http://celluloidblonde.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/meet-the-senators-who-voted-pro-gang-rape/
celluloid blonde
the sometimes suspect musings of max adams
Twenty year old American Jamie Leigh Jones was drugged and gang-raped by KBR co-workers in Iraq. [That attack was so violent, her breasts are permanently disfigured.] After her attack she was locked in a shipping container without food or water, and after release warned not to leave her post. Jamie was a long way from anywhere with no help in sight. She stuck it out. [Jones is not an isolated case.] And, after Jamie made it back to U.S. soil, where there should have been help in sight, she was prevented from bringing charges in court. Her KBR contract stipulated sexual assault allegations could not be made in court. Sexual assault allegations could only be heard in arbitration.
In response to abuses of the “arbitration” contract clause used by military contractors like KBR, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) recently proposed an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies that contractually block employees from taking workplace sexual assault and battery cases to court. The Amendment passed. You would think something like this would pass unanimously too. Surely our Senators in Congress do not want to employ and protect companies that sanction gang rape? But it did not pass unanimously.
Thirty Senators voted against the Franken amendment. They all have four things in common. They are all Republicans. They are all white. They are all male. And judging by their votes, they all think gang rape is just a little horseplay among friends. Here are their names. And if you didn’t vote McCain/Palin be glad. McCain is on the list.
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbied against the Franken amendment as well. I guess being opposed to co-worker gang rape is not good for business?
Okay....I remember all the smack that was talked about Al Franken being elected and the people who literally joked about a comedian being bad for US politics....I would be PROUD to call Al Franken my representative....instead...I have the idiot John Cornyn who voted against this amendment. Yes, I intend to write Cornyn and let him know that I will actively campaign against him in the next election and any subsequent elections that he is involved in. I'm glad to know this is still a F#$&%^ed up backwoods state...and people wonder why I want to leave. For those of you who will tell me this is just partisan politics as usual and I don't have all the facts...well...here is the bill...see for yourself...
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3326/show#bill_list
and here is the amendment that Franken submitted
http://www.karlbayer.com/blog/?p=5789
This isn't about defense contracts going to halliburton because that is who KBG is really. This is about simple right from wrong. Yes, this strikes too close to home...and you bet your ass I'm passionate about this. Some of these same people who voted to pass the Appropriations bill voted AGAINST this specific amendment to that bill. So again, I hope you will make note if these people are in your district and you vote their ass out of office.
A Pissed off Pandora
No comments:
Post a Comment