Been a Bad Week in T-ville

[Bionca]

Sorry - hit the post button to soon.

The post above was taken from the Huffington Post, and has been making the rounds to various blogs. The hosts made a non-apology - "sorry you overly sensitive people didn't get our joke" and "We like kids and would never actually want anyone to hurt them" ... except when they advocated hurting them. Also, the ever popular "Yer trying to censor my free speech - and being mean too!"

I'm all about free speech - but even "joking" about abusing children crosses a line. Joking a bout abusing a group of children that are more likely to commit suicide, be thrown out of their family homes, and endure peer harassment is so far over the line.

the following is a list of their sponsors - I'm sure you know what to do:

The list of 98 Rock's advertisers:

Snapple - http://www.drpeppersnapplegroup.com/consumer-relations/

Sonic - http://www.sonicdrivein.com/business/contactUs.jsp

Griffin & Reed Eyecare - http://www.lasikworld.com/contact.html

Chipotle (kudos to these guys!) - http://www.chipotle.com/#flash/
speak_comment

Carl's Jr. - http://www.carlsjr.com/contact/

Albertson's - http://www.supervalu.com/sv-webapp/contact/contact.jsp

Nissan - http://www.nissanusa.com/apps/contactus

Wells Fargo - http://www.wellsfargo.com/

Red Bull - http://www.redbullusa.com/#page=CompanyPage.Contact

Roseville Auto Mall - http://www.rosevilleautomall.com/index.cfm

Bank of America - http://www.bankofamerica.com
(also see contact information at the bottom of the HRC page for BofA,
under Employee Resource Groups: http://www.hrc.org/issues/workplace/...rch_type=Quick
)

[Bionca]

This makes 5 in Memphis is the past 3 years (four within the past 2). The total number of murdered Trans* women in the US this year is 17 - and we are only half way through.

Venezuela has had a rash of Trans* sex workers murdered this past month (20) - all found with their money and phones, so robbery has been ruled out. As in many places, trans* sex workers in Venezuela work in a specific area (s). On one hand it makes it easier to connect with guys looking for them, but it also makes them easy targets. The authorities don't seem vary pressed about solving any of the murders.