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Dahlia Lithwick Uses Recipes to Write a Legal Column About..
... ABORTION. Lithwick's very idea that women do not have reproductive choice, if they cannot extinquish the life growing in their own wombs, is in and of itself faulty. I mean, my God, did the female have sex with the guy, or did she not? As to being ''for change'' in everything but pro-Abort American policies at home and abroad, not everyone ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard2 on August 21, 2008
Is The Media Bias? Here is Evidence of Bias
How the Media Vote. Surveys of journalists’ self-reported voting habits show them backing the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1964, including landslide losers George McGovern, Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. In 2004, a poll conducted by the University of Connecticut found journalists backed John Kerry over George W. ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 13, 2008
This has to be parody!
I read the blurb for this story on another site and thought I was going to be redirected to The Onion. For years, the pundits that be have been telling us that we need to have a “national conversation about race.” I suppose we’re having it now. And what we’re learning, is that a lot of us are neurotic ninnies about the subject. It’s ...
Posted to Chatterbox by abirata on August 5, 2008
Great Review of Some Important Books . . .
. . . BOOKS which I think all Americans need to read and consider: Making Government Work, by Fritz Hollings Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, by Phillipe Sands The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover), by Jane Mayer. Terrorism and Democracy ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008
Government abuse of power
South Dakotas law relating to doctor patient communication and abortion: This is just another method for people using and abusing government power. They attempt to control others and legislate morality by forcing their beliefs (usually based on their religion) upon all of society. Their goal is to limit freedom and force conformity with their ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by den99md on July 4, 2008
For those opposing gay marriage...
Some important points for those of you who oppose gay marriage: 1) This is not about religion. California's decision to permit gay marriages does not mean gay people are getting married in your church. Your church has every right to continue to prohibit gays from getting married. This is about the government granting gay couples rights such as ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by voxpop78 on June 18, 2008
How individual citizens got their vote back
How individual citizens got their vote back In 2008 a massive movement will be started by individualswho are fed up with the election process that exists inthe United States. This is what will happen: The citizens in this group will start mailing out envelopesfilled with small amounts of various powdered substancesnormally found around the ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by toney on February 14, 2008
Why Hillary (not Gloria)....a Young(er) Woman's Perspective
In recent days a steady stream of women have celebrated and lauded Gloria Steinem's recent piece in the NYT. Many encourage others to circulate the piece further. Respectfully, I disagree. Ms. Steinem's piece, though well intentioned I'm sure, pits the women's movement against the civil rights movement. Such false competition is divisive, ...
Posted to Chatterbox by batnib on January 17, 2008
A Young(er) Woman's Perspective....Why Hillary (not Gloria)
In recent days a steady stream of women have celebrated and lauded Gloria Steinem's recent piece in the NYT. Many encourage others to circulate the piece further. Respectfully, I disagree. Ms. Steinem's piece, though well intentioned I'm sure, pits the women's movement against the civil rights movement. Such false competition is divisive, ...
Posted to Politics by batnib on January 16, 2008