I would like to deeply apologize for the insensitivity of this post. It was a poorly thought out comment, posted jest on my private facebook page. It was never intended to be viewed by anyone other than friends. This, of course, does not excuse the comment. This type of statement has no place in public or private discourse. It does not represent any true opinion, political or personal. My record in the New Hampshire House shows a commitment to equality and social justice. It is a record of which I am most proud. This comment is a disappointment not only to the people of New Hampshire, whom it has been my privilege to serve, but also to my own beliefs and moral code.

A 91-year-old GOP state legislator in New Hampshire has resigned after saying people with mental illnesses should get a one-way trip to Siberia.

State Rep. Martin Harty, who turns 92 this month, made national news recently when he touted eugenics as a way to get rid of "defective people."

Then there's this guy.

"Most people realize that AIDS came from the homosexual community -- it was one guy screwing a monkey, if I recall correctly, and then having sex with men. It was an airline pilot, if I recall."

"My understanding is that it is virtually -- not completely, but virtually -- impossible to contract AIDS through heterosexual sex...very rarely [transmitted]."

Senator Stacey Campfield:

Senator Stacey Campfield:

Martha Boggs, owner of the Bistro at the Bijou, said she ordered the controversial Republican legislator out of her restaurant Sunday in disgust over his recent remarks about the origin of AIDS.

"He's gone from being stupid to dangerous," Boggs said today. "It's just my way of standing up to a bully."
* * *
The sign in front of the Bistro today reads, "Today's Special: Fried Chicken. Crispy Chicken Livers. No Stacey."

Campfield stood by his assertions in a blog post and mused about his treatment at the restaurant:

"In the 60's my grandfather sat at the lunch counters with the blacks in Knoxville to help break up the segregation of the races. I guess some people still support segregation. Just segregation of thought. Some people have told me my civil rights were violated under the 1964 civil rights act in that a person can not be denied service based on their religious beliefs. (I am catholic and the catholic church does not support the act of homosexuality) I had not thought about that much.

"I just figured this is just another example of the open minded tolerant left. They claim tolerances for divergent points of view.....Until someone actually has one. Then they don't know how to handle it."

Undaunted by ridicule from the leader of his own party, an Indiana lawmaker is standing by his allegations that the Girl Scouts is a radical organization that promotes abortions and homosexuality.
* * *
Morris’ comments about the Girl Scouts came in a letter he sent to House Republicans on Saturday that said he had conducted some research on the Internet and discovered that the scouts are a "tactical arm" of Planned Parenthood.
* * *
Morris, in his letter to lawmakers, said some Christian conservatives who share his concerns have pulled their children out of Girl Scouts. He also pointed to a Colorado Girl Scout troop’s acceptance of a transgender child last month as another reason to leave the group.

Wisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman... has introduced a bill that would require the State of Wisconsin to officially deem single parenthood to be a "contributor" to child abuse and neglect and to put the same into statutory laws of the state.
* * *
You should know that it was Senator Grothman who informed us last year that "The Left and the social welfare establishment want children born out of wedlock because they are far more likely to be dependent on the government." This is also the same Senator Grothman who opposed a provision in the 2010 Wisconsin sex education law that would prohibit teachers from promoting bias based on sexual orientation because he believed that instructors would have an "agenda" to persuade students to become gay.

I have forced myself to listen to this "blather" twice now, and I am no closer to understanding what she is trying to say. Words come out, but they mean nothing. She reminds me of a defective doll that can talk, but the words are in the wrong order, as if she suffers from brain injury. Just sayin'...

Ron Leech, 65, running in the ethnically diverse riding of Calgary-Greenway, made the comments on a radio show, CTV reported.

Wildrose campaign staff said he was explicitly asked whether it was a disadvantage to be white.

“I think, as a Caucasian, I have an advantage. When different community leaders such as a Sikh leader or a Muslin leader speaks they really speak to their own people in many ways. As a Caucasian, I believe that I can speak to all the community,” he said, according to CTV.

Wow...and just when I thought all the stupid politicians were down here in the States.

Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado is under fire for a speech he delivered at a recent fundraiser, in which he insisted the President isn't an American.

After speaking about the floundering economy, Coffman declared to a crowd in Elbert County on May 12, "I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that. But I do know this, that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American."

"I apologize,” he said. “I have confidence in President Obama's citizenship and legitimacy as President of the United States.”

However, he added, “I don't believe the President shares my belief in American Exceptionalism. His policies reflect a philosophy that America is but one nation among many equals."

Republican congressman knows what's in Obama's heart--and it's not America.
When called on his comments, Coffman offered this apology:

Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott, a long-time anti-abortion crusader in Parliament, is calling for anti-bullying initiatives to target the nation’s fetuses.

Vellacott picked up on the anti-bullying discourse on Parliament Hill (the Senate is currently studying how to curb and help those affected by cyberbullying), saying that all the talk about bullying is missing the biggest bullies in the country — abortionists.

“In light of this new awareness of bullying, consistency and credibility demands that we tackle the most cruel and most common bullying of all – the bullying, and ultimately killing, of babies in the womb,” Vellacott said.

His argument is that new research has shown that fetuses can feel pain in the womb at a young stage of development, which makes an abortion a form of bullying and “far worse than any case of school-yard and neighbourhood bullying.” Why? Because the bullying always ends with a dead victim, he argues.

“At a time when Canadians are demanding community and political action to bring an end to the bullying of our children, it is vital in these anti-bullying strategies to address the lethal bullying of the child in the womb,” Vellacott said.

It was also not without its surreal moments. Beforehand, the presenters discussed debates in the US and Europe, and while talking about the debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin of 2008, footage was aired of Tina Fey impersonating Palin on the satirical television show Saturday Night Live.