Mr. Romney... Matthew Shepard's Mom Says It Was Not "An Innocent Prank" But "An Act of Torment"

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Thursday May 10, 2012 · 3:07 PM PDT

2012/05/10 · 15:07

To hell with your "apology."

“Back in high school I did some dumb things and if anybody was hurt by that or offended by that I apologize.”

Here's what Matthew Shepard's mother has to say to you today about that:

Matthew Shepard's Mom: Romney's Actions - Not "An Innocent Prank---It Was An Act Of Torment"
Judy Shepard, whose son was murdered for being gay, blasted Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for allegedly harassing prep school classmates he judged to be too effeminate.

“While this may seem like an innocent prank to some, it was an act of torment against a child for being different,” Shepard said. Her son Matthew was kidnapped and brutally murdered in 1998. “We expect the people we elect to be leaders in the charge against bullying so that all students are afforded the right to learn and grow in an environment free of fear. This incident calls into question whether Mitt Romney can be an advocate for the nation’s most vulnerable children.”

http://www.rawstory.com/...

Following are real-world consequences of actions and behavior you apparently consider "pranks" and "high-jinks" that "offended..."

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Thursday November 24, 2011 · 10:59 AM PST

2011/11/24 · 10:59

The Ghost of Tom Joad - Words and Music by Bruce Springsteen.

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Wednesday November 02, 2011 · 3:06 AM PDT

2011/11/02 · 03:06

Breaking diary, so just the AP article info. More at BBC, Guardian, Reuters, too. UPDATE: Assange will appeal and has 14 days to do so.

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Tuesday October 11, 2011 · 11:52 AM PDT

2011/10/11 · 11:52

"I worked for community agencies serving the poor and disfranchised for 40 years... When I stop working, I will be very poor... I will become part of the community I have spent my life serving."

The Occupy Wall Street Protesters are not doing it perfectly! Why?

Because there is no such thing as perfectly here.

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Friday January 28, 2011 · 12:48 AM PST

2011/01/28 · 00:48

A graphics overview of what has happened to the Internet in Mubarak's Egypt this evening. Apologies if not more substantive, but I must get to bed. I hope that I'm not taking away from the mothership diary, but this is important stuff, I believe.

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Thursday April 29, 2010 · 9:16 PM PDT

2010/04/29 · 21:16

UPDATE: New Photos & Lastest Developments Including First Injured Bird

BILL MAHER TODAY VIA TWITTER:

"Every asshole who ever chanted 'Drill Baby Drill' should have to report to the Gulf Coast today for cleanup duty."

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Monday April 05, 2010 · 9:30 PM PDT

2010/04/05 · 21:30

UPDATE FROM WIKILEAKS via TWITTER: New Background Photo Material on Iraq Massacre Leak: http://bit.ly/... AND http://bit.ly/...

This diary changes the Wikileaks video into still images, captions and text intact. Thus it is about the power of the images. Christopher Hedges, writing on the "pictures of war you aren't supposed to see," says that most filmic and photographic images of war, removing the fear, stench, noise and stress of combat, serve an "artful war narrative," ultimately functioning as "war porn." Where do these new images fit within that viewpoint? In the words of Julian Asstrange, a co-founder of WikiLeaks, the video shows "how modern aerial warfare is done... It shows the debasement and the moral corruption of soldiers as a result of war. It seems like they are playing video games with people's lives."

Upon seeing the video this afternoon, former Editor and Publisher editor Greg Mitchell commented that the "U.S. crew in Wikileaks video of Iraq killings reminds me of my son and friends around TV playing Xbox shooter game."

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Thursday December 10, 2009 · 9:10 AM PST

2009/12/10 · 09:10

I have just found out via Greg Mitchell's tweets that Editor and Publisher is folding. This is not good. Editor & Publisher was indispensible (along with McClatchy reporters) during the Bush/Cheney era.

Mitchell says the New York Times will have a piece up soon, and Politico's Michael Calderone has the memo.

Greg's tweets after the fold:

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Wednesday December 02, 2009 · 12:18 PM PST

2009/12/02 · 12:18

Most of the photos are from the last few days. Some are earlier this year. I don't much to say, but desire to let the pictures speak. I have framed the photograph and captions with commentary by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (yesterday) and Chris Hedges (past summer).

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Monday November 16, 2009 · 8:55 PM PST

2009/11/16 · 20:55

As first noted in tonight's Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann diary by CityLightsLover, Keith Olbermann read verbatim to the viewing audience an entire essay written by one of the show's producers, Rich Stockwell, in response to what Stockwell saw at the free health clinic held in New Orleans this weekend past. After Olbermann called for a fundraising to hold the clinics, around $1.7 million was raised.

The column read on the show, transcribed in part below, is at the same time moving, disturbing and gut-wrenching. I have reproduced some of it and added the video. If you have not seen this, watch it. If you have not read the transcript, read it.

The next free clinic, produced through cooperation with the National Association of Free Clinics, intended to target Democrats who are known to be weak in their support of the public option, as many of you are aware - New Orleans is Sen. Mary Landrieu's state - is to be held this Saturday in Little Rock, Arkansas - Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor's state.

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Friday November 06, 2009 · 2:10 PM PST

2009/11/06 · 14:10

Iam having a civil discussion with you

WATCH THIS VIDEO BEFORE YOU READ THIS and KNOW THE TRUTH!!!:

John Stewart is now as smart as Steven Colbert and figured it all out for Glenn:

Then do this: http://twitter.com/...

You try to MAKE FUN of the Gleen Beck
show with your LIBERAL MAINSTREAM MEDIA bias,,,
well we know THE TRUTH!

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Saturday October 31, 2009 · 5:43 AM PDT

2009/10/31 · 05:43

This really is a must-see if you missed last night's Countdown.

Almost as if she wanted to help us celebrate Halloween by conjuring up the ugly human demons of Lies and Hypocrisy, as well as reminding us of the horrible visual image of her father speaking the coldest of human deceipts with his usual sociopathic authoritative demeanor, Liz Cheney on Friday tried to make right-wing political hay out of President Obama's early morning dignified transfer duty at Dover Air Force Base, in which he honored the eighteen U.S. citizens killed in Afghanistan on Obama's watch (originally reported by BarbinMD.)

As typical of her attempts to establish and justify something other than the true legacy of her father, she did it devoid of facts and logic.

Lawrence O'Donnell, filling in as anchor for the MSNBC show, channeled the Special Comment version of Keith Olbermann and called her on her hypocrisies. I have produced a full transcript below.

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