Attack on Planned Parenthood Continues

The Republican attack on Planned Parenthood, in the form of the House zeroing out funding for the organization in the continuing resolution on the federal budget, seemingly came out of nowhere.

For decades, the kinds of services provided with federal dollars by Planned Parenthood---contraception, STD testing and treatment, cancer screening---had been assumed non-controversial by the Beltway media.

The reproductive rights debate was framed mainly as a fight over bodily autonomy versus fetal life, between secular humanists and religious folks who believed fertilized eggs had souls.

From: AlterNet

Things Have Changed?

Twenty years after the beating of Rodney King, the LAPD is a changed operation.

Compared to the cops who beat King, officers these days hit the streets with a new reality ingrained in their minds: Someone is always watching.

"Early on in their training, I always tell them, 'Whatever you do, assume it will be caught on video,' " said Sgt. Heather Fungaroli, who supervises recruits at the LAPD's academy.

"We tell them if they're doing the right thing then they have no reason to worry."

"Things are a whole lot more transparent now and if you're going to do something stupid, then you're going to pay for your stupidity."

It finally took the threat of citizens 'catching' them to get them to stop beating us. And, If you believe they won't still find a way to get away with it, you are living in a fairy tale.