The Tall Glass of Milk has an interesting post and comments regarding Hate Crimes laws. It stems from a post on LeShawn Barber’s blog about the subject. LaShawn said:
I’m going to demonstrate the silliness of these laws. Let’s suppose I’m bashing you over the head because you cut me off in traffic. There’s a law [...]
Archive for November, 2004
Tuesday, November 30th, 2004
The holiday season is upon us, and sometimes it really sucks. Now, don’t get the wrong idea; I love Thanksgiving and Christmas. I enjoy spending time and sharing a great meal with family and friends on Thanksgiving, and I really enjoy decorating the house (inside and out) for Christmas. These holidays are a lot of [...]
One of the reasons that President Bush won re-election was because the Republican Party was better organized than the opposition. The task of organizing the party is handled by the Republican National Committee. Today we are asking for Republicans to help keep the party well organized by making a donation to the RNC. Keeping the [...]
CBS News Anchor Dan Rather will leave the anchor post on March 9, 2005, CBS News reported today.
Dan Rather announced Tuesday that he will step down as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News in March, 24 years after his first broadcast in that position.
Rather will continue to work full-time at CBS [...]
Every once and a while, you read a story about some person saying that the government is tracking you via implanted RFID chips, or the government is listening to all of your conversations via the Constar system in your car. Most people laugh these stories off as the paranoid delusions of conspiracy theorists go amuck. [...]
Via Yahoo News:
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark, media reported on Tuesday.
Lifesavers Rob Howes, his 15-year-old daughter Niccy, Karina Cooper and Helen Slade were swimming 300 feet off Ocean Beach near Whangarei on New Zealand’s [...]
Before you read the following quote from Hillary Clinton, you are warned to put down your drink and make sure that you are calm. Ready? Okay, proceed:
“I’m here spending time at my husband’s library,” she told the Lamp when we caught up with her after a Sunday camp meeting, “and of course, I always take [...]
Well, you may have noticed that there was no blogging on Friday. On Thursday night I was feeling completely nauseated, so I was not eating anything. In fact, I really had not eaten since lunch, and even that was only a half of a peanut butter sandwich. So, about 7:00 p.m. my blood sugar bottomed [...]
Our old racist buddy Ted Rall has had his cartoons removed from the WashingtonPost.com website. In a victory for good taste, Executive Editor Doug Feaver said:
“That cartoon certainly drew a significant amount of negative comment from our users,” said WashingtonPost.com Executive Editor Doug Feaver when contacted by E&P. But he added that the decision to [...]
Miss O’Hara has written a fine post regarding an incident in Michigan that must be read to be believed. An excerpt:
But unlovely things happen even in charming, sprawling visions of old-fashioned Americana. And Monday night, a story broke in that warm and homespun town that turned the stomachs of anyone in the tri-county area with [...]
Via Fox News:
A Pennsylvania woman who was struck by a train has sued the rail company — for failing to warn her that trains travel on railroad tracks.
Patricia M. Frankhouser filed suit on Nov. 4 seeking damages in excess of $30,000 from Norfolk Southern Corp. (search), according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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Nowhere in the filing does [...]
