I'm sorry, but with a name like Hans Von Spakovsky, how can he not be evil?

in showcasing how Clinton's insertion into the nomination process was mostly interpreted as show was to video-interview delegates and other Clinton supporters and ask them, "So who do you think will win?"

"People mostly look confused, as if I've asked them who will win the election, or they just laugh," he said.

they would like to see alternative energy be a reality. Eighty percent of Americans would rather see alternative energy solutions than more drilling: http://www.progressivefuture.org/recent_ outrage/just-follow-the-oil-money

Thanks, Snark- love the name. Snark is a quality I always strive to hold in my heart when I blog ;)

anywhere but the US :)

to get abortions?

Right, because the main cause of there being so many abortions in this country doesn't have anything to do with the spread of abstinence-only education, the mind-numbing lack of information being provided to our youth about their own bodies. The real problem is that abortion-providers are making it way to accessible for women; hell, I can't even walk down the street without being offered at least a half dozen abortions by lurking salesmen.

What sort of buzz words? Should I have titled it "Obama and Edwards' love child?"

is on the Democratic Party Platform, I never thought I'd see the day where we could seriously talk about this without people foaming at the mouth.

and please take your misogynistic ass elsewhere.

sexual assault is rape. it doesn't matter if it fits into the old school, vaginal penetration definition. If it's forced, unwanted sexual activity, its rape.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionar y.com/rape

"And don't bother engaging with the poster who says it can't be true because he was in the military. As long as the military's official position is that this isn't occurring or isn't a problem, military chain of command dictates that to be a good little soldier, one must adopt the same position."

Good point, LakersFan. It's very hard for me to restrain myself on such sensitive matters, but there's no way he will be convinced.

is that females reported sexual assault from their fellow soldiers, but some less frequent cases involved contractor workers as well as local Iraqis and even insurgents.

So no, it's definitely not true that the military culture is all about subverting and dehumanizing women. It's just the nature of war; civilization starts to deteriorate.

The point is not to blame male troops, we just want the DOD to be better at responding to these cases.

1 in 3 reported sexual assault otherwise known as rape. This is classified as vaginal or anal penetration, penetration with the finger or mouth. Other forms would be classified as sexual harrassment.

You can choose not to believe any unpleasant stories you wish. I just hope you make that decision based on fact.

scratch the trained and independent part- i see what youre saying. But just because you were there doesnt mean you know that the statistics were as a whole. Rape is a shameful thing, and many women try to keep it a secret.

And no one is saying that everyone in the military is a rapist. On the contrary, we're saying that everyone in the military deserves to be protected from non-combative bodily harm, even men, who also reported cases of sexual assault against them.

It's the reported statistic, meaning 1 in three reported assault; how is that propaganda? Are you saying these women are lying?

Also, I cannot believe the ammount of misogynistic comments on here- because a woman is young, or trained, or independent, she deserves to be raped? huh? I thought this was a progressive website.