If Americans allow the Republican agenda to dictate "how things are supposed to be," particularly when it comes to individual choice regarding the use of contraception which is essentially a religious doctrine, it should be viewed as an assault on the Constitution and democracy itself.
Conservatism by current GOP standards is gathering social morality and attempting to mold it into a framework where the government decides how the population should use their bodies. Nothing could be a better example of this than proposed laws in states like Virginia and Alabama, which would allow the government to force women to have a probe placed inside their vagina as a prerequisite for a constitutionally legal abortion.
How exactly does such an invasive, unnecessary medical test fit into the Republican rhetoric of promoting less government and more freedom? Well, it doesn't. If anything, it proves that the hypocrisy of the GOP is manifesting itself into the greatest lie ever told to the American public.
America became the greatest nation on earth because the freedom and creativity of its people was encouraged, not squashed.
There is nothing more personal than love-making. Throughout history, it has inspired literature, music, art, and many of the intangible ideals that the human race values...
Conservatism by current GOP standards is gathering social morality and attempting to mold it into a framework where the government decides how the population should use their bodies. Nothing could be a better example of this than proposed laws in states like Virginia and Alabama, which would allow the government to force women to have a probe placed inside their vagina as a prerequisite for a constitutionally legal abortion.
How exactly does such an invasive, unnecessary medical test fit into the Republican rhetoric of promoting less government and more freedom? Well, it doesn't. If anything, it proves that the hypocrisy of the GOP is manifesting itself into the greatest lie ever told to the American public.
America became the greatest nation on earth because the freedom and creativity of its people was encouraged, not squashed.
There is nothing more personal than love-making. Throughout history, it has inspired literature, music, art, and many of the intangible ideals that the human race values...
If Americans allow the Republican agenda to dictate "how things are supposed to be," particularly when it comes to individual choice regarding the use of contraception which is essentially a religious doctrine, it should be viewed as an assault on the Constitution and democracy itself.
Conservatism by current GOP standards is gathering social morality and attempting to mold it into a framework where the government decides how the population should use their bodies. Nothing could be a better example of this than proposed laws in states like Virginia and Alabama, which would allow the government to force women to have a probe placed inside their vagina as a prerequisite for a constitutionally legal abortion.
How exactly does such an invasive, unnecessary medical test fit into the Republican rhetoric of promoting less government and more freedom? Well, it doesn't. If anything, it proves that the hypocrisy of the GOP is manifesting itself into the greatest lie ever told to the American public.
America became the greatest nation on earth because the freedom and creativity of its people was encouraged, not squashed.
There is nothing more personal than love-making. Throughout history, it has inspired literature, music, art, and many of the intangible ideals that the human race values most.
Any government or politician claiming that the government should play a role in controlling the physical body of another human being should be chastised, not praised or encouraged, if America is to remain a free and thriving society.
The 2012 elections are turning out to be less about issues and more about turning the United States into a completely different country.
Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the current political climate is that too many people seem willing to support politicians who will ultimately make their lives less private, less prosperous, and much less free. The obvious question is why would anyone want to do that?
(more)Conservatism by current GOP standards is gathering social morality and attempting to mold it into a framework where the government decides how the population should use their bodies. Nothing could be a better example of this than proposed laws in states like Virginia and Alabama, which would allow the government to force women to have a probe placed inside their vagina as a prerequisite for a constitutionally legal abortion.
How exactly does such an invasive, unnecessary medical test fit into the Republican rhetoric of promoting less government and more freedom? Well, it doesn't. If anything, it proves that the hypocrisy of the GOP is manifesting itself into the greatest lie ever told to the American public.
America became the greatest nation on earth because the freedom and creativity of its people was encouraged, not squashed.
There is nothing more personal than love-making. Throughout history, it has inspired literature, music, art, and many of the intangible ideals that the human race values most.
Any government or politician claiming that the government should play a role in controlling the physical body of another human being should be chastised, not praised or encouraged, if America is to remain a free and thriving society.
The 2012 elections are turning out to be less about issues and more about turning the United States into a completely different country.
Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the current political climate is that too many people seem willing to support politicians who will ultimately make their lives less private, less prosperous, and much less free. The obvious question is why would anyone want to do that?
It must be nice to collect your $3k a month teacher's pension on the backs of others. It gives you a lot of time to pretend to care about humanity.
My counterparts in the private sector who worked outside the school made much more of a salary all thru their working years than I ever did in the school. But if I would have only wanted money, I would have never had the pleasure of watching light bulbs go off in little heads, or been there to comfort a child for a lost puppy, or been the sounding board for children from broken homes. There are somethings that money can't buy and I wouldn't have changed my life's work for anything in thet world.
Not from gov't with funds confiscated by the gov't from tax payer, distributed as seen fit by some bureaucrat.
We have thrown more and more money at education on an annual basis and our students are worse off year after year. Time for a different approach such as vouchers which democrats universally oppose. Seems the demoncrats are the ones afraid of an educated populace. Stands to reason though.
That aside, we in the private sector can and should do all we can to assist those who are struggling. That's a given. But I have found in the Food Pantry (that is solely supported by people who live here), that we can assist them with food and use some of our precious privately donated funds to help with rent assistance, prescriptions, gas, and winter coats for children, that is like putting a band aid on a gaping wound.
You can only do so much in a little service such as ours and though the generosity and caring is wonderful, only a large entity such as our government can reall address the horrific issues. When Clinton reorganized Welfare it worked fine to give grants to states to deal with it themselves. But you get a recession and especially as bad as the one we've been in, the states start to slash and burn and the poor, disenfranchised and lower middle class takes the hit.
The three richest men are democrats fool. Steve Jobs was a democrat.
I could go on and on.
I commend you for your charity work but........
''Brooks discovered that approximately equal percentages of liberals and conservatives give to private charitable causes. However, conservatives gave about 30 percent more money per year to private charitable causes, even though his study found liberal families earned an average of 6 percent more per year in income than did conservative families.
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I have found that the best remedy for poverty is jobs, for those that can work as well as those that are willing to be charitable to those that can not work. That is why we should be on the subject of jobs, not birth control.
Are they outcasts to you?
Now go play with your wolf fan. You two can high five your stupid comments all day.
Everyone knows the housing crisis is at the root of this recession. The democrats own that with the C.R.A.
Then to deny it as Bush and repubs called for regulation on 17 occasions. Need proof? Here ya go
Deregulation was the main reason and both parties supported it..
The GSE's only controlled a third of the sub-prime market while the private controlled 2/3rds.
The Fed with their no interest rate. Greenspan wasn't as smart as I thought.
deregulating made the tax payers covering the bill for their mistakes.
DO YOU NEED PROOF¿
Only one of the top 25 subprime lenders in 2006 was directly subject to the housing law that's being lambasted by conservative critics (CRA)
Subprime lending offered high-cost loans to the weakest borrowers during the housing boom that lasted from 2001 to 2007. Subprime lending was at its height from 2004 to 2006.
Federal Reserve Board data show that:
More than 84 percent of the subprime mortgages in 2006 were issued by private lending institutions.
Private firms made nearly 83 percent of the subprime loans to low- and moderate-income borrowers that year.
Oh and the recession ended in June 2009 per NBER.
Read it and weep.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/di...
Three Ways The CRA Pushed Countrywide To Lower Lending Standards
Read more: http://articles.businessinsid...
''Obama Sued Citibank Under CRA to Force it to Make Bad Loans'' That's one of those private lenders you refer to, huh?
Case Name
Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank Fair Housing/Lending/Insurance
Docket / Court 94 C 4094 ( N.D. Ill. ) FH-IL-0011
State/Territory Illinois
Plaintiff’s Lawyers.....................O... Barack H. (Illinois)
FH-IL-0011-7500 | FH-IL-0011-7501 | FH-IL-0011-9000
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BS
You don't have to be gay to understand that everyone should have the same rights as someone straight and you don't have to have an abortion to understand that this deeply personal and life changing decision should be left to those who are involved.
What are you out of your mind, this is exactly what you Libs do. Make ridiculous laws that affect only a few and the rest of us have to suffer through them even if we dont agree with them .
I don't care if Gays get married , i just dont want it called marriage..
I dont care if people have abortions, i just dont want to pay fo rit.
I really do care that babies have been murdered because when we are young we buy into the Liberal crap that it is not really human and then we pay for it in conscience the rest of our lives!!!
Ever ask a woman who has had an abortion 20 years later after she has kids or maybe doesn't have kids because of the after effects of the abortion.."How do you really feel now about having that abortion 20 years ago? " I bet you would get some startling answers!! Even Rowe regrets her decision!!!!
It is not for the Federal gov to decide is a states issue as in Gay marriage .
You just buy into the Liberal crap becaus eit makes you feel superior to think you are doing good for all mankind whenin fact you are helping to destoy humanity with your very bad decisions.
you were the one listing how you were liberal. Either way, the answers you gave made me think you didn't believe in God and I was right. Conversation does not have to be this hard. It was a simple question. Oh well.