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History does repeat itself: once again, the Anti-Federalists are dictating American legislative policy. From within their hallowed chambers, the Rehnquist Court is pushing the doctrine of states' rights with the unabashed fervor of Thomas Jefferson and his Democrat-Republican cronies of two hundred years ago. Indeed, the question has become what exactly the Court may be willing to sacrifice in order to make its point...
Thinking of a career in public relations? Well, you might be tempted by the prospect of making a mint advising Colorado's Jefferson County on how best not to anger the citizens they are supposed to serve...
...sure looks like they could use the help. The decision by the Jefferson County Attorney's Office Wednesday to sell a three-hour video collage of scenes from the Columbine shooting set to Generation X warblings would seem to be nothing short of tasteless. The move, just the latest in a series of public relations gaffes, has sparked such a fast and seemingly predictable public backlash that one can only scratch one's head and ask, "What were they thinking...
...sheriff was merely acting as custodian until a judge ruled that the tape be handed over to six of the victims' families, who had sued for its release as part of their efforts to prove that authorities mishandled the rescue and failed to heed warnings of the rampage. The Jefferson County DA then decided that the sheriff's office should make the tapes available to everyone rather than fight a protracted set of lawsuits against the various pockets of the public interested in the tapes...
...second thought, that Jefferson County p.r. job doesn't sound like such a good idea...