For those who hadn't heard, Al Franken may be superman. He had legislation passed yesterday to keep the US Government from making contracts with companies that support the rape of its employees. This is in direct response to KBR (at the time a subsidiary of Halliburton) invoking a fine-print clause in a contract to keeping a woman who was drugged and gang-raped from seeking legal recourse against KBR, Halliburton, or the men responsible. When she attempted to talk to anyone about it, she was locked in a shipping container with an armed guard watching it. How this was allowed in any way is completely beyond me, but at least we have someone in our government working against this sort of thing. You can read a bit more about it (and watch the video of his speech) here.
Hopefully this isn't just a fanciful image, but an artist's recreation of what happened on the senate floor yesterday.
Image via faithmouse.com
The things that companies will allow in order to turn a profit are disgraceful. It's nice to hear some good in this world.
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