Murder. Rape. Computer piracy. According to Alberto Gonzales, these three acts are all worthy of the same punishment.

And, of course, the RIAA gets special treatment.

Jackass.

So in the mail today were two fliers from the Democratic Party of Virginia, urging us to vote, obviously, Democratic this coming Tuesday. (Although, technically, they’re probably postcards, as they are on heavier stock than most fliers, and conform to the general height-width ratio of a postcard.) One mailing was addressed to myself, the other to Jenny. Very similar wording and layout on both. Mine, however, includes verbiage from the Arlington Young Democrats, encouraging young people to vote.

Needless to say, I find their demographic targeting highly amusing.

Fantasy Congress.

I was going to say, “it’s like fantasy football, except that the people you’re playing with actually do something vital for the country”, but then I realized….no, they don’t.

Anyways, if you want to join the Filthy Filthy league, get in touch with either Jenny or myself, and we’ll hook you up.

Vote Yes For the Sake Of Marriage.

blah blah blah children blah blah blah traditional families blah blah blah

Seriously, just come right out and say it:

Vote Yes on #1, Because You Hate Fags

See how much easier that is? And it leaves no ambiguity about what you mean.

Potts Wages Final Campaign with a Vengeance

But Potts derides Kilgore’s plan to subject all tax increases to a referendum as a craven abdication of duty, and that goes for his idea to establish regional transportation authorities and require voters to OK new taxes for any projects they would launch.

“No. 1, ‘referendum’ is spelled ‘coward’ _ C-O-W-A-R-D,” Potts said, sneering in disgust.

“The referendum is Tuesday, Nov. 8. That’s when the next governor’s elected,” he said.

Mr. Sun’s roll your own Roberts nomination letter. Fun for the whole family!

Canada’s House of Commons votes to legalise same-sex marriage. Now, listening to the religious leaders here in America, I’m fully expecting the wrath of god to hit Canada in full-force, assuming their Senate approves the legislation. Will we be able to view the fireworks from our northern border states? Should they start setting up an asbestos wall of some sort to protect themselves?

The legislation applies to civic weddings at public places like city halls and courthouses. No religious groups will be forced to sanctify same-sex marriages if they don’t want to.

There, see. It’s like what I’ve been saying all along: The government should only concern itself with civil unions for whatever secular purposes it might serve, while marriage itself should be handled by churches for spiritual reasons. Then maybe everyone can shut the fuck up about it.

Next year, I’m asking for the day off (choose the EH version).

Found via Plogress, which has extremely useful RSS feeds detailing just what your elected officials are doing.

Scoff all you want at North Dakota, at least the politicians there care about privacy:

Legislation aimed at informing automobile buyers of the presence of “black box” recorders in new vehicles has cleared the North Dakota state legislature and is headed for the signature of Governor John Hoeven. The final conference report was adopted by the House yesterday 87-3 and was passed in the House on April 8 by a 42-0 vote.

The legislation essentially gives ownership of the data recorded by the black box to the vehicle owner. Black boxes can disclose whether the owner was wearing a seat belt, vehicle speed and other data. The measure requires a court order before any of that information can be used in court and prohibits insurance companies from requiring access to the black box as a condition for obtaining insurance coverage. North Dakota Republican State Senator Ray Holmberg introduced the measure after learning that the devices were being placed in vehicles without notice.

Sure, you might be cold most of the year. And not really near anything particularly interesting. But at least your black box data is safe!

Ah, good ol’ judicial tyranny. At least, according to Rick Santorum:

“You have judicial tyranny here,” Santorum told WABC Radio in New York. “Congress passed a law that said that you had to look at this case. He simply thumbed his nose at Congress.”

I hear it was actually more of a pick-and-flick at Congress.

“That’s nice for him to say that. But that’s not what Congress told him to do,” he added. “Judges should obey the law. And this judge – in my mind – simply ignored the law.”

Oh yeah, I forgot about that long-lost Article VIII (or maybe Amendment 10.5) of the US Constitution: The judiciary, when told to do so by the legislature, with full consent of the executive, shall roll over and play dead, like good little doggies.

[Warning: link goes to NewsMax]