. . . the Louisiana legislature and Governor Blanco have enacted and signed into law an act which would ban nearly all abortions if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned. There is an exception for the health of the mother, but not for rape/incest.
Reuters storyI'm pro-life myself, but it seems to me that Louisiana has more pressing problems now than ( Read more... )

Appearance is not everything. But sometimes ( Read more... )

Pakistani Rape Victim Learns, Teaches and Weeps as She Goes

One person can make a difference.

- Sue

It's not.

Our local paper really does have a headline today that reads "Happy man found dead after car leaves roadway".

It makes sense, sort of, when you know that Happy is a nearby small town. Still, you'd think someone would have realized the inappropriateness of the headline.

SI.com - MLB - Bonds: Congress wasting time on steroids - Tuesday September 20, 2005 9:34PMWhat a self-serving load of crap. Katrina (and Rita) is not a smokescreen to hide behind. My opinion of Mr. Bonds just dropped considerably which is difficult, considering it was quite low to begin with. Taking advantage of a catastrophe like this makes ( Read more... )

I have received an e-mail from my sister about the man-made disaster in NOLA. Not the turf battles and such that have made the local, state, and federal response too little too late, but the "welfare state". Most of the e-mail doesn't bear repeating. ::sigh:: But ( Read more... )

Police Kill Five As Contractors Attacked

I just don't understand this. (Not the police shooting the gunmen; it's the gunmen attckeing people who are trying to repair the damage that's beyond comprehension)

I hope I never do...

- Sue

I have no doubt that New Orleans will be rebuilt ( Read more... )

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This just in:Jackson accuser's mom charged with fraud

Well, she won't be able to share a jail cell with MJ since he got off (largely thanks to her total lack of credibility). Maybe she'll get a cell with Anna Ayala. Just imagine the lovely money-making schemes that pair would come up with!

Doesn't this sound like some kind of bogus fictional job? And they need more than one of them?

I found it here:
Skateboarder Clears Great Wall of China
"A crowd of several thousand people, including China's ministers of extreme sports and culture, gathered at the Ju Yong Guan Gate"[Emily Litella Voice]Actually, I suppose that was meant to refer ( Read more... )