POLITICAL WHORES DECRY IMAGINARY PIMPS

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POLITICALLY AMBITIOUS STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL
GANG UP ON CRAIGSLIST

SEX FOR SALE ON THE INTERNET
HURTS LOCAL POL'S BACKERS' BUSINESS



Every State Already Has Plenty Of Ho's In The Yellow Pages,
In The Newspapers, In The Hotels And In The Streets

Headline-grabbing political attention-whores are trying to bring down Craigslist for being a bastion of freedom on the World Wide Web. Craigslist is a very simple website that allows anyone to post anything, for free. There is no company censorship on the bare-bones website. Craigslist users very effectively, some might say TOO effectively, patrol the site and "flag" spam and other objectionable content. Adult-oriented personal ads are behind a warning page which requires you to affirm that you are over 18 before you can view the ads.

The ads on Craigslist are far from explicit. There is no gross porn or scary solicitation on the site. No one openly advertizes sex for money, so you have no way of knowing who the pro's are. You have to email them or click on their links, and then I guess they give you a sales pitch. It's really no different than any other situation out there in real life. You have to go looking for a prostitute, and they have to somehow let you know they're available without getting busted.

Most towns and cities have working girls and guys in "massage parlors," buy-me-drinkee bars, peep shows, strip joints, hotels, motels, or advertising in the classifieds, the personals, the sports and cars sections of the local newspapers, or in the Yellow Pages, under "Models" or "Entertainers" or "Escorts" or whatever. The johns know where to find them, and they always have. They don't call it "the oldest profession" for nothing.

The fact that sex between consenting adults should ever be illegal under any circumstances is kind of absurd to begin with. First of all, it's impossible to stop, and most cops don't even try, except at election time. Anyway, whose business is it, besides the participating adults? OK, their signifigant others, if they have any. But that's a personal problem. Public health is an issue, and so are crime and violence. But those issues could be resolved better by legalising and regulating than by chasing people around in back alleys, and driving both ho's & johns into the arms of pimps. If people are concerned about how it looks, or who might be getting dragged into it, regulation is really the only answer. Otherwise, as outlaws, they go where they want to go and do what they want to do, with whomever. The system now is nothing but chaos and corruption.

It's bloody obvious that the lowest of political-wannabees inhabit the offices of our public prosecutors at every level. They're always looking to make headlines that will give them the name recognition for a run at higher office. Rudy Giuliani is the best, and the worst, example. He spent years chasing headlines with his racketeering investigations. He locked up a few of the more obvious mooks, like John Gotti, after decades of the "Dapper Don" flaunting his criminal lifestyle. Gotti got busted, finally, but the Mafia lives on. Giuliani lives on, too, in everyone's political nightmares. But he's the role model for guys like the AG's nationwide who are after Craigslist now.

Guaranteed, these scumbag government lawyers have the backing of their local advertising media and traditional prostitution venues like hotels and bars: Poor little Craigslist's free service is kicking their greedy asses. Desperate people trying to sell a car or meet a husband, find a job or ge a ride somewhere can reach out and touch someone anywhere in the world for free. Other services have tried to do the same thing online for lots of money, but Craig sticks to the original Internet model of freedom and free stuff. How he pays his bills, I don't know. He has started to charge some businesses in the bigger cities for using his service, which was getting choked by realtors' ads in NY & SF. Otherwise, it's a minimalist freeby, and that really chafes the newspaper moguls and telephone directory pushers. They charge a fortune for what Craig gives away.

Kinda makes you wonder if it isn't the big pimps trying to put the little ho's out of business by banning Craigslist. Girls & guys who can advertise for themselves and stay off the streets and out of the bordellos don't need pimps. Whether it's actual prostitutes that the rich & powefully greedy are after now, or everyone who threatens their money-based model, the effect is the same: Going after Craig for something other people are making money off of locally all over the world is ridiculous and hypocritical. We should investigate these DA's and AG's, not our Craigy.


THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
"AGs v. Craigslist: Putting the Bully Back Into Bully Pulpit"
Lotta A(G)-holes out there, hunh?

' Attorney General Henry McMaster has no case. Neither do AGs Lynch or Blumenthal. And neither does Sheriff Dart, as craigslist explained Monday in their motion to dismiss his March lawsuit. While the AGs may wish it was not so, federal law protects craigslist and no amount of posturing will change that fact. And that's a good thing. The existence of sites that rely on third party content depends on strong uniform legal protections against liability based on material posted by users. If site operators were forced to screen all third party contributions under risk of civil or criminal penalty, the Internet would lose many of the vibrant services that have made it so dynamic. The problem would be further compounded if, as these state AGs now suggest, each state was able to put together its own wish list instructing website operators how to treat third party content. Under such a radical re-envisioning, the Internet would ultimately become the province of rich and cautious media companies who would actively serve as gatekeepers to decide whether and how users could engage with the world. The AGs are wrong to promote such a profound change... and out of line to suggest that such a legal world already exists. '

THE REGISTER
"Federal judge muzzles Craigslist-threatening AG"
Running for Governor, eh? He just put a cyber-target on his own back! Get him, voters!

' A federal judge has ruled South Carolina's attorney general must keep his mouth shut about threatening to prosecute Craigslist over ads for prostitution. US District Judge Weston Houck granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary judgment against Attorney General Henry McMaster on Friday to "refrain from initiating or pursuing any prosecution against craigslist or its officer" in regards to content posted on the site. McMaster is currently the subject of a lawsuit from Craigslist over his publicized threats to launch a criminal investigation against the online classified website for allegedly aiding and abetting prostitution. Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster claims the website isn't liable for content posted by third parties based on First Amendment free speech rights and under Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act. Section 230 essentially states that providers of interactive computer services aren't considered publishers of information provided by their users for purposes of legal liability. McMaster, who is considering a run for governor next year, intriguingly declared the lawsuit against his office "good news," saying it "shows that craiglist is taking the matter seriously for the first time." '

CNET NEWS
"Report: So. Carolina AG never prosecuted prostitution case"
So, "the volume of ads made Craigslist a threat"? To whom, the newspapers? The Yellow Pages? The No-Tell Motel? Using your office to drum up campaign contributions, there, Henry? Say, isn't that a CRIME???!!!

' One thing is for sure, if a story reported yesterday is accurate, Henry McMaster, the attorney general for South Carolina is no expert at fighting prostitution. Earlier this month, McMaster threatened Craigslist with criminal prosecution if the online classifieds site, did not do more to remove prostitution ads on its site. But according to a report by The Associated Press, McMaster said Thursday he has "never handled a single such case in more than six years as the state's top prosecutor." "I don't think this office has handled any prostitution prosecutions ever," McMaster was quoted by the AP. "This is something different. This is against the biggest want ads Web site in the world." The AP spoke to Ann Bartow, a professor of Internet law at the University of South Carolina's School of Law. She said: "McMaster's decision to take on Craigslist and not local newspapers that advertise escort services suggests political motivations." Craigslist has always said that the site was far more tame compared with many newspaper and competing online classified publications. McMaster, however argued that the volume of the prostitution ads made Craigslist a bigger threat. '

THE VILLAGE VOICE
"The Wrong Way to Get Screwed: Reporter Fired for Exposing Whorehouse"
Just a buncha good old boys & gals-fer-hire. From the local sheriff.

' Marlboro County, South Carolina, is a poor, rural swath of land where cotton is king and scandals are few and far between. Driving south on the highway out of Bennettsville, a passerby might not notice a quiet old motel with half a dozen trucks and pickups in the parking lot. But according to the online World Sex Guide, the Trucker's Motel is an "excellent old-time whorehouse" where rednecks routinely size up the girls at the bar and arrange to meet privately in the bungalows out back. Tim Bullard sought a different kind of gratification when he investigated the Trucker's Motel for the local Florence Morning News in the fall of 1994. Based on interviews with local, state, and federal agents, Bullard alleged that the motel had been operating as a brothel for 30 years, and suggested that the owner or owners would never be prosecuted because Southern justice has limited funds and a soft spot for prostitution. South Carolina is well-known for corruption; video gambling flourished there in the 1990s. But Bullard could not have guessed how much trouble he'd get into for exposing the alleged whorehouse. In the course of a year, Florence Morning News managing editor Frank Sayles killed the story, an anonymous caller told Bullard, "You're a dead man," and the newspaper sent him packing. '

THE SUN NEWS MYRTLE BEACH ONLINE
"BIZFINDER: Dating Escort & Introduction Services"
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Our advertizers are hookers! Buy our paper! The Governor does!

' 6. Aardvark Dial A Blonde Phone: 843-293-77-- Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 Distance: 7.2 mi. Categories: Dating Escort & Introduction Services '

YELLOWPAGES.COM
"Escort Service, Columbia, South Carolina"
Wow! Links to maps, websites, hours & payment info! Shoot, it ain't THAT hard out there for a Pimp in McMaster's jurisdiction!

' A Amy's Wild and Sexy Phone Babes: Serving the Columbia Area * (800) 817-44-- Beautiful girls waiting for you...Call us toll free Any way you want it...Any time you like * More Info: * Payment Methods * Hours of Operation '

SUPERPAGES.COM
"Search: "EROTIC," Charleston, SC"
Let your genitals do the walking!

' #6 Thee Southern Belle Gentlemens 202- Pittsburgh Avenue, # B, North Charleston, SC 29405 zip code www.theesouthernbel--.com * PhonePhone * | * Map it ' [linked website not safe for work]

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SAVE TRADITIONAL OREOS

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THE INSTITUTION OF COOKIES IS THREATENED BY GAY OREOS

Gay Oreo Sex

A HINT OF MINT, THE VULGAR "DOUBLE-STUFF," AND GOD HELP US, EVEN CHOCOLATE OREOS!

Molester Oreo

Protect Our Children From These Lifestyle Choices: Even The Slightest Change Could Cause All Cookies To Crumble!

Fellow Christians and cookie worshippers, I have a sad tale to tell you. Perhaps you already know it: Our streets and our supermarkets have been overrun by purveyors of the homosexual snack agenda. That's right, brothers and sisters, the gays are in the aisles we once cherished, turning frozen pizza into panini, substituting arugula for iceberg, and warping our society's delicatessen values to conform to standards that can only be called "French" [shudder]. Where once there was good old American liverwurst, there is now only pâté . Instead of macaroni salad, sexually ambiguous "deli-istas" are purveying hummus. Could they BE any more obvious? Isn't "Hummus" just French for "homos"? Why else would they suddenly start wear prophylactic gloves just to serve up slaw and Swiss cheese? Can I get an "AMEN!!!," people?

B&D Oreos

Praise Jesus, the Republican Party is on top of this, brothers and sisters. The matter of the gay Oreos has been taken up by the Party Chairman himself, Michael Steele. Even though he is at least in part an Afro mulatto black mocha negro African-American colored person of some sort, Chairman Steele is personally offended by the gay Oreos and has pledged the full resources of the GOP, which means those of the entire global corporate world, to defending traditional Oreos. The Defend Intact Traditional Oreos Act is just baby steps away from becoming law, if the deeply perverted mint-Oreo sucking Demoqueers don't stop it. Throw your teabags out the window and shout, "I'm straight as Hell, and I'm not gonna take it up the wazoo!" [Open the window, first.] OUR CHILDREN WILL DIE GODLESS HOMOS IF YOU DON'T!!!!

S&M Oreos

What can you do? Well, it seems like these days a white Christian traditional-Oreo-loving conservative man or woman's vote just doesn't mean a thing. Thank God we managed to preserve the Second Amendment. We are recommending that every true American, by which we mean straight white Christians, download the attached Gun Stamps to purchase discounted firearms for the coming apocalypse, or, as we are rebranding it, Krystal Night, in honor of DITO spokesperson Krystal-Honey Von Nudenbacher, Miss Utah in the Miss Christian Hooters beauticians-college scholarship pageant, who was recently denied her Tenth Amendment right to secede from the union by gay homosexual bloggers only because she has accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior. She also needs a little help with the drug charges.

Gun Stamps

Fellow white Christian heterosexuals, we know you will do your part as a church-going member of the NRA. Contact your local militia leader in the bar at the VFW, and sign on to our heavily armed crusade to Defend Intact Traditional Oreos, or DITOS. If you can contribute one hundred thousand dollars or more, you will achieve instant Junior DITO-head status, and qualify for preferred seating at the Rapture. You and your loved ones will be guaranteed a place in an all white Christian heterosexual American section of Heaven, in a shining city high on a hill where you can see the Russians, the Democrats and the Homos in Hell.

But wait! There's MORE!! If you act now, you will receive absolutely free of charge a one year subsription to GOP Chairman Steele's personal newsletter, "Traditional Oreo Journal." Operators are standing by, somewhere in Bangladesh.
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OBAMA IS NOT AMERICAN

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"BECAUSE, LIKE, HAWAII IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY"

YOUTUBE
"Obama is not a American citizen We Will not take it anymore"
Uncle Tom's Cabin Fever.


CONSERVATIVES DISENFRANCHISE AMERICAN HEROES

Hawaii Boys Who Fought & Died For Freedom: Medal Of Honor Heroes
Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetary of The Pacific

"Lotta furrin-soundin' names here, Yawl SURE these boys is Murkins?" Well, they fooled the President of the United States, if they're not. While Republicans have been hiding safe at home, Hawaii men and women have been fighting for their freedom, and dying in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Vietnam, Korea, WW2, WW1... Auwe!

PREVIOUS EVIDENCE OF OBAMA's "NON-CITIZENSHIP."

HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE BLOG
"Obama born in Hawaii = not a natural born U.S. citizen? "
Yes, the Baltic precedents always rule, here. What would Latvia do, that is ALWAYS the question we Americans must ask ourselves.

' Ponder this, from the U.S. Constitution: No person except a natural born citizen [...] shall be eligible to the office of Presiden. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. If you consider the history and believe that Hawaii is not legally a part of the United States, as many do, then one might ask, is Obama a natural born citizen of the United States? One could even make the argument that being born in Hawaii, he's a Hawaiian national! I believe the most compelling legal analysis based on Hawaiian kingdom and international law and precedent, is that the Hawaiian national population today is comprised of descendants of Hawaiian subjects and those foreigners who were born in the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1898. But it is a gray area that obviously hasn't been tested. In looking at the Baltic states as what I believe is the most apt comparison, Latvia and Estonia adopted this approach, with only descendants of citizens and persons born in the country prior to the occupation being citizens, while Lithuania adopted a more inclusive approach, providing those born in the country subsequent to the occupation with the option of citizenship as well. Could Obama have the option of becoming a Hawaiian national at some point in the future as the transition unfolds? '

HONOLULU STAR BULLETIN
"Hawaii’s fallen warriors"
The Hawaii Medal Of Honor: Aloha for the koa.

' Lawmakers will pay tribute to service members who have died in the past year by awarding the Hawaii Medal of Honor. Since the medal was conceived in 2005, lawmakers have awarded 120 medals in 2007 and 67 last year to surviving spouses and family members. Takai, in a House floor speech earlier this month, said, "It has almost been five years since the war on terrorism began. While there continues to be much debate for and against this war, there is no debate about the tremendous sacrifices made by our service members and their families." He added, "In the past five years, the war against terrorism has changed our world and our lives in a profound way. Ultimately, it's not about politics, it's not about money and it's not even about winning. It's all about the families and their loved ones and what these brave men and women sacrificed to our country." Among the 19 families who will be present Tuesday will be Regina and Fabian Gagalac, whose son, Sgt. Alexander Gagalac, would have celebrated his 29th birthday on Friday. Gagalac was killed Sept. 9, 2007, just weeks before he was to return home. He died in Al Hawijah, Iraq, from injuries sustained from a rocket-propelled grenade while on a combat patrol. Gagalac, a Leilehua High School graduate, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was serving his second combat tour in Iraq when he was killed. On Good Friday, nearly three dozen of the Gagalac family and the mother's side of the family gathered at his Punchbowl grave site to celebrate his birthday and that of this twin brother, Alexis. Both brothers were in Iraq at the same time in 2004 -- Alexander with the 25th Division and Alexis with the 1st Stryker Combat Brigade, sent from Fort Lewis, Wash. Alexis Gagalac left the Army and re-enlisted into the Hawaii Army National Guard and was assigned to Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry. Regina Gagalac said the last time she saw her son Alexander was when he was home on leave last year and celebrated his 28th birthday. The death of his twin brother has also deeply affected Alexis Gagalac, who has left the Hawaii Army National Guard and will transfer to the Hawaii Air National Guard. He visits his brother's grave site every day, carefully tending to it as he did on Friday when he removed a small American flag because it was tattered and replaced it with a newer one. '

HOME OF THE HEROES (HAWAII)
"The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to"
Francis is still the only Chinese-American ever to have won the Congressional Medal of Honor: Salute Capt. Wai.

' *Wai, Francis B.
Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Army, Headquarters, 34th Infantry. Place and date: Leyte, Philippine Islands, 20 October 1944. Born: 14 April 1917, Honolulu, Hawaii. Entered service at: Honolulu, Hawaii.
Citation:
Captain Francis B. Wai distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action, on 20 October 1944, in Leyte, Philippine Islands. Captain Wai landed at Red Beach, Leyte, in the face of accurate, concentrated enemy fire from gun positions advantageously located in a palm grove bounded by submerged rice paddies. Finding the first four waves of American soldiers leaderless, disorganized, and pinned down on the open beach, he immediately assumed command. Issuing clear and concise orders, and disregarding heavy enemy machine gun and rifle fire, he began to move inland through the rice paddies without cover. The men, inspired by his cool demeanor and heroic example, rose from their positions and followed him. During the advance, Captain Wai repeatedly determined the locations of enemy strong points by deliberately exposing himself to draw their fire. In leading an assault upon the last remaining Japanese pillbox in the area, he was killed by its occupants. Captain Wai's courageous, aggressive leadership inspired the men, even after his death, to advance and destroy the enemy. His intrepid and determined efforts were largely responsible for the rapidity with which the initial beachhead was secured. Captain Wai's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.
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HOME OF THE HEROES (HAWAII)
"The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to"
Hawaiian Superman, and just a Private.

' *PILILAAU, HERBERT K.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company C, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Pia-ri, Korea, 17 September 1951. Entered service at: Oahu, T.H. Born: 10 October 1928, Waianae, Oahu, T.H. G.O. No.: 58, 18 June 1952.
Citation:
Pfc. Pililaau, a member of Company C, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and outstanding courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. The enemy sent wave after wave of fanatical troops against his platoon which held a key terrain feature on "Heartbreak Ridge." Valiantly defending its position, the unit repulsed each attack until ammunition became practically exhausted and it was ordered to withdraw to a new position. Voluntarily remaining behind to cover the withdrawal, Pfc. Pililaau fired his automatic weapon into the ranks of the assailants, threw all his grenades and, with ammunition exhausted, closed with the foe in hand-to-hand combat, courageously fighting with his trench knife and bare fists until finally overcome and mortally wounded. When the position was subsequently retaken, more than 40 enemy dead were counted in the area he had so valiantly defended. His heroic devotion to duty, indomitable fighting spirit, and gallant self-sacrifice reflect the highest credit upon himself, the infantry, and the U.S. Army. '

HOME OF THE HEROES (HAWAII)
"The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to"
An engineer from the pineapple fields, who gave his life for his comrades.

' *KAWAMURA, TERRY TERUO
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, 173d Engineer Company, 173d Airborne Brigade, Republic of Vietnam. Place and date: Camp Radcliff, Republic of Vietnam, 20 March 1969. Entered service at: Oahu, Hawaii. Born. 10 December 1949, Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii.
Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Cpl. Kawamura distinguished himself by heroic action while serving as a member of the 173d Engineer Company. An enemy demolition team infiltrated the unit quarters area and opened fire with automatic weapons. Disregarding the intense fire, Cpl. Kawamura ran for his weapon. At that moment, a violent explosion tore a hole in the roof and stunned the occupants of the room. Cpl. Kawamura jumped to his feet, secured his weapon and, as he ran toward the door to return the enemy fire, he observed that another explosive charge had been thrown through the hole in the roof to the floor. He immediately realized that 2 stunned fellow soldiers were in great peril and shouted a warning. Although in a position to escape, Cpl. Kawamura unhesitatingly wheeled around and threw himself on the charge. In completely disregarding his safety, Cpl. Kawamura prevented serious injury or death to several members of his unit. The extraordinary courage and selflessness displayed by Cpl. Kawamura are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army. '

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CAN A MOONBEAM SAVE A MARRIAGE?

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LINDA RONDSTADT'S EX-BF SINGS "YOU & I TRAVEL TO THE SOUND OF A DIFFERENT DRUM"

GOLDEN STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKES A POSITION IN FAVOR OF GAY RIGHTS



FORMER CALIFORNIA GOV. JERRY BROWN SAYS PROP 8 "UNCONSTITUTIONAL"

Former talk-show host and son of former Governor Pat Brown [ante Reagan], former Governor Jerry Brown [post Reagan], the former Mayor who "saved" Oakland, is working to save thousands of formerly lawful gay marriages in the Bear Republic. Silent until now on his intent in bringing the new law before the California State Supreme Court, Jerry has come down on the side of equal rights for homosexual couples. His last-minute reversal left anti-gays no time to respond. Intentional, Jer'? Slick!

Gay-haters were caught off-balance by the move, but slime-master Ken Starr, the $60 million Presidential BJ detector, is already moving to invalidate same-sex nuptials performed before the passing of Proposition Eight in the November 2008 California State ballot initiative. Moonbeam & Starr will square off in Sacramento, before the same Court that legalized queer weddings in the first place. Right-wingers, who normally argue to suppress election results, will be trying to present the hatred, fear and dis-information-inspired vote as inviolable. Popular hero Brown will be making the point that inviolable rights are not subject to popularity contests, especially not unfair and demeaning ones. Memo to Starr: Never argue with a Jesuit.

Cali's learned Justices will make the call, but the issue is not likely to be finally resolved there. After their stinging rebuke in the national election, right-wingers may be trying to reorganize their demoralized forces around an old source of anger, fear, hatred and spite. Though they chose not to scapegoat gays before the general public this election year, doubtless realizing it could backfire, no such constraints exist with regard to their homophobic base now. A litigious run at the U.S. Supreme Court may be their last stand, before Obama gets a chance to put some non-Nazi's on the bench.

Ultimately, SCOTUS will have to decide to put centuries of precedent aside and invalidate the "Full Faith & Credit" Clause of the U.S. Constitution (which requires recognition of each State's laws & contracts by every other State), and the Equal Protection Amendment (XIV), which guarantees the same rights to all; or else legalize gay marriage by upholding the Constitution. Their only other other option would be to fudge the issue, or refuse to consider it, leaving us with a patchwork of State laws making a couple legally married in one State, but not in another, leading to endless inter-State squabbling and legal chaos. The fact is, there is no choice here. According to Federal law, same-sexers have the same right to civil marriage as heterosexuals, and all States must recognize that, eventually, in the name of human rights and common sense. But when? That's up to Scalia & Co, or whomsoever Obama may put in their places. Stay tuned.

Oh, and both Star & Moonbeam may be gay. Damn. Buried the lede again.


SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
"Brown: Invalidate Prop. 8"
JER-RY! JER-RY!! JER-RY!!!

' Saying Proposition 8 violates constitutionally protected liberties, Attorney General Jerry Brown on Friday asked the California Supreme Court to strike down the same-sex marriage ban, even as supporters filed a brief that would erase the legal recognition of couples married before Election Day. In a brief filed with the high court, the state top's lawyer argues for the first time that Proposition 8 should be invalidated, saying it is "inconsistent with the guarantees of individual liberty safeguarded" by the California Constitution. Brown had not taken a position on the measure until now. "There are certain rights that are not to be subject to popular votes, otherwise they are not fundamental rights," Brown said in an interview. "If every fundamental liberty can be stripped away by a majority vote, then it's not a fundamental liberty." Proposition 8 supporters on Friday further pumped up the wattage of the coming legal confrontation by naming Kenneth W. Starr, the former U.S. solicitor general and independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation against then-President Bill Clinton. Starr, dean of the law school at Pepperdine University, will argue the Yes on 8 case before the Supreme Court, in arguments that could begin as soon as March. '

FOX NEWS: KTUV2 OAKLAND, CA
"A.G. Brown Makes Legal U-Turn on Prop 8"
Making a U-turn is what you're supposed to do when you realize that you're going the wrong way, conservatives.

' Attorney General Jerry Brown made a legal u-turn on Friday on Proposition 8. He had been expected to defend the ban on same-sex marriage in front of the California Supreme Court. Friday was the deadline for supporters of the measure to respond to a lawsuit that argued Prop 8 is a revision of the constitution, not just an amendment.Instead the Attorney General's said when his office began looking at it they quickly decided it was an amendment. But they said they determined it was an unconstitutional one that violates a fundamental right to the pursuit of happiness. The attorney general's office determined it should be stuck down. '

NBC NEWS: BAY AREA TV
"Prop 8 Sponsors Want to Nix 18,000 Gay Marriages"
Redefining "mean-spirited."

' A new war of words over gay marriage erupted on Friday as the sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters last month approved the ballot initiative that outlawed gay unions. The Yes on 8 campaign filed a brief Friday arguing that because the new law holds that only marriages between a man and a woman are recognized or valid in California, the state can no longer recognize the existing same-sex unions. '

WIKIPEDIA
"Jerry Brown"
Gay in Oakland? Wow, that takes balls!

' Brown also had a long friendship with Lorenzo Jacques Barzaghi, his aide-de-camp, whom he met in the early 1970s and put on his payroll. According to author Roger Rapaport, writing in California Dreaming 1982, "this combination clerk, chauffeur, fashion consultant, decorator and trusted friend had no discernible powers. Yet late at night, after everyone had gone home to their families and TV consoles, it was Jacques who lingered in the Secretary (of state's) office." Barzaghi lived with Brown in the warehouse in Jack London Square, and was brought into Oakland city government upon Brown's election as mayor in 1998, where Barzaghi first acted as the mayor's armed bodyguard. Brown later awarded Barzaghi with high paying city jobs, including "Arts Director." Brown dismissed Barzaghi in July 2004. '

WIKIPEDIA
"Kenneth Starr"
They might BOTH be gay! This should be interesting.

' Though his judicial reputation earned him some note for three and a half years after his appointment[citation needed], particularly after his aggressive emphasis on engaging political issues in Arkansas — culminating in the fraud prosecution of then-sitting Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker and Clinton real estate investment partners James and Susan McDougal — Starr was accused of doing the bidding of Richard Mellon Scaife, who had funded a position at Pepperdine University that Starr first accepted but later relinquished. In 2004, he became the Dean of Pepperdine Law School.[16] Rumors began spreading that members of Starr's staff were gay, and Doug Ireland alleged in The Nation that White House aide Sidney Blumenthal was spreading them. Susan McDougal, in the book and film documentary The Hunting of the President, alleges that Starr's office pressured her to lie under oath in order to back up its allegations against Clinton. '

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HONOLULU POLICE ADMIT QUOTAS

FOUR SPEEDING TICKETS PER HOUR NOW REQUIRED BY HPD

The Funny Thing: It's The Cops Who Are Complaining



The deal in Hawaii is this: We don't pay much, but you don't have to do much. And take your time about it, we have lifetime employment here; in government, anyway. Teachers, judges, firemen and cops complain about low pay, and many leave for the hated Mainland. But those who stay don't expect to have to hustle to keep their jobs. The local teachers' union spends most of its' time fighting any sort of performance reviews, despite the fact that we are 48th in education, behind Alabama and Mississippi. But so are our teachers' salaries. Judges whine that they can't live on their measly $100,000+ annual salaries, although that is more than double the average household income here. And their job is basically part-time.

The cops are famous for standing around in big bunches doing nothing at every opportunity. Unlicensed bicycle? Twelve cops stand and talk about it for two hours. Then it's off to lunch. They start every shift by taking a meal break. Check any drive-in at 7-8am, 3-4pm or 11pm-12am. And don't look for them in the last hour of their shift, either. They're probably already back in the barn. But now some trouble-maker wants them to crank out thirty tickets every day, for the same low wages as always. Auwe!

This is funny because, for years, cops have been perjuring themselves in court by swearing that ticket quotas don't exist: Every ticket is given on its' own merits, for genuine "offenses." So, if they'll lie about why they gave the ticket in the first place, how can any of their testimony be taken seriously? Especally now that they have publically admitted that they have been lying in court for years? And THEY called the local TV news to report this.

They're being "forced" to ticket people for doing as little as five miles over the speed limit on the freeway, where the speed limit ranges from fifteen to fifty-five pretty much at random. This is after several Chiefs of Police have announced on our local television news over the years that they only start ticketing at ten miles over the limit. Fair and unbiased judges might have been inclined to throw out the manini little tickets before. Now they will all have to throw them out, at least for those "offenders" who can afford a legal representation.

The poor get public defenders for free, so they'll be OK. That just leaves the working poor and the already hard-squeezed middle classes, who don't qualify for legal aid, and can't afford real lawyers, to rack up these fines and these points against their driver's licenses. The real penalties will come when all of our already highest-in-the-nation (except for NJ) car insurance rates get jacked up because of these spurious tickets. And then there's the loss of jobs, or the failure to get one in the first place, since most employers require a "clean abstract," even for a desk job.

The brass at HPD probably don't care about this any more than they care about all the people they strand every time they close off the one road that goes in or out of the Windward or Leeward sides of the island. If they feel they have to spend eight or ten hours measuring the scene of an accident, or talking down an irate husband with a gun, or scaping body parts off the road, then a hundred thousand people can just sit there on the freeway and wait. They don't even bother to close the entrance ramps or post warnings: They just let traffic keep entering the closed roadway until it is jammed solid for twenty miles. The public be damned, it says on their cruisers. Well, it should. But it doesn't have to. We already know.


ABC NEWS: KITV-4 HONOLULU
"Officers Voice Concerns Over Ticket Quotas"

' Since the middle of October, traffic enforcement officers said supervisors have required them to ticket four motorists an hour for speeding during the three hours they usually spend on traffic enforcement. That's 12 speeding tickets required per motorcycle officer per shift and officers said they feel that's a quota. KITV has obtained an internal HPD memo that says: "For each hour of enforcement, the officer is expected to issue the number of speeding citations as set by the command." '

ABC NEWS: KITV-4 HONOLULU
"HPD Officers Say They Must Reach Quota"

' Many people said they think if they don't go more than 10 miles per hour over the speed limit police will not give them a ticket. But a KITV investigation has revealed new ticket quotas at the Honolulu Police Department have some officers writing speeding tickets to drivers going just a few miles per hour over the limit. Since October, police officers in the traffic enforcement division told KITV they have been required to give four speeding tickets an hour. To keep up with that quota, some officers said they're ticketing motorists for driving only a few miles over the speed limit. '

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