Jamie Leigh Jones, a worker for private contractor KBR, claims that she was gang-raped by her colleagues while working in Baghdad in 2005. KBR is a former subsidiary of Halliburton. Her injuries, including torn pectoral muscles, tearing of her vagina and anus and ruptured breast implants, were confirmed by a physician, who said they were consistent with rape. He then handed the rape kit over to her employer, KBR. And KBR, according to Jones, locked her in a storage container, posted an armed guard outside of her door and denied her food and water.

The rape kit then mysteriously disappeared, not to be seen again until 2007. When it resurfaced, it was missing doctors' notes and photographs. With the records lost, and that fact that Jones claims she was drugged and cannot identify all of her attackers, makes it impossible for a criminal trial. KBR also denied her the right to take them to a civil court, saying that what had been done to her was a mere "personal injury in the workplace," and could -- according to her contract -- be resolved only by arbitration. As it turns out, KBR employees must sign a contract with this stipulation!

As unbelievable as this sounds would you also believe that someone in our Government could agree with this? You know, our Government, that body that is supposed to protect us? So much for domestic Tranquility and promoting the general Welfare of we the people.

Sen. Al Franken (D MN) recently brought up an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies like KBR “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.”



Would you believe me if I told you that 30 Senators voted against that bill? Gee, that kinda makes them Pro-Rape doesn't it? Is it any wonder why the Republicans are curious why they seem to be losing women's votes? They need to look no farther then their mirror.

Here they are, the Pro-Rape Senators:

Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA) (I'm sure my Atlanta friends are so proud)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV) (Um, wouldn't really expect him to vote in defense of women).
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ) (Well, rape is funny.... see rape jokes about apes as proof).
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL) (Only black men rape the white women is what I'm sure he was thinking).
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA) (Voted against it because no diapers were involved).
Wicker (R-MS)

Spector (D (kinda) PA) No Vote. Busy I suppose.

I'll enjoy defacing their posters in the next elections. Or, better yet maybe I'll start a Pro-Rape PAC and send out flyers to support them! I'll make sure to send the info out far and wide.