Universally Stupid

Hate to get too partisan here, but something crossed my bow that is insanely retarded. Seems the Democratic brain trust on Capitol Hill decided to axe the provisions of a bill that would shield people who report suspicious activity from lawsuits. This all grows from one of my favorite mycultural incidents of recent history: The Flying Imams cluster f***. As a result of their heinous mental scarring at the hands of a racist machine the Imams are suing everybody that got within range of the airport that day. With the help of our good friends at CAIR they have also threatened to sue the people that reported their activity as suspicious. Not wanting to take this like the French, Representatives Peter King and Steve Pearce sponsored the legislation.

I have yet to hear the rationale from the Democratic side, but one Congressman said he was afraid it would lead to racial profiling. Don’t they have any other buzzwords they can trot out, that one’s had the tread worn off it. I’d love to see a little chart explaining exactly where CAIR’s money is being spent these days. Somebody, anybody, find me one and send it this way. All joking aside, this is stupid ass politics putting lives at risk. Nothing new there though. By the way, the Supreme Court has already largely decided the issue of anonymous tips in Florida v J.L. In that unanimous decision they declared that police cannot act on anonymous tips unless it offers a predictive course of behavior. That said, all bets are off and the standards are different for flying. It’s been decided for a long time that flying is a privilege, not a right, and the normal standards of search and seizure don’t apply. I could wax at great length about the idiocy of killing this legislation, but the stupidity of it pretty wells speaks for itself. By the way, for all the shit talking most congressional weenies do about president Bush and his approval rating they’ve got zero room to talk. Congress’ approval rating currently stands at 24%. (Update:I stand corrected: 14%. They rated lower than HMO's. Holy crap!) Any lower and it will be inside the margin of error for zero.

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