Bill Richardson Update

Richardson is trying to back his way out of that remark about God and Iowa. I don't think it's going to be successful, though.

"That was an off-the-cuff comment about the importance of Iowa. This was an Iowa crowd — I'm trying to score points, I'm moving up in the polls. So I don't consider that a mistake — that was an off-the-cuff comment, and I stand very strongly behind the fact that Iowa and New Hampshire should be first."

  TPM Election Central

I usually find it's easier to get your foot in your mouth if you take the other one out first.

"Well it was actually meant, if you'd been at the event, it was meant as a joke, and that's all it was," Richardson deputy communications director Katie Roberts told Election Central.

Whoa. Talking about God's blessing isn't likely to be considered a joke in Iowa, and I doubt if any points will be scored with that explanation.

I suspect the Richardson campaign is pretty much toast even in Iowa now.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Oh, and Iowa...

I told you those newly freed to marry someone of the same sex ought to act quickly. And how. One couple managed before the Judge who threw out Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage was petitioned and placed a stay on his decision. Everybody else in line will just have to wait until an appeal process is heard.

Same-Sex Marriage Okay in....

Iowa! A judge struck down Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage as the result of a lawsuit brought by six gay couples, who should immediately apply for a license and have the ceremony performed, because I'm sure they haven't heard the end of this. This is Iowa we're talking about.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Update: Well, that was quick.

A History of Abuse

DES MOINES, Iowa - The state has agreed to pay $925,000 to unwitting subjects of an infamous 1930s stuttering experiment — orphans who were badgered and belittled as children by University of Iowa researchers trying to induce speech impediments.

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Over a six-month period, Dr. Wendell Johnson, a nationally renowned pioneer in the field of speech pathology, and his staff tested his theory on 22 children who were in the care of the state-run Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home. Some were subjected to steady harassment, badgering and other negative therapy in an attempt to get them to stutter; the rest served as a control group.

  Yahoo

The same minds that brought you torture lite. When people talk about abductions and cold-hearted experiments, why do they think it's aliens?