Repukes vote against Al Franken's anti-rape bill

[thome]

I hope they veto everything this ass says, and then drum this douche out of town.

Perhaps we could make a couple hundred thousand other laws about rape on lt's see...hmm.... thursdays at the corner of Main a 17th street...or if you a defense contractor ......Oops.....It's "AL" the buzzword name dropping candy ass.

Hey Al there are some sorry streets and they need some pot holes fixed, Do your fukkinf job, and get off your actor/commedy, sadistic need for press time.

I bet his next bill has the words Oprah and Dr. Phil in it.

All these stupid Mf'ers trying to act thier way into the history books, with key, topical, buzzwords in thier bills and speeches SUKKIT!

and you morons who think it's something else...Pfffffffft!

[kwame k]

I hope they veto everything this ass says, and then drum this douche out of town.

Perhaps we could make a couple hundred thousand other laws about rape on lt's see...hmm.... thursdays at the corner of Main a 17th street...or if you a defense contractor ......Oops.....It's "AL" the buzzword name dropping candy ass.

Hey Al there are some sorry streets and they need some pot holes fixed, Do your fukkinf job, and get off your actor/commedy, sadistic need for press time.

I bet his next bill has the words Oprah and Dr. Phil in it.

All these stupid Mf'ers trying to act thier way into the history books, with key, topical, buzzwords in thier bills and speeches SUKKIT!

and you morons who think it's something else...Pfffffffft!

Yeah, the nerve of the guy wanting government contractors to not have their God given American rights to cover-up gang rape by their employees. Fucking communist/socialistic Franken.

This is not the America I know and love.

[thome]

Yeah, the nerve of the guy wanting government contractors to not have their God given American rights to cover-up gang rape by their employees. Fucking communist/socialistic Franken.

This is not the America I know and love.

Were you there..?

No company advocates this, to assume so is the problem with america.

to stop funding defense contractors who deny assault

Yeap what you saidFucking communist/socialistic Franken.

and what the HELL IS GODDAMN "ANTI RAPE"

Fight the Power!

[Blackflag]

Just for clarification, the Stewart clip is somewhat misleading. The employment contract doesn't prevent the rape victim from pursuing a claim at all - it just requires that the claim be brought in arbitration, rather than in court. Employers and employees sign arbitration agreements all the time, and they are usually enforceable.

With that said, I would have serious reservations about enforcing an arbitration clause in the case of a rape.

I'm not saying it's a defensible position, but the Stewart clip kind of glossed over this.

They're also taking advantage of the fact that these are civil claims and it has no bearing on whether there would be a criminal prosecution. Misleading.

And it also applies to any civil Title VII claims, so it really does away with employment arbitration clauses for any discrimination or sexual harassment claims, not just rape. For defense contractors anyways...and who does that include? Everybody from Microsoft to Frito Lay?

This is one of those "why do you hate rape victims?" arguments.

[Blackflag]

I have a problem with arbitration clauses in general. They should be completely voluntary

I don't like arbitration clauses, either, but employment is completely voluntary.

If the point is to do away with all arbitration clauses, then they should say so, and not pretend it's about rape victims.

[Nickdfresh]

I don't like arbitration clauses, either, but employment is completely voluntary.

Not when there's effectively collusion and every employer doing it now...

If the point is to do away with all arbitration clauses, then they should say so, and not pretend it's about rape victims.

I don't know if that's their point...

[Little Texan]

I hope they veto everything this ass says, and then drum this douche out of town.

Perhaps we could make a couple hundred thousand other laws about rape on lt's see...hmm.... thursdays at the corner of Main a 17th street...or if you a defense contractor ......Oops.....It's "AL" the buzzword name dropping candy ass.

Hey Al there are some sorry streets and they need some pot holes fixed, Do your fukkinf job, and get off your actor/commedy, sadistic need for press time.

I bet his next bill has the words Oprah and Dr. Phil in it.

All these stupid Mf'ers trying to act thier way into the history books, with key, topical, buzzwords in thier bills and speeches SUKKIT!

and you morons who think it's something else...Pfffffffft!

Someone needs RosettaStone to figure out WTF you're going on about most of the time!

[Big Train]

I have a problem with arbitration clauses in general. They should be completely voluntary and never be a condition of employment --or-- the results should be nonbinding to either side of the litigation as everyone knows that the arbitration is often controlled by firms with ties to the company in question.

I can agree to this in the case of what we have here, a criminal act. If it is just run of the mill "why did you fire me" or "you owe me more money" claims, I would think arbitration is still the most cost effective route.

[lesfunk]

I'm all for Raping Al Franken! as long as I don't have to participate

[Nickdfresh]

I'm all for Raping Al Franken! as long as I don't have to participate

Maybe you should make sweet love to him then?