] Rose was convicted in 1996 of rape, kidnapping and other
] charges based on blood evidence that prosecutors said
] linked Rose to the crime. A sobbing Rose, who had no
] previous history of violence, proclaimed his innocence as
] a judge sentenced him to 27 years in prison.

That has to be hell.

DNA testing frees California man after 10 years

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] Anyway, I think it's good that a comic/manga publisher IN
] JAPAN finally wanted to educate people about their past. It's
] ridiculous that the local politicians still want to keep it
] under the rug and claim that it never happened.

Japan has a huge disconnect. There was a big fuss a few years back because Japan refused to change their history curriculum, which basically justified the invansion of Manchuria, round-eyes are devils cut off our oil and forced us, blah blah blah.

No one likes to have skeletons brought out, and counries tend to down-play their mistakes. Ask your average American about Internment camps in WWII, and they have no idea what you mean.

Its not about shame. Its not about making you feel bad. Its about understanding how far desperate people can fall when pushed.

RE: CNN.com - 'Rape of Nanjing' comic draws ire - Oct 14, 2004

] Why is Reeve an asshole?
]
] Simple: because he's selfish. Reeve didn't give a shit
] about paralysis before his accident, but now that he's
] paralyzed, suddenly he opens up a paralysis foundation
] and cares about the plight of cripples? Where was his
] foundation in '95 when he played the role of a man with
] spinal cord injury? Sure, some of you might argue that
] he's doing a good thing by bringing attention to
] paralysis, but the underlying message being sent here is
] that nobody gives a shit about cripples until a celebrity
] becomes one.

I'm sorry he's dead, but somebody had to say it.

Maddox: Christopher Reeve is an asshole.

] I think that both Cheney and Edwards were occasionally guilty of
] being party mouthpieces who were repeating stuff that they
] didn't really believe,

And this is exactly the job of the VP. You float the contraversal ideas and take the heat from the press so the president doesn't have too.

As for Cheney's "I never meet you" bit, I'm amazed you fell into arguing its literal merits. Cheney certainly didn't mean he physcially had never met Edwards, and Edwards knows he met Cheney. The comment was not a "lie" that Edwards should have call him on, as you so profess. It was a slight, a dig at Edward and his lack of experience in Washington. It was a way of saying "you've not important enough to have run in my circles. You didn't even make the radar screen." Oh course Edwards wouldn't bring that up while in the debate. The last thing he wanted was to waste valueable time trying to combat this his experience. So he (I agree, poorly) stayed off the defensive and addressed other issues. After the debate was the time to address Cheney on the slight.

This whole "he has no experience in Washington, so he can't be VP" is a completely groundless statement to anyone who knows history. JFK was mayor, and then a 2 term Senator before running for *president*. He tried to get the VP nomination in 1956, after only *one* term in the Senate. And most of his time in the Senate, he was having back issues and wasn't in Washington. (Check Wikipedia). And lack of Washington experience is not a bad thing. JFK is *the* president referenced by political science professors when discussing the importance of presidential advisors to craft US policy.

Further, the people who stupidly spread this whole "no Washington experience" line interestingly enough tend to be Bush Supportor. That man was 2 term state governor for god sakes. Morons, and Hippocrits.

This whole "Edwards is only a 2 term Senator, and isn't qualified to be a 'heart-beat-away'" is expounded by uneducated fools.

RE: The VP Debate

I'm still not sure if I like more and more cartoonists going towards Flash, but this show how Flash can be more effective than print.

Mark Fiore: The Question

] *These issue statments were collected from the
] candidates' Web sites and campaigns, from speeches and
] public statements, and news articles.

How about a nice simple checklist to see where the candidates stand on the main issues of the campaign. No partisanship or bias (that I can see anyway), just a simple checklist. This is the best one that I coudl fine.

NBC 4 - Politics - Compare Candidates On The Issues

The 30 minute video here is not to be missed.

Great Q&A as well. Can't wait to watch the video

America's Secret War - George Friedman - Author interviews

] The measure amends the state's penal code to bar tobacco
] products from prisons and youth correctional facilities.
] Violators are subject to a fine.

Well Damn... whatever will they use for currency now?

Schwarzenegger bans smoking in prisons