BIG AL; Kickin'-Butt, ALREADY!!

[Mr. Shaman]

"Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) proposed an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies like KBR “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.”

Of the 40 Republicans in the Senate, only 10 voted for the Franken amendment, including all four women in the Senate GOP. Of the six Republican males who voted for the amendment, all of them represented states outside the deep South -- Bennett (UT), Hatch (UT), Grassley (IA), LeMieux (FL), Lugar (IN), and Voinovich (OH).

The other 30 men, including luminaries like David Vitter, John Ensign, and John McCain, didn't think the amendment warranted passage.http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com/2009/10/halliburtons-rape.html"

Gee, and we could have avoided all this, with McCain/Palin.

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[Mr. Shaman]

"In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. She was detained in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water, or a bed, and “warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she’d be out of a job.” (Jones was not an isolated case.) Jones was prevented from bringing charges in court against KBR because her employment contract stipulated that sexual assault allegations would only be heard in private arbitration."

"Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) proposed an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies like KBR “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.”

On the Senate floor, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) spoke against the amendment, calling it “a political attack directed at Halliburton.”

Appearing with Franken after the vote, an elated Jones expressed her deep appreciation. “It means the world to me,” she said of the amendment’s passage. “It means that every tear shed to go public and repeat my story over and over again to make a difference for other women was worth it.”

Is it any WONDER Republicans tried to keep him OUT-of-the-Senate??!!!​

 

[Mr. Shaman]

This could (only) make sense to Tea-Baggers, Deathers, Dead-O-Heads & Freepers....

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"Stewart then showed four of the senators who voted against the rape amendment, proposing legislation to prevent "one more penny of taxpayer money from going to ACORN."

"I guess it's an efficiency thing," Stewart concluded. "You don't want to waste taxpayer money giving it to someone who advises fake prostitutes how to commit imaginary crimes. You want to give it to Halliburton cause they're committing real gang-rape. You cut out the middleman -- and they say government doesn't work."

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Daniel Inouye.....

.....your days are NUMBERED!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"An amendment that would prevent the government from working with contractors who denied victims of assault the right to bring their case to court is in danger of being watered down or stripped entirely from a larger defense appropriations bill.

Multiple sources have told the Huffington Post that Sen. Dan Inouye, a longtime Democrat from Hawaii, is considering removing or altering the provision, which was offered by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and passed by the Senate several weeks ago.

Inouye's office, sources say, has been lobbied by defense contractors adamant that the language of the Franken amendment would leave them overly exposed to lawsuits and at constant risk of having contracts dry up. The Senate is considering taking out a provision known as the Title VII claim, which (if removed) would allow victims of assault or rape to bring suit against the individual perpetrator but not the contractor who employed him or her."

 

[Greco]

Here's the list of the Republicans that voted against rape. Yes, the Republican Party is now officially pro-rape.

Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
John McCain (R-AZ)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
James Risch (R-ID)
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
David Vitter (R-LA)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Kit Bond (R-MO)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
John Ensign (R-NV)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
John Thune (R-SD)
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Mike Enzi (R-WY)


http://www.republicansforrape.org/legislators/

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Here's the list of the Republicans that voted against rape. Yes, the Republican Party is now officially pro-rape.

Whoops!!!

I meant to keep this one current!

(...Where TheFranklinParty ran-away... )​

 

[pocketfullofshells]

They are not for Rape, they are just against justice against Rapist...lets not confuse the issues....They personaly may not rape anyone ( the earth yes, not people though) but rapist at military contractors are far to often not given the love and support needed to get threw the tough times of a trial and jail time...

 

[Mr. Shaman]

They are not for Rape, they are just against justice against Rapist...

....And, now....they're BEGGIN' Big Al to bail-'em-OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Some Republican senators are taking heat for voting against an amendment that would allow employees of military contractors to sue their employers if they are raped at work -- and they want the Democratic senator who wrote the amendment to help them fight off the bad publicity.

In October, 30 Republicans voted against Sen. Al Franken's amendment to a defense appropriations bill that would de-fund contractors who prevent their employees from suing if they are raped by co-workers. Since then, those Republicans have faced outrage for what critics say amounts to support for rape.

Now, some of those GOP senators want Sen. Franken (D-MN) to come to their rescue."

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Way to GO, AL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!​

"Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. have withdrawn an appeal asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lawsuit by a former military contractor who says she was raped by KBR co-workers in Iraq.

KBR said in a statement Monday that it withdrew the appeal to not risk violating a recently passed federal provision it called "very broad and vague," that restricts the Defense Department from doing business with companies that prohibit employees from seeking redress for certain crimes through the courts.

"As a result, KBR did not want to risk being in violation of the amendment, so the company withdrew its petition," KBR said in a statement."

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[Webrockk]

a lefty daisy chain....need a tissue fellas? there's a little something on your chins

 

[AtheismIsReality]

a lefty daisy chain....need a tissue fellas? there's a little something on your chins

Why do Cons always take it there?

 

[Mr. Shaman]

a lefty daisy chain....need a tissue fellas? there's a little something on your chins

That almost makes sense.

You do get credit for spelling everything, properly, though.

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