's commitment to racial neutrality; and (2) DHS Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer to develop and implement an auditing system to ensure that compliance does not result in a disproportionate impact, without a rational basis, on any particular race, ethnicity, or religion, and to include audit results in its annual report to Congress.

S.1959
Title: A bill to establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] (introduced 8/2/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

SUMMARY AS OF:
8/2/2007--Introduced.

Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add a new section concerning the prevention of violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism.

Establishes within the legislative branch the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism to: (1) examine and report on facts and causes of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in the United States; (2) survey methodologies implemented by foreign nations to prevent such radicalization and terrorism; and (3) build upon, bring together, and avoid unnecessary duplication of related work done by other entities toward such goal.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish or designate a university-based Center of Excellence for the Study of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism in the United States to assist federal, state, local, and tribal government homeland security officials in preventing violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism in the United States. Requires the Secretary to ensure that activities to prevent ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism do not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, and civil liberties of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.


My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. -- Winnie the Pooh

farmfriend  posted on  2008-01-13   1:19:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#169. To: scrapper2 (#161)

www.govtrack.us/congress/...d?tab=main&bill=h110-1955

Interesting web site. I use Thomas, Library of Congress.


My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. -- Winnie the Pooh

farmfriend  posted on  2008-01-13   1:22:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#170. To: lodwick (#40)

I think you missed an earlier post or "ignored it" ... ha !

Look up the Veteran's Disarmament Act ... Bush signed it into law and no one was aware of it.

"Give us liberty and give them death" ... noone222 1-10-08

noone222  posted on  2008-01-13   7:04:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#171. To: scrapper2, christine (#149)

Scrapper, thank you for posting the committee's name and membership list in plain form. I have put a hyper-linked table into this post for everyone's convenience.

Obama was reportedly still undecided about this bill in December of last year.

We can count on televised debate moderators not to ask him if he has made up his mind.

Please contact someone on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and have your opinions heard. There is a membership link there with contact links for each senator.

DemocratRepublican
Joseph I. Lieberman Chairman (ID) (CT)Susan M. Collins Ranking Member (ME)
Carl Levin (MI)Ted Stevens (AK)
Daniel K. Akaka (HI)George V. Voinovich (OH)
Thomas R. Carper (DE)Norm Coleman (MN)
Mark L. Pryor (AR)Tom Coburn (OK)
Mary L. Landrieu (LA)Pete V. Domenici (NM)
Barack Obama (IL)John Warner (VA)
Claire McCaskill (MO)John E. Sununu (NH)
Jon Tester (MT)

4 will come under scrutiny of the committees and institutes funded by this bill, you can bet on that.

buckeye  posted on  2008-01-13   9:15:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#172. To: buckeye, christine (#171)

Suggestion: Post this information as its own thread.

Live free or die.

angle  posted on  2008-01-13   9:23:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#173. To: angle, buckeye, christine (#172)

Contacting them about S1959 is pointless. The bill is not moving. Contact them about HR1955 if you want to make a difference. But hey, don't take the lobbyist's word for it.


My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. -- Winnie the Pooh

farmfriend  posted on  2008-01-13   9:32:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#174. To: farmfriend (#168)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

That's the committee Joe Lieberman chairs. Susan Collins is the ranking member.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-01-13   10:09:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#175. To: aristeides (#174)

Lovely.

buckeye has a new thread up on it. He is trying to get the title changed though.


My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. -- Winnie the Pooh

farmfriend  posted on  2008-01-13   10:11:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#176. To: Original_Intent (#160)

That CAN be done here. We just have to raise hell about it.

Some of the left-wing hosts on Air America have also been complaining about this bill. John Eliot, for example.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-01-13   10:11:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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