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January 13, 2010

Olbermann’s “Worst Person in the World”

News traveled fast about Rep. Gresham Barrett’s plan to label every Iranian a terrorist and bar them from the US, even making it onto last night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
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While we would never go so far as to label Rep. Barrett the “worst person in the world,” we think it’s safe to assume the STEP Act of 2010 would make the list of top 5 “worst bills.”
update: Rep. Barrett formally introduced the bill today, saying it would strengthen national security through “common sense changes” to US immigration laws.  We’re not sure what definition of “common sense” he’s using to label every man, woman, and child a “terrorist” simply because of where they come from, but we have some ideas…

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