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my pumpkins just got educated, yo.
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Can I say things like that?
I guess I already did.
I'm just so sick of rich white guys telling the po ladies what they can and cannot do with their own bodies.
Somebody PLEASE dig up the mistress who he paid to have an abortion! #cstreet
11/09/09
Also, shouldn't the fact that a woman can't afford $300 to pay for an abortion also mean she can't afford to pay for prenatal care or the cost of raising a child for 18 years? But I guess that's her tough luck.
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i think we'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who'd do this fat, pasty turd of a man. #cstreet
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@Novaload: His official photo is most unfortunate, even by "DC -- Hollywood for the Ugly People" standards. #cstreet
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OK, I'm off to the hoo-doo people. #cstreet
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Yeah, let's go with rehab. #2010
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That being said, I think the increasing prevalence of "purity tests" among the Republicans and the lack of a coherent party message will ensure that they continue to marginalize themselves. Bill Buckley's characterization of conservatism as a force standing astride history shouting "stop" is frighteningly correct, and right now it feels like the whole Republican party is just yelling "STOP." That's not a party slogan, but the reds are working hard to make it one. #2010
11/09/09
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Well, they don't - in the house. That's why the house exists.
The senate exists to protect the autonomy of the states. There is a perfectly valid argument that asks "why should my state have to submit to your state's will just because we happen to have fewer people?" That's kind of why we fought a revolution to begin with - inequality in various laws governing territories of the kingdom, with the larger and more established territories dictating everything to the smaller and newer territories. If the bigger states have all the power over the smaller states, then they will abuse that power. This is especially true in a country like ours, where the smaller states population-wise happen to have the vast majority of our natural resources. (On the other hand, they also have most of our weapons.) #congress
11/09/09
591,833 people live in Washington DC, and we don't have any voting representation in the Senate or House!
/bitter
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[www.npr.org] #congress
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It only bans federal funding for elective abortions. I personally don't have a problem with that ban. Abortion is a choice, and with that choice comes personal responsibility, and the financial responsibility for that decision, in a majority of cases, shouldn't fall on the federal government.
But I'm a dude, so I should probably just shut the hell up. #congress
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The point I was making, maybe not clearly enough, was that this is what happens when our illustrious Congress gets involved in our health care. But that's how our system is built, for better or for worse. #congress
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Maybe abortion is just a personal choice (I actually think it's a necessary part of real medical care, but whatever). Really, when 70,000 women across the world die each year because they don't have access to safe and legal abortions, don't we have some responsibility to ensure that we don't add to that number?
11/09/09
Met fans are Met fans. Yankee fans are Yankee fans. My father watched the Yankees when there was absolutely no other baseball on television. Although we lived within spitting distance of the stadium (and I use "spitting" because I'm sure that's what he did when he walked by it), the family never went to a game. We traveled to Queens to see the Mets, by subway I might add.
He hated the Yankees. I mean, HATED the Yankees. All because the team dragged their feet on integration. They were the second to last MLB team to integrate, just before the much hated Boston Red Sox.
Now, if only these politicians stick to important convictions when they are elected, the world would be a better place. #congress
11/09/09
Thankfully no one will remember this in the future because who cares if a baseball fan (especially Mets fans, these days) acts like a big prick? That is called "Tuesday" so whatever. #congress
11/02/09
[www.huffingtonpost.com] #politics
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