Letters to the Editor
Anonymust
Published Letters: 2031 Editor's Choice: 74
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There was outrage...
[Read the article: Abortions available to sodomized virgins only]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...at Salon, but it was in the War Room, prompting a pretty heated thread of comments.
Since then, Tim Grieve at War Room has also posted a hypothetical question that has been going around the blogsphere [after being tested on a right-wing commentator] involving a "Sophie's Choice" question of whether to save a bunch of cells or a two-year-old child if a building were on fire. Another heated thread of comments is ongoing...
The story is out there... all over the blogosphere, but perhaps not on cable or the major networks. I don't know; since we don't have cable, I can't/don't rely on Fox or CNN, etc. And, since I can't abide the three major networks, I get my (TV) news from PBS, in particular Lehrer's News Hour, but also the McLaughlin Group, Eye on Washington, and a few others. Better reporting, more lively debate (McLaughlin).
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No, she should only go to prison
[Read the article: If abortions are murder, should women who have them go to prison?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...if she has killed the man who made her pregnant. That would be murder. And probably a very rare occurrence.
However, according to some statistics, somewhere, it's far more likely that a pregnant woman will be killed by the man (husband, boyfriend, whomever) who impregnated her... than that she will kill him. (Would her family then be able to sue the state for wrongful death because she was killed because she was pregnant, due to a law mandating forced childbirth?)
Obviously, being pregnant can be a pretty risky business even for the willing. So, considering the many, many things that can go wrong, it really takes a lot of gall to pass laws on Forced Childbirth.
Perhaps that's why the other side cannot come up with a good answer to whether a woman who has had an abortion should go to prison. They know, deep down inside, that they were already prepared to force childbirth upon her, with all of its attendant risks, whether she was willing (and able) or not. And that is as far as they are prepared to go.
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In the meantime, I saved this link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susie-bright/womenhating-anonymous_b_16720.html from the Huffington Post. I especially recommend the "update" links near the bottom.
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Too much for a comment...
[Read the article: Think your birth control will always be covered? Think again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]so, I had to post something on my blog about this: http://blogs.salon.com/0004000
...complete with photo of said legislator; a link to a description of the bill from his website, describing its benefits for small businesses; and another to his bio. He used to be an accountant and a shoe store owner! ...before running for office. And now he wants to play with health care policy?!
Apologies in advance if I offend any accountants. Just ranting from personal observations about accountants doing business other than accounting.
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suggestion for a meme...
[Read the article: Once more unto the breach]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Bush in cinéma vérité does not resemble Bush in tableau vivant."
Now, there's a sentence that deserves to be memed. It certainly bests "heckuva job [fill in name]" in its scope for future exploratory posts and extended metaphors.
And just to show that I "meme" what I say, I intend to distribute this priceless gem in comment boxes throughout my cyber-space connections.
Of course, as one reader has already pointed out, many of Bush's supporters will not accept comments without a monetary donation. Which would make it only that much more delightful to see Blumenthal's words appear in the right-leaning blogosphere... as a more fitting epithet for our nicknamer-in-chief than any sobriquet with which he has dubbed one of his minions.
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on constructive suggestions...
[Read the article: Once more unto the breach]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I meant to add, in my previous post, that I agree with those who have written that constructive suggestions would really be more helpful than criticism. And, if I had anything of substance to contribute on that front, I would. Since I don't, I am suggesting a new version of the emperor wears no clothes,-- along the lines of-- he's lost his costume.