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Hat-tip Jed Lewison... When the time came to fight terror against abortion clinics, Republican John McCain put his radical "pro-life" politics first — putting American citizens and their doctors in mortal danger: Here's a summary of the vital, anti-terror legislation John McCain voted against (not just once, but twice): The Senate voted overwhelmingly today for a Federal law to prohibit bombings, arson and blockades at abortion clinics, and shootings and threats of violence against doctors and nurses who perform abortions.
The vote was 69 to 30. Twenty-eight senators who voted against Federal financing of abortions six weeks ago supported the measure, seeing it as a law-and-order matter rather than as an abortion issue. As you can see, McCain was one of a distinct minority of radical "pro-life" senators. Even a number of senators who opposed abortion iteself had the human decency to vote for the legislation in order to protect women and their doctors. It was only the extremists — like Republican McCain — who opposed it. It should be noted that this was a standalone bill, i.e. McCain can't hide behind the old saw that he opposed it for some unrelated reason. Now clearly, this isn't the most pressing issue in the campaign — the economy is. But since Republican McCain has decided he's going to spending the rest of the campaign talking about anything and everything but the economy, it's useful to have issues like this, the Keating Five, and the Alaska Independence Party to throw back in his scurrilous face. If we don't put these kind of issues out there, the campaign will be dominated by whatever attaque du jour McCain decides to dump on the American people. By putting things like this out there, we deprive him of the opportunity to throw yet another sucker punch. And depriving him of that is one of the most important tactical considerations of the next 29 days. Call and e-mail your friends and family. Put up a sign. Volunteer to
work the phones banks. Spread the word. Don't let up. We can
destroy this dirty, lying bastard on November 4th.
http://www.StopMcCain08.comTags: '08 election, abortion, john mccain, republican hypocrisy, terrorism
From: Chicago
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 Seven Alaska state employees have reversed course and agreed to testify in an abuse-of-power investigation against Republican Sarah Palin.[...] Lawmakers subpoenaed seven state employees to testify in the inquiry but they challenged those subpoenas. A judge rejected that challenge last week. Because of that ruling, Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg says the employees have decided to testify. Todd Palin, while still not agreeing to testify under oath, has agreed to speak to investigator Timothy Petumenos. Another investigation into Troopergate (launched by the Alaska Legislature) is scheduled to release their findings this Friday, unless successfully stayed by the McCain/Palin campaign. Drill, Baby, Drill ☺Tags: '08 election, alaska, corruption, gop lizard queens, republican scandal
From: Chicago
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Hat-tip ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pure_doxyk...  From majestic African elephants to tiny and often unappreciated rodents, one in four mammal species on Earth is being pushed to extinction, according to the Global Mammal Assessment, the most comprehensive assessment of the world's mammals. Writing in the October 10 issue of Science, and unveiling a "Red List" of endangered mammal species at the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, the researchers who worked on the exhaustive study say that from 25-36% of species may be in danger of extinction... ( Read it & weep... )Tags: animals, ecological disaster, ecology, environment, extinction, habitat loss, pollution, science
From: Chicago
Mood:  Pity
Now Playing: Praying for a Virus
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A fitting reminder (and some good advice) from Daniel Chun: "Consider all the meaningless shit that we become obsessed about — ex-girlfriends, neighbors' dogs, celebrities' vaginas — and now think about this: a 72-year old liar with anger problems might become the most powerful person in the world. And if he dies, he'd be replaced by a babbling, evolution-doubting, Supreme-Court-case-not-knowing woman whose knowledge about the world comes from a 3-week cram session. This deserves one month of your obsession. [...]
"The contrast between Obama and McCain could not be greater. This is like choosing between an orgasm and a punch in the throat. The fact this is a close race is a terrifying outrage, and every single person should be doing everything they can about it... Go knock on some doors. Make some phone calls. Make a donation. Recruit your friends. You only have to do it for a month. This shit makes a difference, and with the country in such a bad way, the stakes could not be higher. If you aren't going crazy, there's something wrong with you." Tags: '08 election, barack obama, dumb americans, john mccain
From: Chicago
Mood:  On Your Feet
Now Playing: 'American Squirm' - Nick Lowe
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... you know - the one that's intentionally funny (and - in all realistic likelihood - is better qualified to serve as VPOTUS than the current, Alaskan version):
Not a Silverman fan? Wash your troubles down with this.P.S. To Mr./Ms.(?) Anonymous, who e-mailed me the rambling, seven paragraph "misogynist" tirade this evening (including the "I'll bet you like to fuck your own daughter" passage... classy touch there, sport)... I have two questions for you: Would you, as a (quote) "rightous [sic] Christian": A) Abandon your loyal, loving wife because she was crippled in a car accident... — and/or — B) Publicly humiliate your new, adulterous trophy wife by calling her a "trollop" and a " cunt"? You've got some serious studying to do before the Big Test next month, Little Big Man.Tags: '08 election, barack obama, comedy, hate mail, jews, john mccain, sara silverman, youtube
From: Chicago
Mood:  Mazel Tov
Now Playing: 'Deep Down in Florida' - Muddy Waters
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