House Votes to Block Syrian Refugees

SAFE Act Passes to Stop President Obama's Plan for 10,000 Syrians

289 to 137 votes. That means 289 Congressmen that we elected to the House of Representatives to... "represent" us believe that we are not a country of compassionate leaders. They believe we're isolationist gluttons who are too terrified of our own neighbors to reach out a helping hand.

12 million Syrians need refuge -- most of which are running for their lives due to our intervention in the Middle East. Approximately half of those poor, displaced souls are children. But to the bull-headed 289, all are potential ISIS terrorists.

This doesn't prevent the entrance outright, but it does post up nearly impossible hurdles for anyone to enter the U.S. "unless the heads of the Department of Homeland Security, FBI and National Intelligence all individually guarantee they pose no threat." And when will that ever happen?

The attacks on Paris have sent the world reeling -- just like 9/11 did before it -- but France is still offering to house Syrians. 20,000 more than were originally proposed for safe passage to the U.S. And 30,000 more than we'll take now that the House has passed the SAFE Act.

This lie about keeping us safe has spawned the NSA and a spying/data collection empire that has almost every person in the country under constant surveillance. Read Former NSA Director Bill Binney's Reddit AMA, hear his firsthand account of exactly how deep this goes.

This is plain and simple fear-mongering to keep us right where the government wants us: terrified and pliant. And doesn't that mean that if our own leaders are the ones behind the campaign of panic, that they have become the terrorists? To me, it does.

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Alex Logan

As cohost of the political commentary series, Jesse Ventura's Off the Grid, Alex Logan is The Body's body man. Alex and the former governor, action star, wrestler, and everything else in between, tackle the headlines of the week with an uncensored and independent spirit as we hold the two parties' feet to the fire. A deserter of Dayton, Ohio, Alex graduated from the University of Southern California Film School with a degree in Writing for Screen and TV. Alex has assisted in the booking of live acts for the Creative Artists Agency; written jokes, sketches and stunts for MTV and producer Johnny Knoxville; developed treatments and scripts for Anonymous Content and Mark Gordon Productions; and co-founded the Improv Olympic West’s headliner sketch group, The Mutiny, who play sold out shows around LA and at the Chicago and San Francisco Sketch Fests, as well as producing numerous videos for the front pages of YouTube, College Humor, and Funny Or Die. He did a stint as Editor and Technical Producer on Larry King’s Hulu talk show before partnering with Larry and Jesse to co-create Off the Grid. In the first season, Alex co-headed the entire production, writing, producing, and cohosting over 150 episodes. And he's back for Season Two, now serving as producer and host of a series of Man on the Street field pieces called, On the Grid. He also wrote this professional bio with his own two hands.

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