Sarah Palin.

[annwfyn]

OK.

I know there are a few conservative/republican types out there.

Can anyone explain to me why it is reasonable to charge rape victims $1200 for their own rape kits?

Because I can't think of a single way it makes sense. It penalises victims of crime, means that those without financial means simply can't afford justice, and means that violent criminals are far more likely to get away scot free.

It's insane.

And it's also a policy implemented by Sarah Palin in her time as Mayor of Wasilla.

Oh, and just while I'm posting up links, I read this article on a charity which achieved fame for sending pregnant cows to Uganda. The article paints a very rose tinted view of this charity - does anyone know what it is missing? It mentions that there are criticisms of this scheme out there, but then dismisses them all very firmly, and that has vaguely put my hackles up for some reason.

Comments

[wildrogue.livejournal.com]

A brief note on the drafting of po.icy in the US: As I understand it (I stand to be corrected here by actual Americans)bills in the US are drafted by a wide group of people, with an equally wide group of agendas. There is a lot of haggling. There is a lot of amending. Some amendments are snuck in in the hope the opposition won't notice, or as riders to a different concession.
Some point after this has happened a draft makes it's way onto the desk of someone at Leavit t's level..
It is entirely possible he knew nothing about that choice nugget until that point. The more important point here is that the bill was amended further and the contraception bit never even made it to the house (where it would have been thrown out anyway).
The policies of one person, even the President, don't necessarily become law. That's sort of the point of democracy.

[ginasketch.livejournal.com]

Yeah I see what you're saying but given the amount of people in power that think this shit, yeah...i'm not wholly optimistic.