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Parental Consent – What planet?

Parental Consent – What planet?

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Star-Telegram | 02/27/2005 | Keep your indignation dry, folks Sounds like a good idea at first, requiring parental consent for underage abortions. But laws are for everyone, not just people with decent folks for parents. The decent folk parent types have already raised up their children to confide in them and trust them to help when something scary happens. This law wouldn’t do anything to help those families. But what about the twisted scary families? The non-families? The kind of…

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rx Music

rx Music

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rx Music A guy called “Rx” has spent unknown hours collecting sound bites of Bush and has put his words together along to music. Warning: Some of the songs have adult lyrics. The Rx Site for the party party album. Thanks PusBoy

Budget to Hurt the Children

Budget to Hurt the Children

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Screw the Children, by Molly Ivins Molly comes through again. I love this woman. In all these years, she has maintained her sense of fun. I recommend any of her books, but especially the ones that deal with her experience of Bush as Governor of Texas. They highlight the state-level catastrophes caused by the very policies Bush is pushing through at the national level. This article is about the proposed budget. What kind of “values” are represented in it? “Promoting…

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No Plans

No Plans

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Just discovered polical comedy in court-jester style at Daily Dose of Durst at the Progressive. (Thanks to Etherealgirl!) Yesterday’s nugget: “Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says we have no plans to attack Iran. Which is not good news for Iran because the last time we said we didn’t have plans to attack somebody we were already working on those plans we didn’t have.”

75 Reasons to Reexamine George W

75 Reasons to Reexamine George W

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This was originally titled 75 reasons not to hire Georgie, but I think it’s a little late for that now. I’m sure this has been circulating around for a bit, but it was still interesting. Here’s some of what we know, what is out in plain sight. Assess this resume again. Past work experience: 1) Ran for congress and lost.2) Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie.3) Bought an oil company, but couldn’t find any oil in Texas, company went bankrupt…

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Politics Feb 17 2005

Politics Feb 17 2005

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In preparation for a Supreme Court appointment and to further tilt the scales of justice, Bush has re-nominated 12 of the same candidates for federal appeals court seats whose confirmations were blocked during the first term. Bush Tries Luck Again With Judicial Nominees (washingtonpost.com): “Among the most controversial nominees are Terrence W. Boyle, a federal district judge in North Carolina and nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, whom Democrats have criticized for his stances in…

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