[Vision2020] And the Hits Just keep On Coming . . .

[Dan Carscallen]

Vizzz Peeps,

I'm sorry, but to me this looks like the USA Today is grasping at
straws.  Quoting the "blogosphere"?  Didn't someone else just pooh-pooh
something positive about Mrs. Palin because it came from a blog that
quoted another blog that was quoting still another blog?  That looks
like a "blogosphere" thing to me.  

Other questions might be:  Did any rapes occur in Wasilla, AK, when Mrs.
Palin was on the city council or when she served as mayor?  If none did,
nobody on that council may have even known about the policy.  Looks like
it was a statewide policy in Alaska before the prior governor signed the
new law.  

I don't even know if it's policy here in Moscow.  (but I plan to find
out, because I also believe it's wrong to charge a victim for it)

There are so many laws and policies out there in this country of ours
that we don't even know about, until something happens to trigger them,
which in turn may bring about protest.  

DC

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:21 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] And the Hits Just keep On Coming . . .


>From US News and World Report (that's a reliable news source for those 
>who
wish to know) at:

http://tinyurl.com/6j4ma4
 
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Sarah Palin and the Rape Kit Question

The blogosphere is reporting that when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska,

in the late 1990s, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's 
municipal police department charged rape victims for the "rape kit" used

to collect the forensic evidence necessary to convict their attackers. 
According to reports, this changed in 2000 when then Alaska Gov. Tony 
Knowles signed a bill protecting rape victims from being charged. As I 
wrote recently, however, the situation described in Wasilla is not
unique. 
In all too many instances, women are still being stuck with the bill for

rape kits. This despite the fact that in order to qualify for federal 
grants under the Violence Against Women Act, states are supposed to pick

up the entire tab.

If on her watch Sarah Palin allowed women to be charged for rape kits,
she 
has some serious explaining to do. But while she's undoubtedly the most 
visible offender, if the story is true, she's unfortunately not the only

one to have permitted this reprehensible practice.

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Can you imagine charging rape victims anywhere from $300 to $1,200 for
the 
material and processes in gathering evidence against the person that
raped 
them?

This is an atrocity no matter who the mayor is.  But when that mayor is 
running for Vice President of the United States . . .


Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"Jesus was a community organizer and Poncius Pilate was a governor."

- Marilyn Trail, sister of Representative Tom trail (September 8, 2008)


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