If you hadn't already kissed free speech goodbye, you better do it now

The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act passed the House today by voice vote. Now, Bush signs it, and that's it, folks.

The original act, passed during the Clinton administration (thanks, Bill), was bad enough. But the new act exacts harsher penalties on those who protest research laboratories, and also makes it easy to prosecute on behalf of anyone connected in any way with an animal enterprise--a wife, a sister, a vendor, an attorney, a public relations firm, etc.