Since spring, the Republicons have had their foot in their mouth over women and women's rights--employment, health, reproductive, birth control, and what is actually a "legitimate" rape, now, even how some girls "rape easy":
We have Congressman Todd Akin who is now trying to be a senator, saying that women who get raped can't get pregnant cuz their body shuts down the lady parts...or some drivel like that; and when he tried to walk back from that statement, he brought up the idea that the lady parts fizzle only works if its a "legitimate" rape....sure....and the republicons think this guy is smart enough to be a Senator??? Really???
Of course, there is also Rep. Roscoe Bartlett(R-MD) who stated that there are very few women who ever get pregnant from rape and he thinks that one of the main causes for abortion is the baby is the wrong gender or the woman just doesn't want to be bothered.
And the illustrious boy VP candidate, who has co-sponsored "personhood" bills with Aiken, endorsed(and now undendorsed) the state senator that feels some girls are just easy rapes, has compared a woman getting pregnant through rape to "just another form of conception".
There's been Rep. Tom Smith, another one running for a senate seat, this time in Pennsylvania who compared rape to an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but these are the ones that are crazy enough to make it to national tv and many of these have been kind of swept under the rug as just some of the more extreme views....pay no attention, dear women voters...we're not really that far out. We'll not take away your rights...well. only the ones we don't agree with.
But...then...look at what many of the state legislatures have been busy with: personhood bills(these not only attack abortion rights, but also birth control and in-vitro fertilization); when there is a referendum on ballots about personhood, its voted down by a large margin, but when taken up in the state assemblies? It is usually passes at least one house...and usually by men, republicon men. Doing just what the republicon platform states.
And now, the piece de resistance? Wannabe senator Murdoch. Mr. Murdoch, when asked about abortion said that he would not support any law that allowed for an abortion due to the woman being raped...violated...attacked...one of the worst things that can ever happen to you without you dying, although there are enough women who commit suicide after a rape.
Now, does a suicide have much to do with a pregnancy, one of "god's will" as Mr. Murdoch puts it? Only if you want to know what the woman may be going through as a human being.
The 2012 Republican platform did address these issues by inserting them into the platform:
"We assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed."
Of course that "sanctity of life" ends when the baby is born....
And, again, Where are Mitt's tax returns?????
I'm going to try this as my carrot--news of the day that interests me or is important in the eyes of the media.
DOJ rejects Texas Voter ID Law
The Department of Justice rejects the Texas Voter ID law due to data that shows the law clearly discriminates, at least, against Hispanics.
Although Texas could not show any evidence of widespread voter fraud(or even a small piece of evidence) or voter impersonation, both of which could be used to require a specific photo id, the data did show that nearly 11% of registered voters with hispanic last names would be denied their right to vote due to not having a driver's license or other specific government ID compared to about 5% of non-hispanic voters. Another issue has been that to get the specific ID's, a person must go to the Public Safety office in the area. Only problem? There are about 80 counties that do not have an office so people must travel much farther--and these are people that don't have a driver's license so I doubt many of them drive!
Alabama, Mississippi and the 19th Century
This week, we learned that Alabama and Mississippi republicans are stuck on stupid, with about 2/3 of those polled thinking that evolution is not real, about 1/2 thinking President Obama is a Muslim and about 25% thinking that interracial marriage should be illegal.
But then half of them also like Rush Limbaugh. My biggest problem? I know that every one of those crackers are white and they really make if difficult for us white folks who actually listened in school! Sometimes we just need to pour some bleach in the gene pool.
And the preferred candidate of those that still think interracial marriage should be illegal? Newt Gingrich. I guess its lucky they are in the minority.
Surprise! Bank Officials are responsible in Foreclosure problems
It seems that all those problems with foreclosures and paperwork that was blamed on the little beancounters was actually part of the scheme to just steal OUR property! Bank managers told their underlings just to make up titles for themselves and run the documents through, even when the underlings were against it. The report is a result of an audit done by the Department of Housing and Urban Development . Many of the findings show just how greedy banksters can be when they have no regulations stopping them.
Rush Limbaugh and moments of silence
Well, minutes...long minutes....of silence since over 130 sponsors dropped him like the radioactive rabid gerbil that he is. Dead air is one of the worst things that can happen on radio and it happened for about 5 minutes on his show...go ahead Rush, spew forth your lies and hatred some more.
Well, that's all for now, hope everyone has a good evening!
