wisetuxedo Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 did someone mention purpledrink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Franken Wins Bipartisan Support For Legislation Reining In KBR’s Treatment Of Rape 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.” Speaking on the Senate floor yesterday, Franken said: The constitution gives everybody the right to due process of law … And today, defense contractors are using fine print in their contracts do deny women like Jamie Leigh Jones their day in court. … The victims of rape and discrimination deserve their day in court [and] Congress plainly has the constitutional power to make that happen. On the Senate floor, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) spoke against the amendment, calling it “a political attack directed at Halliburton.” Franken responded, “This amendment does not single out a single contractor. This amendment would defund any contractor that refuses to give a victim of rape their day in court.” In the end, Franken won the debate. His amendment passed by a 68-30 vote, earning the support of 10 Republican senators including that of newly-minted Florida Sen. George LeMieux. “He did what a senator should do, which was he was working it,” LeMieux said in praise of Franken. “He was working for his amendment.” 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.” Watch Sen. Franken's SPEECH. *the more disturbing thing to me is what's only reported between the lines. Apparently, 30 Senators SUPPORT RAPE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Honestly, I could have cared less about Al Franken when I first learned about him getting in. If he keeps this shit up I could see myself becoming a big out of state supporter of his. Exactly what we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decyferon Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I can't believe that 30 senators would vote in support of rape. As a company I think it is disgusting that they would not allow this to go by unpunished. Surely this goes against Human Rights, I know there is the European Court of Human Rights here, is there something similar in the US? Suppose it doesnt matter so much now with the amendment going through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 It's a little inaccurate to say that they support rape, when they really support cover-ups (because there's a lot more than just rape going over there). Which IMO is just as bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 C'mon Shai, jump on the hyperbole train! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 proving his worth once again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqqSHr0wVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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