One of the regular harassers of the clinic I volunteer at got really angry when I ran up to him today in my vulva costume saying, “boogie boogie boogie”. First words out of his mouth, “That’s harassment”.
This after him being there every Saturday for who knows how long, harassing the people going into the clinic.
No you fucking moronic hypocritical fuck. Just no.
Rick Santorum likes to talk about states’ rights. In January of this year, he expressed his belief that it was fully within a state’s right to outlaw birth control. When asked by an ABC News reporter about it he said that “A State has a right to do that. I’ve never questioned whether a State has a right to do that. It’s not a constitutional right. The state has the law…the right, to pass what ever statutes they have.”
Considering his strict adherence to Catholicism, it’s not surprising that his personal view would be against the use of contraception, but as a “conservative,” one would expect him to be a strong supporter of “individual liberty” and keeping government out of your personal business. State’s rights trump that in Santorum’s world. If a state’s legislature feels there should be no legal contraceptives, so be it. After all, birth control is not even mentioned in the constitution. No pill for you.
So, does Santorum apply this same logic to every issue not covered in the Constitution? Of course not, he’s a hypocritical right wing nut job!
This past week, Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire signed the state’s newly passed same sex marriage bill into law. The legislature, including a handful of Republicans, voted to assure equal rights for all of the citizens of the state. It was the day before Valentines Day, and a wonderful victory for love, partnership and egalitarianism. Under the logic that Santorum applies to birth control you would suppose, this move, although contrary to his personal view, would be respected. Not a chance.
When asked about it this week while in Tacoma,Washington, he declared that “I’ve just said I think this is a national issue that we can’t have 50 different marriage laws, and we have to have a consistency in what marriage is, and family is something. And, we need to have a national discussion about it and develop a national policy.” Oh, no state’s rights when it comes equal protection under the law for the gay community.
The whole problem with both of these examples is that is goes against the basic mantra of conservative individualism. In the case of birth control and women’s health, it is clear that Rick Santorum is totally fine with religious ideology being legislated and imposed on you. For a clearer idea of how this ideology works, look no further than billionaire and Santorum Super PAC funder Foster Friess. Today when asked about the birth control issue, he offered this gem: “Back in my days, they used Bayer Aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.” This fits in nicely with Santorum’s views that women should be home raising families rather than pursuing careers, but I digress.
The state’s rights argument is only a thinly veiled disguise for spreading his right wing religious ideology on the population at large. We know this in fact because when a state passes a law that actually extends civil rights to a minority, and it is in opposition to his right wing religious ideology, he has no qualms suggesting that the federal government should make a law denying states the ability to decide. However, Santorum has absolutely no problem with a state taking away access to birth control, because it fits his religious views.
The reality is Rick Santorum is a bigoted, sexist, right wing zealot. Imagine how up in arms Tea Partiers would be if a person, whose ideology was not right wing conservative Christianity was trying to pick and choose, based upon religion, what states can rule on and what they cannot. If you are a Tea Partier, please explain this to me, because I don’t know how you justify this massive hypocrisy. Please!
Rachel Maddow exposes extreme Republican hypocrisy on abortion (May 19th, 2011) (by Panzerfaust04)
Corporations = People, no regulation required.
Fertilized eggs = People, regulation definitely required.
So if both corporations and fertilized eggs are considered people according to republicans, why are they fighting to get one deregulated, but the other to have complete control over?
The GOP’s definition of “Class Warfare” is like their definition of “Clear Skies” or “No Child Left Behind”…Black is White, Up is Down, Right is Wrong…it’s just more of that famous Republican Doublespeak.
Can I just say that it’s about fucking time Obama starts acting like a democrat?
Via Divine IronyHow much do you love your life? What if your mom had made a choice not to keep you. Then what?
What if she did abort me, and then I came back? No matter how many abortions (or miscarriages) my mother may or may not have had between my birth and my brother’s, I am still the second child of my parents. That would be true if I were one year, five years, or ten years apart from my brother. Maybe I would look different. Maybe I’d be older or younger than I am now. But that could easily be said if a different egg was pushed through my mother’s Fallopian tube, or if a different sperm fertilized that egg. It might be fun to think about what your life would be like if you were born at a different time in a different place, or what the world would be like without you (because the world will be without you, eventually). But that’s all it should be: fun, not some sort of existential crisis or policy platform.
How many siblings do you have? Do you resent your parents for not giving you one more? Do you resent your grandparents for not giving you another aunt or uncle? Hey, maybe you would have received some extra money on your birthday if your grandparents weren’t such selfish jerks who decided to stop procreating at some point!
You know, when I was a kid, I actually asked my mother if she would be sad if I didn’t exist. She told me that there’s a big difference between never having someone who never existed and losing someone after knowing them. Obviously, she wouldn’t be able to miss her daughter if I never existed. She would have one son, who she would love with all of her heart, and he would be enough to keep her very happy. But since she has me too, and if I died or ran away or vaporized, she would miss me, because she’s used to having me around and cares about me.
Nobody can possibly care about someone who never existed. That would be like me saying, Gee. I really miss my little brother Ramon. If I told that to my mother, she’d ask me what the ever loving fuck I was talking about. And if I continued to insist that I really missed this little sibling of mine that never existed, I would be in the back of an ambulance on the way to the hospital. Kind of like the time I pointed to a robot I saw on the other side of the room and told my mother to look at it. There was no robot. That was the 104-degree fever talking.
Commentary FTW. Your little existential crisis doesn’t trump anyone else’s rights.
I’ve got some things to say about these images, though. The first one is just arrogant. And as this blog aims to show, it’s not often true.
As for the second one… um, have you never heard of rape? Have you never thought that maybe some people like sex for pleasure and chose to protect themself from pregnancy but it failed? Choosing to have sex isn’t the same as choosing to get pregnant. Join the real world, please.
Pro-choice; I actually care.
I actually care about the 70,000 womyn who die unnecessarily due to unsafe abortions every year around the world.
I actually care about the 220,000 kids left behind without a mom.
I actually care about the 61% of womyn who are already mothers and can’t afford another child.
I actually care about the 500,000 kids currently in need of adoption.
I actually care about the people, WHO ARE ALREADY HERE, and need stem cell research to cure them of a debilitating/life-threatening disease.
I care about the damage we’re doing to the environment by reproducing and using up the earth’s resources.
So yes, I’m pro-choice and I actually care.
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Hypocritical Hoosier of the Day: Indiana state Rep. Phillip Hinkle, a married, anti-gay member of the local GOP, reportedly solicited the “friendship” services of a young man he found through an M4M “Casual Encounters” ad on craigslist.
20-year-old Kameryn Gibson, who listed his age as 18, wrote in his ad “I need a sugga daddy,” to which the 64-year-old Hinkle reportedly responded “Cannot be a long time sugar daddy, but can for tonight. Would you be interested in keeping me company for a while tonight?” Hinke then offered Gibson $80 plus tip “for a really good time.”
The Indianapolis Star, which was forwarded the email exchange between the Republican and his Craigslist companion by Gibson’s sister Megan, reached out to Hinke for a comment. “I am aware of a shakedown taking place,” the Rep., who did not deny authorship of the emails, told the paper.
“I wasn’t shaking him down, at all,” Kameryn Gibson retorted. According to his account, the two went to a hotel where Hinkle showed him his ID. When Gibson realized who Hinkle was, he told him he didn’t want to continue, but Hinkle told him he couldn’t leave “until we do what we need to do.” Gibson says he called his sister who threatened Hinkle with exposure, but Hinkle remained aggressive, removing his clothes and grabbing Gibson’s arm and rear.
Megan arrived to pick up her brother, and threatened Hinkle again. He offered her his iPad, a BlackBerry, and $100 in cash to keep quiet. Later on, Megan says she received a call from a woman claiming to be Hinkle’s wife. She told her “your husband is gay,” which the woman insisted was mistake until Megan provided his email address as proof. There was silence “for a couple seconds,” Megan told the Indy Star, “and the first thing she said was, ‘Please don’t call the police’.”
Megan says she was later offered $10,000 “not to say anything,” and even received a call from Hinkle himself. She told him she had outed him to his wife and family, to which he responded: “You just ruined me.”
Hinkle, who sponsored a measure to add “In God We Trust” to Indiana’s license plates, voted this past spring in favor of a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
[indystar / courierpress.]
Asshole.
Niiceeee
FUCK YEAH INDIANA.
I’m leaving this state omg.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lptw5yIgWt1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Via Ramblings from This Side of SanityHypocritical Hoosier of the Day: Indiana state Rep. Phillip Hinkle, a married, anti-gay member of the local GOP, reportedly solicited the “friendship” services of a young man he found through an M4M “Casual Encounters” ad on craigslist.
20-year-old Kameryn Gibson, who listed his age as 18, wrote in his ad “I need a sugga daddy,” to which the 64-year-old Hinkle reportedly responded “Cannot be a long time sugar daddy, but can for tonight. Would you be interested in keeping me company for a while tonight?” Hinke then offered Gibson $80 plus tip “for a really good time.”
The Indianapolis Star, which was forwarded the email exchange between the Republican and his Craigslist companion by Gibson’s sister Megan, reached out to Hinke for a comment. “I am aware of a shakedown taking place,” the Rep., who did not deny authorship of the emails, told the paper.
“I wasn’t shaking him down, at all,” Kameryn Gibson retorted. According to his account, the two went to a hotel where Hinkle showed him his ID. When Gibson realized who Hinkle was, he told him he didn’t want to continue, but Hinkle told him he couldn’t leave “until we do what we need to do.” Gibson says he called his sister who threatened Hinkle with exposure, but Hinkle remained aggressive, removing his clothes and grabbing Gibson’s arm and rear.
Megan arrived to pick up her brother, and threatened Hinkle again. He offered her his iPad, a BlackBerry, and $100 in cash to keep quiet. Later on, Megan says she received a call from a woman claiming to be Hinkle’s wife. She told her “your husband is gay,” which the woman insisted was mistake until Megan provided his email address as proof. There was silence “for a couple seconds,” Megan told the Indy Star, “and the first thing she said was, ‘Please don’t call the police’.”
Megan says she was later offered $10,000 “not to say anything,” and even received a call from Hinkle himself. She told him she had outed him to his wife and family, to which he responded: “You just ruined me.”
Hinkle, who sponsored a measure to add “In God We Trust” to Indiana’s license plates, voted this past spring in favor of a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
[indystar / courierpress.]
Asshole.
Niiceeee
FUCK YEAH INDIANA.
I’m leaving this state omg.
