Comments on: Lieberman Supports Anti-Choice License Plates For Connecticut http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:21:44 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: thepoetryman http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-121133 thepoetryman Sat, 27 May 2006 19:21:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-121133 <p>Lieberman’s a cad, a fool, a bumbling, stumbling, neocon at heart, no good, slimy rat! And that’s on his good days!</p> Lieberman’s a cad, a fool, a bumbling, stumbling, neocon at heart, no good, slimy rat! And that’s on his good days!

]]> By: knotIookin http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120811 knotIookin Sat, 27 May 2006 14:08:12 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120811 <p>CHOOOSE life….??</p> <p>opperative word CHOOSE…as in CHOICE…as in the right to make a choice and NOT be forced to have no choice but the religious rights choice….</p> <p>make license plates that say “CHOOSE CHOICE if you love Democracy”</p> CHOOOSE life….??

opperative word CHOOSE…as in CHOICE…as in the right to make a choice and NOT be forced to have no choice but the religious rights choice….

make license plates that say “CHOOSE CHOICE if you love Democracy”

]]> By: mui http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120796 mui Sat, 27 May 2006 12:39:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120796 <p>BTW. I like Lamont’s new commercial, which is now on air. Whaddya guys think? I think it’s the best so far.</p> BTW. I like Lamont’s new commercial, which is now on air. Whaddya guys think? I think it’s the best so far.

]]> By: mui http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120795 mui Sat, 27 May 2006 12:35:26 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120795 <p>I think some fo us CT folks have had enough. Anyone who doesn’t think Lieberman is a right-winger should take a look at this. It’s completely embarrassing & in addition to his “pro-life” behavior:<br /> Joe Saves Face. Lieberman abandons End Time Christians. by Paul Bass:<br /> <a href="http://hartfordadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:1716">http://hartfordadvocate.com/gb.....d=oid:1716</a><br /> $350 for One Jew, $700 for a Couple: <a href="http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/12/350-for-one-jew-700-for-couple.html">http://montages.blogspot.com/2.....ouple.html</a><br /> Sen. Joe Lieberman Erases Ties to Apocalyptic Fundamentalist Group: <a href="http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/lieberman-ifcj.htm">http://www.thememoryhole.org/p.....n-ifcj.htm</a></p> I think some fo us CT folks have had enough. Anyone who doesn’t think Lieberman is a right-winger should take a look at this. It’s completely embarrassing & in addition to his “pro-life” behavior:
Joe Saves Face. Lieberman abandons End Time Christians. by Paul Bass:
http://hartfordadvocate.com/gb…..d=oid:1716
$350 for One Jew, $700 for a Couple: http://montages.blogspot.com/2…..ouple.html
Sen. Joe Lieberman Erases Ties to Apocalyptic Fundamentalist Group: http://www.thememoryhole.org/p…..n-ifcj.htm

]]> By: Danbury http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120794 Danbury Sat, 27 May 2006 12:30:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120794 <p>While I agree with the effort to keep political messages off of license plates, doesn’t the “Choose Life” slogan actually help the pro-choice cause?</p> <p>The key word here is “Choose.” Our whole argument on the pro-choice side is that it should remain a choice.</p> <p>If I had a voice, I would publicly and right to the pro-anti-woman crowd say, “EXACTLY! Make a CHOICE! Allow women to CHOOSE! Finally, we agree. You also think it is a matter of choice. Thank you! Now, can we move on to something more important, like the slaughter of innocent people, including babies and children, in Iraq so that our president can be seen as a great leader by being commander-in-chief?”</p> While I agree with the effort to keep political messages off of license plates, doesn’t the “Choose Life” slogan actually help the pro-choice cause?

The key word here is “Choose.” Our whole argument on the pro-choice side is that it should remain a choice.

If I had a voice, I would publicly and right to the pro-anti-woman crowd say, “EXACTLY! Make a CHOICE! Allow women to CHOOSE! Finally, we agree. You also think it is a matter of choice. Thank you! Now, can we move on to something more important, like the slaughter of innocent people, including babies and children, in Iraq so that our president can be seen as a great leader by being commander-in-chief?”

]]> By: Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Choose Either Free Speech Or Slogan-Free Licsense Plates http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120793 Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Choose Either Free Speech Or Slogan-Free Licsense Plates Sat, 27 May 2006 12:24:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120793 <p>[…] Yesterday at Firedoglake Jane Hamsher reported that Connecticut is rethinking its “Choose Like” license plates despite the fact that (as indicated in the linked article) Senator Joe Lieberman apparently supports them (ugh). A Boston Globe article Hamsher references reveals: The plates have been lucrative for the nonprofit groups they fund. Nationally, the plates have raised $5 million for pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, and nonprofit adoption agencies. About $4 million came from Florida residents who have chosen the license plate, the country’s first, since it became available in 2000, said Russ Amerling, national coordinator of Choose Life Inc. […]</p> […] Yesterday at Firedoglake Jane Hamsher reported that Connecticut is rethinking its “Choose Like” license plates despite the fact that (as indicated in the linked article) Senator Joe Lieberman apparently supports them (ugh). A Boston Globe article Hamsher references reveals: The plates have been lucrative for the nonprofit groups they fund. Nationally, the plates have raised $5 million for pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, and nonprofit adoption agencies. About $4 million came from Florida residents who have chosen the license plate, the country’s first, since it became available in 2000, said Russ Amerling, national coordinator of Choose Life Inc. […]

]]> By: mui http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120792 mui Sat, 27 May 2006 12:21:45 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120792 <p>Siun (Number?) What’s your reading on our CT AG Blumenthal? I have always had a certain amount of respect for him. But this is loonytoons as far as I am concerned.</p> Siun (Number?) What’s your reading on our CT AG Blumenthal? I have always had a certain amount of respect for him. But this is loonytoons as far as I am concerned.

]]> By: punaise http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120682 punaise Sat, 27 May 2006 05:32:05 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120682 <p>Chews Wife</p> Chews Wife

]]> By: Jason http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120667 Jason Sat, 27 May 2006 05:21:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120667 <p><i>”Specialty plates are an important source of revenue for causes like cancer research and environmental protection. They shouldn’t be used for political slogans.”</i></p> <p>I mean Jesus Christ! Is “save the environment” political? What about “Stop Global Warming” would that be more political? These can either be political or they don’t have to be. IF all you are trying to do is “save” something that you think shouldn’t be ruined or killed, then to you it isn’t political. What if there was a hypothetical political faction who believed that we should still have slavery? Would they complain about “Choose Freedom” license plates as being a political message? To others it may just sound like common sense.</p> ”Specialty plates are an important source of revenue for causes like cancer research and environmental protection. They shouldn’t be used for political slogans.”

I mean Jesus Christ! Is “save the environment” political? What about “Stop Global Warming” would that be more political? These can either be political or they don’t have to be. IF all you are trying to do is “save” something that you think shouldn’t be ruined or killed, then to you it isn’t political. What if there was a hypothetical political faction who believed that we should still have slavery? Would they complain about “Choose Freedom” license plates as being a political message? To others it may just sound like common sense.

]]> By: Jason http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120661 Jason Sat, 27 May 2006 05:15:59 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/26/lieberman-supports-anti-choice-license-plates-for-connecticut/#comment-120661 <p>Actually, shouldn’t the money go to orphanages and foster care?</p> Actually, shouldn’t the money go to orphanages and foster care?

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