A little bit more than two years ago, Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson lashed out at U.S. District Court Judge Harold Murphy for his ruling that struck down the state's original voter ID law as unconstitutional.  Richardson suggested that we needed to end the entire concept of an independent judiciary when he made this statement:

"I think citizens in general are sick and tired of people they vote for and elect going and making decisions and then a judge, who is not elected by anybody with a lifetime appointment, is able to put his or her will above those elected officials' opinions.  Maybe they ought to have a term limit. What about a 10-year term, or something like that?"

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At a great blog called "That's My Congress", there is a story about Georgia Republican Paul Broun and his 'Sanctity of Human Life Act' (HR-4157) that is right on the money. Let's find out about the bill itself, shall we?

H.R. 4157, which Representative Broun refers to as the Sanctity of Human Life Act, might more accurately be entitled the Zygote Political Enfranchisement Act or the Anti-Fertility Act. The legislation has been written by Congressman Broun in order to define a human egg created in the United States from the moment of fertilization, through its development into a fetus ready to be born, as a complete person with full legal rights and constitutional protections equal to that of any other American citizen.

Under Broun's proposed law, this award of full legal protections to all fertilized eggs, even one created just one minute ago, would be given regardless of the ability of the fertilized egg to implant in a womb and grow to become a baby. H.R. 4157 states this very directly:

Georgia Congressman Paul Broun, a Marine veteran and medical doctor, has launched a new crusade on behalf of our fine military men and women. Surveying the dangerous situation abroad, the progress (or lack thereof) in Iraq, and the ever-increasing number of American casualties, Broun has, after careful consideration, decided that the problem is pornography.

"As a Marine, I am deeply concerned for the welfare of our troops and their mission," said Broun. "Allowing the sale of pornography on military bases has harmed military men and women by: escalating the number of violent, sexual crimes; feeding a base addiction; eroding the family as the primary building block of society; and denigrating the moral standing of our troops both here and abroad."

Oh, so THAT'S what's harming our troops. Porn. Of course!

Seriously, it's just one step from there to blaming the Iraq debacle on...our permissive attitude towards sex as a nation! If it wasn't for those stupid liberals and their low moral fiber...

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Pretty interesting observation from CQ Politics.  Four veterans, three of whom fought in Iraq, are all running as Democrats in four different districts in Georgia.  (And actually, First Coast News shows there are five, not four.)

The five are:

GA-01: Bill Gillespie
GA-06: Bill Jones
GA-07: Doug Heckman
GA-10: Bobby Saxon
GA-11: Bud Gammon

I guess if we can't defeat Osama and the Shia militias and the Taliban, we might as well try to knock out Hefner and Guccione?

Concerned that the military is selling pornography in exchange stores in spite of a ban, one lawmaker has introduced a bill to clean up the matter.

"Our troops should not see their honor sullied so that the moguls behind magazines like Playboy and Penthouse can profit," said Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., unveiling his House bill April 16.

His Military Honor and Decency Act would amend a provision of the 1997 Defense Authorization Act that banned sales of "sexually explicit material" on military bases.

http://www.armytimes.com/...

In the GA-10 special election for US Congress to replace Norwood the polling stations closed at 7pm and the votes are being counted right now.

Follow the count here.

So far Broun is over performing and threatening Marlow for the run-off spot. The good and bad news is that the republican frontrunner Jim Whitehead is underperforming. That makes it harder to reach the run-off, but more winnable if Marlow get there. Right now there is just a few hundred votes between Marlow and Broun.

You can also follow the election on Tondee's Tavern

Republican frontrunner for the GA-10 special election, State Senator Jim Whitehead:

"left-wing political activists [are] intentionally registering illegal aliens to vote, including known Al Qaeda terrorists..."

He has also said:

"Iraq has not been a big thing in our district."

Whitehead is not new to verbal gaffes. Or plain stupidity. He has earlier told a newspaper the University of Georgia is full of "a bunch of liberals," adding except for its football team, someone ought to bomb it.