There is a small but fervid sector of the Talibangelicals who will never forgive Libruls for introducing sexually active white teenagers to options other than “giving up” their “unwanted” offspring for adoption by older white couples. I do not want to badmouth the many, many people who choose to form families with children to whom they are not genetically related, but I can’t find much respect in my heart for those childless couples who complain about not being able to afford a “perfect” white newborn now that so many teenagers know about birth control, early abortion, and open adoption. Remember, Justice John Roberts and his wife actually went to the trouble of finding two pregnant young women in Ireland and paying them to give birth in Central America in order to obtain not-quite-twin newborns with known medical/social backgrounds. Jim and Judy Redstate are “reduced” (yes, I have heard would-be adoptive parents use that verb)to dealing with expensive so-called non-profits and a network of ever-shifting less-developed countries in order to buy their babies, and the eventual little Redstates may still turn out to be not-white, not-newborn, and prone to an array of hidden medical/social problems. Of course, most of the white couples who adopt Chinese babies or Russian toddlers genuinely love their children, even the kids who turn out to have attachment disorders or fetal alcohol syndromes, but that doesn’t mean that Rove Republicans aren’t playing the race card when Dubya signs his stem-cell veto surrounded by “happy (all-white) Snowflake families”. If the embryos that will now be discarded by fertility clinics were not Very Caucasian, Rove would be just as happy to ditch the hardcore every-sperm-is-sacred fundycons in favor of the much larger (read: aging boomer & boomer parent) group of voters interested in stem-cell research. But semi-subliminal appeals to white redstaters’ “family” issues are much more powerful at the present moment.

The Council for the National Interest encourages its members to call their member of Congress immediately to express their opposition to this bill for its lack of balance. You can reach your Representative’s office by calling the main House switchboard at (202) 225-3121 or by looking of the number at this website: http://www.congress.org/congre…..r.t…

The House is scheduled to start at least two hours of debate on the resolution shortly, which you can watch live on C-SPAN.

TALKING POINTS:

Israel’s attacks on innocent civilians and civilian infrastructure in Gaza and Lebanon are a violation of U.S. law, specifically the U.S. Arms Export Control Act and the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act. The U.S. Arms Export Control Act restricts the use of U.S. weapons to legitimate self-defense and internal policing; U.S. weapons cannot be used to attack civilians in offensive operations. The U.S. Foreign Assistance Act prohibits U.S. aid of any kind to a country with a pattern of gross human rights violations.

Israel’s attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Gaza and Lebanon are examples of collective punishment, which are prohibited under the Geneva Conventions…

——-It’s truly amazing; they hold Iran and Syria responsible w/this resolution Not surprising, but amazing. They’re laying the groundword to expand the war. Wonder if Iraq will switch it’s position to side with Iran if the U.S. goes to war with them.

http://www.congress.org/congre…..ongressorg

—–Americans First – Get Them Out of Lebanon
Ask Your Reps to Help Our Citizens NOW

As of Tuesday morning, France has gotten 900 of its citizens out of Lebanon, plus 50 Americans. Sweden has gotten 700 Swedes, Finns and Norwegians out, plus 37 Americans. Poland has evacuated 200. Italy has evacuated 300. Limping behind, America has gotten 70 of its citizens out.

Countless other Americans, who are registered with the US embassy, have not even been contacted yet as to when they might leave. No one is answering the phone, faxes or emails at the US embassy. The State Department emergency hotline, which has been advertised as if they really want people to call in an emergency, hangs up
on you because it is undermanned. Plus, America is the only country charging a fee to the evacuees. Is it me, or are we just not good at evacuations?

While 25,000 American citizens are left trapped in a blockaded war zone, congress is busy with other things, like crafting a resolution in support of Israel. The President is coming up with ideas about what Syria should
do to fix the situation. What about what America can do?

I think we the people should expect a little more protection and effort for our tax dollars.

Please write your reps to urge them to use their powers to help Americans first (Israel second).

It’s bad enough that France is doing a better job.

http://www.democraticundergrou…..15;1674661

ACTION ALERT: Oppose House Resolution Supporting Israel’s Attacks!

Juan Cole gave the heads-up on this in his blog here: http://www.juancole.com/2006/0…..thi…

The craven US Senate ALREADY passed such a resolution, using a voice vote (so there are no recorded votes for us to see).

YOU MUST READ THE ALREADY-PASSED SENATE VERSION OF THIS RESOLUTION – it is frightening and aggressive in so many ways. It calls for the President to impose sanctions (guess it’s just one more unitary executive power) on Syria and Iran and opens the way for more. It gives Israel absolutely open season to do whatever the hell they want in the MidEast.

CSPAN pdf file of the Senate Resolution is HERE -http://www.c-span.org/pdf/06071_%20Israel_Lebanon_Resol…
In an edit, I’m adding IMAGE FILES of the four pages of the Senate Resolution at the end of this opening post as well as a link to a new thread on this

Now it is the House’s turn to pass a similarly craven, horrible resolution. Here’s what Juan Cole received from CNI:…