{"id":2333,"date":"2004-03-17T08:44:46","date_gmt":"2004-03-18T00:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/17\/more-conservative-hijinks\/"},"modified":"2019-12-09T16:57:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T00:57:19","slug":"more-conservative-hijinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/17\/more-conservative-hijinks\/","title":{"rendered":"More conservative hijinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11082,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/weblog.burningbird.net&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260121004002\\\/https:\\\/\\\/weblog.burningbird.net\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 12:11:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 18:40:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 22:58:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 15:22:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 00:00:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 00:00:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11484,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.humaneventsonline.com\\\/article.php?id=3291&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060205092142\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.humaneventsonline.com\\\/article.php?id=3291&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 16:49:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:44:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:44:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11485,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.monkeyhouselounge.com\\\/loungeact&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100426015242\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.monkeyhouselounge.com:80\\\/loungeact\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 16:49:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:44:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:44:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11486,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.foxnews.com\\\/story\\\/0,2933,114467,00.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130702062427\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.foxnews.com:80\\\/story\\\/0,2933,114467,00.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 16:49:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:44:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:44:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Two things pointed out to me in the comments for my last post that, while likely to increase your blood pressure, are worth knowing about:<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/weblog.burningbird.net\/\" title=\"Burningbird\">Shelley<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humaneventsonline.com\/article.php?id=3291\" title=\"Ten Bills to Battle Judicial Activism\">Human Events Online: Ten Bills to Battle Judicial Activism<\/a> &#8212; a list of ten bills that have been introduced by conservatives in order to gain more control over our judicial system. HR 3920 is only one example of what&#8217;s going on.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monkeyhouselounge.com\/loungeact\/\" title=\"Lounge Act\">Todd<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,114467,00.html\" title=\"Tenn. County Officials Seek to Ban Gays\">Tenn. County Officials Seek to Ban Gays<\/a> &#8212; Tennessee&#8217;s Rhea county, already notorious for annually celebrating the conviction of John T. Snopes for daring to teach evolutionism in school (even though that decision was later overturned by the state&#8217;s Supreme Court), is asking for Tennessee&#8217;s criminal code to be updated to allow the county to charge homosexuals with &#8220;crimes against nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;We need to keep them out of here,&#8221; said Commissioner J.C. 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