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They say “Laugh and eh whole world laughs with you...” Well, it was anything but a laughing matter when former stand-up comic and Saturday Night Live Writer Al Franken Joined the Senate committee hearings into the Halliburton/KKR inquiry where the company had taken the position that it’s “binding arbitration” contract with employees was done for the good of the employees. Halliburton/KKR maintained that the clause was to provide employees with an expedited means of addressing their grievances, and further suggested that employees who were raped did better with private arbitration than they would in court.

Though not a lawyer, Senator Franken has the opportunity to examine witnesses at the hearing, and he makes surprisingly good use of his authority

No, Al wasn't very funny. But then, the gang rape of Jamie Leigh Jones wasn't very funny either. Nor was her being held captive in a shipping container under armed guard. Nor is her 4 years of fighting Halliburton's refusal to face the consequences in court. There just isn't much funny about any of this. In fact, the whole thing is pretty sick.

For the rest of that story, go here, or just watch him bitch-slap the Halliburton/KKR lawyer:

Don’t you just love it when Senators work for the common good for a change?

The Perfessor

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