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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Support the King Amendment (Updates: The Democrats Killed It)

What are the Democrats trying to do here? Play to their far-left base? This is outrageous.

Andy McCarthy: Flying Imams -- Are Democrats Trying to Sink Pete King's Amendment?

In November 2006, six Islamic leaders were removed from a U.S. Airways flight in Minneapolis after they were observed acting suspiciously-including not sitting in their assigned seats, asking for seatbelt extenders although not needing them, and making anti-American statements. The men were questioned by authorities and then cleared. However, in March 2007, with the help of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the imams filed suit â€” not only against the airline but against the heroic "John Doe" passengers who reported their suspicious behavior.

Congressman Pete King (R., NY), the ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee, sprang quickly into action, concluding that the lawsuits were cheap attempts to intimidate everyday Americans from taking action to help protect our country. Congressman King introduced an amendment to protect passengers and commuters against frivolous lawsuits such as those filed by the imams. The language was overwhelmingly adopted by the House in March, 304-121, as an amendment to H.R. 1401, the Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007...

...I am reliably informed that House Democrats are attempting, under the radar screen, to strip the King Amendment from the legislation based on an alleged technical violation of Byzantine House rules...

Also see The Washington Times: Democrats want 'John Doe' provision cut and Frank Gaffney: Keep the King Amendment!

Update: The Democrats have killed the effort. Michelle Malkin has a Senate roll call. No surprise, both our Massachusetts disgraces voted against it.

Posted by Solomon at 3:47 PM on Thursday, Jul 19, 2007 | Comments (3)
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3 Comments

#1 Barbara McCarthy | July 20, 2007 1:33 PM

I support the King Ammendment and all Americans should do the same. When are we going to understand that the Democrats are intentionally trying to put us all in jeopardy and and even greater tragedy will happen if We the People don't stand up to their "traitorous" actions against this country.

#2 bob hardy | July 20, 2007 1:50 PM

Peter is not named KING for no reason. He is the KING of reason. The KING AMENDMENT should be changed to the KING HOME GUARD Amendment which would provide immunity to all who sign up as HOME GUARD volunteers at their town hall to report any suspicious persons or activities. The HOME GUARD could be established by President Bush by Executive Order. The HOME GUARD was the initial line of defence in Great Britain during WW2 for air raids, sabotage, and invasion. It would take me a heart beat to head to the Town Hall and sign up as a HOME GUARD volunteer. All the best, Bob Hardy.
When Germany invaded France in May 1940, the Prime Minister Anthony Eden called for the establishment of another force to defend the country. They were called the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) and later became known as the Home Guard. Local Defence Volunteers were male civilians aged between 17 and 65 who had not been conscripted.

#3 Eddie | July 25, 2007 7:34 AM

Homeland. That bothers me. It sort of reminds me of "fatherland".

Why not NATIONAL?

Department of National Security. DNS.

I hope a Rudy Guliani administration gets Peter King to serve as head of DNS.