Lieberman: Spoken Like True Hypocrite

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While watching CNN Pipeline today, I caught part of a hearing being led by Senator Lieberman on video games and their effects on children. After seeing a sample of some violent and disturbing video game content, Senator Lieberman made a comment about how "cruel" some of the content was. I would certainly agree that some of the content was cruel. My question to Mr. Lieberman is, "What about the women and children who have been killed and maimed in Iraq? What about the thousands of American soldiers who have been killed and the tens of thousands wounded there? Is this not 'cruel'?"

Can you be anymore openly hypocritical than that? He is worried about the effects of video games on our children but wants to continue the war in Iraq. Connecticut should be ashamed.

It's Safe To Kill Anyone If You're A Cop

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The number of innocent people killed by cops continues to climb every year. Yet, it seems that fewer of them are being punished or even disciplined for it. An innocent, elderly grandmother is gunned down in her home while trying to defend herself from some gung-ho cops. Apologies? nah, no need for remorse. They were cops doing their jobs. Hey, they thought they were at the right house, so it's not their fault, right?

Today's story - some drunk guys coming home from a bachelor party at a strip club ram their car into an unmarked police minivan. Are the men ordered to exit their vehicle? Do any of the men inside the car pull out a weapon? Are there any shots fired at the police? NO. NO. and NO.

What does happen? Fifty rounds - yes, 50 rounds are fired, 21 hitting the car, killing the groom and injuring 2 others. Now, 2 children will grow up without their father's care, attention, and love. A woman will mourn the loss of her lover - soon to be husband - and become embittered toward the police. A community will further lose trust in the people sworn to protect them. Most likely, a police department will escape public scrutiny and accountability to the people that put food on the tables of the officers from that department. We need to bring an end to this abuse of power NOW. Personally, I would like to see demonstrations in the streets of every city across the United States calling for full accountability from law enforcement. No more blank checks to police departments who want to play Rambo. The sickness has to end, and we have to end it.

Funny Quotes in the News...

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Gotta love these quotes from today’s news…

My state’s senior U.S. Senator, Arlen Specter, said the following:

"And if Rumsfeld had been out, you bet it would have made a difference. I'd still be chairman of the Judiciary Committee."

Awww… should we throw Arlie a pity party? Too bad, so sad, Senator Specter… Here’s a tissue.

Then there is this quote from David Tovar, spokesman for Wal-Mart:

"We are deeply sorry that this happened, and we are in the process of pulling all of these T-shirts from our stores. Respect for the individual is a core value of our company and we would never have placed this T-shirt on our shelves had we known the origin and significance of this emblem."

Really? Respect for the individual is one of Wal-Mart's core values? Hmmm... He must be talking about a different Wal-Mart. The Wal-Mart that I know about keeps minorities from attaining positions of leadership within the company, does not offer an affordable health-care benefit to its employees, destroys the economies of rural communities, and has been known to purchase products manufactured in 3rd world sweat shops. Exactly WHO is the individual that they respect? Their CEO?

HBO SPECIAL Hacking Democracy

A documentary showing how DIEBOLD has cheated United States voters. Every U.S. citizen has a right and responsibility to view this video. If you care anything about securing our democracy for future generations, you need to see this. It is about an hour and twenty minutes long, but well worth the watch. You can view it in pieces on YouTube by clicking here.

How Does FOX Get Away With This?

FOX Network's O'Reilly obtains private information about abortions performed in Kansas after the state attorney general gained access to the information through a subpoena. If the attorney general or any of his staff turned over those records to O'Reilly, that is a greivous violation of the law.

Attorney General Phill Kline, a staunch abortion opponent, said that he subpoenaed the records in order to see if there was any evidence of rape or illegal abortions which had gone unreported. My guess is that this is more of a "witch hunt" aimed at Dr. George Tiller, the attending physician of the clinic from which the records were obtained. Whatever the situation, if those records were shared with anyone outside the court, Kline should be held responsible, and O'Reilly should be given his walking papers for accepting information which is so obviously private - information that never should never have been placed in his hands.

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Latest Casualty Totals From The War in Iraq

http://www.icasualties.org

Here are the latest figures:

Deaths: 2829
Non-mortal Casualties: 44,779

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Glenn Beck - Another Republican Mouthpiece

I was just watching an interview between Glenn Beck and Whitehouse Press Secretary, Tony Snow that was more like a conversation between frat buddies. The only things missing were the rag wool sweaters and the bottles of beer. They were joking around about how the Democrats have become "hecklers" and are lacking ideas on how to better manage the war and the economy. This is absolutely ridiculous. The reason that Republican candidates are being heckled is that they refuse to even hear opposing ideas. They refuse to debate the ideas being put forward by Democrats. The only thing the Republicans can do is take personal potshots at Democrats because Republicans have no defense for their current policies which are killing our soldiers, killing our Constitution and killing our economy.

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