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Entries from May 2004

Integrity v The United States of America

May 6th, 2004 · 40 Comments

On May 6, 1994, a sexual harassment lawsuit was filed. This in itself was not remarkable. The Plaintiff herself was not remarkable, not in comparison to the Defendant:The President of the United States

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Tags: Politics-In-General

Free Speech And Common Sense: First Casualties In First Amendment Debates

May 5th, 2004 · 1 Comment

The debate about the First Amendment has remained lively since Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl “incident”. The FCC, supported by the administration and many right-wing Christian groups, has reacted by increasing the fines per “obscene” incident. The increases are enough that even Corporate America is taking notice. The result is that those who make a living […]

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Tags: Constitutional Issues · Freedom of Speech

Kerry’s Next Battle: His Past

May 4th, 2004 · 36 Comments

“What is going to happen on Tuesday is an event that is really historical in dimension,” John O’Neill, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Navy as a PCF (Patrol Craft Fast) boat commander, told CNSNews.com. “We have 19 of 23 officers who served with [Kerry]. We have every commanding officer he ever had in […]

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Tags: 2004 Presidential Election

Cognitive Dissonnance (Resolved)

May 3rd, 2004 · No Comments

Tonight, as I was taking a break from studying the incredibly fascinating (not) world of Property law for my final examination in that subject tomorrow, I tuned in to C-SPAN 2. (Yes, I hear you now, “You call that a break?”) Minister Louis Farrakhan was speaking. Brace yourselves. This will not be a short post.

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Tags: Politics-In-General · Social Issues

Can Howard Stern Deliver the Election to John Kerry?

May 3rd, 2004 · 4 Comments

It’s hard to imagine two stranger bedfellows: Howard Stern and John Kerry. And it was Janet Jackson that arranged it. Only in America ………

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Tags: 2004 Presidential Election · Constitutional Issues · Politics-In-General · Social Issues

Parents: The Anti-Drug

May 2nd, 2004 · 3 Comments

In my town, there are bulletin boards all over the place that say, “Parents: The Anti-Drug.” These encourage parents to talk to their children about drugs, in order to keep them safe. But parents are overlooking a far greater danger. [T]here’s the question of vote preferences ? a more fanciful one, since the voting age […]

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Tags: Politics-In-General

Señor No Answer Today

May 2nd, 2004 · 4 Comments

The Unspun Zone™ has been blessed the last week by recurrent visits from Nat Dawson of Florida, better known to several of us who have been responding to his comments on another post as “Señor No Answer Today.” After reading the conversation there, my wife has repeatedly said that I’m “like a cat with a […]

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Tags: Blogs & Blogging · Politics-In-General