Remember those Jeff Foxworthy jokes, and he ends with “… then you might be a redneck?” Well, just read on... Did you know that back in October, the House passed a bill: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR1955)? If you have ever read George Orwell’s 1984, this bill will remind you of the “thought police” and “thought crimes.” According to James Ridgeway and Jean Casella of Mother Jones Magazine, “Only liberal Democrat Dennis Kucinich and libertarian Republican Ron Paul have warned that in the name of stopping domestic terrorist plots before they happen, Congress is in the midst of passing legislation aimed not at actual hate crimes or even terrorist conspiracies, but at talking, Web surfing, or even thinking about jihadism or other ‘extremist belief systems’."

Here is a list of “terrorists;” there may be more but I retrieved this from an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force pamphlet online.

If you:
•make references to the Constitution
•defend the Constitution and are against the federal government and UN (Super patriots)
•are for animal rights
•are a member of the KKK
•believe in the Marxist and Leninist philosophy
•are a lone individual (loner?)
…then you might be a terrorist.

As the Independent Parties Editor, there is information of different parties on this site that have some of the ideologies listed above and I don’t believe in marginalizing any party. Some I do not agree with, but we are a free people with free thoughts and speech—right? My views are libertarian, I believe that people are going to believe what they want and no law or bill can change their viewpoint. I am also a Christian, but I believe of separation of church and state because God and politics do not mix. If Christians want to make a difference in our society, just be a good example and live out your Christianity. But, it wouldn’t hurt to speak truth to those in power when it’s needed, like Jesus did. I don’t want to chase any rabbits here, so I better keep on track. I can write about God and politics in another article.

As an American, does this concern you? Do you want “Big Brother” to tell you what to think or not to think, for that matter? Aren’t we supposed to be looking for Osama bin Laden and those terrorists? Why does the government think some of us are terrorists? People like anti-war protesters, pro-life activists, animal rights activists, etc. should be real concerned because you might be “facilitating violent radicalization,” according to HR. 1955. Amendment one of the Constitution says: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Oops, am I bad? I just quoted the Constitution…then I just might be a terrorist.