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May. 8th, 2004 01:07 pmI visit m-w.com and find that the word of the day is "gadzookery". Now, how can you beat that?
May. 8th, 2004
ACLU, we need you
May. 8th, 2004 02:01 pmJudge orders couple not to have children
A couple has been ordered not to conceive any more children until the ones they already have are no longer in foster care.
A civil liberties advocate said the court ruling unsealed Friday was "blatantly unconstitutional."
[...] "I don't know of any precedent that would permit a judge to do this," Anna Schissel, staff attorney for the Reproductive Rights Project of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester. "And even if there were a precedent, it would be blatantly unconstitutional because it violates the United States Constitution and the New York Constitution."
Neither parent attended the proceeding or secured legal representation. The mother waived her right to a lawyer, and the father never showed up in court.
A couple has been ordered not to conceive any more children until the ones they already have are no longer in foster care.
A civil liberties advocate said the court ruling unsealed Friday was "blatantly unconstitutional."
[...] "I don't know of any precedent that would permit a judge to do this," Anna Schissel, staff attorney for the Reproductive Rights Project of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester. "And even if there were a precedent, it would be blatantly unconstitutional because it violates the United States Constitution and the New York Constitution."
Neither parent attended the proceeding or secured legal representation. The mother waived her right to a lawyer, and the father never showed up in court.
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May. 8th, 2004 02:13 pmI was wondering if anyone else had put the math together regarding Lynndie England. She's about 5 1/2 months pregnant. It's May now. This means that she conceived during December of 2003, during the height of the abuses at Abu Ghraib. She was getting jollies in many different ways.
Who's politicizing what, now?
May. 8th, 2004 03:07 pm'Unwinnable' comment draws GOP fire
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, in a news conference with Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said the problems in Iraq are due to a "lack of planning" by Pentagon chiefs and "the direction has got be changed or it is unwinnable."
Republicans seized on that word, ignoring Murtha's overall point: that more troops and equipment should be sent to Iraq.
Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, the majority leader, accused Murtha of participating in a "calculated and craven political stunt."
"The Democrats are quitting, calling the war unwinnable while we have our men and women and their families sacrificing every day" charged Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
Democrats are "basically giving aid and comfort to the enemy," echoed Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas.
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Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, in a news conference with Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said the problems in Iraq are due to a "lack of planning" by Pentagon chiefs and "the direction has got be changed or it is unwinnable."
Republicans seized on that word, ignoring Murtha's overall point: that more troops and equipment should be sent to Iraq.
Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, the majority leader, accused Murtha of participating in a "calculated and craven political stunt."
"The Democrats are quitting, calling the war unwinnable while we have our men and women and their families sacrificing every day" charged Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
Democrats are "basically giving aid and comfort to the enemy," echoed Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas.
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May. 8th, 2004 03:27 pmWhat is missing in the modern American cult of "sorry" is any sense of responsibility. Whether it concerns the incompetence of the security apparatus before 9/11, a misguided and failed imperial adventure, the mismanagement and degradation of the army, or the criminal behavior of Americans in Iraq, everyone feels "bad" and everyone expresses "regret." But until Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld testified on Friday, no one even hinted at feeling "responsible." According to Bush (interviewed on the U.S.-funded Al Hurra Arabic language television network), "We believe in transparency, because we're a free society. That's what free societies do. If there's a problem, they address those problems in a forthright, upfront manner." Except, of course, we don't.
[...] Everyone is sorry "it" happened. But unless its leaders can get beyond that sanctimonious and self-serving response, the United States is in deep trouble. If Rumsfeld (who on Friday offered his "deepest apology"), Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz or Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard B. Myers were honorable men they would resign in shame. But they are not.
If Bush were of presidential caliber he would have sacked them by now -- and taken full personal responsibility for their incompetence. But wherever the buck stops these days, it surely is not on the president's desk. Yet nothing short of such an old-fashioned assumption of duty can now retrieve America's standing in the community of nations.
A Sorry State: The Artlessness of the Apology
[...] Everyone is sorry "it" happened. But unless its leaders can get beyond that sanctimonious and self-serving response, the United States is in deep trouble. If Rumsfeld (who on Friday offered his "deepest apology"), Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz or Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard B. Myers were honorable men they would resign in shame. But they are not.
If Bush were of presidential caliber he would have sacked them by now -- and taken full personal responsibility for their incompetence. But wherever the buck stops these days, it surely is not on the president's desk. Yet nothing short of such an old-fashioned assumption of duty can now retrieve America's standing in the community of nations.
A Sorry State: The Artlessness of the Apology
fragments, 4/17/04
May. 8th, 2004 10:24 pm12:43 a.m.
All information exists at once.
12:49 a.m.
Even in chaos, there is a pattern.
Even in a pattern, there is chaos.
2:17 a.m.
Science cannot contradict God; it can only corroborate God.
All information exists at once.
12:49 a.m.
Even in chaos, there is a pattern.
Even in a pattern, there is chaos.
2:17 a.m.
Science cannot contradict God; it can only corroborate God.
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May. 8th, 2004 10:46 pmYeah. At 10:45 p.m., what I really want to do is listen to bass pumped out by my next-door neighbor. That's the pinnacle of my weekend, don't you know.
