THE PRO-RAPE VOTES... ALL 30 OF THEM

So I kinda get why people aren't necessarily taking Al Fraken seriously as a senator.

However, when someone introduces a Contractor ANTI-RAPE bill into Congress, you'd think it would be a slam dunk, right? No.

Franken's bill was drafted to prevent the US Government from signing contracts with companies that required their employees to submit to binding internal arbitration in the case of rape.

Now, lets be clear. Arbitration can be a great thing when used correctly. It can help keep down the lawsuits piled on courts for civil disputes. But, rape is a fucking criminal offense. It's not about money, it's about being held responsible in the US justice system.

30 senators opposed this bill. THIRTY. All Republicans.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
said "Congress should not be involved in writing or rewriting private
contracts," he argued.

The bill was, he maintained, a "political amendment at bottom, representing a political attack on Halliburton."

In fact, the amendment only goes so far as to require contractors doing business with the government to permit employees to sue civilly in the "most egregious violations," Franken emphasized in a statement. (For less egregious matters, contractors can still require employees to waive their right to sue and submit to arbitration.)

If my tax money is going towards a contractor, I (through my elected officials) have every damn right in the world to refuse to do business with that contractor if their internal contracts remove their employees basic right to justice. The government has regulated employee/employer agreements forever, there are guidelines.. a couple weeks ago they were screaming about yanking the tax payer money from ACORN:

“It is evident that ACORN is incapable of using federal funds in a manner that is
consistent with the law,” Boehner and the other Republicans told the
president. “Simply put, ACORN should not receive another penny of American
taxpayers’ money.”

Okay. So its not okay to use taxpayer money to pay a company was caught in a sting giving a "pimp & prostitute" tax advice. But it IS okay to use taxpayer money to pay a company that protects rapists and persecutes their victims by denying them a criminal trial? Okay, good. Now I am clear.

Of course, the news networks have been too busy with 24-coverage of "Balloon Boy" or the "Jon & Kate Divorce Show" to actually cover shit like this.. I first heard about this on The Daily Show.

Then today, I ran across this:

REPUBLICANS FOR RAPE

I am glad someone's paying attention.

Yep, people- It's time. Time to start paying attention to the shit the media isn't covering.