Do you think if Roe v. Wade is overturned based on States rights? If so would this would this open up States rights for medical marijuana, euthanasia and gay marriage laws?
FOXNEWS_PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An abortion ban bill introduced Wednesday in the South Dakota state House would allow exceptions for rape and incest, but only [...]

FOXNEWS-WASHINGTON — Comedian Al Franken has decided to run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota in 2008, a senior Democratic official from Minnesota said Wednesday.
Franken told the official, who did not want to be identified because Franken has not made an announcement, that he had decided to run in a recent conversation.
The news was [...]

Romney Shoots and Scores — January 31, 2007 (SUBMITTED AT 9:29am)
Mitt Romney needed this. And he got it. Jim Bopp, is the general counsel for the National Right to Life Committee and he’s endorsing Mitt Romney. Read it here. This is a big deal folks. Let me give you an analogy. It’s like if you [...]

This is an interesting article given to us by Ken Larson. Do you think profiteering from Iraq has driven and decision in Iraq from the White House or Congress?
DN-The aggressive first-strike military strategy now animating U.S. policy toward Iraq was developed during the 1990s by a network of corporate-backed conservative think tanks.
Each major element of [...]

Do you think this interview helps or hurts Biden with Democrats in his 08 run for the White House? I have to give Biden credit for shooting straight about the issue in Iraq and the lack of well thought out position or solution from Clinton, Edwards and Obama.
FOXNEWS-Delaware Sen. Joe Biden has officially launched his [...]

Trade continues to split the leaders of the Democratic Party. The mid-term election was a huge victory for the “fair trade” populists. But now the “free trade” elites are fighting back. We will know more about where everybody stands when the votes come in on the proposed extension of the Presidents “fast track” authority. (h/t [...]

This was an interesting article by Rabbi Michael Lerner Tikkun on a peace plan for Israel. This is long article but well worth the read. Do you think a compromise can be had to bring peace between Israel and Palestine?
The people of the Middle East are suffering again as militarists on all sides, and cheerleading [...]

We debated for days about the high school football player doing 10 years for a sex party.
How about this story on a rape victim? Denied her rights under the law by the religous beliefs of a jailer and denied reasonable human kindness.
Raped Woman Jailed
Woman Jailed After Reporting Rape

Do you agree with forcing web sites like MySpace to check age of people on their data base to uncover child predators? If you do support that law why would you not support landlords checking I.D. to make sure they are not leasing to illegal immigrants?
NPR-WASHINGTON January 30, 2007, 8:37 p.m. ET • Social networking [...]

We also suspect Saudi Arabia is helping the Sunnis. We have Middle Eastern Countries picking sides between Shiites and Sunnis should we only be focused on Iran? Do you think President Bush is looking for an excuse to expand the war to Iran? Why would not the government in Iraq dominated by Shiites not cozy [...]

I have a suggestion: we should pit lawmakers and the White House against cheap overseas leaders from third world countries willing to work for less to save money. What do you think about the idea?
USA TODAY-EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — President Bush, pressing his free-trade agenda on a Congress now run by Democrats, said Tuesday [...]

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Court reinstates key Padilla charge
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 48 minutes ago
“A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a key terrorism charge, the only one carrying a potential life sentence, against suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with federal prosecutors in Miami [...]

This will be an interesting bill to watch; there’s some heavy hitters behind it. How do you implement such a law? Would there be a Global Better Trading Bureau seal of approval? How do you oppose such a law? I’m sure we will hear shrieks about frivolous lawsuits. Should unions be allowed to sue too? [...]

Do you think the White House pressured scientist to cover up global warming issue? Do you think campaign donations drove the cover up?
MSNBC-WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled Congress on Tuesday stepped up its pressure on President Bush’s global warming strategy, hearing allegations of new political pressure on government scientists to downplay the threat of global warming.
Lawmakers [...]

Should it be the responsibility of medical personnel to find work that does not conflict with their religious beliefs (i.e find something that doesn’t cause them to infringe on the rights of patients)? Should they lose their license/job and/or be prosecuted for denying treatment? (h/t DKos)
FOX/Tampa: A young woman was walking back to her [...]