Seriously, this is all old news but I'm in a snit today because I heard his voice.
"The reason we have so much government is because we have so much broken humanity," he said. "And the reason we have so much broken humanity is because sin reigns in the hearts and lives of human beings instead of the Savior."
Yeah, those people never do anything bad. Sunday school teachers don't molest and kill little girls, right? Christian abortion foes do not murder people...in church. I agree that human beings are the source of sin...regardless of their religious beliefs.
"I'm often asked why taxes are so high and government is so big. It's because the faith we have in local churches has become so small. If we'd been doing what we should have -- giving a dime from every dollar to help the widows, the orphans and the poor -- we now wouldn't be giving nearly 50 cents of every dollar to a government that's doing ... what we should have been doing all along."
Gee, I'm not so sure that the church can spend the money any better than the government. See. See again. Once more.
"I didn't get into politics because I thought government had a better answer. I got into politics because I knew government didn't have the real answers, that the real answers lie in accepting Jesus Christ into our lives."
Sounds like you should go back to preaching buddy. Americans have the absolute right to not share your religion. Any single person who states that they want to bring religion to public office should be automatically disqualified. You want to preach...be a preacher.
Please click on the link above to view a powerful new video by A World of Progress. Sexual orientation is not an indicator of patriotism nor is an indicator of talent or ability. The focus of the military needs to be retaining talented members not ferreting out, humiliating, and persecuting.
Our military attracts members from every "walk of life." I've served alongside the rich and the poor. I've served with people of all races. I've served with men and women. I've served with gays and lesbians. I've served with conservatives and liberals. I'm concerned with two things only: can that person do their job and can I trust that person to have my back and my country's back?
Trust is vital among our military men and women. You simply cannot do your job well if you are worried that there is someone, on your side, out to get you. You cannot do your job well if you are worried that if you say the wrong thing that your team will turn against you. It's just not possible.
Finally, those in our government and associated with our government such as Senator Coburn's chief of staff, should be a bit more mindful of the people who are sacrificing their lives so that he may retain the freedom to spout such hateful drivel.
“I joined the Air Force because I wanted to serve my country. I have loved being in the military – my fellow airmen have been my family. I am proud of my career and want to continue doing my job,” said Major Witt. “Wounded people never asked me about my sexual orientation. They were just glad to see me there,” she added. -ACLU of Washington
There is a shortage of flight nurses in the Air Force, barring Major Witt from performing her duties only serves to compound that fact. The actions of the Air Force in Major Witt's case serves no one.
This wandering elf is soon to embark on another adventure in her life. Within the week, I will travel to Virginia.
The Good Part:
I will actually score a visit with a Constance. Haven't seen her in a few years (well, maybe more like four...but before that it had been like 16 years, so time between visits is improving).
The Bad Part:
I'm sure that I will spend countless hours doing absolutely nothing; hurry up and wait.
I remember the first time I traveled to Norfolk. I remember being a little bit concerned that I'd be living in the south. Really, I'm from Maine, Virginia is pretty much the deep south to me. Anyhow, I was young, fresh from boot camp and "A" school, dressed in my best (well, my only) Service Dress Blues.
That's not me (I'm way cuter), but I was wearing the slacks version (I never wore any of the silly skirts that served only to take up room in my sea bag-geez, I was in the military, going to work on a ship, hardly the place for a skirt...I think I'll come back to that later). I had all of my uniforms and a few civilian items crammed into a big green sea bag that weight about two tons. It was virtually everything I owned with the exception of some items left with my evil mother and my good friend Fred. I arrived on a cold and rainy night. I remember it was the kind of rain that feels like pin pricks on your skin.
I was dropped off at the end of the pier, no brow-side service for a lowly fireman (the navy engineering rate kind, not the worshiped heroes who slide down poles). I hoisted that sea bag on my shoulders and began the long trek down the longest pier to the farthest brow (the enlisted brow apparently was closed at night) only to be greeted by a salty, grizzled, scrawny old dude with teardrops tattooed down his cheek. It was after hours, the ship was quiet, it seemed like ages waiting for the Messenger of the Watch to find a female from the Duty Section to find me a rack (at that time, I'd have taken any place just to lay my head).
Your rack is the only space that you have to yourself on a ship so it's a pretty bad thing if you find that someone has been sleeping in your rack (we're not like those submariners, no hot racking for shipboard Sailors, thank you very much). Well, this chippy that came to get me, didn't feel like waking anybody else up and stuffed me into someone's rack. That the person whose bed I was in became one of my closest friends is totally besides the point, I nearly got my ass kicked way too early in the morning for a defensive response and I was more than a little pissed off.
The ship was scheduled to go on a six month deployment shortly after I reported but it was canceled and we were scheduled for decommissioning instead. My travels on the ship were limited to Boston, Newport (RI) and Charleston (SC). I was fortunate to connect with some old college buddies in Boston and eat a ton of seafood all along the east coast!
This was my ship following 1996 decommissioning. She looks pretty sad, huh?
Sometimes I cannot help myself. Well, last night my ears were burned by the sound of Limpdick as I flipped through the radio stations...the nightmares kept me up half the night and the indigestion took care of the remainder. So, I'm on no sleep and desperately seeking the sweet solace that I can only find (or that only I can find) in Star Wars (or at least silly Star Wars references).
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of Americans United for Life Action met with White House officials today to express her concerns that taxpayers would pay for abortions under any new health care reform. I just saw her on FOX stating that they did not want to block access to legal health care procedures but that her group does want to prevent taxpayers from having to pay for something they don't advocate.
I'll bet that if you asked each and every taxpaying American they could identify something that they don't want their tax dollars to fund. Homeschooling families are probably irked that they have to pay into substandard public education. Peace advocates are probably tired of paying for seemingly endless war. Geez, I'm tired of paying for roads that never seem to be free of potholes. I'm tired of paying for oil subsidies. I'm tired of paying for the luxury lifestyles of our representatives. This list could go on forever.
Groups like Americans United for Life Action have already severely eroded access to abortion and continue to do so in this country each and every day. Preventing American citizens from obtaining a legal health care service is despicable. Just ask the opponents of health care reform...they don't want the government to "ration" their health care but, on the other hand, they have no qualms about telling other people what health care they can have access to (and currently they apparently do not mind that insurance companies ration health care to their customers).
Add physical access limitations to a shortage of providers, violence at clinics, various states' restrictive legislation and lack of insurance coverage and what do you get? NO CHOICE for many American women.
There are several reasons that a woman may choose to abort a pregnancy including health, rape, financial concerns...but whatever they are we would do well to remind ourselves that those reasons are hers and not ours.
I am quite irritated and will try to keep this post civil as it is only a "pre-post" of a much larger post that I intend to make but here is the crux of it. I am so freaking sick and tired of the country's determination to ENSURE that there is no FEDERAL funding for a LEGAL MEDICAL PROCEDURE that IS NOT ANYBODY'S business except for between the patient and the doctor.
In a statement issued Tuesday evening, Grassley said among the outstanding issues to be resolved are the costs to taxpayers, affordability for individuals, preventing taxpayer money from funding abortions, screening out illegal aliens, limiting medical malpractice lawsuits and lowering the overall costs. -CNN
Gee, Senator Charles Grassley, you will never, ever, ever have an abortion so shut up!
And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up: Under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion, and federal conscience laws will remain in place. -Houston Chronicle
Again, even you, President Obama, won't have an abortion and besides, federal conscience laws DENY legal medical services to American citizens. What if an abortion, a legal medical procedure, is prescribed by a physician to save a womans life? Why should SHE not have access to that procedure? If she has purchased insurance, even a "public option," why should that insurance NOT cover a legal medical procedure.
I, an American, believe that is imperative that all Americans have access to legal medical care. I, not a Christian, have a Constitutional Right to not be subject to anyone else's religious beliefs. I, a sexual abuse survivor, am not naive enough to believe that all pregnancies are welcome.
Finally,
I, a WOMAN, am sick and fucking tired of MEN opining about SHIT that they will never fucking have to worry about.
I heard you shout "You lie!" at the President of the United States last night as he stated that there would be no health care for illegal immigrants under reform. You lied last night. HR 3200 specifically prohibits health care coverage for illegal aliens just like our current laws prohibit illegal aliens from participating in government health insurance programs. I know that you called the White House later to apologize, but frankly, that's just too little too late. The damage had already been done.
As I spoke with my husband this morning he said to me that it was probably like that in the beginning of our nation, with our leaders cursing and muttering within the revered halls of Congress much like teenagers in a street brawl. Perhaps that was true but we have these new things now, born from technology, the most important of which (especially for you last night) is live television. There is no slick editing on live television. Nope. They cannot fix it in the cutting room.
As I told my husband, it simply doesn't matter how Congressmen comported themselves in the past. We Americans still hold these very politicians that we complain about on a daily basis as role models to our children. We tell our kids, you can be anything when you grow up, a Congressman representing your great state or even the President of the United States. We like to tell our kids that those jobs are important, that those jobs change lives, that those jobs have the power to do the greatest good for our fellow citizens. What we know to be true is quite the opposite.
We should be ashamed of ourselves because we know that the vast majority of politicians are quite simply, Liars and Cocksuckers! We should be ashamed of encouraging our children to work hard so that they may one day be the Supreme Leader of the Liars and Cocksuckers. We don't want our kids to become the Head Liar and Cocksucker of any state, no matter how great we tell them that state is. The really good thing is that we have great Liar and Cocksucker role models like you, Joe Wilson, to ensure that our children never aspire to such heights.
I have been moved by the speech of politicians. I have been moved by the patriotism of my fallen comrades. I have been moved at the passing of the flag at a retirement ceremony. Joe, your conduct does not move me (well, to be fair, it does move my bowels but that's not really what I was talking about). Your conduct does not make me proud. Your conduct proves to the American people that you and others in your party will do everything in your power to prevent a bipartisan anything during this administration. You will resort to acting like a spoiled brat. I should not be surprised at all, particularly not after all the idiotic blathering that's come from your side of the aisle.
Teabaggers, Birthers, and even Deathers (as in Sarah Palin and her exhausting "death panel" claims). The wonder of it all is that some Americans have actually lost their ability to think for themselves. An ability that would prevent them from jumping on these bandwagons that are nearing a cliff, quickly.
Personally, I am so tired of all of it. If you, and all of your Liar and Cocksucker buddies, cannot grow up and do your fucking jobs, then get out of the way so we, the American people, can find someone who can.
Al Swearengen, perhaps?
Joe, if you think that my rant is childish then good for you! You identified sophomoric ranting and bullying. That's exactly what you do! Yay! Give Joey a round of applause. If you are merely insulted then... "tit for tat" ...you insulted the American President and the American public last night, so back at you, you fucking liar!
Band parent Sherry Melby, who is a teacher in the district, stands behind Pollitt’s decision. Melby said she associated the image on the T-shirt with Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
“I was disappointed with the image on the shirt,” Melby said. “I don’t think evolution should be associated with our school.”
That damn "theory" of evolution! Don't worry lady, no one is associating that theory with you!
Okay, let's keep it real, Pollitt stated that the shirt was pulled because the school must be neutral on religion. Sir, the very act of pulling these shirts demonstrates that the school is NOT neutral on religion.
"This is well beyond partying," said Danielle Brian, POGO's executive director, after showing a video of a man with a bare backside, and another man apparently drinking a liquid that had been poured down the man's lower back. ... Among the recommendations from the group: immediate military supervision of the private security guards, a review of whether the contract should be revoked, and consideration as to whether government forces should replace private security in a combat zone.
So the State Department contracts with a PRIVATE contractor to do a job that the U.S. Military is trained to do. No wonder we're broke. My unsolicited response to the recommendations: 1) immediate military supervision of the private security guards. Obviously, Someone needs to provide supervision.2) a review of whether the contract should be revoked. Gee, why not let a company that "has been cited several times for shortcomings in the security required by the contract" continue to be rewarded with a huge contract at the tax payers' expense. 3) consideration as to whether government forces should replace private security in a combat zone. What? You mean that we already have trained personnel who can do this, at a lower cost. WTF, man, get those contractors out of there TODAY!
After the next generation of Duggars breeds at this rate, there will be 400 members of the clan (not counting the husbands and wives that married in). The third generation will have 8,000 members, the fourth will have 160,000, and the fifth will have 3.2 million...more than five times the population of Vermont.
Okay, I think it's disgusting that she wants to have that many kids, however it is her choice and not my business. What is truly, truly disgusting is the exploitation of these children by their parents and TLC...truly, the thing that they do, and get paid for (the thing you might call a job) is screw and have more kids. What makes them any different than the "welfare queens" that everybody bitches about? I'll tell you what, welfare moms are treated like crap, don't make as much and are required to actually look for work.
"Your Constitution guarantees me a speedy and fair trial," he said from his wheelchair during the hearing before U.S. District Judge Reginald Walton.
Apparently he does not think that it is his Constitution. So, what planet is it that he hails from?
"I'm a United States citizen, and as a U.S. Naval officer, I swore to protect my country," he said. "I take my vows very seriously."
Oh, now he is a United States citizen and he was a U.S. Naval officer...what vows did he take seriously? Last time I checked, killing United States citizens was not considered protecting the country. Oh, yeah, he's talking about his country...er, planet.
