Image by Homies In Heaven via Flickr Extreme tea baggers are afraid of a lot of things, but two things that really cause them to cower in fear are illegal aliens and terrorism. On the illegal immigration thing, they’re convinced that rather than securing the border and reforming immigration policy, the best way to end [...]
Image via Wikipedia Nice: “The bill for establishing religious freedom, I had drawn in all the latitude of reason and right. It still met with opposition; but with some mutilations in the preamble, it was finally passed; and a singular proposition proved that it’s protection of opinion was meant to be universal. Where the preamble [...]
Image by ~C4Chaos via Flickr I think of myself as someone with solid liberal credentials. In terms of presidential races, I ran for delegate for Jerry Brown in DC in 1992, supported Bill Bradley in 2000, knocked on doors in a snowy and unfriendly Iowa town for Howard Dean in 2004. In 2008, Obama was [...]
Teabagging hip-hop. It’s even worse and more stupid than you might imagine.
Image via Wikipedia Freepers read this: President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed and celebrated hate crime legislation that extends protection to people based on sexual orientation, sealing a long-fought victory to gay advocates. The president spoke of a nation becoming a place where “we’re all free to live and love as we see fit.”The new [...]
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Posted 28 October 2009
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Tagged: Barack Obama, Civil and political rights, Free Republic, Freepers, Gender identity, Hate crime, Homosexuality, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, law, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Sexual orientation, United States
Image by adamclyde via Flickr Geez: Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said this afternoon that his officers have written at least 39 citations to people over the past three years for not speaking English. Apologizing publicly to the city’s Spanish-speaking community, the chief said all officers and supervisors involved will be investigated for dereliction of [...]
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Posted 23 October 2009
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Tagged: Chief of police, crime, Dallas Police Department, DPD, English language, Law Enforcement, police, Spanish, Spanish language, wingnuttery, xenophobia
Yikes: A Springfield man is facing indecent exposure charges after police say he stood naked inside his home as a 7-year-old boy and his mother walked by. Twenty-nine-year-old Eric Williamson denies any wrongdoing and says any exposure was accidental. “Yes, I wasn’t wearing any clothes but I was alone, in my own home and just got [...]
Image by Ben Templesmith via Flickr Wow. Bill Donohue is a well-known asshole. When he shows up on cable news shows, he plays the role of the angry and aggressive wingnut. He makes clear his loathing of gay people and Democrats. That’s fine, but his virulence against people who are against those who disagree with [...]
Image by vredeseilanden via Flickr From the BBC: The interim leader of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, has said civil liberties could soon be restored in the country. They were suspended in response to a call for protests by deposed President Manuel Zelaya, who remains holed up in the Brazilian embassy in the capital. Snip. The emergency [...]
Image by rogimmi via Flickr Then read this: Venezuelan authorities plan to impose fines on cable television companies that refuse to stop airing the animated television series “Family Guy.”Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says the program should be pulled from the airwaves because it promotes the use of marijuana. El Aissami was outraged by a [...]
