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Paul Ryan: Rape Is Just Another Method Of Contraception

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 28th August 2012

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Good morning!

I saw this interview last week and I thought I spoke about it – but perhaps not. In either case it is worth a second mention, and perhaps for some, a first attention.

Paul Ryan Said Something That Should Force Him Off the Ticket, But You Probably Didn’t Hear About It

Last week, Paul Ryan gave an interview in which, defending his position that there should be no excuses for abortion, he referred to rape as a “method of conception.”

Wow, right? Talk about a benign euphemism. Rape –RAPE! – is now a “method of conception.” You know, like love-making, just without the love.

There could be no greater testament to the utter abdication of responsibility by what passes for a “news” media in America in 2012 than that, despite the grotesquerie of this cavalierly callous comment, chances are better than good that this is the first you’re hearing of it.

Here, watch it – and try to figure out why this has gotten NO MAINSTREAM MEDIA play (not even here at the Huffington Post) despite it being, to my mind, a far more offensive remark than Todd Akin’s imbecilic blurt of last weekend. What, are we tired of stupid remarks about rape now, so Ryan gets a free pass?

Given the demands for Akin’s resignation from a mere Senate race when his musings on “legitimate rape” were publicized, what do you imagine the reaction would be if people were as familiar with VP wannabe Ryan’s stunning statement? Might there be a cacophony of outrage? Might there be calls for his resignation from the ticket? Might there be a focus on how fundamentally oblivious these people who would make our laws are to not just women’s but humans’ rights and dignity? Sure, there might, but then of course people would have to have heard about it.

According to the man who would be the proverbial heartbeat away from the White House, and who in any event would — given Romney’s utter hollowness — have an inordinate influence on the judicial appointments that will determine how much freedom our children get to live under, RAPE = “METHOD OF CONCEPTION.” And yet, unless you’re a frequenter of one of a dozen or so lefty blogs — or my friend on Facebook — you probably knew nothing about it.

I truly despair for the country my 14-year-old daughter is inheriting. That a remark this intensely revealing of the danger posed by this ticket can go basically unreported is as nauseating to me as the quote itself.

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Readers: Ryan is a sick man. Girls…girls girls…this is your time to switch party lines, and vote in support of women – the Romney/Ryan ticket cares less about women, more than you want to know or discover. Come on over before it is too late.

Anything to say? Thoughts? Blog me.

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This ‘N That Chitchat

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 27th August 2012

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Good morning!

Happy Monday – I HOPE this week is off to a good start. Nothing to post today – I just want to respond to some of you. 

Lis: The news in Syria is not good. I HOPE your friend and her family were able to get out safely.

Marianne: Happy to hear that you were safe amongst the craziness.

Molly: I believe I posted this quite some time ago but it is a good one to revisit. Thanks for sharing.

Rebecca: Would you like to nominate Bloomberg as a new member of  the LSOS Club?

Elizabeth: It seems from the accounts of readers who were there, and just common sense, the cops really didn’t seem to care who was in their way when they started shooting into the crowd. They were just anxious to pull the trigger.

Dimah: My heart goes out to you and all the women there. The situation is not good for women no matter who is in charge. My HOPE is that miracles will happen. May you stay strong and safe.

Lauren: Isn’t it interesting how your friends say that many OTWs are merely voting color. Not that I feel they are – Clearly Obama is the best and only pick for president. (I don’t need to go into the details – we all know the reasons) But interesting to make a comment like that when they are clearly merely voting color – the white man Romney. But typical hypocritical response from repubs.

Happy to hear that you are making the intelligent decision to vote for Obama. It is girls like you that can have a huge impact on your girlfriends to do the same same. Thank you for your concern. I am well aware of what the repubs intend to do. I plan to do my best and I expect the rest of the country to do their part as well. We women of this country can make this happen if we stick together and vote for what’s best for all – We need Obama and flowing coattails. Are you with me?

Ralph: We may have come along for the ride but soon we discovered the ride sucked. We’re ready for a bigger and better ride, and no tiny dick prick is going to prevent us.

Melissa: Sounds pretty typical of republican rhetoric. Although I don’t exactly think it is funny. It is dishonest at best and dangerous at worst, if Romney lands in the White house. What would be funny is if you exposed these LSOSs and told the truth. The world would be watching – go for it.

Kimberly: I know exactly what you mean. Good luck in the dating world. From what I have heard from my single girlfriends who have been on the dating scene for awhile, they reach a certain age, they lose their tolerance for dating. I have just begun – wish me luck.

An Alien 1: I realize that you have already gotten some good advice, minus the “simply have a bite” comment. I like Jill’s comment  - please do feast on the disgusting men if you’re going to eat anyone. I don’t see why that wouldn’t be within the operating parameters of the Emperor.

Yes, like Polyana said, I do think you are watching porn, or perhaps a movie where couples were “swinging”? Non the less, I think Polyana had some good advice, and it would be what I would suggest as well. From what I hear about alien love, it seems it is like no other. Perhaps she is seeking out other suitors because you are not available to her when she wants you or perhaps she is afraid your time will be up here and she’ll lose you. In any case clear conversations are a must.

Zen Lill: Yes, never enough time. Hugs to Elke. :)

Larry: Happy to hear that in the midst of your work, you are enjoying yourself and still reading. I wish you success.

LL: I rarely catch that show. And I haven’t been so hot on Matthews for awhile. I don’t think he’s been a true and truthful Obama supporter. But thanks for bringing it up and thanks to Lois for posting. I did find the segment and watched it. Right on Matthews. He was relentless and rightly so. I tried to post the video here, but couldn’t, so here is the link.

Oh and did you catch, Mika’s ending comment, thanking  Priebus, and then saying thank you to Chris Matthews – “I think”. What do you mean “I think”? I like that Matthews got hard and truthful, exposing these racist LSOSs – we need more conversations/confrontations like this. Mika should be delighted, but I don’t know much about her and what side she truly stands on when it comes to punching that ticket. Please someone enlighten me. Thanks.

Peace out.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

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michelle

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“Just Noticing”: Observations Of A Blogger

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 26th August 2012

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Good morning!

“Just noticing…”

  • …Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) was noted saying that Republicans “don’t have a problem with women.”
  • … Judge Head told FOX 34 in Lubbock, Texas, that if President Obama gets re-elected “I’m thinking the worst. Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe. And we’re not just talking a few riots here and demonstrations, we’re talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy.”
  • South Carolina this week will try to convince a United States federal court its new voter identification law doesn’t discriminate against black voters, contrary to a finding by the federal government. 
  • …with all of the backlash that Akin is receiving from his comments on “legitimate rape”, American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer is now comparing Akin to a victim of rape.

Readers: These are just a few of the recent thoughts and actions of the republican party. You know there are plenty more to discuss. Hey, it seems that even mother nature isn’t on the GOP’s side. If that isn’t a sign of horrific times to come, I don’t know what is.

What are you just noticing? Blog me.

Happy Sunday everyone! Peace & Love. 

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

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Flap Your Lips Friday

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 24th August 2012

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Good morning!

I know…some of you have probably already seen this. Hey, it’s a month old but it didn’t come across my screen until now. It’s Friday, the beginning of the weekend. I wanted to go into the weekend with a laugh. Maybe you do too. If so…watch and enjoy.

Jon Stewart Rips Into Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital, Tax Return Defense (VIDEO)

The Daily Show” returned from a two week hiatus Monday night, and could not have come back at a time more ripe for comedy. Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is currently under scrutiny for both hisundisclosed tax returns and for his involvement with Bain Capital, the financial services company where he was CEO.

While the allegations — namely, that Romney has been less-than honest about his finances and how long he was actually with Bain — are heating up campaign tensions, Jon Stewart couldn’t help but notice that the company’s name bears a striking sonic resemblance to the name of a Batman villain.

“Bain. Not since Ayds diet candy suffered through their somewhat ill-timed 1980s ‘Lose weight with Ayds!’ sales campaign has a brand faced this type of challenge,” he joked.

But in more serious analysis, Stewart took issue with Romney’s evasive defense strategies. In reply to the Obama campaign’s attack ad on Bain outsourcing, Romney claimed to be on a leave of absence during the time in question. The problem? He was still on the payroll for at least $100,000 a year.

Stewart quipped:

I was just the guy with the the smoke screenish, yet still legal title of CEO and Managing Director who was paid at least $100,000 a year to do what, according to me, Mitt Romney, was nothing. That’s the kind of common sense business experience I hope to bring to the White House.

Later in the episode, Stewart took Romney’s reluctance to share his tax returns to task, stating:

Nobody cares that Mitt Romney is rich. It’s Romney’s inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government’s tax code largesse that’s a little offensive to people. Especially considering Romney’s view on anyone else who looks to the government for things like, I don’t know, food and medicine.

 

Check out part one above and part two below.

WATCH:

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Happy Friday everyone! Blog me.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)

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Akin’s Spiritual Mentor

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 22nd August 2012

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Good morning!

If you’ve been watching the news like I have, Akin seems to be getting his 15 minutes…and really more, whether he wants it or not. I found this article that tells the disgusting thoughts that go through the minds of some men.

Akin’s Spiritual Mentor: Women Occasionally Invite Rape, Victims Are ‘Hysterical’

By Zack Beauchamp on Aug 20, 2012 at 11:37 am

Reverend D. James Kennedy (Left) and Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO).

Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) spiritual mentor Reverend D. James Kennedy harbored extreme and sometimes flatly misogynistic views about rape and abortion, according to a ThinkProgress review of Kennedy’s sermons on the topic. The Senate candidate, who set off a massive controversy by claimingthis weekend that victims of “legitimate rape” don’t get pregnant, has deep ties to Reverend Kennedy, having cited some of his sermons as key intellectual influences and having been namedin Kennedy’s book How Would Jesus Vote? as one of the Reverend’s “favorite statesman.”

Kennedy, who the Anti-Defamation League has termed a “Christian supremacist,” repeatedly railed against legalized abortion, calling it the “American Holocaust” and suggesting that it would lead inevitably to genocide in the United States. But Kennedy’s discussions of rape and abortion in particular betray extraordinarily disturbing views about rape victims:

1. Kennedy believed that rape victims who chose abortion are “hysterical.” In “Abortion: Myths and Realities,” Kennedy labels victims of rape who chose unsafe abortions when safer procedures are illegal “hysterical,” saying “We are told by some of the radical feminists that the women will become hysterical, that they will abort themselves with coat hanger.” Abortion rates are, in fact, higher in nations where the procedure is criminalized, and men describing women whose choices they disapprove of as “hysterical” has a storied sexist history.

2. Kennedy suggests rape victims can be responsible for being raped. In “Life: An Inalienable Right,” Kennedy expresses concern that rape victims who chose to get an abortion are occasionally responsible for their own rape, saying that “Even if they want to say the woman had some part in it—which in most cases they probably don’t—surely the baby did nothing wrong, so the only innocent party is killed and the rapist often goes free.” He doesn’t elaborate on how this might be true, but another Kennedy sermon says “the immodest woman is contributing to the lust of other people” by wearing revealing clothing.

3. Kennedy held that the Bible should set our laws about rape and abortion. Kennedy is very explicit on this point, saying “In the Bible, the child of rape was allowed to live and the rapist was put to death. Today, we find that the penalties against rape have become more and more lenient, whereas the child is now the subject of capital punishment. Justice has been totally destroyed and perverted in that the guilty are practically allowed to go free and the innocent are killed.” This fits with Kennedy’s general view that we should “rebuild America based on the Bible.”

4. Kennedy thought husbands should determine if their wives can have abortions. Though not specifically addressing rape, Kennedy approvingly cited a Roman prohibition on abortion motivated by the husbands should have control over women’s reproductive choice, saying “That newly created life is as much the husband’s as it is the wife’s. Historically, it is interesting to note that when the Roman Empire did away with laws that allowed abortion, it was done not because of the woman or the harm that abortions were doing to women (and indeed they do vastly more harm than most people are aware of), but because the husband was being defrauded of his progeny.” Interestingly, Akinhas worried that criminalizing marital rape provides women “a legal weapon to beat up on the husband.”

Given that Akin’s rhetoric and policy views bear clear marks of Kennedy’s influence, it’s perhaps no surprise that Akin co-sponsored (with Paul Ryan) a bill that could, by limiting federal funding of abortion to cases of “forcible rape,” make rape survivors give birth to their rapist’s child.

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Readers: What do you have to say about this? Blog me.

So many compelling comments from yesterday and the day before. I just perused them but I need to catch up and comment because there are some that I really want to address. Let’s see how much time I’ve got.

Holly: I love a girl who sees the glass half full. I HOPE the skies are shining blue on you today in Missouri.

KS: Bravo to your comment. Sounds perfectly logical to me.

XXX: Why should one only be blessed once? If you want a second shot at ecstasy, give me a call. I am tempted to say I will pencil you in but we both know that you are way bigger than a pencil. I would say more, but at the risk of losing my ladylike modesty, I will simply say, you give as good as you get.

Brittany: That is a good question. At this point I don’t even think it is common sense but just stupidity. I am assuming that you read Talibah’s comment from yesterday’s write.

I rarely skip around when commenting to readers that I want to address, but since you broached the subject I have to first say to Talibah: You are so right on. We do suffer much in the same way, and that is frightening to me. Especially because with everything that is happening in the republican party…with men (not all) that just can’t seem to leave our vagina’s alone and out of the political environment, our rights are in danger. We are not far from losing all that way have unless we act fervently.

This is not the time to sit back and be dispassionate.  Any woman not voting, and I know 1 or 2 women that don’t, (stupid) is a vote for the other side. It is frustrating, infuriating and stupid when women have a voice, a voting right, and don’t exercise their rights and use it for their own health, life, and betterment of all concerned.

As you stated, “American women GIVE their men over and over again the right to control their bodies and lives.”

We women have the power at the polls. If we don’t we will lose them, plain and simple because although there are men who support us, there are not enough. Hell, there aren’t enough women who support women.

With this kind of radical, no longer fringe, thinking,  republican women just have to come to their senses. But when I read comments from Charlotte and Frances, my conclusion is yes, white women (not all) are that stupid. But I still HOPE and continue to talk about it. One just can’t give up when it comes to these kinds of issues.

Mary, and all of the other women who are anti abortion: Think about it this way – what if the shoe was reversed? Say our planet was over populated and we were running out of resources. Or maybe men just decided that they wanted to control women in a very extreme way (sounds familiar huh?)

What if the law were that all women had to abort babies? No more babies allowed. And lots of women who were on board with this idea to “save the planet” or they were just following their men lock step.

How would you feel then? Forget getting all the mens’ support. And there would be no way to get all women to vote their needs over saving the planet, or sadly, to speak their own minds. So would you be fighting for pro-choice? Would you be telling everyone to just stay out of your vagina –  that you should be able to have a baby if you wanted one? No doubt you would.

Does the scenario sound pretty extreme? Well it is and that is how we pro-choice women feel the way it is today.

If you want to have a baby then you have that choice, but then allow me as well the choice to make the hard decision to have an abortion if that is what is best or needed in my life. That sounds fair and logical to me. But for some reason I know the extremists won’t want to give in to this logic.

The freedom to choose: We all deserve it. This is an area where women can support women, and sadly, the support is not strongly there.

I am done for the day. Your turn. Blog me.

Peace & Love and ladies…don’t be apathetic when it comes to your rights of your body, your health.

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