It's nice that I'm in Oregon, and state legislators aren't trying to sentence protestors to life-imprisonment

Oh wait, they are:

SECTION 1. { + (1) A person commits the crime of terrorism if the person knowingly plans, participates in or carries out any act that is intended, by at least one of its participants, to disrupt:
(a) The free and orderly assembly of the inhabitants of the State of Oregon;
(b) Commerce or the transportation systems of the State of Oregon; or
(c) The educational or governmental institutions of the State of Oregon or its inhabitants.
(2) A person commits the crime of terrorism if the person conspires to do any of the activities described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) A person may not be convicted of terrorism except upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or upon confession in open court.
(4)(a) A person convicted of terrorism shall be punished by imprisonment for life.

This has been out there for a while, and I'm kinda behind Atrios, Tom, and many others on this one, but it bears mentioning, because it's - what phrase am I looking for, oh yes - COMPLETELY FUCKING INSANE.

It's amazing, the same people who are so for spreading democracy to the middle east seem much too busy destroying democracy here.