The Presumption of Innocence: Not Just for White People Anymore!

To the NYPD and all those who sided with the NYPD to support Stop-n-Frisk:  all Judge Scheindlin is saying is that age bracket, sex, and skin color are NOT a substitute for "reasonable suspicion" or "just cause", which are legal terms that have definitions.  She found that it even violated Terry v. Ohio, which invented the term "reasonable suspicion" in the first place.  To those religious conservatives who complain that "separation of church and state" isn't in the Constitution:  neither is "reasonable suspicion".  But non-whites still had to live with the NYPD literally stretching it to mean "anyone we feel like searching, so go fuck yourself".

Thank you, Your Honor, for reminding us that the Fourth Amendment applies to non-whites too.   I know it's hard for these lock-em-up types to understand, but non-whites (specifically blacks and latinos) don't have to put up with being treated like criminals in order to walk on the street.

the mirror

dear republicans,
just cling to your guns and religion, because that seems to be all you got today. but while you're doing that, why don't you also slosh this around in the almost empty tank known as your brains.

you can't keep going on dismissing and dissing the people of america's cities. about 20% of the country's population lives in cities. you are eventually going to have to deal with that. so here's a fucking clue: you might want to stop calling us elites, terrorist sympathizers, and anti-american baby-killers. that makes us kind of want to not even acknowledge your party's existence, let alone vote for you.

and you're going to need to confront the fact that we're a pro-choice nation. even fucking south dakota is. you can't even get parental notification passed in california, even when you've brought out the gay haters. your party literally wants to outlaw abortion even in cases or rape or incest. don't you think that affects how many women would want to vote for you?

you may want to stop blaming illegals for our country's economic problems, and scare the whiteys into thinking mexico is taking over. apparently, over 10 million voters are hispanic. who'd've thought they might not like a party that demonizes them with conspiracy theories?

and obviously, you will have to stop acting like people don't want to spread the wealth. in the end, that stupid line cost you. people want the wealth spread- that's what you promised free market capitalism would do, remember? when your precious free market didn't do this, you tried to turn it into a negative. asshats.

have fun avoiding looking in the mirror at all costs. i look forward to whipping your asses in 2010 too.