So, you may have heard...

Sep 09, 2008 21:07

That Wasilla under Mayor Palin charged rape victims for their own rape kits. Until 2000, when then-Governor Knowles signed a law saying they couldn't do that anymore.

While the Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies have covered the cost of exams, which cost between $300 to $1,200 apiece, the Wasilla police department does ( Read more... )

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o4fuxache September 10 2008, 03:14:41 UTC
There's no appropriate response to this.
BRB off to vomit. Hate hate hate.

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thisficklemob September 10 2008, 04:04:51 UTC
Pretty much. I was able to discuss it rationally mostly because I found out yesterday.

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koljeff September 10 2008, 03:50:40 UTC
Woah, fuck. How is it that anyone who supports, much less enacts, such outright nasty policies gets picked to be a potential VP of anything except the Mean-Spirited Motherfucker Party?

In completely unrelated news, and I almost feel bad throwing this in in such an inappropriate place, I thought you might be interested to know: I heard a radio ad today for McCain, talking about Obama's policies (I wasn't paying close enough attention to the start of it to catch specifically which policies) that said, I swear, word-for-word, "That's not change. That's more of the same." Seriously? You guys get to steal from Joe Biden, now?

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thisficklemob September 10 2008, 04:07:46 UTC
Funny thing, the GOP considered changing its name to the Mean-Spirited Motherfucker Party, but decided against it because the profanity would offend the religious right (even though they're among the meanest of the motherfuckers).

That's bogglesome; however, it's hardly the most despicable McCain ad I've heard about today.

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koljeff September 10 2008, 04:34:47 UTC
Wow. Sick.

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