They’re Still At it…

Well, folks, they’re still at it. This time it’s U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder trying to pull American’s britches over their heads in order to blind everyone so they can be led into the dark, swirling void of insanity he wants America to become.

What, exactly, what am I ranting about this time?

I’m glad you asked.

My husband came home telling me about what he’d heard on the Rush Limbaugh show today. You know me; I just had to check it out. I couldn’t help it. My fingers dancing over the computer keyboard, I came across the transcript of the show he was talking about. It’s titled, “Holder: Whites, Ministers, Military Not Protected by Hate Crime Law” and can be found here: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_070209/content/01125116.guest.html.

To sum it up, Rush was talking about the meeting that took place between Eric Holder and the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, on June 25, to discuss the “The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009”, otherwise known as the “Pedophile Protection Act”, during which a telling question was posed by Jeff Sessions, a Senator from Alabama (bless his heart the dear man, I’m thinking and smiling).

The simple, hypothetical question asked by Senator Sessions left Eric Holder unable to answer satisfactorily, betraying the potential for ugliness if the bill passes.

But before I get to the all important question, let me give you a chilling piece of information: This bill, also known as H.R. 1913 has already been passed by the House; it’s been waiting for approval by the Senate as S. 909 for some time. The text of H.R. 1913 is here: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1913/text. The text of S. 909, introduced to the Senate is here: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s909/text.

Here’s what President Obama had to say about the bill: “I urge members on both sides of the aisle to act on this important civil rights issue by passing this legislation to protect all of our citizens from violent acts of intolerance – legislation that will enhance civil rights protections, while also protecting our freedom of speech and association.”http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-by-the-President-on-HR-1913-the-Local-Law-Enforcement-Hate-Crimes-Prevention-Act-of-2009/.

“While also protecting our freedom of speech and association” the president said. Sounds great to me. I mean, if Christians and other religious groups won’t be forced to water down their doctrine, then all is good and well. Everybody’s happy, right?

Er… not so fast. The question that came from Jeff Sessions during the meeting was a hypothetical one in nature, but oh so revealing! Now that the spotlight has been thrown on “The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009” which is being pushed by the Attorney General and his cohorts, we can see how seriously Eric Holder is taking President Obama in addition to the potential chaos this bill would introduce.

The question Jeff Sessions asked Mr. Holder was what would happen if a minister decided to preach from the Bible about the wrongness of homosexuality and was subsequently attacked by a gay activist because of what he said.

Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney General, admitted that the statute doesn’t address that issue. Later, he reveals that the bill will fail to protect whites and the military. You can listen to the two hour hearing here: http://www.senate.gov/fplayers/CommPlayer/commFlashPlayer.cfm?fn=judiciary062509&st=xxx.

If this passes, proponents, special groups, advocates for said special groups can threaten, harass and injure opponents all they want. Dear God if a preacher mentions that homosexuality is wrong on the pulpit, he or she can expect a lynch mob to be waiting outside the church, ready to torch him or her alive. Naturally there will be no repercussions for said mob, no accountability whatsoever.

Can you imagine what will happen in the public schools?

Along those lines, it’s my understanding that all those science fiction stories featuring the “Thought Police” will soon be coming to life in every courtroom if this bill passes. Judges will be expected to read the minds of the defendants to decipher what said defendant must’ve been thinking when he or she dared to speak offensively in the presence of certain groups.

I can see it now: Courtrooms all over America will become theaters where the curious can go to be amazed. In all seriousness, barring psychic activity on the part of the judges, I can’t imagine how this determination will take place.

Will they whip out a deck of Tarot Cards and lay them out? Will some prefer Oiga Board while others lean towards mediums? To make it easier and less confusing, should all courtrooms be merged with the nearest circus?

Stay tuned folks: America is about to round another corner and I pray these proposed changes will be tweaked a bit to make our country even better for everyone so that no one will get away with discrimination, reverse-discrimination, and the violence that stems from both.

The way I see it, one of the things that makes our country so rich, so satisfying, is the small groups of individuals that don’t care to be like everyone else and aren’t afraid to let their differences show.


Copyright 2009, Sandra Purdue. You can use anything I’ve written for any purpose as long as you don’t claim you wrote it.


Sources used:
“Holder: Whites, Ministers, Military Not Protected by Hate Crime Law”. Here’s the link: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_070209/content/01125116.guest.html.

Bills H.R. 1913 and S. 909 can be found respectively: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1913/text and: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s909/text

The White House: Office Of The Press Secretary, "STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT ON H.R. 1913, THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT OF 2009" is here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-by-the-President-on-HR-1913-the-Local-Law-Enforcement-Hate-Crimes-Prevention-Act-of-2009/

Video of the meeting between U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Senate Judiciary Committee: http://www.senate.gov/fplayers/CommPlayer/commFlashPlayer.cfm?fn=judiciary062509&st=xxx