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And The Hate Keeps Pouring In…

If you’d kindly look to the post below you will notice a bit of news about Dennis Kucinich and his recent exclusion from a televised debate. Well, as if being excluded wasn’t bad enough for Dennis, who only recently agreed to take part in a debate for his current congressional position, now he has haters calling him a hypocrite. Not just any haters however, but former Alaska Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful, Mike Gravel. Or at least someone who is a Gravel fan. Anyways, in a YouTube video Kucinich is shown on Democracy Now where he says he can’t believe Clinton and Edwards did not mention his exclusion from the recent Nevada debate. The video then moves to Mike Gravel speaking after he was barred from an earlier debate in Philadelphia. Gravel talks about censorship and the fact that no one mentioned his exclusion, and then we get the clincher. These words appear on the screen: “Dennis, you failed to highlight Mike Gravel’s exclusion when you had the chance. How can you expect the other candidates to mention your exclusion?” Damn, someone just stuck it to Dennis Kucinich via YouTube and poor editing techniques, shit is getting reallllll serious.

ACLU Hates on Paper Ballots

Just when you thought they had this voting shit figured out… the Ohio ACLU wants to stop Cuyahoga County’s use of paper ballots. The organization filed a lawsuit yesterday saying paper ballots are unconstitutional because they don’t allow for the correction of mistakes. Touch-screen machines would alert voters to the fact that they voted too many or too few times, but paper ballots leave no room for correction meaning that ballots filled out incorrectly will simply be placed in the circular filing cabinet (that’s the trash can, get it?). The ACLU says that a system that does not inform of mistakes, “disproportionately results in lost votes in heavily African-American precincts,” and that the use of different forms of voting in the same state violates equal protection laws. Jennifer Brunner and company seem unfazed by the lawsuit however, claiming that it’s too late to be taking action now, and that the use of paper ballots is legal and protected. I’m still waiting for the recounts.

Cleveland hates Progressive

Progressive is a fast and relentless evil. The company that recently purchased the name of the Indians’ stadium removed the Jacobs Field sign this morning. Some people stopped to take pictures with one man remarking to Channel 3 news, (if you read this in a Brooklyn accent it makes the whole thing a lot more fun) “I was just comin’ by, I was doing some business, and I realized that they’re actually taking the Jake’s name down. So I thought I’d stop by and snap off a couple of pictures for some memories.” Then he headed off to have a slice with Joey before bashing some goon’s head in. It’s a sad day for the Tribe.

Just a Few Things to Think About, and Possibly Hate

The PD has a bevy of information about the Hanna Theater renovation and all the top notch updates being made, Newsnet 5 offers a list of events for the upcoming MLK day, and Fox News continues to show why they are just so damn professional with a story about why PETA is just so damn professional and the fact that monkeys can’t sue.