Shoot! Shoot! Shoot, Motherfucker!

The Republican Party wants you dead.

Talking Victim

A sexual assault victim may be charged with contempt for violating a gag order regarding her attackers. Part of their plea deal was that no one would talk about the case and their names would not be made public (the article does not name them). She felt that was an unfair violation of her free speech--especially since (she claims) she wasn't consulted on the deal. I'm curious to see how this pans out as a free speech case. I'd be surprised if the state could prohibit her talking about her personal experiences without her agreement. That opens the door for all sorts of speech restrictions that simply aren't tenable under the First Amendment. I doubt this gets to the Supreme Court.

the road forward

i'm not sure about this stimulus. obama has been quick to disappoint. he's a consensus builder when we need a leader. right or wrong, he needs to take the reins and steer this country somewhere. he needs to stop trying to sell his agenda and make things happen.

republican deception continues

factcheck reviews some new (and old) republican claims:

palin not all that

misleading at the rnc

re-educate the elderly

to prevent protest, despite promising to allow it in designated areas, china has sentenced two elderly women to a year each in a labor camp for "re-education." not only is the chinese government a liar, it's cruel too.

wild horses

your government, bush especially, is slaughtering wild mustangs. you should be outraged.

not enough people even know wild mustangs still exist.

ask your representatives to stop this. please.

mugabe mugger

open threats against america in zimbabwe. i wonder whether this is yet provocation for war. bush would be circumspect, you'd think, but the un would strongly condemn any sort of roughing up, or especially murder, of diplomatic personnel. too bad america no longer holds any moral high ground. that goes far when you can back it up.