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It should be noted that the last major piece of legislation that was run through Congress so fast that nobody got to read it in full before it was voted on was the *Patriot Act*, a law that fixed some things that needed fixing but introduced a whole host of reductions in liberty and privacy.

Just like the Patriot Act, we are told that this immigration bill was just the result of some “negotiation” with a group of Senators, but the bill itself has sections that obviously someone has been working on for a long time and just waiting to attach to some fast moving horse.

Every passing day brings more revelations about what a monstrosity this is. We must drive a stake through it while we still can.

>>> Just like the Patriot Act, we are told that this immigration bill was just the result of some “negotiation” <<<

A blast from the past

Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation
http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/5/31/111455

Democrats Halt Methamphetamine Bill
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3976405c0503.htm

Change the name, change parties. And Bush Bots here couldn’t sign on fast enough.

Every passing day brings more revelations about what a monstrosity this is. We must drive a stake through it while we still can.

I couldn't agree more. I am getting very, very tired of omnibus bills that are laden with provisions that have little or nothing to do with the subject of the bill. Most of the time it is "just" pork (that's bad enough, the corrupt murthaphockers), but the Dems always - ALWAYS - manage to sneak in anti-gun provisions (and the pro-gun folks there NEVER put in repeals of anti-gun provisions, dammit). I'd like to see this practice stop, to force an immigration bill to have ONLY features related to immigration, but we'll probably never see the criminals limit themselves in that manner.

As for those on this thread who think this claim by GOA is "a stretch" or "pimping for money or members" or some such thing (and it surely is a bit of the latter - all of these organizations need money to operate), I have just one word for you: RICO. Well, actually more than 1 word...RICO was an anti-mobster statute, which has now been so twisted from its original intent by over-zealous and over-ambitious federal prosecutors as to be unrecognizable in its effects. So DON'T TELL ME THAT SOME VIRULENTLY ANTI-GUN ADMINISTRATION WON'T USE THESE PROVISIONS TO SCREW GUN OWNERS. They already do it with other laws, and they will do it with this monstrosity (which must be defeated for a whole host of other reasons besides guns).

Those of us who love liberty must destroy this bill and defeat those who proposed it as a warning to others not to propose similar bills.