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WORST POLITICAL AD INVOKES THE SAN FRAN STYLE VALUES!

I took a course in college where I had to analyze political campaigns.  My analysis of this politician's attack ad, "coming out" of Missouri's 6th district, which invokes his opponent's "San Francisco style values" aka GAYNESSOMG! wavers somewhere between pathetic and brilliant.  I'm just so happy to be witness once again to the birth of yet another Internet meme.  When will these stop?  I HOPE NEVER! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eipRbIwNuA]

And here is Ms. San Francisco Style Values' response.

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UNUSUAL APPLICATION OF FED. LAW USED TO INDICT MYSPACE KILLER

Missouri adult resident Lori Drew was indicted by a federal grand jury for her role in the suicide of 13 year-old Megam Meier.  Lori Drew used a fake MySpace profile under the guise of a teenage Josh Evans to cultivate a relationship with Megan who was a former friend of Drew's daughter.  "Josh" then began harassing Megan.  Soon afterwards Megan committed suicide. In the first case of this kind, Federal prosecutors using statues charged Ms. Drew with "one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing a computer without authorization and via interstate commerce to obtain information to inflict emotional distress."  Typically applied towards cases involving computer fraud across state lines, this indictment, based on the physical location of MySpace in Los Angeles, is a rather creative, if unlikely to succeed application of federal statue.

Read more here.

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