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43rd State Blues: Democracy for Ida (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
With rumours brewing that the Dirkmeister (former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne) is mulling a run for president, it is a good time to revisit some speculation that has been around for years. It may seem superfluous to trudge the rumour mill. However, when one mentioned whispers regarding the behavior of a certain former United States Senator from Idaho, how many of us heard the retort: Larry Craig...
End Bigotry in Venango County (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
This Article Raises Issues That Starkly Resemble Problems That Continue To Plague Venango County's Franklin High School By Tony Dokoupil for Newsweek: Teachers are supposed to prevent harassment of students. But in a controversial case, they were allegedly the harassers. Alex Merritt was not used to being the butt of jokes. Solidly built with a smooth face and shaved blond hair, he cruised to junior...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
AP Photo/Tim Roske, File During State Senator Hiram Monserrate's assault trial , a nurse testified that his girlfriend Karla Giraldo begged that he not be allowed into the room where doctors were examining the cuts on her face, saying, "He's crazy! He's crazy!" And an ER doctor testified that Giraldo yelled, "I can’t believe he did this to me! My face! My face! I can’t believe...
Tennessee Guerilla Women (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Outrage is the controversial documentary about the tactic of outing the hypocritical closeted gay politicians who harm and destroy the lives of gays and lesbians with homophobic rhetoric, policy and legislation. Outrage features Republican politicos such as former Idaho senator Larry Craig and former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevy. The film presents evidence supporting the contention that potential...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
The thing about writing parodies of the Christian right is that so often they are completely believable. From the geniuses at ChristWire , talking about Mike Rogers' outing of South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer: That’s where flamboyant blogger with bulge of bias Mike Rogers toe taps in. He lubed his way into the national consciousness by bringing down idyllic Senator Larry Craig and wise-as-a-whip...
The Invent Blog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
I was listening to the most recent episode of the Kennedy-Mighell report (legal technology podcast) earlier today and was shocked to hear Tom Mighell report that law blogging (at least “starting a law blog”) seems to have peaked, with fewer and fewer new law blogs starting every year. It shocked me, but now that [...] Related posts: Idaho’s Podcasting U.S. Senator Too funny. I just...
Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Reading through the comments here and here and here I'm reminded of the many suggestive parallels between arguments about body diversity and those regarding sexual orientation. To simplify a great deal, I'd say fat rights are where gay rights were at 30 or 40 years ago. Elaborating: (1) Pathological disease/syndrome versus natural non-pathological ("healthy") variation. As most people know,...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig has opened a consulting firm and says he's focusing on energy issues.
Tennessee Guerilla Women (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
Sexist Quote of the Day … As Hunter [S. Thompson] said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Sarah Palin makes Mark Foley, the congressman who sent filthy emails to pages look almost normal. She makes David Vitter, the senator who was hanging out with hookers, look almost boring. She makes Larry Craig, caught hitting on a cop in a men’s room, look almost stable....
Above the Law (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Remember the Ninth Circuit Curse? We wrote about it back in 2007, noting that "anyone who tries to mess with the Mighty Ninth eventually finds himself (or herself) in deep doo-doo." Several politicians who have advocated splitting the Ninth Circuit -- a sprawling court that can be challenging to administer, to be sure -- have found themselves in some form of trouble or another. E.g., Senators...
Underbelly (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
I'm enjoying the hypocrisy hoedown over the blowdried prince of Vegas, Senator John Ensign , as much as anybody, but I do want to use the occasion for say a good word for an institution too much derided: Promise Keepers. Remember Promise Keepers? That's the outfit, founded by a former football coach under the motive power of evangelical Christianity, devoted to helping men learn to straighten up and...
Gay Opinion Blog (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
Ron Hart California, that liberal, big spending, high-tax state that is going broke, found time last week to intrude in yet another area mucked up by its high-minded attempts at control: gay marriage. Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, was narrowly passed by California voters. Even metro-sexual liberal Republican Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger came out against gay marriage. I found that...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 05/12/2009
Enabling homophobia is still the MSM editorial standard. A review by NPR's Nathan Lee of the new documentary "Outrage" was sliced and diced to remove the names of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former Senator Larry Craig from it, resulting in Lee removing his byline. This is the real outrage -- the MSM's pervasive homophobic double standard of protecting closeted pols as a private matter...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
OK, so who is Alex Rodriguez's adviser, Lindsay Lohan? Larry Craig? Michael Vick and Roger Clemens?
NO QUARTER (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
It was everything you would expect from the first round of a March Madness Tournament. Upsets, buzzer beaters, overtime and blowouts. Hard fouls, sharp elbows, long distance bombs and Larry Craig’s legendary wide stance. The battle for the No Quarter Trophy is underway. One National Champion will be named. The [...]
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