Restating Douthat on Abortion

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Saturday July 20, 2013 · 10:15 PM PDT

2013/07/20 · 22:15

Allow me to restate Mr. Douthat's arguments:

1) According to anti-abortion groups, the laws effects are overstated.
2) The laws probably won't stand up to court challenge.
3) Even if they do, Texas won't treat women worse than they already do.
4) The proper comparison is between the USA and other countries. The American experience of back-alley abortions prior to Roe v. Wade is entirely irrelevant.
5) Countries that ban abortions suck, and are inevitably 3rd world pestholes. Therefore, we shall assume that the goal is the restriction of abortion and not the outright banning of abortion.
6) Europe has restrictions and lower abortion rates; therefore, abortion restrictions cause women to decide not to have abortions. Availability of effective sexual-education classes is not a factor.
7) Ireland's abortion restrictions lead to healthier babies. Availability of "Socialist" healthcare is not a factor.
8) If an Irish woman wants an abortion, they can quickly and easily flee the country.
9) Maybe, perhaps, possibly, Texas should have insisted on better healthcare for women in conjunction with destroying the existing system.
10) But probably not.
11) Democrats are making a mistake in protesting abortion restrictions, instead of insisting on both better healthcare and no abortion restrictions. Republicans should stay the course on opposing better healthcare as well as banning abortions.
12) All Democrats are baby-killers.

Why I'm Boycotting Whole Foods

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 9:38 AM PDT

2009/08/13 · 09:38

Did you know that Whole Foods is run by a right-wing whackjob? He's vehemently against Unions, and now he's come out against healthcare reform. His list of alternative measures we should be taking for healthcare reads like a Republican wishlist.. It sounds nice, but accomplishes nothing other than giving corporations more money.

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 10:47 AM PDT

2008/10/13 · 10:47

"I've been warned that Flyers fans, they get so enthused, that they boo everybody at the drop of the puck," Palin said at a Saturday fundraiser. "But what I thought I'd do is I'd put Piper in a Flyers jersey, bring her out with me. How dare they boo Piper!"

Palin's unmarried oldest daughter got knocked up at 17.

Palin had a premature special-needs child after her water broke in Houston. She then spent 13 hours flying back to Alaska before giving birth.

Now she's using her 8-year-old daughter as a political prop to hide behind when faced with a hostile crowd of thousands people.

I'm not sure she should be a parent, much less President..

My question for Governor Palin

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 7:46 PM PDT

2008/09/11 · 19:46

Okay, here's the question I would ask, if I wanted to see just how much about international diplomacy she actually knows:

"Governor Palin, what is your view on our diplomatic relations with Taiwan? Would you, as President, support their application to join the UN? Do you feel we should more formalize our relationship with them as another nation?"

Answer "Yes" to either of the last two questions, and you've got a serious diplomatic incident with the People's Republic of China. =)

I mean, she just said she'd go to war with Russia if they invade Georgia or the Ukraine, let's give her a REAL loaded question and watch what happens.

US Banking Industry? Or Schrodinger's Cat?

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Friday July 11, 2008 · 9:19 PM PDT

2008/07/11 · 21:19

As you may have heard, IndyMac Bank has been seized by federal regulators for being insolvent. This is, of course, A Bad Thing(tm).

What I find most disconcerting is what the FDIC views as the reason it failed:

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 4:25 PM PDT

2008/04/13 · 16:25

In some cases, it may be a sound economic decision for regular homeowners, not the subprimes or ARMs, but just regular homeowners, to mail in their keys and walk away from their house.

If you have a $500,000 mortgage, and your house is now worth $300,000.. The fiscally responsible move on the part of the homeowner should be to walk away. Mail the keys to the mortgage company, and immediately stop paying the mortgage. Let the bank foreclose on it.

Businesses do it all the time, go, "well, that didn't work out, let's close the plant and fire all the workers and try something else." and end up just walking away from their mistakes. There's a short-term cost to be paid, sure.. Businesses pay for worker retraining and severance pay, homeowners get 7 years of bad credit.

BUT... You're no longer pointlessly hemorrhaging money.

Which leads us to the danger:

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Tuesday March 11, 2008 · 6:20 PM PDT

2008/03/11 · 18:20

So, here's a thought: How about if Obama enlists Nancy Pelosi as his VP pick? That'd placate many of the female voters who want Hillary to be the first female President, as well as balance the ticket ethnically, racially, and geographically.

That'd put Pelosi in the enviable position of being the first female Speaker of the House as well as first female Vice-President.

BBC Interview with GW

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Thursday February 14, 2008 · 8:17 PM PST

2008/02/14 · 20:17

I just finished watching the BBC interview with George W. Bush. Now, I may be a raving liberal, but I try to keep an open mind, and he did manage to spend two terms in the White House.. Plus, I haven't seen him talk since 2004. So, my thoughts on the interview:

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Friday August 31, 2007 · 9:32 PM PDT

2007/08/31 · 21:32

It's offical, we are now in Vietnam, Pt II.

"At one point, the three were trying to discuss the state of Iraqi security forces with Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, but the large, flat-panel television set facing the official proved to be a distraction. Rubaie was watching children's cartoons.

When [U.S. Representative] Moran [D-Va] asked him to turn it off, Rubaie protested with a laugh and said, "But this is my favorite television show," Moran recalled.

[U.S. Representative] Porter [R-Nev] confirmed the incident, although he tried to paint the scene in the best light, noting that at least they had electricity."

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Wednesday June 20, 2007 · 10:19 AM PDT

2007/06/20 · 10:19

Labor unions are a 19th century solution to a 19th century problem. The role they fulfill, as workers representation in the company, is still very much in need. How can we modernize labor unions to support the needs of the 21st century workplace?

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