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kristopher's JournalA thought about abortion I'd like to share with Hillary supporters
The 3rd trimester issue is one where whimsical decisions are what is feared most. If the mother's life is in danger or the fetus isn't viable few would want to stand in the way of a woman and her doctor's difficult and well thought out decision.
Before I get to my main point let me also say the I believe we can't take the law much beyond full access without running substantial risks of compromising the right of women to control their health and lives. Any legislative encroachment presumes a state apparatus that is better at evaluating the circumstances and deciding the appropriate course of action than the mother and her doctor. I don't believe that presumption is valid.
And what would such prohibitions actually do even if everything went perfectly for everyone and the only abortions avoided were whimsical travesties of the human conscience. (Please don't attack on this point as I'm not endorsing any legislation or restrictions).
How many abortions wouldn't happen IF such perfect restrictions could be crafted and enforced without stepping onto the slippery slope of where we came from? I don't know that answer, but bear the scale in mind, please.
Now, compare your concern for those lives that would be positively impacted by such legislation with the number of lives changed by a land where women have equal pay; good affordable health care; a living wage; sound schools; paid family leave; and a strong social safety net.
Again, I don't have a number to attach to the thought should the policies that Bernie is (really and truly going to fight for) be enacted; but I'm 100% sure that the impact on abortion would be to effect a huge reduction as the pressures of living are adjusted to place the individual and family first.
If reducing abortion is a moral issue that you care about, then a candidate that is focused on rebuilding the economy around the family unit is unquestionably the way you should be voting.
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1979 SUPERTRAMP ALBUM COVER REVEALS FREEMASONS ‘PRE-KNEW ABOUT’ 9/11
Of all the 9/11 conspiracy theories floating around out there, this one’s my… favorite.
According to the fellow in the video below, which was influenced by a post on a David Icke conspiracy forum, the Masons were behind the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center. They left clues about their (long) planned event on the 1979 Supertramp album Breakfast In America.
According to the video, Supertramp financier Stanley August Miesegaes was a Mason who used the cover art of the best-selling Breakfast in America album to reveal details about a planned “event” against the World Trade Center.
The video offers evidence that the iconic album cover is a bit of “predictive programming,” a notion popular among conspiracy buffs that our overlords embed messages into pop culture in order to psychologically prepare the general population for certain events. Apparently Breakfast in America was to be the subliminal mental lubrication citizens would need two decades later to accept the tragedy of 9/11. This evidence includes the cover’s depiction of the New York City skyline as seen from an airplane window. CHECK. A waitress posing as the Statue of Liberty holds a glass of orange juice over the center of the World Trade Center, indicating the color of the fireball that would tear through the buildings. CHECK. Just above the World Trade Center, if you hold the record up to a mirror, you see that the “u” and “p” from “Supertramp” resembles the numbers “911.” CHECK. ....
Clinton Portrays Herself as a Pro-Gun Churchgoer
By JULIE BOSMAN APRIL 12, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog
VALPARAISO, Ind. – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton managed to co-opt Mr. Obama’s message of hope and optimism, beginning a speech in Valparaiso, Ind., by talking about how positive and “fundamentally optimistic” Americans are.
“We don’t get bogged down and looking back – we’re always looking forward,” she said, as heavy applause nearly drowned out her words. “Whatever obstacle we see, we get over it. Whatever challenge we have, we meet it. We’re the problem-solvers, we’re the innovators, we’re the people who make the better future.”
...snip...
“I disagree with Senator Obama’s assertion that people in our country cling to guns and have certain attitudes about immigration or trade simply out of frustration,” she said.
She described herself as a pro-gun churchgoer, recalling that her father taught her how to shoot a gun when she was a young girl and said that her faith “is the faith of my parents and my grandparents.”
And from CNN
“You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It’s part of culture. It’s part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter.”
Minutes later, in a slightly awkward moment, Clinton faced a question from a woman in the audience whose son had been paralyzed by a gunshot. The woman asked Clinton what she would do about gun control as president.
Clinton touted her husband's record on gun control during his administration, and said "there is not a contradiction between protecting Second Amendment rights" and the effort to reduce crime....
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/12/clinton-touts-her-experience-with-guns/
Talk about process - Hillary wins. Talk about issues - Bernie wins.
Generally speaking, of course.
Just a thought to bear in mind.
Clinton Campaign compromises 2 more surrogates' integrity.
Yep they're telling another whopper - this time ImEx bank. Nope, "transactions" aren't the same as "funding" are they?
Bernie said only 25% ofImEx funding goes to small businesses. He was correct. Hillary promptly launched two surrogates to claim
Jesse Lehrich ?@JesseLehrich
90% of Ex-Im transactions directly support small businesses.
#DemDebate
And Reps. Dingall and Tim Ryan repeat the misleading supposed refutation:
TRUTH FROM CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43581.pdf page 11
Slumlord management should not be a style of government.
I 'd like to tell you that is what came to mind after watching the debate tonight. It made me think of the investment in our society between the New Deal and the Moon-shot, and then compare it to the current state of our infrastructure and the economic deterioration this nation has experienced since that era of anything was possible. I don't know what better way to describe that deterioration than as Slumlord Management.
A slumlord (or slum landlord) is a derogatory term for a landlord, generally an absentee landlord with more than one property, who attempts to maximize profit by minimizing spending on property maintenance, often in deteriorating neighborhoods.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumlord
And it isn't just allegorical; it is actually literally slumlord management.
https://newrepublic.com/article/118838/wall-street-slumlords-how-banks-started-buying-rental-units
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/04/blackstone-slumlord-wannabe-violates-local-housing-laws-making-tenants-maintain-rentals.html
"Obama Was Gay Prostitute, Dems Killed JFK, Climate Change A Hoax": Tx 'Education' Candidate
Retired schoolteacher Mary Lou Bruner believes that climate change was Karl Marx's idea among other views.
Shared from the Downtown Austin-UT, TX Patch
By TONY CANTU (Patch Staff) - March 5, 2016 12:39 pm ET
AUSTIN, TX -- Another Texas political figure is making national headlines, but not necessarily for all the right reasons.
Mary Lou Bruner is poised to be the next member of the Texas State Board of Education, having fallen just short of the 50 percent needed to secure the seat this past Tuesday.
Bruner will compete with chiropractor Keven Ellis, who got 31 percent of the vote, in a May runoff. Bruner, the GOP candidate, is expected to win over over Democratic opponent in the general election, as the Houston Chronicle reported.
That prospect has raised quite a few eyebrows, in Austin and beyond. The 68-year-old retired teacher from Smith County has distinguished herself with some, let’s say interesting, views and theories on everything from climate change to President Obama....
details and film here:
http://patch.com/us/across-america/s/fn041/obama-was-gay-prostitute-dems-killed-jfk-climate-change-a-hoax-leading-texas-education-candidate
Care to make a prediction for April 5, 2016??
My guesses
Hillary Fav 34 UnFav 59
Bernie Fav 56 UnFav 39
We can petition Skinner for a Get out of Purgatory Free card for the winner.
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