News from the 'Net
Fri May 09, 2008 at 10:57:21 AM PDT
So, what are the McCains hiding? Cindy McCain was asked about releasing her tax returns, on the Today show, and reiterated that she would never release them -- ever -- even if she becomes First Lady:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZi6...
We're All Hacks Atrios is right
It's important to remember that none of us are above the fray, that we all have hackish tendencies to suppress information which doesn't fit our worldview and privilege information that does. We're more likely to excuse behavior from people we like and exaggerate the ills of people we don't like. I try to fight hackish tendencies especially during this intra-Dem battle, but I don't claim to have superhuman Nonhack powers.
For the record, I make no effort to be above the fray nor any pretense of being fair or balanced. I'm not only a member of the Hack Club for Men, I'm the president. It's good to know your own filters....
More hackery below.
Real ID Protects YOU From IslamoCommieCathlicoNuns
Tue May 06, 2008 at 01:53:06 PM PDT
AdamB has the scoop:
How harmful was the Supreme Court's decision last week to allow Indiana to implement burdensome photo ID requirements for its voters?
This harmful, stupid and ridiculous:
About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.
Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away her fellow sisters at Saint Mary's Convent in South Bend, across the street from the University of Notre Dame, because they had been told earlier that they would need such an ID to vote.
The nuns, all in their 80s or 90s, didn't get one but came to the precinct anyway.
"One came down this morning, and she was 98, and she said, 'I don't want to go do that,'" Sister McGuire said. Some showed up with outdated passports. None of them drives.
They weren't given provisional ballots because it would be impossible to get them to a motor vehicle branch and back in the 10-day time frame allotted by the law, Sister McGuire said. "You have to remember that some of these ladies don't walk well. They're in wheelchairs or on walkers or electric carts."
I say Thank God somebody stopped those elderly, disabled nuns from voting. Give a sister the vote without photo ID, and the next thing you know, they're out on the streets advocating for homeless lepers, closing torture training centers, even getting rid of nuclear weapons. I mean, what's next? Teaching chastity, poverty and good grammar in our schools?