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September 27, 2007
Hate Crimes Languange Added to Defense Bill, Corker Votes 'Nay'
The U.S. Senate voted 60-39 Thursday for cloture on debate of the Matthew Shepard Act. The legislations extends existing hate crime law to include disability, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Senator Corker and Senator Alexander both voted 'nay' on the cloture motion.
However, the legislation was attached as an amendment to the Pentagon's defense spending bill.
The defense bill is considered 'must-pass' legislation, but the White House is expected to veto due to the attachment of the hate crimes legislation.
Posted by hpadam at 01:51 PM | Comments (0)
September 25, 2007
Goodbye Marti (maybe)...
So the news is in... city attorney Randy Nelson annonced in committee today that there is cause to oust councilwoman Marti Rutherford. He filed suit in court this morning. Soon after Rutherford's attorney filed a suit to keep her on the council.
**Update**
I recommend you all go here and scroll down until you see the text of the suit filed by city attorney Nelson. It's long, but a very interesting read. Pay particular attention to items 19 through 38.
Posted by hpadam at 08:35 PM | Comments (0)
September 23, 2007
Throwing-up all over Chattablogs...
What does everyone thing about limiting the number of posts from a single blog that are allowed to show up in the blog roll in one day? I'm kidding of course. It's just that I was taught good things come in moderation.
Whether it's pizza, bratwurst or doughnuts, when you have too much of them the results are the same. Throw-up everywhere.
This talk about moderation reminds me of Margaret's Cho's mother.
Posted by hpadam at 04:24 PM | Comments (2)