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Right On, Reverend!

This stirs my radical political imagination.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 3

This stirs my radical political imagination.

I thought you might like it, OK Kiddo.

;)

Apologies for the shock, everyone. It’s a bit of a jump to go from Lady Bird Johnson to Angry Black Bitch.

Angry Black Bitch is awesome, well, she is beyond awesome! I read her ALL the time. And she is not only funny but a true voice of sanity and compassion.

It’s ok, Peterr — firepups are nothing if not adaptable ;-)

I met Angela Davis in San Rafael, CA in October, 1968. She had charisma !!

Two years later, San Rafael came back into her life in a very negative way. Supposedly, Timothy Leary’s dentist hid her until she could be smuggled to the east coast.

ABB represents the spirit of the 60’s. I support her wholeheartedly.

Bad storm blowing this way; gotta get off-line. O/t……No time to check if previously posted…….if not, enjoy. *g* Catch up w/y’all later.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/my.....geId=1.1.1

Hint: it’s got an “R” after its name.

LoudounLib @ 7

It’s ok, Peterr — firepups are nothing if not adaptable ;-)

And given who Lady Bird was married to, I’d guess that perhaps she was familiar with the vocabulary of ABB.

Right on Peterr.
ABB is the real deal, she walks the walk and talks the talk.
She recently reached out to a VERY young woman who had been raped and NOT told about the day after pill. She was one hot lady for that.
I catch her about once a week if not more.
Good deal for spreading the word.

Blink.

Kudos and heartfelt
((((((((((ANGRY BLACK BITCH!))))))))))

I met Angela Davis when I was a very very young woman in Burlington VT in the early 80s (81?) and she was not only inspiring but incredibly kind to the young woman I was then.

I remember her from the Life Magazine spread done on her in the early 70s and wanted after that to emulate her in any way I could. I must’ve been around 12 or 12.

got a bad linkie there Peterr - second one - the one about the legislation

And yes, ABB is THE. REAL. DEAL.

She is a tremendous inspiration–I read her like some people read their daily catechism! (Don’t mean to be blasphemous Rev Peterr, but that is how she is…like a modern day st Francis in her cabriolet!)

And then we have George Bush: Angry white bitch.

Great. Another politician inserts himself into the exam room. I think that every politician who votes for medieval bad science, medical malpractice should have to be present when each and every rape, incest and sexually molested victim presents to an emergency room. He or she must stay with the patient throughout the evidence collection, the rape exam, the police questioning, and the treatment until the victim is released.

If they are going to (mal)practice medicine, then they d*mn well better be in the room treating the patient.

I am beyond outraged at politicians usurping the rights of women and practicing medicine and nursing without a license. I wish victims would file a class action medical malpractice suit against every one of ‘em who commits violence against patients, whoever they may be.

There is a revolution coming. People are beginning to wake up and realize that the system is INTENTIONALLY stacked against them, and that unless they begin fighting back now, there will be no hope for them later.

Slightly OT:

I for one am amazed that 41 Republican Senators and 1 Independent Senator are on the record as claiming they know more about Military Troop readiness than the former Secretary of the Navy, Jim Webb.

Why in the world would a Senator like Chuck Grassley - R-IA, be claiming that the current Bush strategy is superior to the ideas outlined in the Webb amendment. Astounding, because almost 2/3 of his state population is in favor of supporting the troops by bringing them home.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 17

And then we have George Bush: Angry white bitch.

George Bush is a mean man, a cruel, thoughtless ________

Bustednuckles @ 12

Right on Peterr.
ABB is the real deal, she walks the walk and talks the talk.
She recently reached out to a VERY young woman who had been raped and NOT told about the day after pill. She was one hot lady for that.
I catch her about once a week if not more.
Good deal for spreading the word.

Blink.

That was a powerful set of stories - part one, part two, and part three.

The bitch is DEFINITELY there for “the after.”

Madam is a pissed off bitch too, as will all of the wives and girlfriends of these guys - I say, bring it on, since nothing rational stops them:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/.....als-leads/

U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded al-Qaida has rebuilt its operating capability to a level not seen since just before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, The Associated Press has learned.
Full story.

BTW–I should mention, now that I have come out of the closet, via facebook, I see no reason to hold back on the so-called secrets that my friends and family already know. I was a teenaged mother–at 17. An incest victim (at that time–though now I am a full fledged human being) and I have had an abortion (while a single mother on welfare–thank the goddess that federal funding was still available to medicaid recipients). I am not ashamed of having an abortion, only of being too much of a fucked up tool (due to my abuse and the consequent desperation) which allowed me to have unprotected sex with a m an who did not give a shit about me (in the days before AIDS fortunately). But I am not ashamed of the abortion, because it was life-affirming, it supported not only my life, but my already-born daughter’s.

It is ok in Shrubworld to go and kill Iraqi children (collatoral damage) but not alright for a woman to make a decision regarding not only her life, but more likely the children who are already born.

Most of us, if not all of us 60’s and 70’s SDS types admired Davis. Still do. Power to the people!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....mp;search=

Fern @ 15

got a bad linkie there Peterr - second one - the one about the legislation

Either a friendly lurking mod cleaned it up, or the problem is on your end. They all work fine for me.

(Although, to be honest about it, the KC Star website is not the most . . . ahem . . . tech friendly. Perhaps there’s a site registration problem or something.)

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Big Mitch @ 23

U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded al-Qaida has rebuilt its operating capability to a level not seen since just before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, The Associated Press has learned.
Full story.

Yeah, well maybe they’re all infected with the Avian Flu they tried to scare us with the other day…start replaying the clips where the Administration bragged about getting rid of 75% of the Al-Qaeda leadership…

All this does is amplify their incredible bullsh**. I don’t even believe the Zawahiri video crapola. They only bring it out when it is politically effective. They have politicized the Justice system, the Surgeon General, science, and they’ve politicized Zawahiri too, and meanwhile Chertoff has to pass gas and imagines that means we’re gonna be attacked. Well, okay, but it is their fault if there is an attack; survivors remember that.

I’d rather die pissed than scared. A**h***s.

Impeach for Treason.

In 2005, PBS documented similar laws in Mississippi:

Constantly testing the “undue burden” standard introduced by the Supreme Court in its 1992 Casey ruling, Mississippi has enacted a series of restrictions on access to abortion. Starting with rigid parental consent rules, the state added steep new barriers to abortion access, including requirements that abortion doctors must have admitting privileges at local hospitals. Starting in 2006, facilities performing second and third trimester procedures must meet the same regulatory standards as full surgical hospitals, 36 pages of rules in all. As a result, the entire state of Mississippi, one of the poorest in the nation, now has only a single abortion clinic, the Jacksonboro Women’s Health Clinic.

For more details, see:
“The Last Abortion Clinic.”

Woodhall Hollow @ 24

(((((Woodhall Hollow))))

Woodhall Hollow @ 25

BTW–I should mention, now that I have come out of the closet, via facebook, I see no reason to hold back on the so-called secrets that my friends and family already know. I was a teenaged mother–at 17. An incest victim (at that time–though now I am a full fledged human being) and I have had an abortion (while a single mother on welfare–thank the goddess that federal funding was still available to medicaid recipients). I am not ashamed of having an abortion, only of being too much of a fucked up tool (due to my abuse and the consequent desperation) which allowed me to have unprotected sex with a m an who did not give a shit about me (in the days before AIDS fortunately). But I am not ashamed of the abortion, because it was life-affirming, it supported not only my life, but my already-born daughter’s.

It is ok in Shrubworld to go and kill Iraqi children (collatoral damage) but not alright for a woman to make a decision regarding not only her life, but more likely the children who are already born.

That’s powerful testimony.

Woodhall Hollow @ 24

BTW–I should mention, now that I have come out of the closet, via facebook, I see no reason to hold back on the so-called secrets that my friends and family already know. I was a teenaged mother–at 17. An incest victim (at that time–though now I am a full fledged human being) and I have had an abortion (while a single mother on welfare–thank the goddess that federal funding was still available to medicaid recipients). I am not ashamed of having an abortion, only of being too much of a fucked up tool (due to my abuse and the consequent desperation) which allowed me to have unprotected sex with a m an who did not give a shit about me (in the days before AIDS fortunately). But I am not ashamed of the abortion, because it was life-affirming, it supported not only my life, but my already-born daughter’s.

It is ok in Shrubworld to go and kill Iraqi children (collatoral damage) but not alright for a woman to make a decision regarding not only her life, but more likely the children who are already born.

You have every reason to be proud of your choices and should never apologize to anyone.
Strong women make good mothers.

I was just wondering, does anybody here know who Condi fucks? Or if?

Woodhall Hollow @ 24

BTW–I should mention, now that I have come out of the closet, via facebook, I see no reason to hold back on the so-called secrets that my friends and family already know. I was a teenaged mother–at 17. An incest victim (at that time–though now I am a full fledged human being) and I have had an abortion (while a single mother on welfare–thank the goddess that federal funding was still available to medicaid recipients). I am not ashamed of having an abortion, only of being too much of a fucked up tool (due to my abuse and the consequent desperation) which allowed me to have unprotected sex with a m an who did not give a shit about me (in the days before AIDS fortunately). But I am not ashamed of the abortion, because it was life-affirming, it supported not only my life, but my already-born daughter’s.

It is ok in Shrubworld to go and kill Iraqi children (collatoral damage) but not alright for a woman to make a decision regarding not only her life, but more likely the children who are already born.

You’ve been through a lot. Glad you’ve come through it, with strength and power.

Peace, WH!

Toby Martin @ 30

I was just wondering, does anybody here know who Condi fucks? Or if?

Who cares?

Oh Baby, we have so much in common. Little does he know that he should have never said - Bring. it. on.

Toby Martin @ 31

I was just wondering, does anybody here know who Condi fucks? Or if?

Funny you should ask.

The presumed Virgin Queen who has been alleged to be doing Shrub was romantically linked briefly to a Canadian diplomat, (last administration.)

What makes your question so timely is that she was seen playing golf today, and, told reporters –presumably speaking of her affection for sports –

I like anything that ends with a score.

Twain @ 33

Toby Martin @ 30

I was just wondering, does anybody here know who Condi fucks? Or if?

Who cares?

Wrong blog

{{{{{{{{{{Woodhall Hollow}}}}}}}}}

Elliott @ 30

Woodhall Hollow @ 24

(((((Woodhall Hollow))))

awwww shucks!

Getting moderated on my own thread? Woodhall Hollow @ 5:05, I replied at 5:13. If you don’t see it, reload the page.

Thanks, Mods!

(now, let’s see if I can figure out what got me snagged in the filters . . . A*DS? Inc*st?)

Mod note: Hint, the “r” word. Sorry about that.

Woodhall Hollow @ 25

BTW–I should mention, now that I have come out of the closet, via facebook, I see no reason to hold back on the so-called secrets that my friends and family already know. I was a teenaged mother–at 17. An incest victim (at that time–though now I am a full fledged human being) and I have had an abortion (while a single mother on welfare–thank the goddess that federal funding was still available to medicaid recipients). I am not ashamed of having an abortion, only of being too much of a fucked up tool (due to my abuse and the consequent desperation) which allowed me to have unprotected sex with a m an who did not give a shit about me (in the days before AIDS fortunately). But I am not ashamed of the abortion, because it was life-affirming, it supported not only my life, but my already-born daughter’s.

It is ok in Shrubworld to go and kill Iraqi children (collatoral damage) but not alright for a woman to make a decision regarding not only her life, but more likely the children who are already born.

Tell ‘em Woodbaby

Peterr @ 37

Getting moderated on my own thread? Woodhall Hollow @ 5:05, I replied at 5:13. If you don’t see it, reload the page.

Thanks, Mods!

(now, let’s see if I can figure out what got me snagged in the filters . . . A*DS? Inc*st?)

Mine got lost, too and I didn’t use any words that are bad.

Woodhall Hollow @ 25

BTW–I should mention, now that I have come out of the closet, via facebook, I see no reason to hold back on the so-called secrets that my friends and family already know. I was a teenaged mother–at 17. An incest victim (at that time–though now I am a full fledged human being) and I have had an abortion (while a single mother on welfare–thank the goddess that federal funding was still available to medicaid recipients). I am not ashamed of having an abortion, only of being too much of a fucked up tool (due to my abuse and the consequent desperation) which allowed me to have unprotected sex with a m an who did not give a shit about me (in the days before AIDS fortunately). But I am not ashamed of the abortion, because it was life-affirming, it supported not only my life, but my already-born daughter’s.

It is ok in Shrubworld to go and kill Iraqi children (collatoral damage) but not alright for a woman to make a decision regarding not only her life, but more likely the children who are already born.

This is a very powerful testimony.

I have thought for some time that the way for we progressives to influence the debate on reproductive freedom is for us to have buttons or ribbons that say: “Someone I love had an abortion.”

The thought is that as long as abortion is seen as something that nobody I know does, it is easy to be against it. But it is not true. There have been over a million abortions in America for each of the last 25 years. But a campaign to make that fact widely appreciated is unfair if it pressures women to throw away their right to privacy.

Thank you so much Peterr and dakine…my point was not to garner personal sympathy but to point out that being forced to bring children into the world which you do not have the resources to care for and nurture is not only NOT life affirming, but it is incredibly hypocritical on the part of the Bushites, given that so many already born children have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. And we do not even know their names and ages.

Woodhall Hollow — not to mention their support for Death Penalty.

I’m at the shelter you will not fund that is filled to capacity with young mothers in search of the housing you will not approve.

I hold the babies you lost interest in the moment they were born.

I comfort the mothers…the women…my sisters who you will not mentor, volunteer to teach or employ.

WOW

Condi?

Don Cheadle Goes Off on Condi

“She wanted to tell me what the U.S. was doing,” Cheadle said. “First she said, ‘We’re doing all we can, but it’s not us, it’s the United Nations. They’re bogged down with red tape, and trying to push anything through just takes forever. The bureaucracy is almost insurmountable, and it’s the United Nations, not the U.S.’ And then she said, ‘It’s like when we had this crisis in Lebanon, I had to send someone down specifically to push through all of our legislation and make sure that everything moved through efficiently.’ I’m thinking, I thought you had no control over the United Nations. But I didn’t say that, ’cause I wanted to leave!”

The audience erupted in laughter.

“And then she basically said, ‘And I’ve heard a lot of you activists talking about George Bush needs to do more to stop the crisis in Darfur, and George Bush can’t stop this crisis in Darfur. You guys need to back off of that.’”

The actor did eventually return to the subject of Bush. “Look, he’s been hoisted on his own petard. I don’t have to say anything about him. Everybody knows what’s up with him.”

I’d like to see Angry Black Bitch face to face with Bush.

Cheadle, co-author of Not On Our Watch, about the genocide in Darfur, was recently called in to talk to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about the issue. And he wasn’t impressed.

(((((Woodhall Hollow)))))

Choice means choice. Choosing to have a baby if you can take proper care of it, and choosing not to if rips a mother’s life apart.

BigMitch @ 45

Woodhall Hollow @ 25

BTW–I should mention, now that I have come out of the closet, via facebook, I see no reason to hold back on the so-called secrets that my friends and family already know. I was a teenaged mother–at 17. An incest victim (at that time–though now I am a full fledged human being) and I have had an abortion (while a single mother on welfare–thank the goddess that federal funding was still available to medicaid recipients). I am not ashamed of having an abortion, only of being too much of a fucked up tool (due to my abuse and the consequent desperation) which allowed me to have unprotected sex with a m an who did not give a shit about me (in the days before AIDS fortunately). But I am not ashamed of the abortion, because it was life-affirming, it supported not only my life, but my already-born daughter’s.

It is ok in Shrubworld to go and kill Iraqi children (collatoral damage) but not alright for a woman to make a decision regarding not only her life, but more likely the children who are already born.

This is a very powerful testimony.

I have thought for some time that the way for we progressives to influence the debate on reproductive freedom is for us to have buttons or ribbons that say: “Someone I love had an abortion.”

The thought is that as long as abortion is seen as something that nobody I know does, it is easy to be against it. But it is not true. There have been over a million abortions in America for each of the last 25 years. But a campaign to make that fact widely appreciated is unfair if it pressures women to throw away their right to privacy.

Just think what it would do to the debate if we could just all stand up for our decisions, and not call it “regretible.” I do not want to comment on whether or not it is regretable on a personal level, but rather whether or not that it is regrettable that we have to feign shame on a political level a al Hilary. I suspect that if she had ever been out on the front lines in survival mode as I was and so many of my sisters, she would not view ab*rtion as a “regrettable, but rather as a courageous decision that some women have the misfortune of having to make. When it comes to life, I will chose the born over the unborn every. single. time.

BigMitch @ 43

This is a very powerful testimony.

I have thought for some time that the way for we progressives to influence the debate on reproductive freedom is for us to have buttons or ribbons that say: “Someone I love had an abortion.”

The thought is that as long as abortion is seen as something that nobody I know does, it is easy to be against it. But it is not true. There have been over a million abortions in America for each of the last 25 years. But a campaign to make that fact widely appreciated is unfair if it pressures women to throw away their right to privacy.

PFLAG has done much to dispel the myths attached to the GLBT closet, in large part because of the parents who stand up and say “You’re talking about my kid.” The abortion closet — as Woodhall Hollow can no doubt attest — has all kinds of other things attached to it. Still, the PFLAG model of standing up for our anonymous sisters is one worth pondering.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 49

Condi?

Don Cheadle Goes Off on Condi

“She wanted to tell me what the U.S. was doing,” Cheadle said. “First she said, ‘We’re doing all we can, but it’s not us, it’s the United Nations. They’re bogged down with red tape, and trying to push anything through just takes forever. The bureaucracy is almost insurmountable, and it’s the United Nations, not the U.S.’ And then she said, ‘It’s like when we had this crisis in Lebanon, I had to send someone down specifically to push through all of our legislation and make sure that everything moved through efficiently.’ I’m thinking, I thought you had no control over the United Nations. But I didn’t say that, ’cause I wanted to leave!”

The audience erupted in laughter.

“And then she basically said, ‘And I’ve heard a lot of you activists talking about George Bush needs to do more to stop the crisis in Darfur, and George Bush can’t stop this crisis in Darfur. You guys need to back off of that.’”

The actor did eventually return to the subject of Bush. “Look, he’s been hoisted on his own petard. I don’t have to say anything about him. Everybody knows what’s up with him.”

Speaking of Don Cheadle–did anyone see Charlie Rose give him shit for not working hard enough last night? I am sorry, but that was one of the most racist and patronizing displays I have seen on PBS in a long time.

Woodhall Hollow @ 45

Thank you so much Peterr and dakine…my point was not to garner personal sympathy but to point out that being forced to bring children into the world which you do not have the resources to care for and nurture is not only NOT life affirming, but it is incredibly hypocritical on the part of the Bushites, given that so many already born children have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. And we do not even know their names and ages.

The height of hypocrisy is the notion that a woman who has an abortion is cavalier about the choice…the narrative of the right-to-life crowd is that you are murdering a possible future savior…the narrative by the very same people is that if you kill Muslim childen at any stage of development, it is justified, because you eliminate a future terrorist and that is okay; because the child the terrorist may kill “over here” may grow up to be the unaborted future savior. It is almost that convoluted and insane.

Elliott @ 49

I’d like to see Angry Black Bitch face to face with Bush.

He’s possibly already been there.

TJ @ 53

Choice means choice. Choosing to have a baby if you can take proper care of it, and choosing not to if rips a mother’s life apart.

We are all citizens. If the f*cking president has the right to make life and death decisions regarding war and capital punishment, then every woman should have a similar right when it comes to her own body. And life.

albert fall @ 46

I’m at the shelter you will not fund that is filled to capacity with young mothers in search of the housing you will not approve.

I hold the babies you lost interest in the moment they were born.

I comfort the mothers…the women…my sisters who you will not mentor, volunteer to teach or employ.

WOW

Read her blog for any length of time, or prowl through her archives, and you’ll see that it’s not just words.

But what that girl can do with words makes this preacher jealous.

I have already stated, and will reiterate, that my house is a safe house for any woman en route to Canada or a pro-choice state for a legal abortion, should the shit hit the fan, as I expect it will. And because of my contacts across the border I am a willing driver.

You go, Angry Black Bitch. You go!

Woodhall Hollow @ 24

BTW–I should mention, now that I have come out of the closet, via facebook, I see no reason to hold back on the so-called secrets that my friends and family already know. I was a teenaged mother–at 17. An incest victim (at that time–though now I am a full fledged human being) and I have had an abortion (while a single mother on welfare–thank the goddess that federal funding was still available to medicaid recipients). I am not ashamed of having an abortion, only of being too much of a fucked up tool (due to my abuse and the consequent desperation) which allowed me to have unprotected sex with a m an who did not give a shit about me (in the days before AIDS fortunately). But I am not ashamed of the abortion, because it was life-affirming, it supported not only my life, but my already-born daughter’s.

It is ok in Shrubworld to go and kill Iraqi children (collateral damage) but not alright for a woman to make a decision regarding not only her life, but more likely the children who are already born.

Am very moved by your comments and thank you for speaking truth to power on behalf of far too many other young American women who have and continue to endure 2nd class citizenship, cruel misogyny, enduring shame and scant equal opportunity. I’m sure your daughter is just as proud of you as this ole brat!

Woodhall Hollow @ 59

TJ @ 53

Choice means choice. Choosing to have a baby if you can take proper care of it, and choosing not to if rips a mother’s life apart.

We are all citizens. If the f*cking president has the right to make life and death decisions regarding war and capital punishment, then every woman should have a similar right when it comes to her own body. And life.

Amen. I admire your decision.

{{{Woodhall Hollow}}}} - the truth…

One of my colleagues took in a foster child who was likely kept in the trunk of a car for the first two years of his life. And probably “rented” sexually for drugs. This poor kid has had a lifetime of physical and developmental struggles and more suffering than anyone should have to bear.

No one can tell me this is more humane than an abortion.

Woodhall Hollow @ 46

Thank you so much Peterr and dakine…my point was not to garner personal sympathy but to point out that being forced to bring children into the world which you do not have the resources to care for and nurture is not only NOT life affirming, but it is incredibly hypocritical on the part of the Bushites, given that so many already born children have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. And we do not even know their names and ages.

I understand. But so many of the Bush enablers and fundies are in favor of children from conception to birth at which point the Social Darwinism kicks in. Until birth, it is a means to enslave women. And if they can force women to have unwanted children, it enslaves them that much further.

TJ @ 63

One of my colleagues took in a foster child who was likely kept in the trunk of a car for the first two years of his life. And probably “rented” sexually for drugs. This poor kid has had a lifetime of physical and developmental struggles and more suffering than anyone should have to bear.

No one can tell me this is more humane than an abortion.

I won’t comment personally on the humaneness except to say that the teaching goes both ways. Your colleague and the child are both fortunate in this life.

Thing one: Signing a law imposing your religious views on the bodies of my sisters, cousins, aunts, nieces, neighbors and friends in a Baptist Church kind of pisses me off, too.

Thing two: Matt Blunt is corrupt and in my view, one of the U.S. Attorney firings was to interfere with an investigation of him. Documented in The puke state.

It’ s a slightly long post, and please forgive the blogwhoring.

LS @ 57

…the narrative of the right-to-life crowd is that you are murdering a possible future savior…

I have often speculated that it because they believe that an unborn child is without oringinal sin. Once they’re born, it’s a whole different story. They’re welfare cheats.

In a not-entirely-logical way, Terri Schiavo fits in there too - helpless as a fetus.

The right’s vision of education is centered on “what to think” while the rest of the world understands that “how to think” is what matters.

As ABB notes,

HB 1055 is an insult to every intelligent woman in Missouri who has made positive choices from a place of knowledge and is now being told they are better off having a power hungry pseudo religious incompetent and out of touch white man in government make those choices for them.

And HB 1055 is but one of the insults.

It would appear that ABB has Had Enough.

GordonM @ 67

LS @ 57

…the narrative of the right-to-life crowd is that you are murdering a possible future savior…

I have often speculated that it because they believe that an unborn child is without oringinal sin. Once they’re born, it’s a whole different story. They’re welfare cheats.

In a not-entirely-logical way, Terri Schiavo fits in there too - helpless as a fetus.

Only the self-sufficient, viable may survive?

LS @ 67

TJ @ 63

One of my colleagues took in a foster child who was likely kept in the trunk of a car for the first two years of his life. And probably “rented” sexually for drugs. This poor kid has had a lifetime of physical and developmental struggles and more suffering than anyone should have to bear.

No one can tell me this is more humane than an abortion.

I won’t comment personally on the humaneness except to say that the teaching goes both ways. Your colleague and the child are both fortunate in this life.

LS, I’m puzzled why you say this child was fortunate. He’s physically and emotionally damaged, and at this point does not appear that he can be normal in society. He may no longer be subjected to the physical abuse, but the damage is permanent.

Thing one: Signing a law imposing your religious views on the bodies of my sisters, cousins, aunts, nieces, neighbors and friends in a Baptist Church kind of pisses me off, too.

Thing two: Matt Blunt is corrupt and in my view, one of the U.S. Attorney firings was to interfere with an investigation of him. Documented in The puke state.

It’ s a slightly long post, and please forgive the blogwhoring. Correcting link in #68.

Big Mitch @ 64

Thing one: Signing a law imposing your religious views on the bodies of my sisters, cousins, aunts, nieces, neighbors and friends in a Baptist Church kind of pisses me off, too.

Thing two: Matt Blunt is corrupt and in my view, one of the U.S. Attorney firings was to interfere with an investigation of him. Documented in The puke state.

It’ s a slightly long post, and please forgive the blogwhoring.

Re Thing One: Yep.

And the thing of it is, it probably won’t help him much with his Baptist friends. By their lights, Matt waffles too much on the stem cell research prohibitions they want enacted, and this isn’t even close to enough to satisfy them.

Re Thing Two: Yep. Corrupt is the word for it. He and his dad, and dad’s BFF Tom Delay, and their friend Jack Abramoff . . .

[edit: link corrected]

I can’t tell if we won the minds and hearts
today?
More delays before Taylor contempt?
Wilson did so goooood today. If you tell the truth, it shows…
Meirs should be arrested… in violation of

According to TPM:
Invoking a privilege is one thing, but telling a person not to show up in response to a subpoena — if only to actually invoke the privilege — is quite another. It’s not just worse, it’s a felony under federal criminal law. See for yourself.
18 U.S.C. Sec. 1505 : … Whoever corruptly … influences, obstructs, or impedes … the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress … [s]hall be fined under this title, [or] imprisoned not more than 5 years … or both.

18 U.S.C. Sec. 1515(b): As used in section 1505, the term “corruptly” means acting with an improper purpose, personally or by influencing another, including … withholding, [or] concealing … information

TJ @ 72

LS @ 67

I won’t comment personally on the humaneness except to say that the teaching goes both ways. Your colleague and the child are both fortunate in this life.

LS, I’m puzzled why you say this child was fortunate. He’s physically and emotionally damaged, and at this point does not appear that he can be normal in society. He may no longer be subjected to the physical abuse, but the damage is permanent.

I guess I’m equally puzzled. This is not, in my opinion, a question of choice as much as it is a question of judgment. Are you suggesting that physical and emotional damage or normalcy in society, is somehow a criteria for this child’s right to live? I’m very confused by that.

Bay State Librul @ 75

I can’t tell if we won the minds and hearts
today?
More delays before Taylor contempt?
Wilson did so goooood today. If you tell the truth, it shows…
Meirs should be arrested… in violation of

According to TPM:
Invoking a privilege is one thing, but telling a person not to show up in response to a subpoena — if only to actually invoke the privilege — is quite another. It’s not just worse, it’s a felony under federal criminal law. See for yourself.
18 U.S.C. Sec. 1505 : … Whoever corruptly … influences, obstructs, or impedes … the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress … [s]hall be fined under this title, [or] imprisoned not more than 5 years … or both.

18 U.S.C. Sec. 1515(b): As used in section 1505, the term “corruptly” means acting with an improper purpose, personally or by influencing another, including … withholding, [or] concealing … information

Here’s the link:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/015267.php

Just out from the AP - Another Republican bites the dust!

State House Rep. Arrested

Titusville police say they have arrested Florida State Rep. Robert
“Bob” Allen, of Merrit Island, on second degree misdemeanor charges
for soliciation for prostiution.

The park was under surveillance by a detail of undercover police
officers.

Officers say they noticed Allen acting suspicious as he went in and
out of the men’s restroom 3 times.

Minutes later, he solicited an undercover male officer inside the
restroom, offering to perform oral sex for $20.

Officers realized he was a public figure after the arrest.

CAW CAW

LS @ 76

TJ @ 72

LS, I’m puzzled why you say this child was fortunate. He’s physically and emotionally damaged, and at this point does not appear that he can be normal in society. He may no longer be subjected to the physical abuse, but the damage is permanent.

I guess I’m equally puzzled. This is not, in my opinion, a question of choice as much as it is a question of judgment. Are you suggesting that physical and emotional damage or normalcy in society, is somehow a criteria for this child’s right to live? I’m very confused by that.

This child is fortunate in this life, because of the love and compassion of your colleague. Your colleague is fortunate in this life to have the challenge to love such an unfortunate soul. I hope that clarifies it. It is just my personal thought.

Harriet M. can’t be arrested until at least tomorrow, because there isn’t a crime until she fails to appear.

Of course, as a former nominee to SCOTUS and former WH Counsel, she probably knows that. Then again, given who nominated her and hired her, maybe not.

Peterr @ 80

Harriet M. can’t be arrested until at least tomorrow, because there isn’t a crime until she fails to appear.

Of course, as a former nominee to SCOTUS and former WH Counsel, she probably knows that. Then again, given who nominated her and hired her, maybe not.

Can’t we pre-arrest her as part of the underlying crime?

ccmask @ 78

Just out from the AP - Another Republican bites the dust!

State House Rep. Arrested

Titusville police say they have arrested Florida State Rep. Robert
“Bob” Allen, of Merrit Island, on second degree misdemeanor charges
for soliciation for prostiution.

The park was under surveillance by a detail of undercover police
officers.

Officers say they noticed Allen acting suspicious as he went in and
out of the men’s restroom 3 times.

Minutes later, he solicited an undercover male officer inside the
restroom, offering to perform oral sex for $20.

Officers realized he was a public figure after the arrest.

CAW CAW

LMAO!!!

Is there a point beyond which even the fundies will take notice that this is not an isolated incident? Beyond which they will say, “Hey maybe we ought to re-examine being so moralistic.”

TJ, LS, and others, you all might be interested in ABB’s post to and about her autistic brother. She’s posted about him before, from time to time, if you want more about their relationship and how she deals it all.

We are all changed by the people in our lives — however “healthy” or “normal” or whatever they are. We can choose to be changed for the better, or for the worse.

O/T

I am watching Chernoff talk about his gut feeling.

Too bad Colbert is on vacation. This would be a gift from heaven for him.

testing…do i have an f?

Allen, who at times has been a bit of maverick in the Florida Legislature and clashed with GOP legislative leaders, had already planned to run for a state Senate seat now held by Sen. Bill Posey, a Rockledge Republican. His last reports showed he had already raised more than $24,000 for the effort.

What is $24,000 Divided by $20.00?

Kathryn in MA @ 85

testing…do i have an f?

not yet

Rep. Artur Davis(D-AL) is dead on about Pardoning Libby, as Marcy among others has noted, it was a deliberative attempt to obstruct justice!

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003664.php

Peterr @ 83

TJ, LS, and others, you all might be interested in ABB’s post to and about her autistic brother. She’s posted about him before, from time to time, if you want more about their relationship and how she deals it all.

Thanks. I will also tell you that a very good friend of mine has 3 children. One is autistic, one is a Down’s Syndrome child, and the other is “normal”. My friend is a nurse. she loves all of her children dearly and equally. Her children love her dearly also.

We are all changed by the people in our lives — however “healthy” or “normal” or whatever they are. We can choose to be changed for the better, or for the worse.

Bay State Librul @ 81

Peterr @ 80

Harriet M. can’t be arrested until at least tomorrow, because there isn’t a crime until she fails to appear.

Of course, as a former nominee to SCOTUS and former WH Counsel, she probably knows that. Then again, given who nominated her and hired her, maybe not.

Can’t we pre-arrest her as part of the underlying crime?

Pre-emptive arrest? The thought of it is not particularly pleasant in most cases but then neither is the thought of pre-emptive wars.

now?

Being alive gives us the opportunity to love.