HuffPo: I love you but your endless news cycle is going to put me in a straight-jacket
Okay. I’m about to go off and say some totally inappropriate stuff. Just…yeah. You don’t want to see me when I’m angry.
1. Republicans have learned nothing from their failed policies. They remain more determine for their ideology to trump progress. They choose to be be anti-American obstructionists rather than becoming genuine patriots working to make the future better for American citizens (and citizens of the world, too, but this is a bit much to ask of these ethno-centric lizards). But, as we were reminded late last week, Obama won. And President Obama (!)? He’s got the back of thinking people and is proving it every day, even while his detractors work and hope for his failure. I cried as I read this just now. Equality for all citizens—including the right for gays to marry—is not only possible with this new administration but is an eventuality. And while it will take more time, even the narrow-minded fear mongers on the right can’t stop it.
2. Democrats did compromise for the Repubs by removing money for infrastructure and stripping the bill of funding desginated for family planning (still, the unscrupulous righties balked because this way, they mostly get what they want while distancing themselves from the legislation should it pass and fail to work). As I see it, the problem with removing family planning dollars is that people like this vile woman continue to somehow wind up pregnant because, geegollygosh! I have no idea how that happened?!? (Insert eyelash batting here.) It’s one of those uncontrollable things, right? One day you sneeze and ShaZAYam! More self-righteous republicans on the planet. I say we need some forced sterilization in that bill. Just sayin’. Too bad gays can’t pro-create and populate the planet with a whole bunch of mini-gays. Wouldn’t that be a party? We need to get ‘em marriage rights first, then we can work on impregnating all of them, preferably with multiples.
3. Speaking of multiples and the need for mandatory tubal ligation and vasectomy, my uterus nearly exploded while reading this. The woman was in the hospital for seven weeks prior to having her litter and the puppies will remain in hospital for another couple of months. That family must have some really awesome health insurance. I wonder if it covered the fertility drugs…. Whether they have the best insurance policy on the planet or none at all is irrelevant, really, because either way, the rest of us are helping to foot the bill for this family (and I’m not speaking about financial assistance). A family which incidentally? Includes six older siblings. Social responsibility? Anyone? Anyone? They have yet to show their faces to the public and I can’t say that I blame them. I’d be in hiding, too.
4. Really. She expects us to believe that they were having mind-blowing sex? Mmmmhmmmm.
Amen.
I am still excited about the new administration EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Oh. I think you hit “publish” a bit too early and I commented on only part 1 of your entry.
For the rest of it, I can only say, I agree with your view on those topics. Oh, and I want that woman’s health coverage, pretty please.
You do link well.
I went back out. Came back in. And the comment was accepted. See. Up there. Before it was all: “You’re spam.” And I was all: “You aren’t what your parents fed you as a child, you know.” And it was all: “Yeah-huh, you are.”
And then I showed it. Boo-ya.
Time to rename your “Why I’m more qualified than Sarah Palin to be Vice President” category. Shes gone, gone, gone!
I teared up while reading about the bill signing as well. As for the rest of the news, rant on!
Sweetheart, you’re missing the most important overly-furtile woman on the planet who needs A GOVERNMENT IMPOSED TUBILE LIGATION … mother of the pack, Mrs. Duggar. THAT WOMAN IS INSANE AND HER FAMILY TERRIFIES ME AND WHAT.THE.FUCK!!!!!
The news, the news … step away from the news and read for pleasure. Or stare at your beautiful family. Or, hell, I dunno.
P.S. One MORE thing I <3 about the new Black House is how casual Barack is. I love how he’s not wearing a coat in the Oval Office and dresses down on the weekends and shit’s goin’ crazy up in that place. Out the door with all the stupid fancy rules! Woohoooo!
One more thing, did you watch Haggard on Oprah? By far the saddest, saddest interview I’ve ever seen. Those people need lobotomies or something.
She has Kaiser insurance, so it was on Kaiser’s dime.
I agree with you about 95% of the time, but not on this one. Having a rigid and narrow view of what a family looks and acts like and vilifying those who don’t share your view? Sounds like a Conservative Christian and/or Republican to me.
@Lil Sass: I wrote scathingly about the Duggars (twice) last year. You can search it here if you want but I’ll dig up the link for you and post it when I’m not dying from exhaustion.
@Jenn: I hear you. And it may be closed minded ot say that this family that doesn’t look like mine is somehow less worthy. But I maintain that it’s socially irresponsible to have 14 children. I think it’s irresponsible of the reproductive endocrinologist who implanted that many embryos. I think it’s socially irresponsible for one family to have so many children that their contribution to global warming and landfills is well beyond that of most of the rest of us. And whether they have Kaiser doesn’t really matter because, ultimately, Kaiser only covers a percentage of costs and since I do believe we’re all interconnected, some of the costs get passed on to the rest of us in other ways. Many, many years ago, people had large numbers of children because of the infant mortality rate and the need for children to work the land and sustain the family. Neither of those reasons exist today and in fact, providing for a family of 16 is more difficult in our current economic times. Having 14 children—especially through artificial means—is offensive to me (don’t even get me started about the kids lingering in foster care while couples spend thousands and thousands of dollars just to have a biological child). I disagree with it, I think it’s socially wrong, I think it’s morally wrong, I think it’s environmentally wrong and while I totally respect your opinion (and very much appreciate your willingness to express it here), I do not apologize for mine. Humans were not intended to have litters.
Thank you for this post. I read all of the above and thankfully there is someone like you who is able to articulate what I’d love to say.
On the bright side regarding EH’s birthing another… her kids will probably rebel and become left wing Dems…
to everything else I say whooot whoot!! but then again, except for the other jenn who also has two ‘n’s you’re pretty much preaching to the choir here… soldier on my friend!!
Ok, what’s really making me mad today is the republicans freaking out about the dems daring to include funding for the CDC for treatment and prevention of STDs including HIV.
And that’s a bad thing why?
I seriously don’t get these people.
Oh, and I totally agree with you re: the woman with the octuplets. Insanely irresponsible.