H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

There has been quite a bit of chatter in the blogosphere about HR 1955, widely referred to as "the thought crime bill". Most objections to the bill point out that it is using the guise of security from terrorism to lead us one step closer to fascism. Many on both the right and the left of the isle have pointed this out. Surprisingly, it passed in the house 404-6 and will be moving on to the Senate. One of the few Congressmen to vote against this awful piece of legislation (which you can read here) was our own Rep. Costello. Here is the map that depicts the congressional districts that voted against the bill:



Thanks to Rep. Costello for voting against this despite the fact that he was in a very small minority, right along side Rep. Dennis Kucinich. It takes a lot of courage to vote your conscious, instead of following the rest of the party blindly. If we could just get him to sign on to impeach Dick Cheney......