ORLANDO – Some say it is the Almighty’s payback for Republican congressmen violating the holy waters of the Sea of Galilee, or Pat Robertson’s revenge for the party not hating gays even more.
Whatever the cause, there’s a hurricane wannabe heading this way for Monday’s launch of the GOP national convention. Here at Trail Mix Southern Command we are testing the portable generator just in case.
As Republicans get ready for the big show two unexpected names rival Romney and Ryan for center stage: Isaac and Akin.
Missouri Republican Todd Akin refused party demands to quit the Senate race after his rape-gaffe, which is just about all anyone is talking about in Florida politics as the convention approaches.
When GOPers here finish wringing their hands about Akin they start worrying about Isaac, the burgeoning hurricane aiming for the state.
Either way, Romney and Ryan have a lot of competition.
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Issac was the son whom God ordered Abraham to sacrifice.
Aikin is the son the GOP wishes it could sacrifice, but he just won’t lie there on the altar and accept his fate.
Maybe he’s waiting for an angel to intervene and save him.
purple-in-tampa, you’re on hurricane watch now! Take the Western Flank of our Southern Command. Send pictures.
and got the spotlight off medicare-rn’t-us
looks like more than one storm abrewing for tampa
Protest group video spurs concern from police
“Issac was the son whom God ordered Abraham to sacrifice.”
Well, that depends on whom you ask.
Republican National Convention News
GOP Platform 2012
GOP rejects rape exception in platform
Pit…stay safe (from the republicans!)
I am glad Mother Nature is making an appearance at the convention. Low information humans need a visual for climate change. And perhaps, the ongoing gang rape of Mother Nature might be highlighted.
I’m actually starting to admire Akin. He may be a paternalistic dinosaur who believes he is actually ordered by God to have dominion over women, but at least he is an honorable one.
His party is a bunch of sleazy hypocrites who put exactly the same position in their platform while trying to throw Akin out for political gain.
I can’t admire Akin. He is a stubborn old man with archaic views. A different nut amongst a bunch of nuts. The regular nuts can’t handle him.
Craig,
Right now in Tampa it is sunny 80 degrees with a South wind at 8 MPH and humidity of 94%. I am hoping that we can go for at least 95 years without another hurricane in the Tampa Bay Area. If Isaac should hit us I will take pictures and e-mail them to you when services are restored.
It Could Happen Here -- Tampa Bay Times
By DAVID BALLINGRUD, August 24, 2002
Maybe Hurricane Isaac is divine intervention, and MAYBE the GOP just scheduled their convention in Florida in the middle of hurricane season (Al Gore warned them!).
Just shows you how badly the GOP wants Florida, but not so much to put Rubio on the ticket. Tee hee hee, poor Marco.
BW
I’m working on the assumption that he is the grumpy but semi lovable old uncle who will die off soon that you hope won’t infect the nephews with his archaic idiocy. The trouble with the modern versions is that their views come from expediency in the face of facts and cultural changes so they are just greedy, mean, and venal.
Jamie, you are such a good human. I am not.
I am happy to see the stubborn dude hang in the race…he is collecting money from the other crazies in Missouri, anyway. I am sure his election treasure chest will grow. But, does he really represent the views of his state?
The republican war on women continues.
Well… methinks it’s the revenge of Sir Issac Newton.
What?!! You don’t believe in science?!!
Then take my hurricane you climate change denying brontosauruses…
Our old friend Divalicious passed along the following questions on Facebook:
This came with a link to Georgetown Law Journal discussion of the topic.
‘But, does he (Akin) really represent the views of his state?’
From my experience, MO is somewhat liberal compared to the other Plains states. Also, they did elect a dead Democrat over a live Republican one time.
Champ
Good choice!
My grandson (me168/O24) and I may try and make the start of Morning Joe before grandson’s school starts next week. His high school is not far from the Channelside area of Tampa.
One thing the Ballingrud article points out is the massive change in population density. So many of the big climate events are only tragedies because more and more people must face the consequences. A huge flood in a flood plain is only dangerous if there are houses enjoy the scenic view of the river. A tornado touching down in the middle of nowhere just passes through unless it is running over 50,000 trailers.
So people are not only creating these nightmares, they are waking up to find there are very, very real monsters under the bed.
in re the pulling of crossroads and other goper $$$ could it be they just needed an excuse not to waste it on a foregone loser and that this was actually a twofer for them: redistribution of money to where it might count more and at the same time look more attractive to the women folk. he’s less of a sacrificial lamb than 1st meets the eye.
PIT
You would be the perfect “man in the street” for them to interview.
good one from taegan’s political wire:
Jamie…I see the effects of climate change everyday. More insects this year, the clouds are very different from previous years, weeds are abundant, etc. The animals are stressed.
I read that it is important this year to keep the hummingbird feeders filled because of the drought. No wild flowers in the west. I had a hummingbird pass out at the feeder this week. I first noticed he was in trouble at the feeder and stayed a long time. Then I heard a commotion at the feeder and he was hanging upside down by one claw. I didn’t know it was torpor as I thought he was dying, so I brought him in the screened porch for safety. He gripped my glove until I put him in a straw basket. I made some fluid and he finally drank and perched after half an hour. I took him outside and he flew. It was an immature bird and I am sure exhausted from migration. They are beautiful little birds to examine.
I’d definitely bet that Akin doesn’t represent the views of most Missourians. But unfortunately… he does represent the views of a majority of the Republicans who bothered to vote in the state’s primary.
Our electoral systems are totally fucked up and need changing. But it would require an act from Congress… it obviously ain’t happenin’ anytime soon.
BW, did you put Italian in your feeders again?? ps Good on you!
reposting this from last thread since it’s an issue many on the trail (‘specially solar) have argued. the link is the pbs interview transcript of author and former congress critter mickey edwards.
good discussion last night on book “The Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec12/edwards_08-21.html?print
I’m very much in favor of open primaries. The parties could still support whomever they wanted, but only the top two or three would go forward without any consideration of party.
In South Carolina we have open primaries; see how well it’s worked for us.
from today’s wapo dana milbank column “Signs of divine intervention for Republicans?”
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” Presents “RNC 2012: The Road to Jeb Bush 2016″ Week-Long Coverage From The 2012 Republican National Convention Airing Tuesday, August 28-Friday, August 31 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT
“Ryan said that Akin’s “statements were outrageous, over the pail.”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/ryan-refuses-to-explain-forcible-rape-as-dems-attempt-more-akin-izing-of-the-gop-ticket/
Tee hee hee.
“‘[akin] a no-show on Piers Morgan’s show led the CNN host to show his empty chair and call him a “gutless little twerp’”
…coming from a guy who hacks phones and judges talent shows for a living.
Ignex (Champ, may I call you that?)
Missouri may be liberal in some respects (I don’t know, never having spent any time there) but at least since 1989 (Webster v. Reproductive Health Services) it is a state that has consistently been in the middle of anti-abortion litigation. That, by the way, was a case that the repugns who want to pass a “life begins at conception” law should read -- since that is what that case dealt with and held that Missouri’s law violated the US Constitution (read Roe v. Wade here) -- HOWEVER, the plurality opinion, in which Kennedy joined, opened the door on restrictions that caused Harry Blackmun to write regarding future cases that might seek to strike down Roe, “I fear for the future” and “a chill wind blows.”
The Akin dustup, coincident with the “Akin plank” of the RNC (which despite differences that the candidates are claiming with Akin, support the life at conception, no abortions policy underlying that plank) makes it clear what the Repugn view of women’s reproductive rights is -- they have the right to reproduce and do not have the right to decide otherwise, regardless of the reason. Akin helped bring this longstanding position (opposed by most pres & VP candidates in cases of rape and incest) front and center, and considering the 10 point deficit Romney has among women voters, and the 24 point deficit when asked which candidate is better dealing with issues affecting women, this ain’t gonna sway any women toward the Repugn ticket IMHO.
champ, thanks for the link. from same more from ryan’s pailful
“Like Romney, Ryan vehemently opposed the Obama administration’s mandate that religious-affiliated institutions provide insurance coverage for birth control, calling it a violation of “our first amendment rights to religious freedom and conscience.” Also like Romney, Ryan has opposed federally funded family planning services, voting in 1999 to deny birth-control coverage to federal employees. During the primaries, Romney advocated eliminating Title X funding, a Nixon-era program that covers birth control and cancer screenings. Ryan has voted repeatedly against funding international family-planning programs.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/13/how-would-a-vice-president-paul-ryan-affect-women.html
“It makes me uncomfortable to think that the party bosses are going to dictate who runs…” Aikin
The first 5 words say it all.
You know what makes me uncomfortable? The party bosses in my personal business.
Now, if someone running for office would just make a gaffe about the wars that continue to destroy lives and wealth without end or reason.
I’m off to stock-up for next week. A case of Yeungling Black and Tan along with a large bottle of E&J VSOP should take care of both the republicans and the hurricane.
I hope it’s a mild one that spares the fools who have placed themselves in harms way without an escape plan.
And if it hits the convention facilities in Tampa, I hope the whiny little republican fucks appreciate that Democrats insisted on paying for FEMA.
another winning cartoon from the Christian Science Monitor…
Open primaries might work IF all candidates were put on one ballot…. such as in a general election. But Mickey Edwards is right in the article that patd linked to… the parties aren’t about to give up power.
The parties don’t want to pay for the primaries. If there is a single, all encompassing, open primary such as RR describes, let it be publicly funded and move on from there.
How is Missouri liberal if the poll taken after this Akin fiasco still has him ahead of McCaskill? Republican women are not changing sides because of what he said. I see what has been said many times before, a Red State pretending to be purple.
As far as the hurricane goes…
Who will the Republicans save first? Themselves? The Bankers? Local business men?
My guess is the local male prostitutes.
jason, how will they tell the difference? all pros, all the same, ‘cept maybe the illegal ones are prettier.
Gotta love “over the pail”. Better to be grammatically incorrect rather than risk being associated with anything anti-Jewish … Poor Ryan. He just can’t open mouth without inserting foot and taking a pratfall.
Jamie…
I thought the correct idiom was “beyond the pale” and that it’s an old English expression.
I’ve never heard it as an anti-Jewish thing… but that doesn’t mean it’s not so…
Middle English expression but yes, RebelliousRenee. It is a Middle English expression describing Irish occupation in the 15th century.
“Pale of Settlement” may have been what Jamie meant.
http://craigcrawford.com/2012/08/21/tweet-me-a-day-gop-best-forgets/#comment-295510 ” Both Obama and Hillary essentially believed in the same thing.”
They didn’t agree on Universal Health Care Jason, and that was their most important disagreement. She’s also a lot smarter than he is, so it’s hard to say what decisions she would have made and what accomplishments she could have achieved.
I believe there’s a big character issue regarding Obama (and his team): Hillary would have never accused Bill of being a racist, but Obama’s team did, more than once.
The powers that be would never have allowed Hillary to reach the highest office. They needed a malleable person in office who could be bought, outsmarted and therefore manipulated. They got who they wanted, and anyone who doesn’t believe that is kidding themselves (IMO). (…. remember the statement: (paraphrasing: Obama had been groomed for this election for years?)).
The problem with malleable people, is that others can control them, too. One doesn’t know what to expect next.
… we don’t need to change ‘facts’, in order to justify which party or candidate we now back.
I saw one track with the storm running right up the entire gulf coast of Florida. That is a really bad scenario. It would leave almost the entire length of the state on the dirty side of the storm for a significant length of time.
My parents still live in north Florida. Guess I better get the gens ready and start making plans for one of my tractor trailers.
Tropical Storm ISAAC -- The gods have frowned upon Tampa and the RNC.
5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center 5:00 PM AST Aug 22
Hurricane Spaghetti Models 5:00 PM AST Aug 22
Tropical Depression TEN
5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center 5:00 PM AST Aug 22
Hurricane Spaghetti Models 5:00 PM AST Aug 22
Let’s get this jerk off the ballot and into jail.
Democratic State Representative in Minnesota Admits To Road Stop Liaison With Teen Boy
By Jonathan Turley, August 22, 2012
Jax, Hoping your parents the best and that stay out of the line of fire (please keep us informed). I’m going to check out purple’s links now.
…. it seems this is going to be one very scary season.
…. we had a lightning strike on our property a few days ago that caused the biggest electrical pop I’ve ever seen (heard) since we’ve lived here (I really jumped). And that was from a 20 min. storm just passing through. It fried many of our electronics, put out our phone service, but for some reason the power stayed on. We have our generator ready to go if need be though. We finally figured out you can’t get along without one in Houston, especially out here where we live. We’ve got plenty more tree’s that don’t have long before they fall, but it’s hard to keep up with everything.
Update on 9/11
RR
“Beyond the Pale” is correct. It comes from “Pale” as fence post. It was first used to delineate a section of Russia where Jews were banished under Catherine The Great … so anything “Beyond the Pale” means to not be acceptable to society.
Republicans Move Convention to the 17th Century (Borowitz Report)
Welcome, Jason. You make me laugh.
…and we all know they will tell us they are saving the woman and children first.
Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”
Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”
God say, “No.” Abe say, “What ?”
God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin’ you better run”
Well Abe says, “Where do you want this killin’ done ?”
God says. “Out on Highway 61″.
_Bob Dylan
Despite “Pants on Fire” rating, Romney still claims President abolished work requirement for welfare. How to you claim to be either moral or honest while blatantly lying.
NPR Story
THE PAUL RYAN SELCTION
The Koch Brothers Get Their Man
By Roger Stone, Updated: August 17, 2012 7:00 AM ET
Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”
Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”
God say, “No.” Abe say, “What ?”
God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin’ you better run”
Well Abe says, “Where do you want this killin’ done ?”
God says. “Out on Highway 61″.
Blonde Wino -- I am glad that I could make you laugh. Especially when I say that I have been here for a few months, under JASLF. I have just been logging in under my facebook account.
Purple-in-Tampa -- Your article says that it is not illegal to have sex with a 17 year old. Other sources say that the 17 year old told the congressman he was 18. Jonathan Turley points out the misdemeanor of public fornicating. To be honest, it would be a waste of time to prosecute every single exhibitionist in this country. If we were to even consider this, we would be no better than the Republicans who want a say into what occurs in every person’s bedroom.
Nemo -- You are living in a fantasyland, if you believe that Hillary would have acted differently than Obama. They are both corrupt. They were both being paid off by big money interests in the senate.
Jamie -- As I pointed out, RR was correct. “Beyond the Pale” comes from Ireland. “Pale of Settlement” is a term from Imperial Russia.
Quote of the day, for me.
Jason
Either way -- Outside acceptable society by either law or convention.
Is anyone else having trouble with facebook? An hour ago, I could not see the comments. Now, the bottom right hand screen says that an “Object Base Domain Not Allowed: Object at URL ‘this webpage, that i do not want to type’ of type ‘article’ is not allowed for the specified application id ‘ 341918065892661.’ Etc. etc.
Hillary is great. I supported her in 2008 and will again in 2016!!!
Turley’s article probably reflects that 56-17 sex is not statutory rape in MN. Most people can be found guilty of any number of criminal laws at this time or that. Well, except US of course.
Jason, I was having trouble with Facebook earlier -- their was some sort of plugin that was screwing up, finally crashed. I just went on and didn’t have any problems.
Jason
Yes I’m getting a pop up screen at bottom right on this page. It may have to do with the sign in with Facebook that Craig just added since it is suggestion other Craig articles on the Facebook link. I may have to sign out and sign back in with the old sign in to avoit the irritation.
Be patient folks. I am working on the feature Jamie asked for: cross-posting comments between here and some social net sites. Once I get the basic functions I want I will go back and get rid of the annoying ones, or give up altogether if it is too glitchy. Will let you know when I’m done geeking.
Housekeeping: At the moment our site is hitched to Facebook’s app development platform, so you’ll see some weird popups and other stuff as i work thru the options and figure whether any of them worth keeping.
Are you J. Craig Crawford?
Craig, the only glitch I see is the loss of participants who don’t want to be cross-posted.
OMG!
Politicians are corrupt!!??
You’ve shocked me and broken my heart!
Here in Fantasyland everything is always perfect. How will I ever get over this?
…. some where over the rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnwJkf5JO74
Jason Fuente,
When I was in college and 19 years old, I told the bartender that I was 21 to get a beer. If we had been caught I do believe that both the bartender and I would have been prosecuted. If it is not a crime for a 56 year old to have sex with a 17 or 18 year old at a rest stop in Minnesota then it is one screwed-up state. But then Minnesota elected Michele Bachmann, why not a pervert. At least get the pervert off the ballot.
yep, sturg, but that’s gonna be a page for best buddies like you and others here, and family. my public page got over 5,000 and not gonna repeat that, so its just for blog posts
It’s a double-cross posted.
Paul Ryan has changed his position on abortion to reflect what he thinks is Romney’s…
and he called the change a good start wtf does that mean
what a liar and hypocrite
hey, this window popped up which said I should suggest friends for the J. Craig site……feel free to please ignore all suggestions……lol
No no Flatus, there will be no cross posting unless a user wants it. No worries about that. And this thingie might not work anyway. Working with Facebook code is a nightmare. Twitter way easier.
Purple in tampa -- Prosecuted for beer? Admonished maybe. The bartender would have gotten into more trouble than you. How many 70 year old rich men date 18 year old girls? Just leave them be. Its none of my business what they do. Nor is it any of yours.
hey Chloe…
here’s my favorite version of that wonderful song…
And I know we’ve joked about the upcoming hurricane, Issac. But I really do hope that everyone in it’s path stays safe. And that’s including Haitians, Dominicans, Cubans, etc.
yeah i know, sturg, that’s how I lost control of my first page, when i didn’t know what i was doing. You end up connected to people ya never heard of. That’s why I call it Fakebook for fake friends.
Craig
Just for the record, I’m more comfortable with cross posting on Twitter than I am on Facebook. Facebook just gets too darn free and easy with the way things are spread around. I don’t mind recommending your articles here to FB people, but would rather not see my pearls of wisdom irritating the relatives. I already have to get along with three Republicans and a whole slew of Libertarians. Not to mention the two friends from the wacko fringe.
This is a version I love done by Hugh Jackman and the Australian Aboriginal singers and musicians from Nomads Two Worlds featuring Olive Knight
well, it’s getting so you can’t throw a rock without hitting a social website place…..I guess it’s kinda getting so you can’t throw a rock.
Wondering Guy: When I was a kid and the family would go riding in the car on Christmas day to see the stuff it looked like every kid in the world was turned loose on the streets right there….Bicycles, roller-skates, spaceman costumes with RayGuns, Cowboy outfits all kind of mishmash of toyerphernalia. Ride downtown now and it looks like the Twilight Zone or that story about walking at night by Ray Bradbury.
What I said to Otis Redding: “We play your songs”.
He smiled like a Neon Jesus……
Like i said, Jamie, not gonna set up anything that individual users do not completely control. Nobody will see one of their comments here show up anywhere else unless they choose to do so. And I’m not sure this is going to work anyway, could be a moot point. Even twitter’s isn’t functioning.
Cenk Uygur makes me crazy. I enjoy the topics but being constantly over the top with outrage loses its both charm and impact after the first couple of sentences. Would like to recommend a speech coach and the force achieved through tone modulation.
Jamie -- Yeah, he loses his temper a lot. A lot of times, I cannot watch the first hour of his youtube cast because he gets so angry. I fear he is going to blow a gasket one of these days.
He seems to calm down when Ana Kasparian is leading the stories in the second hour. But, by that time, Ana has lost her temper and he is telling her to calm down. So you can’t really win.
I’d say watch for Ben Mankiewicz and Michael Shure, they are mostly even tempered.
Man, Craig, from a really shady IPO involving alleged insider trading to surreptitiously gleaning personal information of its users and whatever the hell else they’re up to, Facebook is one of the scummiest mainstream internet companies. Just sayin’.
Let Mary Matalin appear everyday what a dumb f— she is
and frozen — there must be something terribly wrong with her her face is frozen in a permanent sneer
Mary Matalin — continuing the republican policy of not caring what voters think and overturning elections — The Frozen Face of the goopers said -- she didn’t care if Akin had won the primary -- the party doesn’t want him and they will get rid of him — boy she’s swell
And the contortions over what the republican position is on abortion — she was even more unattractive than usual
I can’t imagine living with someone with whom you so completely disagree on fundamental issues of life. She must be great at something but otherwise she is a person without a moral center and completely lacking in ethics
HI Chloe,
Yes yes and yes! That’s one component of President Obama and his leadership style and you got that right on not knowing what to expect next..Will it be the “Grand Bargain”, oh, 2.0 after he wins re-election?
Jamie,
I really like Cenk..I think its his way of dramatizing an issue for TV..Maybe to draw in viewer’s? I don’t believe it will ever do that though. Its the topics TYT cover that interest me..Cenk speaks truth to power and i think that’s rare..To each his own though, my first client this morning is a 90 year old Dem and she loves Tweety, oh man, now that’s lost on me..
rats.
“she is a person without a moral center and completely lacking in ethics” -KGC
Morality and ethics have no place in politics (if you want to win).
You’ve been cracking me up lately, btw. Kudos.
That’s pretty cool that you met Otis Redding, Sturge.
Only slightly off topic!
FUCK YOU HANK WILLIAMS JR.
If anybody out there has been lucky enough not to know about the Godless Trash this fat drunk spoiled brat has been saying, then YOU ARE BLESSED. And to spare you that drink of vomit I will not repeat his monstrous bile here. Just imagine the worst hate possible towards the United States President one could speak, on this side of the jailhouse and that’s junior. He’s just stupid.
This man’s political statements are more lynch mob than issue-driven. And I’ll tell you where the likes of him comes from! And I’ll tell you right now that there is ONE BIG ISSUE where I DISAGREE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA. And that is OUR PUBLIC AIRWAVES!
I do not know if a free nation can survive if we allow corporations to so monopolize our public airwaves that countless millions of people hear only one political voice and opinion. The Federal Communications Commission, FCC, has allowed this monopoly since the 1980s, but it was banned previously by a law known as ‘The Fairness Doctrine’. That was always a ‘fuzzy law’ that defied exact interpretation, but it did generally require that an ‘over the air’ broadcast channel would allow some countering view to any broadly stated opinions and editorials they broadcast.
That policy is gone today, but could be reformulated and reinstated by the FCC, under President Obama. I think it should. Even just one minute per hour of countervailing views on these stations would help to cool things off and even things out. It really would.
Because I’m telling you that the one dimensional drumbeat on free AM talk radio in the Southeast and all of rural America is dividing us and it’s not based on facts. It’s based on one side of a social argument that has gone on since the dawn of time, totally monopolizing the public conversation! The economic ‘bottom half’ of the USA is the audience for this monopoly, but the message represents the rich, 100%. Notice I say it ‘represents them’. I put it that way because I know for a fact that it does not ‘benefit them’. The fact is that they just don’t know what’s good for them. They want to control things because they think they know it all, because they’re rich, but as we’ve recently learned again, the rich don’t know what’s good for themselves sometimes! AND THESE ARE THEM TIMES!
http://thedixiedove.com/
yeah, I thought that too…….I was waiting for a city bus at this service station in my little military school costume when his big tour bus stopped and they all got out to grab a coke and some snacky stuff.
That Mitt Romney is sure one lucky guy.
Todd Akin pops up out of nowhere, and suddenly Mitt’s tax returns are yesterday’s news.
I just got my first look at Todd — he has a comb-over.
Thanks IgChamp.. I’m so glad you are back for the election
I know that the republicans still fancy themselves as the party of ideas, in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
When did it become such a great idea to offend half of the population in an election year? Especially the half that really gets out and votes.
Kristol and the other heavyweight intellects of the party are really going to have to explain that one to me.
a guy who would lie about his hair would lie about anything…..
So the goopers don’t like this guy because he is the one most likely to say out loud what republicans really believe — and gasp when exposed to the public the country clubbers don’t have the courage of their alleged convictions
NEW THREAD
Ignobel exChamp,
Allow me to apologize for the churlish and uncalled for comment that I directed to you.
I did indeed use bad judgement and in so doing was extremely judgmental, and I should not have been.
My wife has young unwed mothers in her classroom every day, and I transport them and their young children to school on our buses and I see them most every day. Of course they will have a ‘real life’, what they probably won’t have is a particularly easy life.
I can’t say with any certainty how many of these girls are pregnant by choice, or by rape or simply because they lacked access to preventative options.
What I can say is that most of them lack much if any support network to assist them in overcoming the obstacles that they face. Life is hard for most every one but it is even harder for them, desperately hard in some cases.
Comments by the Todd Akins and other like minded republicans set me on edge rather quickly, because they are nothing like pro-life, they just want the baby to be born, and after that, mother and baby are on their own, damn the human costs and suffering, and God forbid that a seventeen year old might have a choice in the matter.
Trust me, I may be passionate from time to time,
but I am never intentionally malicious. My bad.
A lovely, sincere post, Jace.
I so much respect those posts that come straight from the heart, and from what I’ve seen of you, you are far from being malicious in any way.
I also respect your honesty and passion, and ability to express your feelings about the things you feel most passionate about.
Being able to read your comments is always an honor.
And as for you Champ …. I love the way you can cut right through the crap. You have a real talent for that.
Conflict and hypocrisy. It never seems to get past you.
… was I right once, when I guessed that you are a teacher, a professor?