Republicans want to have the Hyde Amendment made permanent, and want it expanded so that women couldn’t use money they put into a pre-tax health savings fund to pay for an abortion. They don’t want anyone who doesn’t want to pay for this to be forced into it.
I don’t want to pay for the killing of people both from America and from other countries. It’s morally wrong, and the Bible says “Thou shalt not kill.” When does the legislation come to let me take out my share of the $664 billion budget?
5/2/2011
Osama bin Laden is dead…
…but am I the only person whose first thought was “Mission Accomplished” Part Deux? Maybe I’m too cynical, but this changes nothing. There are still many (many, many) people who hate the US and many others who are afraid that we’re going to continue to fuck up Afghanistan (where bin Laden wasn’t) as we’ve fucked up Iraq. Yeah, I’m the one who sees the problems in a situation and can’t feel happy about this.
4/19/2011
R.I.P. Sarah Jane Smith
Lis Sladen, of Doctor Who fame, has died at age 63. Even K9 can’t help us with this one.
4/7/2011
So I get a(nother) circular in the mail promoting NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a fantastic guy who’s doing well by the city. It’s actually a 4-page 8×11″ behemoth, addressed to me only, probably because I refuse to register with any political party. It prevents me from voting at the primaries, but my principles on this one can’t be compromised.
Anyway, I never voted for the guy. I actually wanted to have a big NO on the ballot before his illegal third term. Why is he spending all this money to convince me he’s doing “a heckuva job”? Two words – December snowstorm. Two more words – Cathie Black. Hell, what about a third term that voters turned down before and turned down again in November with a resounding NO to three terms? He’s trying to salvage what good ratings he can get before he leaves so he can leave a good legacy. Look, if we didn’t like you before, chances are we ain’t gonna like you after a picture of you with school kids. Paid for by your own money, as if we had forgotten you’re already a billionaire.
And here’s the kicker – there’s no return address for this booklet. There’s no phone number. I can’t easily return this with a note telling him where he can put this. And I doubt that calling his office or leaving an e-mail on his official website is going to get me anywhere. I soooooo can’t wait until this guy is gone.
3/31/2011
Let’s get this straight…
Books and other inanimate objects of the sort don’t “live” somewhere. And they don’t “like to be” anywhere. You want to put them in a certain place.
It’s all right; own up to the decision.