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Thomas S. Foley, who as speaker of the House sought to still the chamber’s rising tide of partisan combat for five years before it swept the Democratic majority, and Mr. Foley himself, out of office in 1994, died on Friday in Washington. He was 84.
In the sort of thinking that seems perfectly rational in a world where we have declared war on “terror,” Tea Party Unity chairman Rick Scarborough and anti-gay obsessionist Peter LaBarbera shared their dreams of Suing the Gay Away. After all, back in the Clinton years, liberal attorneys general won a lawsuit against Big Tobacco, didn’t they? Scarborough, a former Baptist minister and the head of something called “the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration,” then unveiled his brilliant plan: Peter, the whole issue of a class action lawsuit, you and I have talked about this a little bit. I just wonder if you’ve explored that, talked to anyone about it. Obviously, statistically now even the Centers for Disease Control verifies that homosexuality much more likely leads to AIDS than smoking leads to cancer. And yet the entire nation has rejected smoking, billions of dollars are put into a trust fund to help cancer victims and the tobacco industry was held accountable for that. Any thoughts on that kind of an approach? LaBarbera was enthusiastic, and had given some thought to finding the ideal plaintiff: Yeah I think that’s great. I would love to see it. We always wanted to see one of the kid in high school who was counseled by the official school counselor to just be gay, then he comes down with HIV. But we never really got the client for that.
Scarborough, a former Baptist minister and the head of something called “the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration,” then unveiled his brilliant plan: Peter, the whole issue of a class action lawsuit, you and I have talked about this a little bit. I just wonder if you’ve explored that, talked to anyone about it. Obviously, statistically now even the Centers for Disease Control verifies that homosexuality much more likely leads to AIDS than smoking leads to cancer. And yet the entire nation has rejected smoking, billions of dollars are put into a trust fund to help cancer victims and the tobacco industry was held accountable for that. Any thoughts on that kind of an approach?
Yeah I think that’s great. I would love to see it. We always wanted to see one of the kid in high school who was counseled by the official school counselor to just be gay, then he comes down with HIV. But we never really got the client for that.
Toyota is recalling 885,000 vehicles worldwide due to electrical issues that could cause problems with airbag deployment. [...] And at the heart of at least some of these leaks is a creepy culprit: spiders, which can build webs blocking a key drainage tube in the air-conditioning unit.
And at the heart of at least some of these leaks is a creepy culprit: spiders, which can build webs blocking a key drainage tube in the air-conditioning unit.