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Several teachers in Tukwila, Washington, are facing trouble following a student protest of the illegal, immoral Bush Oil War against the Iraqi people. Only one of the group actually walked out with the student protesters, the others may take a hit from the school board for encouraging them.

Like the Patriot Act? Then you're going to love The Violent Radicalisation and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, known as the ite version. Passing overwhelmingly in the House, according to statements from critics, the bill could "criminalise radical thought and peaceful dissent, posing as academic study." Why rush the measure through the process? Got a couple of political conventions coming up, and we can't have no stinkin' protests now can we?

Karl Rove, the Sultan of Sleaze, is now blaming Congress for the illegal, immoral invasion of Iraq. The Bush Administration did not want to go to war with Saddam Hussein, the evil doers in the House and Senate forced them into in - the bastards! Know how to tell when Rove is lying? His lips move!

Your sister is killed in a car accident helping you move across country and the insurance companies refuse to cover your injuries. What do you do? Sue the dead sister.

Three times this week we have posted a story about Wal-Mart suing a brain damaged employee for the settlement money her guardians received for her long-term care. Three times, for reasons unknown to us, the article has failed to show up on our site. Now we are not the paranoid types (much), but why does an article for worst company in the history of the world fail to post?

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