In a colossal waste of time and energy, Rep. Peter King (R, NY) is chairing a Congressional committee to "investigate Islamic radicalization in the U.S." King says this a big problem in our country, Muslim evil-doers are everywhere and, hence, his hearings are not radical or un-American.
He's full of shit, of course. This is a divisive combination of ethnic profiling, witch hunt, and publicity stunt reminiscent of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings of the 1950's. Back then, a citizen would be secretly accused of being a Communist, then had to go before the HUAC to somehow prove he wasn't. What a proud moment in our national history!
King's committee is operating with the same Spanish Inquisition guilty-until-proven-innocent assumption: If you're a Muslim, you're probably a terrorist. Kindly convince us that you're not.
So now we know the truth: Peter King is the bastard son of the dead dipshit Senator Joe McCarthy and it's 1950 all over again.
(For more in a similar vein, see the 8/18/10 post "The Mosque Non-troversy".)
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