The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
Let’s see, not okay to let a woman in persistent vegatative state die even when court after court had heard testimony this was her desire, but okay to hasten death for terminally ill children because their parents’ can’t afford to pay?
Read moreWell, the chief arbiters of life and death here in Florida are at it again. The Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) has spent time and resources unsucessfully attempting to keep a 13 year old girl in their care from having an abortion.
Read moreWell, the chief arbiters of life and death here in Florida are at it again. The Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) has spent time and resources unsucessfully attempting to keep a 13 year old girl in their care from having an abortion.
Read moreIt scares me that people in this country (lots of people apparently) still find Pat Robertson relevant. I serious think the guy has a mental problem. Robertson claimed the other day that federal judges are a more serious threat to America than Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 terroristst.
Read moreAP reports, “a provision in a House-passed energy bill would require federal compensation to private companies for costs associated with oil and gas leases that can’t be developed.” Specifically, the provision states that “if a permit denial or some other government action prevents a lease from being explored or developed,” taxpayers will be responsible for forking over billions to the oil companies to “compensate” them.
Read moreThere is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy.
Read moreI found the following at A Scrivener’s Lament. The is the website for Delilah Boyd, who was kind enough to cite an article from this website in her weekly Blog Box column at Democraticunder.com which has over 60,000 subscribers. This was just too funny not to spread around. REPUBLICAN DICTIONARY
Read moreAn appeals committee has reversed a clergy court verdict in the case of Irene Elizabeth “Beth” Stroud. The Northeastern Jurisdiction Committee on Appeals announced its decision at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time today, after hearing Stroud’s appeal April 28. Stroud lost her credentials as a United Methodist minister on Dec. 2 after a clergy trial, which stemmed from her acknowledgment that she is a practicing lesbian.
Read moreLast night, President Bush said the “whole goal” of his Social Security plan was to make sure ” nobody retired in poverty.” Bush’s sudden concern about “poverty” is touching, but millions of Americans could use the help before they retire. In President Bush’s first term, poverty rose for three straight years, especially for children.
Read moreRyan Dobson has written a new book, just in time to take full advantage of pre-Rapture shopping season. “Be Intolerant” is the title of this soon to be classic primer on hate and it is clearly aimed at the rather vacuous minds of hip, young, evangelical dudes and chicks everwhere.
Read moreFormer Vice President Al Gore says the GOP push to dismantle the filibuster is part of a larger movement to undermine the founding principles of the United States.
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