02 June, 2009

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The term human rights encompasses more than the political and legal.

"Government doesn’t provide services to rich people. It doesn’t even really provide services to the middle class. You have to cut where the money is.”
(Oh, really?!)

Instead of Dr. George Tiller, assassinated in his church Sunday, Randal Terry, Bill O'Reilly, and the like would rather have women subjected to this sort of scenario.

Don't even get me started on the absurdities that are the charges of racism against SCOTUS nominee Sotomayor. Yes, Rush, she's just like former KKK leader David Duke! My God, it's amazing! *sigh* You know things are screwy when Texas Sen. John Cornyn is a relative voice of reason. Wait...never mind. He chickened out.

Salaam.

Guns on Campus: Dead for Now

The 81st Session of the Texas Legislature closed yesterday with a lot of important business left unfinished. However, the bills that would have allowed concealed handgun license (CHL) carriers to bring weapons into college and university buildings is, thankfully, dead for this session. Some of us may no longer be students when the next session opens, but we'll continue to fight this along with the other members of the growing coalition opposed to guns in schools.

Salaam.