First, they banned texting and driving.  Now, they are banning hand-held cell phone conversations while driving.  What the heck are they doing?  Trying to make us pay attention to the ROAD?  How boring!  (Yes, that’s sarcasm.)
Md. lawmakers ban hand-held phones while driving
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press Writer
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland drivers will have to [...]

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I don’t agree with AP.  Just let the artist be.  There are no clear cut answers on this – but personally, the AP is acting like the RIAA if you ask me.
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By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Hillel Italie, Ap National Writer – [...]

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I watched Dateline a couple of nights ago.  The story is about a loving and doting father whose very young son was taken to Brazil and not returned, despite court rulings that he was to be returned.  It’s heart-wrenching and infuriating at the same time.  It got me to thinking about how no matter what, [...]

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The below quote is EXACTLY how I feel about these developments.  I think it is utterly REE-DICK-U-LUSS to waste time and money prosecuting this at all.  It’s also humiliating for the kids involved and frankly, I think it’s damned unconstitutional!  These laws were made to protect children – the spirit of the law is not [...]

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Case Pits Free Speech Against Redress for Defamation
By Henri E. Cauvin, Washington Post Staff Writer

In a First Amendment case with implications for everything from neighborhood e-mail lists to national newspapers, an Eastern Shore businessman argued to Maryland’s highest court yesterday that the host of an online forum should be forced to reveal the identities of [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Bush administration on Tuesday will try to convince a federal judge to let stand a law granting retroactive legal immunity to the nation’s telecoms, which are accused of transmitting Americans’ private communications to the National Security Agency without warrants.
At issue in the high-stakes showdown — set to begin at 10:00 a.m. [...]

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It’s obvious that with the internet, and all this new fangled electronic stuff, that law has still been slow to catch up.
Why else would a judge even THINK about throwing out this case?  It’s obvious that her intent was to emotionally harm this poor girl.  Well, I would say she succeeded.
If the judge does throw [...]

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The Board of Education, Commissioners, Delegates, and Senators, will NOT be meeting for their annual legislative breakfast this year because it is too difficult to accomodate everyone’s busy schedules.  So if your thinking we will all be on the same page when legislative issues come up for the next year…think again.

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From the Autopia Unintended Consequences Department comes this dispatch from Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where researchers at Purdue University say the majority of drivers have no problem going 5, 10 or even 20 mph over the speed limit and see no risk in doing so.
The study of 988 drivers in that county, where Purdue is located, [...]

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Melissa Etheridge to Stop Paying $500k/Year in CA Taxes After Passage of Prop 8
The Daily Beast: You Can Forget My Taxes, by Melissa Etheridge:
Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. So my wife, uh I mean, roommate? Girlfriend? Special lady [...]

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A US judge has thrown out a case against God, ruling that because the defendant has no address, legal papers cannot be served.
The suit against God was launched by Nebraska state senator Ernie Chambers, who said he might appeal the ruling.
He sought a permanent injunction to prevent the “death, destruction and terrorisation” caused by God.
Judge [...]

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Intimate lawsuits: From bedroom to courtroom
By Brian Alexander
msnbc.com contributor
This week, a trial in a Los Angeles County courtroom is pitting Bridget B. against her former husband, John B. The couple, whose full names aren’t being made public, are battling each other over whether he gave her a potentially deadly disease – HIV.
Not only is it [...]

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ACT NOW!!!

Hundreds of thousands of children are victims of sexual abuse each year. Due to the sheer lack of resources, law enforcement is unable to follow up on the majority of leads they have.
The PROTECT Our Children Act will:

Authorize over $320 million over the next five years in desperately needed funding for law enforcement to [...]

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Oh boy, where to begin with this one.
1 – IT’S A FELONY TO COMMIT BIGAMY?!?!?!
2 – What kind of boyfriend does a background check on you?
3 – What kind of boyfriend turns you in when he finds out this sort of innocuous mistake and TURNS YOU IN knowing full well you could face some serious punishment [...]

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I do wonder about the wisdom of allowing all sorts of things at 18, including the ability to enter the military, and not allowing a person the ability to drink at 18 if they want. I don’t care for some of the arguments in this article.  Like, not being allowed to talk to students about it.  [...]

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