Goodbye...

...you ignorant, bloodthirsty piece of shit.

“Hello?...Tony? Pootie?....anybody there?”


Tags: goodbye, george w bush, goodbye george w bush, rat bastard, goodbye george w bush you rat bastard, smug, goodbye george w bush you smug rat bastard, half-witted, goodbye george w bush you smug half-witted rat bastard

One For the Books

Christian men regret having “had abortions”:

In the end, Aubert says his moral objection to abortion always wins. If he could go back in time, he would try to save the babies.

But would his long-ago girlfriends agree? Or might they also consider the abortions a choice that set them on a better path?

Aubert looks startled. "I never really thought about it for the woman," he says slowly.

Jeebus.

Tags: reproductive rights, fundie follies, wtf

The Family Unit

As envisioned by the forced-childbirth movement:

Father

(m)Other

Person*

*Status subject to change at birth

Tags: reproductive rights, forced childbirth

Babs Bush: Nix to Flick Chick’s Sick Shtick!

“And, let’s face it, if the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamned wars in the first place.”
“Oh, you silly little naïf! Most soldiers are underprivileged anyway, so this war is working out very well for them…”
“Yeah! Suck it, Sally! This war is my god now!”

Tags: sally field, barbara bush, kathy griffin, 2007 emmy awards

An Open Letter to Wal-Mart

Dear Wal-Mart,

Recently, I had an epiphany while watching a DVD that contained footage of your inspiring Wal-Mart cheer. For some strange reason, as the associates writhed about while screaming “Give me a squiggly!” I envisioned the sacred spermatozoa. That got me to thinking about Wal-Mart’s prudent decision to forgo selling emergency contraception, which is the reason for this letter.

What is Wal-Mart’s policy regarding prescriptions for Viagra or Cialis? In other words, before making erections physically possible, are Wal-Mart pharmacists certain that they are morally permissible? If not, I sincerely ask that you immediately re-think company policy. I suggest that all male customers tendering such a prescription be required to show a valid certificate of marriage. Further, these men’s wives should have to accompany them and show proper identification. That way, your pharmacists will know that each man is in a monogamous, church-and-state-approved union to a woman of childbearing age. Otherwise, Wal-Mart might be unwittingly abetting these men in wasting their “squigglies” on some of the same wanton women who request emergency contraception—thoughtless women who all too late regret having had sex for pure pleasure or, in the case of rape, having been foolish enough to travel about unchaperoned.

In closing, I highly commend you for your virtuous resolution to withhold emergency contraception from women. Doing so was an important step, but I fervently hope it was but the first step toward a glorious era of truly righteous retail.

Sincerely Yours,

Lee

PS: I will write again soon with my thoughts on makeup, tank tops, and beer, all of which, unfortunately, you continue to distribute with reckless disregard.

Tags: wal-mart, emergency contraception, boner pills

A Modern-Day Miracle: Faith-Based Groups Turn Crises into Cash

From the WaPo:

“Altogether, local antiabortion and crisis pregnancy centers have received well over $60 million in grants for abstinence education and other programs.”

Glory! That’s a lot of moolah for the mullahs! How much of that money is spent on caring for the post-born, I wonder?

Bill Napoli, Sexist Asshat

Bill Napoli (R-Sexist Asshat)

Join Bitch Lab in Google bombing SD Senator Bill Napoli, of “sodomized religious virgin” fame (background text here/video here).

International Women’s Day

In Mexico, a teenaged rape victim who was denied an abortion is victorious in court; protests against rape, honor killings, and acid attacks are held throughout Asia.

Curiously, in its coverage of the acid attack protest, the LA Times reports that only men marched, while the WaPo story reports “both men and women” participated.

Click here to view some current statistics. Here’s a sample:

1% of the titled land in the world is owned by women.

1,440 women die each day during childbirth (a rate of one death every minute).

70% of the 1.2 billion people living in poverty are women and children.

South Dakota to Rapists: Go Forth and Multiply

Governor Mike Rounds signed the SD Anti-Abortion Bill into law. Although he has “declined all media requests for interviews,” you can email him here to thank him for being a bold champion of rapists’ rights, or to voice your surprise at the lack of a “religious virgin” exception clause.

Read the text of the bill here.

Amen, Brother Buttars!

I admire a man with the conviction to say incest isn’t about daughters’ rights, because the rights they had were when they decided to bone their dads, or that rape isn’t about victims’ rights, because the rights they had were when they decided to leave the house.

Okay…to be fair, Chris Buttars didn’t say that, exactly; what he said was this:

"Abortion isn't about women's rights. The rights they had were when they made the decision to have sex."

And sometimes the decision to have sex with your father is wholly necessary to, you know, “preserve his seed”:

South Dakota: Great Faces, Great Places

Famous South Dakotans: Tom Brokaw, Sparky Anderson, Mamie Van Doren

State fish: the walleye

State motto: “Under God the people rule”

Governor: Mike Rounds

Fun fact: The state recognizes a rapist’s fundamental right to total dominion over his victims.

More on Roe

Check out bushvchoice.com for a thought-provoking look at the current state of reproductive rights in the US.

Some thoughts on the 33rd anniversary of Roe v Wade

I don’t usually quote bumper stickers, but in this case the expression “Against abortion? Don’t have one” provides an excellent summation of my pro-choice views. To me, choice is simply allowing a woman control over her reproductive life, giving her the freedom to decide when and if to bear children—what reasonable person would want it any other way? The very idea of forcing a woman to have a child against her will is appalling to me.

As such, I’ll not be baited into “pro-life” arguments based on religious beliefs. The United States government maintains (for the time being, anyway,) a wall of separation between church and state and protects me from the compulsion to observe, much less submit to, any religious doctrine that differs from my own.

And I’ll not argue with those who rely upon gruesome and provocative language when describing the abortion procedure. A rudimentary knowledge of anatomy and physiology makes clear the differences between a blastocyst, an embryo, a fetus, and a child.

Nor will I argue with those who employ what I call the “Beretta” claim (“don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time”). In my opinion, this approach is sexist and hypocritical, and I will continue to think so until Viagra and Cialis are made as difficult to obtain as Plan B.

What I will do, however, is continue to sign petitions, call or write my representatives, and rally with like-minded women and men in order to keep abortion safe and legal.