A Perspective on Legislative Priorities...and Clinton Women

Maybe whatever's in the drinking water in Florida (speculated in the July 15 BlogPulse Newswire) has infilitrated Washington D.C. as well?

Rep. Steve King is today's burstiest BlogPulse person for telling a Congressional witness she has no legal right to prescription drugs, which just happened to be perfectly legal, FDA-approved birth-control pills. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave was in on the sentiment, too, in hearings on a bill that would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions when they have moral qualms about doing so. "Just damned stupid" says enigmaticfaerie at LiveJournal; "Protect birth control!" rallies Witchiepoo.

Another hot button: guns
BlogPulse's No. 36 top blog post and No. 21 top link both point to this BoingBoing entry about a proposed bill to protect gun manufacturers from liability when people shoot each other. A Typical Joe can't help but notice the dis-similarities to the recent Supreme Court ruling that held Grokster responsible for users' downloading behaviors.

The Clinton women
Sen. Hillary is getting it from all sides, including author Steven Johnson's op-ed piece urging her to consider a different viewpoint about video games, violence and stuff like football (today's No. 2 blog post). On the unofficial campaign front, the non-centrist wing of the Democratic party is turning up the heat for her centrist leanings. Meanwhile, Kenyan officials are still waiting for former President Bill Clinton to consider a marriage proposal made for Chelsea's hand five years ago. Maybe the stakes aren't high enough, asks the Dave Barry blog?

Personality buzz
Who continues to generate more buzz: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove or Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts? BlogPulse speaks...