Anti-Terrorism Law Passed

Saratoga C++ writes: "Today (Oct 25) was the day that the US Senate voted on if to pass H.R. 3162, the anti-terrorism law. I have the roll call for today from the Senate. The only person with a "Nay" vote was Russ Feingold (D-WI). Thanks Russ. The final turn out was Yes: 98, No: 1, No Vote: 1."

Comments

Re:Aliens and Non-Residents

[IronChef]

will be the worst on migrant latino workers, the people that make this country run on a day to day basis, the most trod-upon class of Americans.

I used to live in LA. All over LA, you see people with Mexican flags on their cars, and those stupid window stickers showing Calvin peeing on something. In Los Angeles, Calvin is usually peeing on one of 3 things.

1. A Ford emblem
2. the word "America"
3. The phrase "La Migra"

Once you have seen enough "I hate your country" stickers, you start to care a little less about the "delicate sensibilities" of the illegal alien. If the Feds want to take a non-citizen out of his I-hate-America-stickered car and sweat him for 7 days, more power to them.

Maybe that makes me a white racist nationalistic baby-killing seal-clubbing monster. I don't care anymore.

Why can't I ever see someone with a Mexican AND American flag on their car? That would be great. It's OK to be into your roots and all that. It's even OK to advertise your hate for the country. But if you ain't a citizen, I don't have a problem with curtailing your rights.

I'm one of those gun nuts, I know all about the slippery slope, but I am still fed up, and I am willing to throw the aliens to the government dogs. Hopefully that will keep them busy for a while. Maybe they'll even catch some bad guys.

Not the same old enemy

[zulux]

Even in the darkest days of the 'Cold War', we all knew that the Soviet's loved the same things we did: walks in the park, their children, maby even a good beer. Todays enemy just wants us to die - the more gastly the better. I'm glad that we decided to curtail some conveince to help weed out the scum, and I'm really glad that a good portion of the provisions in the bill have sunset clauses.

Our enemy appears to have nucluar capabilitys and obviously isen't afraid to use them: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001350025-20 01372097,00.html

Let's hope we can kill them all, before they kill us. These are not people who just have a differing viewpoint than us, or a different way of life. These are human debris that use the fruits of our civilisation to destroy us.

Our well measured response, at home and abroad, will save our lives, as well as save the lives of the vast majority of decent people in Afganistan: if we were sucuessfully attacked with weapons of mass destruction, we would suffer horribly, but many more good people would die in the fires of our retaliation.

A bit of violence and self sacrifice, now, will save lives.

Re:More?

[Thu Anon Coward]

"it could've been worse?" hey moron, who says it's over? now Ashcroft and the rest of his pukes will say "hey, you gave me this, you're used to it already, just give me a little more"

-one thing I can GUARANTEE you I will NOT do is get a national ID card. fuckem. won't do it. they can't make me. ("But you need it like a drivers license" "F.u. bitch, I'll drive my vehicle anyway")
-license my weapons? yeah right! I don't think so. licensing my weapons ain't gonna make the world a safer place.