Always something
J. and I are frequently bemused by people choosing to stick on their cars bumper stickers that become obsolete within a few months. We have a running list of bumper stickers that would never become obsolete, which includes "People for the Separation of Us and Them" and "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention," because there is always something in the daily news to outrage and appall.
This morning's entries:
Homeland Security raids a New Bedford garment factory, deporting a couple hundred illegal Latina seamstresses without ensuring that their children had adequate care, resulting in the hospitalization of two breastfed infants and various other idiocies, while the moms are in detention centers in Texas and New Mexico. State DSS reps are flying out there to try to straighten things out and figure out how many kids are on their own this week. Meanwhile, the owner of the factory is out on bail and working to find replacement workers to fulfill the $83 million contract to make backpacks for the US govt. Details here and here. Another for the list of recent incidents involving complete lack of communication between various government agencies. "Tonight I strike! The right hand will never know what hit it!"
In other news, Newt Gingrich has admitted that he was having an affair with a congressional aide during the time he was doing his best to pin Clinton to the wall over the Lewinsky thing. But he's decided that he's not really a hypocrite. And yet, "Gingrich remains wildly popular among many conservatives" who I suppose aren't hypocrites either. Apparently he's still considering whether or not to make a run for the presidency.
This morning's entries:
Homeland Security raids a New Bedford garment factory, deporting a couple hundred illegal Latina seamstresses without ensuring that their children had adequate care, resulting in the hospitalization of two breastfed infants and various other idiocies, while the moms are in detention centers in Texas and New Mexico. State DSS reps are flying out there to try to straighten things out and figure out how many kids are on their own this week. Meanwhile, the owner of the factory is out on bail and working to find replacement workers to fulfill the $83 million contract to make backpacks for the US govt. Details here and here. Another for the list of recent incidents involving complete lack of communication between various government agencies. "Tonight I strike! The right hand will never know what hit it!"
In other news, Newt Gingrich has admitted that he was having an affair with a congressional aide during the time he was doing his best to pin Clinton to the wall over the Lewinsky thing. But he's decided that he's not really a hypocrite. And yet, "Gingrich remains wildly popular among many conservatives" who I suppose aren't hypocrites either. Apparently he's still considering whether or not to make a run for the presidency.