HELEN:
Margaret, religion isn’t the only thing that shouldn’t get into bed with politics…just ask Nancy Brinker. It certainly doesn’t erase all the good work and noble intentions that went into Komen, but Nancy should never have hired that idiot Republican, Karen Handel, in the first place. You didn’t need to call references to know what you were getting with that one for geeminy sakes. I hope those angry old men over at the GOP are paying attention. If women didn’t allow breast cancer to defund Planned Parenthood, we’re sure as hell not going to let John Boehner & Company get away with it.
If Planned Parenthood is so bad, how come millions of women choose them for healthcare? Who do you think a woman should consult with about her healthcare? A doctor or a politician? And who should make the decision about ending a pregnancy – the woman who realizes now is not the time to bring a child into the world or Rick Perry who humiliates and traps women into having an unwanted child and then denies those same women and children healthcare and a decent education after the delivery? I declare, let’s move on already. This war on women has done nothing but get in the way of good people who are just trying to do the best that they can with what life gives them.
Honestly, I am asking all those Republicans out there who read my little web page blog to once and for all stand up and answer me honestly: Regardless of whether you think abortion is right or wrong, do you really want your government taking away that choice from a woman? I’ll bet dollars to donuts that, other than a few misogynistic nut cases, most Americans really think this is a personal and private decision to be made between a woman, her family and her doctor. It’s not about being pro-life or pro-choice. It’s about being open-minded enough to realize that God’s answer to you might be different from the answer he gives to me. If Republicans want to win more elections, they need to take a lesson from the gays and just leave my vagina alone.
To the Republican Party, I say: You can’t have it both ways… unless you’re Mitt Romney. Either you want a smaller government or you don’t. So will that be one lump or two with your cup of tea? You bunch of asshats. I mean it. Really.
MARGARET:
Helen, finally we completely agree on something. Let’s move on and get politics back to what it is supposed to be about – death, taxes and sex scandals.
Margaret, women are Republican’s private property! This is why they want to govern over our bodies. We are their private incubators. I was told one of the reasons Repubs dont want to allow women the right to choose is that there are no available babies for adoption here in the USA, as if older children are ‘not suitable’ you see? Just when I thought they couldnt stoop any lower.
BTW, have you seen this letter?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014194601#post15
He hits the nail on the head when he states “We no longer live in a capitalist society, we live in a corporatist society.”
Hope all is well.xo
By: palinshutup on August 17, 2012
at 6:04 AM
Romney’s church does want to control your vagina. If you are not able to have any children, you will be of no use to the Mormon male who takes you to his planet and spends eternity having intercourse with you and his other wives, procreating “spirits” to be born on your Mormon husband’s planet.
When this world ends, the Mormon men who have been “sealed” to multiple wives will ‘raise their veils (Mormon women are buried with a veil over their faces and the only way they can get out of the grave is to have that veil lifted by their husband) and then divide up the women that are left over. Weird, scarry and they actually believe it, so they think it is their business to worry about your vagina.
Also, if you “kill a baby” now, it won’t have a chance to “work out its salvation” and will spend eternity in a lesser heaven, unless it is female and then it will be taken by one of the “Mormon gods” to spend eternity in popping out more “spirit children.”
The Mormon church is against Komen or any other group or program that might make a woman unable to have a child because they will then we worthless in the afterlife.
By: Martin Luther on August 16, 2012
at 8:35 AM
Are you willing to pay for that child from conception through college. There are many, many reasons why women are in positions when they are unable to bring a child into the world. Women aren’t the only one in the equation yet they have the brunt of the responsibility. The men often walk away. There are too many unwanted children in the world already. So don’t say put the child up for adoption. That is not the end all and be all of an answer. It might work well for a healthy white baby, but if there is anything wrong with the child or if the child is a child of color, it often goes straight into the system, and your tax dollars end up paying for it anyway! And what about women and girls who are pregnant as the result of incest and rape? Would you insist they go full term with their baby? Why put them through that misery? So don’t give me your sad sob story of making you pay your hard earned money for an abortion you don’t believe in until you tell me you are ready to take in and raise those children you don’t want abort the healthy and the sick, the white and the children of color.
By: Beth Levine on August 14, 2012
at 6:12 PM
I just can’t understand why your right is making me pay to kill your baby
By: Anonymous on August 14, 2012
at 5:22 PM
uaw has been around here for a long time. Underneath that rough exterior is a pretty good guy. Yes, he is who he is…….but he is ours. If you go after him he is going to come back at you. You’d be wise to scroll by his comments. Now that other one who comes here…THAT is a whole different story.
Somewhere around here are Helen’s rules for the blog. It is not necessary to stay on the topic she posts.
Peace.
By: Cynthia on August 13, 2012
at 9:06 PM
uaw – I don’t think it would be considered a felony. Huntsman Sr. hold a high position in the LDS church and is privilaged to certain information. Since Jr. was treated so badly it may just be called pay back time.
Peace.
By: Cynthia on August 13, 2012
at 9:04 PM
If it wasn’t a Huntsman it was McCain, and once McCain saw Romney’s tax returns he chose PALIN. Those must have been some returns. I cannot wait to see what cartoon you pick next to answer any discussion that involves more than two sentences.
By: artfuldodger on August 13, 2012
at 8:27 PM
Geez Cynthia…….
are you saying that Jon Huntsman’s dad committed a felony by releasing tax info and Harry Reid is an accessory……maybe Holder should look into it……
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 8:15 PM
get ready to make your donations….
New Obama panic: Romney crowd sizes
http://washingtonexaminer.com/new-obama-panic-romney-crowd-sizes/article/2504781#.UCmjTqFlRY4
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 8:04 PM
Absolutely – and Gato is another of my favorite posters, too.
By: JCL on August 13, 2012
at 7:37 PM
Thanks for the support, JCL. I love reading Margaret & Helen’s posts and most of the comments. That’s why I come here.
Gato doesn’t deserve vitriol because she is kind enough to welcome someone to this site.
Thank you to all who stand up to the bullies that post here.
By: Iris on August 13, 2012
at 7:24 PM
uaw – I heard it was Jon/? Huntsman SENIOR who shared that bit of news with Reid regarding Romney’s taxes.
Peace.
By: Cynthia on August 13, 2012
at 7:08 PM
isn’t it strange that some people would congregate here along with other narrow minded people and not got to other sites with opposing viewpoints…..
just kicking the tires…..
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 7:07 PM
Iris, I agree with you. Actually, whether someone agrees with the blogger or not, why come here just to insult and belittle? Isn’t that something a junior high kid would do? Seriously, I don’t agree with everything Margaret and Helen say, but this is THEIR “home” and if someone wants to come into their home and be disrespectful, they should stay away. Disagreeing is fine, but resorting to belittling comments and name calling is juvenile. Simply juvenile.
By: JCL on August 13, 2012
at 7:04 PM
I have to wonder at the mindset of a fifty something person who resorts to insults because he has nothing to say. Why does he continue to visit a site where he doesn’t agree with the blog writers or the commentators? What a sad little life.
Don’t bother to look for something for me, I don’t click on any of your links or videos. Not that that will stop you…I suppose the fervid hope someone might keeps you going.
By: Iris on August 13, 2012
at 6:58 PM
and one for gato….
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 6:24 PM
this ones for you artful…or fulof
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 6:10 PM
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 5:51 PM
The reply that we all expected>
By: artfuldodger on August 13, 2012
at 6:00 PM
Yay! Love this guy… Thanks so much for sharing the link. Right onto my “Favorites”… And welcome aboard.
We do tend to digress from topic now and then, but the minute Margaret and Helen post again, we’ll all be right back in there with them on whatever they have to say.
Gato
By: gatodicima on August 13, 2012
at 5:54 PM
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 5:51 PM
I just discovered this blog and LOVE it! Thank you! Have shared it with a few friends already.
I’m betting that Helen would absolutely love Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station blog. He’s blunter with his language, ex-military, no-nonsense, but terrific! http://www.stonekettle.com/2012/08/the-unsinkable-mitt-romney.html
By: Debbie Tucker-Smith on August 13, 2012
at 5:25 PM
uawtradesman
You’re just as simple as your cartoons.
By: artfuldodger on August 13, 2012
at 4:37 PM
http://www.cagle.com/2012/07/somebody-else-2/
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 12:01 PM
http://www.cagle.com/2012/08/reid-on-romney-2/
By: uawtradesman on August 13, 2012
at 11:59 AM
@Dawn:
I still question how you are going to verify a ten year old had an abortion due to being raped by her uncle. Have you heard of HIPPA laws? The only reason it would be in mainstream, subject to verification, is if the parents made a complaint and the DA filed charges. As the doctor reportedly said, she was deliberately vague about details of her patients SO THEY COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED.
What is your schtick with this? Why are you insisting that a ten year old’s privacy be invaded? There is no question the doctor was denied license renewal. There is no question a 10 year old had an abortion according to the doctor’s files. There is no question the doctor is being persecuted for performing legal medical procedures. Is that story not appalling enough for you? I have a suggestion: just leave it alone and do not post it on your FB page. Problem solved.
By: Iris on August 13, 2012
at 11:12 AM
I’m sure James is an R & R supporter and will be delighted when the conservatives get rid of all the safety nets. Than babies can grow up to be starved to death. Great population control idea James.
By: OddManOut on August 13, 2012
at 10:58 AM