'John Does' R US - As the Good Samaritan goes, so goes John Doe!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hal-le-ey-lu-yah! And the Omnipotent reigns! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Amen! Is the law-abiding, frazzled airline passenger gonna finally get a break? Well, it's about flipping time that someone called the "flying imams" bluff. Suing passengers indeed. Once a provocature (sp), always a provocature, I suppose. Don't we have any federal laws to fine and imprison folks who intentionally insight unrest and "terrorize" airline passengers? We've got leash laws for our dogs? And "pick up the poop" laws for our pets? Can't we have "no intimidating and provoking passengers and airline crew" laws for folks who intentionally seek to inflict terror on us and to "test" us - and then, because we respond, cry "profiling"! For goodness sake, the passengers couldn't help it that the flying boys were "imams", ie, Muslims taking advantage of defenseless passengers. Pushing the limits of good sense and everyone else's patience. No rules against shutting down airports and flight lines, etc? We have "ya can't cry fire in a crowded theater"! How about "ya can't get out your prayer rugs, make a spectacle of yourself for the TV cameras ya most likely called your own silly-self, and act as if you are getting ready for the last supper and then cry foul when others are intimidated by the behavior you planned and displayed. Good grief! Hats off to Audrey Hudson with her "quick as a bunny" news article, House votes to protect 'John Does' on flights, March 27, 2007. Yippee! From Hudson's news article:

"....Republicans said the lawsuit filed by six Muslim imams against US Airways and "John Does," passengers who reported suspicious behavior, could have a "chilling effect" on passengers who may fear being sued for acting vigilant. Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, offered the motion saying all Americans -- airline passengers included -- must be protected from lawsuits if they report suspicious behavior that may foreshadow a terrorist attack. "All of our lives changed after September 11, and one of the most important things we have done is ask local citizens to do what they can to avoid another terrorist attack, if you see something, say something," said Mr. King. "We have to stand by our people and report suspicious activity," he said. "I cannot imagine anyone would be opposed to this."

Oh, yes, Representative King, those seeking special status are opposed. But, mercy, someone standing with us, "our people". Common sense in Washington, D.C. - the Capitol! Quick, get the smelling salts, Elda! From Inside Politics by Greg Pierce, March 29, 2007 in The Washington Times, Inside Politics. I included the entire blurb, Mr. Pierce, too good to cut.

'John Doe' rights Bloggers were cheering after House Republicans on Tuesday were able to get a 304-121 vote in favor of a measure to protect travelers who report suspicious activity from "John Doe" lawsuits, such as the case of the so-called "flying imams" removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in November. Immediately after Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican, introduced the measure first proposed by Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico Republican, Audrey Hudson of The Washington Times filed a Web-only exclusive report on the bill at www.washingtontimes.com, which was in turn linked by numerous blogs, including PowerLineBlog.com and MyPetJawa.mu.nu. "Happily, this measure passed, and marks a significant victory against that part of the Islamist strategy that -- like 'Jurassic Park' raptors systematically attacking an electrified fence -- has them probing at our legal system to find its vulnerabilities," Jeff Goldstein wrote at www.proteinwisdom.com. [Go gettem, Jeff - my comment!] The blogger known as "See Dubya" -- who last week declared his JunkYardBlog.net "home of the Audrey Hudson fan club" -- was pleased at Tuesday's procedural move, which got the passenger-protection measure into the supplemental budget. "Kudos to Rep. Peter King ... and to JYB fave Audrey Hudson, who has been pouring cold water on the imams' politicized sympathy ploy from the beginning." "Congress does something that makes sense? And defends average Americans from racial mau mauing? This Congress? I might faint," Bryan Preston wrote at HotAir.com, which yesterday posted a video in which Michelle Malkin -- whose syndicated column appears regularly in The Times -- joined others in declaring, "I am John Doe." A line of "John Doe" merchandise is already available online at www.cafepress.com/frankopinions/2760036.

Kudos to the bloggers; kudos to the 301 who voted for sanity in the Congress! Show a little muscle! Don't let these folks - they know who they are - get away with whittling away at our laws to castrate us and make us all go under "their" veil. Talk about "hate speech". Their actions were "hate actions" designed to terrorize and to push the limits of decency.