Is this the legislation (or a notable example thereof) whose blocking is being apologised for:
The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill provided fines and imprisonment for persons convicted of lynching in federal courts, and fines and penalties against states, counties, and towns which failed to use reasonable efforts to protect citizens from mob violence. It was killed in the Senate by the filibuster of the Southern senators who claimed that anti-lynching legislation would be unconstitutional and an infringement upon states’ rights.
Viggo knocked a thrown knife away with a sword on his first day on the set.
I can't believe
I'm
the one who wants to be rescued by sane people. Ruthless, sure. Sane? Please.
Just because Viggo is a poet/artist/actor who was once married to a punk rocker and...
Nah. I got nothing. But sometimes, crazy can be an asset. Plus, he can ride horses, which is better than shooting them.
However, there were around 85 co-sponsors to the bill, which means that there are 15 Senators or so that refused to sign a bill condemning lynching.
I kind of doubt there are senators who will approve of lynching, or who depend on the KKK vote. Jon Kyl says it's his practice not to sign on these non-binding "sense of the Senate" bills. That sounds appropriate to me. I'm not very impressed with this particular politicking. It's a little late for it.
I'm a little confused (and fairly uninformed about the workings of government, I admit). "Not sponsoring" here seems to be used as synonymous with "opposing" -- what's the deal with that? Do people generally sign on as sponsors if they support something?
Okay, Grant Langston's going to have to rewrite his Cameron Diaz song if she no longer looks better on his screen.
Crap. Do any of the SFers want to come spend the day in my apartment on Thursday to let in the people who will be delivering my dish hutch and don't have any weekend hours and won't tell me anything other than they would be there between 9:00 and 6:00.
Clive, Angelina (if I had to choose), Ewan (no choice at all for me there), Colin.....
