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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Sex Offender Colony

Fox News

A California man wants the government to create a colony for sex offenders who he says will face desperation if a ballot initiative up for vote next month becomes law. Jake Goldenflame tells The Los Angeles Times that Proposition 83 — which would bar released offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park — will create chaos and wandering bands of rootless men.

He has asked the State Attorney General to create a refuge at an abandoned military base — calling that a "humane alternative." A spokesman for the Attorney General says it is not clear whether the initiative would actually have the power to uproot previously convicted sex offenders or apply only to future parolees.

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