Republicans for Rape

[Sean]

dude thats fucked up why do you gotta say shit like that treat women with respect. would you say that to your mother? and anyways this whole thread is acting as if this doesnt happen that often. Females get raped over there alot and i will say this its not just military women by military men but how much rights do the native woman have men who work for companies like KBR know those women dont have rights go over there see what americans are doing. those motherfuckers are ruining erverything we are trying to accomplish. a whole lot of sexual harrassment is there too espicially when you have companies like KBR in the situation. Those guys are shoot first ask questions later they dont give a flying fuck about anyone but themselves they are in it for the money and nothing else. Those guys that gang raped that poor woman are the lowest scum on earth and the reason KBR was trying to let them go is becuase they can make money for KBR. because they know how to use a gun

 

[where]

dude thats fucked up why do you gotta say shit like that treat women with respect. would you say that to your mother? and anyways this whole thread is acting as if this doesnt happen that often. Females get raped over there alot and i will say this its not just military women by military men but how much rights do the native woman have men who work for companies like KBR know those women dont have rights go over there see what americans are doing. those motherfuckers are ruining erverything we are trying to accomplish. a whole lot of sexual harrassment is there too espicially when you have companies like KBR in the situation. Those guys are shoot first ask questions later they dont give a flying fuck about anyone but themselves they are in it for the money and nothing else. Those guys that gang raped that poor woman are the lowest scum on earth and the reason KBR was trying to let them go is becuase they can make money for KBR. because they know how to use a gun

I don't think it was a serious comment to her.

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

When you insert the word rape into something, it really turns it into a hot-button emotional issue, doesn't it? The fact is, it would be cost-effective for any company to continue doing business with the federal government were that to pass. I have to side with the Republicans on this one - as kbate pointed out, this is an extreme over reach. You just can't force a company into arbitration over any and all personnel issues by withholding payment. The "Republicans for Rape" aspect is a strong-arm tactic.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Calling it Republicans for Rape is pretty much plain Bullshite.

The amendment is a giant power grab for the government - forcing every company which wishes to do business with the government - to open itself to a barrage of "negligent hiring" lawsuits, "Improper promotion" lawsuits" and other lawsuits based on "failure to fill quotas based on colour/sex/race/whatever".

It's a lawyer's dream, going far beyond the intended purpose of removing company policy such as those that KBR abused.

Had it simply listed the felonious articles, "sexual assault, assault and battery, and sexual harrassment" - the vote would have been different.

While you may find the final three provisions unwarranted, all were based on the findings of the 5th circuit court, which found that none of these incidents should be addressed through arbitration.

The 5th circuit court found that even when you sign an employment contract requiring arbitration that there are some rights to sue your employer that just can't be signed away. These include assault and battery, infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, and negligent hiring, retention, and supervision.

Franken's amendment extends much of the 5th circuit's reasoning to government contractors who continually subject workers to mandatory arbitration clauses. In my opinion the amendment did not go far enough, it should not have singled out only government contractors, but ALL companies.

Trying to argue that corporations will be somehow unduly burdened with costly frivolous lawsuits is a non-starter. Corporations routinely engage in long drawn out legal battles that they know that they can't win to force a plaintiff to relent because it's too financially costly for them to pursue. This tactic is most often used when the legal expense to the company (who usually have lawyers on retainer and so face minimal additional costs to fight a suit) is smaller than the cost of settling or losing the case. Tobacco and Insurance companies, for example, are famous for this. I have zero sympathy until or unless evidence can be produced that a company was penalized when they actually did nothing wrong.

 

[busybody..]

instead of spewing BS

worry about a RACIST DOJ!

HMM: “Voters in this small city decided overwhelmingly last year to do away with the party affiliation of candidates in local elections, but the Obama administration recently overruled the electorate and decided that equal rights for black voters cannot be achieved without the Democratic Party. The Justice Department’s ruling, which affects races for City Council and mayor, went so far as to say partisan elections are needed so that black voters can elect their ‘candidates of choice’ – identified by the department as those who are Democrats and almost exclusively black.” If this is an accurate report, it will only strengthen claims that the Department of Justice has been politicized under Eric Holder, particularly as the decision was “made by the same Justice official who ordered the dismissal of a voting rights case against members of the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia.”

 

[tinylittlegnat]

I was looking down the list hoping no one from my state would be on it. I wish he wasn't but right near the bottom was David "whorehouse" Vitter. I hope he loses the next election. I don't care if its to another republican. He is a horrible man and claims to be a "family values" candidate.

I never knew prostitutes and defending gang rape of an unconscious woman was a family tradition.

 

[JohnGalt2009]

The main stream media should look past, and do more than assist in political grand standing. That is all that piece is in reality.

Sadly, there is a LOT more to the story than you've been privy to sadly. First of all, you need to stop and really take a look at the url of the website. It is so silly as to not be believed, and seen as little more than political satire/grandstanding.

This was nothing more than political wordsmanship.

Sadly, those who trumpet this kind of thing are as bad as the people who create it for the sake of grandstanding. As are the people who say things like "when was the last time the Republicans did anything for the poor, oppressed" etc...

I am surprised that such an intelligent group of people would do so little to get to know the real story...

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

I am surprised that such an intelligent group of people would do so little to get to know the real story...

You do know where you are right? Oh wait, you are new here.

Welcome.

 

[KRCummings]

You do know where you are right? Oh wait, you are new here.

Welcome.

John Galt?
20 bucks says that's AJ.

 

[JohnGalt2009]

You do know where you are right? Oh wait, you are new here.

Welcome.

Thank you for the welcome Your Highness!

Yes, I do know where I am, at least I think that I do... I do know that I am in all likelihood in the minority as far as political opinion goes... But alas, I prefer it that way because I really do not care for having such discussions with people that I agree with most of the time.

That said, I happen to know a bit about the discussion at hand. There is more to the story than what the press, or even Al Franken has attempted to do in his grandstanding stunt. Things are dubious at best... I would think that the truth of the situation is more important that the leanings of the forum on which it is being discussed, no?

 

[JohnGalt2009]

John Galt?
20 bucks says that's AJ.

Not AJ, certainly a new guy; but I have hit the "new posts" button enough to know that whomever this AJ is, that he is not exactly a popular guy. Feel free to have the admin's run my IP.

John Galt... obviously a name chosen because I a capitalist pig, who believes that I, and I alone am responsible for myself and my own success.

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

"manly jabs"

You liked that?

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

Not AJ, certainly a new guy; but I have hit the "new posts" button enough to know that whomever this AJ is, that he is not exactly a popular guy. Feel free to have the admin's run my IP.

John Galt... obviously a name chosen because I a capitalist pig, who believes that I, and I alone am responsible for myself and my own success.

Everyone loves A_J!

Ask Saint Petey!

 

[tinylittlegnat]

That said, I happen to know a bit about the discussion at hand. There is more to the story than what the press, or even Al Franken has attempted to do in his grandstanding stunt. Things are dubious at best... I would think that the truth of the situation is more important that the leanings of the forum on which it is being discussed, no?

If the media isn't talking about it and even Al Franken doesn't know what you know how do you know it?

Are you a spy? Were you sitting in the session? Are you who Mike Yates is afraid of?

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

John Galt?
20 bucks says that's AJ.

You are fucking beyond stupid...

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

The main stream media should look past, and do more than assist in political grand standing. That is all that piece is in reality.

Sadly, there is a LOT more to the story than you've been privy to sadly. First of all, you need to stop and really take a look at the url of the website. It is so silly as to not be believed, and seen as little more than political satire/grandstanding.

This was nothing more than political wordsmanship.

Sadly, those who trumpet this kind of thing are as bad as the people who create it for the sake of grandstanding. As are the people who say things like "when was the last time the Republicans did anything for the poor, oppressed" etc...

I am surprised that such an intelligent group of people would do so little to get to know the real story...

You sound like A_J though, 'cause that's what I said on page one knowing nothing of the story, but everything about the players...




KRC, You're still an idiot.

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

Calling it Republicans for Rape is pretty much plain Bullshite.

The amendment is a giant power grab for the government - forcing every company which wishes to do business with the government - to open itself to a barrage of "negligent hiring" lawsuits, "Improper promotion" lawsuits" and other lawsuits based on "failure to fill quotas based on colour/sex/race/whatever".

It's a lawyer's dream, going far beyond the intended purpose of removing company policy such as those that KBR abused.

Had it simply listed the felonious articles, "sexual assault, assault and battery, and sexual harrassment" - the vote would have been different.

John Edwards loves Al Franken with great manly jabs!!!

 

[JohnGalt2009]

If the media isn't talking about it and even Al Franken doesn't know what you know how do you know it?

Are you a spy? Were you sitting in the session? Are you who Mike Yates is afraid of?

This isn't a new story TLG. It has been around a while, and I've been around the military contracting world a while. If the juice was there to bury the accused, I can assure you that they'd have done it; and they would damn sure deserve it if they did it. But as it is, the details are "murky"... Kind of like that Lacrosse team that got wrongly accused.

 

[JohnGalt2009]

You sound like A_J though, 'cause that's what I said on page one knowing nothing of the story, but everything about the players...




KRC, You're still an idiot.

Gotcha... I guess I need to familiarize myself with the wonton Mr. AJ...
Thank you for the heads up.

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

Yeah, I'd recommend you avoid A_J.




He attracts loons...



Serious!

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

Yeah, but John Galt, none of that matters; it's always the "seriousness of the charge" that matters...

 

[kbate]

*never mind

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

FOX animation Domination is pretty gay...

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

*never mind

Now I look like a dumbass...