Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189 Posted by Sage Van Wing X-Rated: Smoking will now be factored into movie ratings. Illegal: Renting to immigrants in this Texas town. Outsourced: Local news now coming to you via Mumbai. The Italian Family: Only for those who are married, according to protesters of a proposed bill in Rome. The National Guard: Strained by the war in Iraq, according to this Retired General. Graduation: At Virginia Tech. Dissatisfied: Congress' approval rating dips as low as the President's. Old is the New New: In Capitol Hill development. Going to Hell: Drug dealers, according to the Pope. 10,000 Tourists a Day: No... Copyright 2008 Sat, 12 May 2007 08:17:20 -0800 Sun, 13 May 2007 23:23:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gabriel The IHT article also says:
Congress' approval rating this week was 10 points higher than a year ago, when Republicans were in control.

But still, people are right to be as frustrated as they are with Congress. They are in a position to make major pushes on so many issues, and yet they dawdle. How about standing up for habeas corpus? Any day now would be nice.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189#c714470 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189#c714470 News Sat, 12 May 2007 09:19:52 -0800 Comment by candid If you read the story, the law under consideration prohibits renting only to illegal immigrants. As they are "illegal", it must be the case that there are already laws prohibiting these same people from being in the country at all! Why not call attention instead to this greater injustice?!

]]> candid http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189#c714479 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189#c714479 News Sat, 12 May 2007 09:47:47 -0800 Comment by amberglow speaking of Congress: http://www.blogactive.com/2007/05/not-just-one-voter-in-question-at-rep.html

]]> amberglow http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189#c715204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189#c715204 News Sat, 12 May 2007 21:16:35 -0800 Comment by Judah Illegal: Renting to immigrants in this Texas town.

Seriously, I have to ask-- what fucking brain disorder is it that keeps some people from being able to parse the difference between "immigrants" and "illegal immigrants"?

]]> Judah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189#c715777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_morning_news_189#c715777 News Sun, 13 May 2007 23:23:37 -0800