Posted on March 3rd, 2007 by Stephanie
The comment just wasn’t that funny, honey. I don’t care how much the audience laughed when you joked that you’d call John Edwards a faggot if it weren’t for the fact that you’d have to go into rehab for using that word. The “joke” is frankly offensive and childish.
Garbage like that is a symptom of [...]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Stephanie
Ohio is considering issuing green license plates to habitual, child-oriented sexual offenders. It’s an interesting concept, and really gets into whether or not habitual offenders ought to be labeled in some way. The Scarlet Letter immediately came to my mind upon reading this. Except the crime is far more horrendous.
Ohio already has a similar law [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2007 by Stephanie
“Rabbit season!” “Duck season!” That old cartoon argument immediately comes to mind when I see people arguing about which candidate is best, who should run, etc. So much of what is said in politics boils down to arguments that really aren’t much better than the one between Bugs and Daffy. Lots of noise, little care [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2007 by Stephanie
I just read about one of those tragedies that should have been very, very preventable if only this country worked harder on providing coverage for the poor. A young man in Maryland died due to a brain infection that was the result of a tooth abscess.
Health coverage in the United States for the poor is [...]
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Filed under: Health and Fitness, Politics