Doonesbury takes on the GOP’s war on women. Enjoy. It probably didn’t make your paper.
For more on the cartoon, the censorship and the absolute horror of it, click on over to:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/12/the-doonesbury-comic-strip-republicans-dont-want-you-to-see/
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Santorum: Contraception a “Grievous Moral Wrong.” No Rick, you are.
Wow. Is this guy ever an imbecile. But, lets get right to the deets.
Thank you CrooksAndLiars.com.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says an amendment put forward by Senate Republicans that would have allowed any business to exclude contraceptives from health care plans was not really about birth control.
“The Blunt amendment was broader than that,” Santorum told Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday. “It was a conscience clause exception that existed prior to when President Obama decided that he could impose his values on people of faith, when people of faith believe that this is a grievous moral wrong.”
“But the Blunt Amendment wasn’t just talking about Catholic institutions — Catholic colleges, charities — it was saying any — you know, U.S. Steel — any company, any insurance company could decide not to offer birth control,” Wallace noted.
“No, it wasn’t about birth control,” Santorum, who is Catholic, insisted. “It was about a moral exception to any type of mandate. … We hear so much about the left wanting to separate church and state. Well, how about the separation of church and state when the state wants to force the church and people who are believers into doing something that they don’t want to do.”
Last week, the anti-contraception amendment sponsored by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) was in a 51-48 vote.
Wallace went on to press Santorum on whether he still believes that the 99 percent of all women in the U.S. who had used birth control had done something wrong.
“I’m reflecting the views of the Church that I believe in,” the former Pennsylvania senator replied. “We used to be tolerant of those beliefs. I guess now when you have beliefs that are consistent with the church, you are somehow out of touch with the mainstream. And that to me is a pretty sad situation when you can’t have personally-held beliefs.”
Okay, so, I’m sorry this guy is so dimwitted he looks at a condom and wonders how to blow it up and turn it into a balloon poodle, but that’s his problem.
But a grievous moral wrong? SERIOUSLY? And look at this asshat’s tortured, sad face.
He cares, ladies. It kills him, deep inside, down where he hates gays and wants you back in the kitchen, that you have any kind of control over your bodies.
You know what? I use to find this guy funny, but in a “Ha ha, wow, somebody on the right is going to point out what a tool he is” funny.
But since that’s clearly not going to happen, I have a different attitude about it now. Now, I just want this guy relegated to the used condom pile of history.
I want to see him start to lose the woman vote to send a message to him, the other candidates, and every moron still living in the 1950s.
Limbaugh learned his lesson this week: Actions have consequences. (Sort of. His apology was a steaming piece of PR crap, but he still had to choke down “I’m Sorry” which I only appreciate because I know he hated it)
But as long as this Santorum turd is being funded by billionaire like minded turds like Foster Friess- thank you Super Pacs - he still gets airtime. He’s still in the game.
So, as of today, I pick Mormon over Moron…
…because if - IF - Obama loses, I would rather have Romney in there instead of this Evangelistic Ayatollah.
And once Santorum is out of the picture and as irrelevant as he deserves to be, I will happily start fighting the fight against whatever Romney we get after Romney secures the nomination.
But honestly, it’s time to abort the idea of a Santorum Presidency. Make it happen, Super Tuesday. Make it happen, women voters.
Obama calls girl Limbaugh defamed. Good for you Obama.
I love this story.
There are things about this President I am NOT happy with.
But when he does things like this - while people like Mitt Romney can’t even realize what a line Limbaugh crossed - it puts things in perspective.
Good for you, Obama.
The call came a day after conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh demanded that Fluke release tapes of her having sex in exchange for the contraception that she argued should be covered by employers. Fluke was set to go on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports when the president rang her on her phone. She took the call while waiting in the green room.
President Obama on Friday placed a call to Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law school student at the heart of the debate over the contraception law, thanking her for speaking out on the issue.
Fluke appeared to be choking up a bit while recalling the conversation. But she composed herself and went to discuss how surreal her experience has been. After being declined the opportunity to speak on a congressional panel to debate the president’s contraception rule, she was subsequently invited to address Democrats on the topic. For that, she was vilified by Limbaugh, who also compared her to a prostitute. On Friday, several leading Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), condemned the remarks. The call from the president put a capstone on the week.
“He encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of American women,” she told Mitchell, who received permission from the White House to discuss the exchange between Fluke and Obama. “What was really personal for me was that he said to tell my parents that they should be proud. And that meant a lot because Rush Limbaugh questioned whether or not my family would be proud of me. So I just appreciated that very much.”
UPDATE: 1:29 p.m. — At the White House press briefing shortly after the news broke, Press Secretary Jay Carney outlined the reasoning behind the president’s decision to call Fluke.
“He did express his concern for me and wanted to make sure that I was OK, which I am,” she said. “I’m OK.”
Obama, said Carney, felt that, “the kinds of personal attacks that have been directed her way have been inappropriate.”
The call was placed by Obama from the Oval Office, Carney relayed. It was also the reason why Friday’s press briefing was delayed more than an hour.“The fact that our political discourse has been debased in many ways is bad enough,” he added. “It’s even worse when it is directed at a private citizen who is simply expressing her views about public policy.”
And now, we interrupt this moment of decency from the guy who had to interrupt his eating of Twinkies to be inhuman.
UPDATE: As reported by Huffpost Media, Limbaugh responded to Obama’s call during his program on Friday.
Limbaugh also reacted to President Obama’s call to Fluke. Obama told Fluke that her parents should be “proud” of her. Limbaugh had a different message for them. “I’d be embarrassed,” he said. “I’d disconnect the phone. I’d go into hiding.”
Yeah, well you’d have to run you fat piece of crap. Good luck with that.
Tax breaks for mustaches, no contraception for the ladies!
I would probably find this amusing, or even quaint, if our Congress wasn’t trying to fix the economy by continuing it’s two-front war on women and the 21st century.
A mustachioed Republican congressman from Maryland is standing up for the rights of the men (and the women) who dare to have hair above their upper lip.
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett has introduced the Stimulus To Allow Critical Hair Expenses Act — or STACHE Act — to give people with mustaches a $250 tax break each year.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the American Mustache Institute said that they had found a friend in Bartlett.
“After barnstorming the Nation’s Capitol in support of the proposed Stache Act (details and white paper here, the office of of [sic] Maryland 6th district U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett informed the American Mustache Institute that the congressman has begun the process of ensuring the ‘Stache Act becomes law by passing the proposal to the House Ways and Means Committee for study — an essential first step for tax legislation,” the press advisory explained.
A white paper by Northeastern State University Associate Professor of Accounting and Tax Policy Dr. John Yeutter recommended the tax loophole, claiming that the “social and environmental benefits to mustache growth and maintenance contribute to the growth of the economy.”
Sure, why not? It’s the perfect conversation to be having while a bunch of men on Capitol Hill are trying to legislate lady parts.
Take the birth control money from women like this guy:
Then you can grow a mustache and treat women like this guy!
By the way? Any sane person knows this bill is a joke. But when a bunch of dudes are telling every woman in the country what they can do with their bodies…
…maybe it’s not the right time for any of them to be discussing giving tax breaks to men for making decisions about theirs.
Just saying.
The difference between the GOP and the Machines In The Matrix: What women are worth
Is that the people behind this…
And this:
And this:
Don’t understand that women have power and worth something. Even it’s something like this.
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Handel quits, Prop 8 overturned and a new Spiderman Trailer? Is it my birthday?
What a day!!!
First, Karen Handel exits:
Karen Handel, vice president for public affairs at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, resigned on Tuesday following public outcry over the announcement Komen would pull funding from Planned Parenthood. After Komen reversed its decision, The Huffington Post reported thatHandel drove the decision to defund Planned Parenthood over abortion politics and crafted the strategy to clean up the public relations mess that ensued.
Although she acknowledges her involvement in the Planned Parenthood decision in her resignation letter, she also decries what she calls “gross mischaracterizations” of the situation and maintains that the decision was not about politics:
I am deeply disappointed by the gross mischaracterizations of the strategy, its rationale, and my involvement in it. I openly acknowledge my role in the matter and continue to believe our decision was the best one for Komen’s future and the women we serve. However, the decision to update our granting model was made before I joined Komen, and the controversy related to Planned Parenthood has long been a concern to the organization. Neither the decision nor the changes themselves were based on anyone’s political beliefs or ideology. Rather, both were based on Komen’s mission and how to better serve women, as well as a realization of the need to distance Komen from controversy. I believe that Komen, like any other nonprofit organization, has the right and the responsibility to set criteria and highest standards for how and to whom it grants.
What was a thoughtful and thoroughly reviewed decision — one that would have indeed enabled Komen to deliver even greater community impact — has unfortunately been turned into something about politics. This is entirely untrue. This development should sadden us all greatly.
She leaves as she entered and worked - a liar.
Well, we’re all disappointed that someone like you was allowed anywhere near the levers of women health so, good bye and good riddance, bad person.
Then, Prop 8 is overturned!
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a lower court judge correctly interpreted the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court precedents when he declared in 2010 that Proposition 8 – a response to an earlier state court decision that legalized gay marriage – was a violation of the civil rights of gays and lesbians.
And of course, this gives the four stooges a talking point for this election, and Rick Santorum (who is insane) something to freak out about, which I’ve had my fill of. When are they going to put sleeves on that sweater vest and make it a straight jacket?
Still. Awesome.
AND THEN THIS!!! THE SPIDER-MAN TRAILER! AND IT’S AWESOME!
Seriously. This much good in one day? I’m going to go play the lotto now.
Is Rick Santorum a scientist now? No. In fact, I doubt he’s human.
Jackass.
“I don’t believe breast cancer research is advanced by funding an organization that does abortions where you’ve seen ties to cancer and abortions,” said a hoarse Santorum on “Fox News Sunday.”
In fact, a 2007 study published by the Archives of Internal Medicine studying 105,716 women found no link between breast cancer and abortions. Abortion services account for about three percent of Planned Parenthood’s activities, while cancer screening and prevention accounts for 16 percent.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum sounded off on the Susan G. Komen for the Cure decision to cut off funds to Planned Parenthood for breast exams, which it reversed in part Friday.
First, lets be clear, Komen reversed nothing. They bought themselves time and space by saying they’ll review it. But as long as Karen Handel is making decisions, it’s not going to happen. So prepare for that.
Second, I call douche. He’ll deny climate change, but back this “science?” How convinient.
While I enjoy the chaos going on in the Republican nomination process, I want this guy on the next boat to “You’re a jackass, please crawl back into your hole” ville.
You’re probably thinking “where are the jokes?”
My answer: I’ll throw you punchlines when there’s something worth spinning into something amusing. Tragedy + Time = Comedy. Right now, every time he opens his mouth, it’s tragedy.
He tarnishes every intelligent, compassionate Christian who walks this planet.
Back to the 1650s, you lunatic Quaker.
Komen Claims to Restore @Ppact funding. Read Between The Lines.
#FF @jamiekillstein, @ThinkProgress & @pamelaoldham for information that lead to the following.
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not.
Yes they were. But, whatever. Continue.
Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair.
Our only goal for our granting process is to support women and families in the fight against breast cancer. Amending our criteria will ensure that politics has no place in our grant process.
So far so good. Now what?
We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities.
Ah. There we go. Weasel clause #1. The Affiliates can decide now, which means the heinous policy can be continued but now smaller organizations can be blamed. ”It wasn’t us, it was the Mississippi branch!”
It is our hope and we believe it is time for everyone involved to pause, slow down and reflect on how grants can most effectively and directly be administered without controversies that hurt the cause of women.
Ah. Weasel clause #2. ”Without controversies.” Well, this is one now. And now they can say funding Planned Parenthood is ALSO a controversy. This smells of smoke and horse crap.
We urge everyone who has participated in this conversation across the country over the last few days to help us move past this issue. We do not want our mission marred or affected by politics - anyone’s politics.
Well, you started it. You can stop it by firing Karen Handel, the Sarah Palin Tea Party puppet that has her finger prints all over this. You started it by singling out Planned Parenthood out of 2000 organizations you fund.
So no - those of us who believe you have overreached, overstepped and catered to a fringe, anti-science mentality will not “slow down and reflect.” If anything, we will stay vigilant and watch: What you do, who you fund, and what your decisions regarding Planned Parenthood are in 2012 and beyond.
Because YOU were the one that put them in the crosshairs.
And surprise. Despite what a small group of loud, hard-minded zealots might have told you, people know bullish*t when they smell it, and not only did you create your own, you stepped in it.
Starting this afternoon, we will have calls with our network and key supporters to refocus our attention on our mission and get back to doing our work. We ask for the public’s understanding and patience as we gather our Komen affiliates from around the country to determine how to move forward in the best interests of the women and people we serve.
Weasel Clause #3 clarifying weasel clause #1: Shifting any blame for negative moves on local affiliates. Have fun, small town people that just wanted to do something good! You’re about to bear the brunt!
We extend our deepest thanks for the outpouring of support we have received from so many in the past few days and we sincerely hope that these changes will be welcomed by those who have expressed their concern.
And, finally, a thank you to the people who they didn’t delete off their Facebook page.
I don’t trust this. Not as far as I can throw it.
I will watch with a wary eye, and hope for the best but expect more of the same.
UPDATE: 11:21
Yes, 4800 articles about it and probably not one of them looking at this critically.
