How is this gonna pass?

NJ Bill making anonymous posts illegal

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A small-town police chief was accused in a federal lawsuit Thursday of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay heart attack victim because he assumed the ailing man had HIV and posed a health risk.

I think that man should be charged with a hate crime if they find out the accusation is true.

Suit: W.Va. Police Chief Denied Gay Man CPR - Yahoo! News

Nothing tells you more about Hollywood than what it chooses to honor. Nominated for best foreign-language film is "Paradise Now," a sympathetic portrayal of two suicide bombers. Nominated for best picture is "Munich," a sympathetic portrayal of yesterday's fashion in barbarism: homicide terrorism.
But until you see "Syriana," nominated for best screenplay (and George Clooney, for best supporting actor) you have no idea how self-flagellation and self-loathing pass for complexity and moral seriousness in Hollywood

UGH. So this is the new right-wing rant? Hollywood is out of touch with the rest of the God-loving country? Fuck that.

But expect to see this same argument played out, ad nauseum, on every news and semi-news channel until oscar buzz dies down. They do it every year. Last year they said all the movies portraying rich people were out of touch with middle class americans. Now they say that movies with political themes such as, oh, I dunno.. Brokeback?... Were out of touch with straight, patriotic, non-questioning, content Americans.

I am so proud of Hollywood this year for getting some real thought provoking stuff out there and not some war-time blockbuster bullshit. If Hollywood was so out of touch they wouldn;t have people lining up to see their movies, buying their rags in the grocery store, and doting on celebrity and movie buzz blogs while at work. Gimme a break.

Oscars for Osama

Georgians would be able to use deadly force to defend themselves in public areas such as parking lots and sidewalks under a National Rifle Association bill that passed the state Senate on Thursday.

Yeah, but how are we supposed to defend ourselves against these nutjobs in the GA house?

Bill gives citizens more latitude to defend themselves | ajc.com

Anti-abortion advocates scored a victory Thursday when the state Senate approved three bills supported by Georgia Right to Life.

Chipping away little by little, biding their time till Roe hits the floor of the new ultra-conservative SCOTU.

Senate passes 3 bills sought by Georgia Right to Life | ajc.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to renew the USA Patriot Act, after months of pitched debate over legislation that supporters said struck a better balance between privacy rights and the government's power to hunt down terrorists.
The 89-10 vote marked a bright spot in President Bush's troubled second term as his approval ratings dipped over the war in Iraq and his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. Renewing the act, congressional Republicans said, was key to preventing more terror attacks in the United States

Patriot Act Renewed to widespread dismay

Leaders of the former Soviet Union were behind the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in 1981, an Italian parliamentary investigative commission said in a report

Russia orders Pope Assassination?

The federal government has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by an Egyptian who was among dozens of Muslim men swept up in the New York area after 9/11, held for months in a federal detention center in Brooklyn and deported after being cleared of links to terrorism.

U.S. Is Settling Detainee's Suit in 9/11 Sweep - New York Times

The momentum for a change in the national policy on abortion is going to come in the not-too-distant future," said Rep. Roger W. Hunt, a Republican who sponsored the bill. To his delight, abortion opponents succeeded in defeating all amendments designed to mitigate the ban, including exceptions in the case of rape or incest or the health of the woman. Hunt said that such "special circumstances" would have diluted the bill and its impact on the national scene.

S.D. Abortion Bill Takes Aim at 'Roe'

I acknowledge that some people have been offended by the publication of the cartoons, and Jyllands-Posten has apologized for that. But we cannot apologize for our right to publish material, even offensive material. You cannot edit a newspaper if you are paralyzed by worries about every possible insult.

More cartoon stuff, out of the horses mouth.

Why I Published Those Cartoons