This week the Seattle Times finally acknowledged that Rep. Dave Reichert is conservative, “maybe too conservative for his district,” and that was brought home again yesterday when Reichert voted for a Republican-backed amendment that would have cut off Title X funds for Planned Parenthood. The amendment was defeated 231 to 189.
“Congressman Reichert was one of 189 House members voting for this mean-spirited amendment,” said Karen Cooper, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Washington. “The Title X program provides birth control to low-income Americans and Planned Parenthood clinics play a key role in actually delivering those services,” Cooper said. “There are already a number of restrictive policies in place that ban any federal money from being used to pay for abortion care, and the notion that law makers would also try to deny low-income people birth control is very troubling,” she added.
“Millions of Americans rely on Planned Parenthood clinics for basic health care services every year,” said Cooper. “I find it unconscionable that Reichert and his anti-choice cronies in Congress tried to single out an organization that provides cancer screening, breast exams, and birth control and target them for a ban on family planning funding just because some Planned Parenthood clinics also provide abortion care,” she said.
“Reichert’s vote in favor of the Pence amendment was just another reminder of how truly out-of-step he is with the pro-choice voters of the 8th Congressional District,” Cooper said. “It is clearly time for a change,” she concluded.
I’ve been told that polling conducted in the wake of the 2006 election showed that a substantial proportion of pro-choice 8th District voters were not aware of Reichert’s staunch anti-choice/anti-birth control stance on reproductive issues. I’m guessing voters might be better informed next time around.
New reading material from the war zone maybe you educate yourselves?
Greetings
Yesterday marked D+30 of Operation Arrowhead Ripper. Zero combat was reported in Baqubah. That’s nearly unbelievable. Al Qaeda is not dead, but they can’t be happy after what has been happening here.
Several dispatches have been posted since the last mail out, and I’m working on some larger dispatches now. Fascinating turn of events here: Iraq is in a terrible state, but progress is real.
Please read: “7 Rules: 1 Oath”
Today marks D+30 since the start of Operation Arrowhead Ripper. The initial goal of Arrowhead Ripper was to clear Baqubah of al Qaeda, and then attempt to “jump start” the city back into civic life, which had all but ceased while the terrorists were in control. Though relatively minor clearing operations are still underway, there is little combat in the city.
7 Rules:
1) Protect your community from AQI, JAM and other terrorist militia.
2) Accept both peaceful Sunni, Shia and others.
3) Stay in your neighborhood/AO [area of operations] for your safety.
4) Take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of Iraq.
5) Register with Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces [biometrics for CF].
6) For your safety, wear a standard uniform and markings [an example was proposed].
7) Receive hiring preference for Iraqi Police and Army.
Then came the Oath, also presented here verbatim from the slides:
1) I will support and defend the Constitution of Iraq.
2) I will cooperate fully with the Iraqi government.
3) I will guard my neighborhood, community and city.
4) I will bear no arms outside my home without coordination of Iraqi Security Forces or Coalition Forces
5) I will bear no arms against the Government of Iraq, Iraqi Security Forces or Coalition Forces.
6) I will not support sectarian agendas.
http://michaelyon-online.com/wp/7-rules-1-oath.htm
OH I FORGOT:
Roger is the Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda for the Socialist Democrats Party today just like Paul Joseph Goebbels was in Hitler Germany. His Nazi friends taught him the trade when he visited them in jail.
Here are a few of the traffic laws/fines changes that went into affect on 07/01/07:
Carpool lane- 1st time $1068.50, 2nd times doubles, 3rd time triples, 4th time license suspended.
Incorrect lane change- $380.00 (Do not cross the lane on solid lines or intersections)
Blocking an Intersection – $485
Driving on shoulder – $450
Cell phones must be “hands free” while driving – $285.00 (They will be looking for this like crazy – easy money for police)
Cell phone use in construction zone – Double fine as of 07/01/07- cell phones must be “hands free”
Passengers over 18 not in seatbelts – both driver and passenger get tickets
Speeders can only drive 3 miles over limit
DUI – Jail (stays on record for 10 years)
Socialist Democrats can’t find anything better to do with their time on new laws to protect our children?
All you folks that voted to support Al Qaeda and for us to loose this war check this out.
This videoclip is an excerpt of an interview conducted with soldiers from Charley Company 1-12 CAV. Among those featured are: Private Bradley Griffith, Medic Matthew Taylor, Private Destry Malloy, Sergeant Patrick Miller and Captain Clayton Combs. C-company has fought hard for nearly a year in the most dangerous area of Iraq, Diyala Province. During this video, our soldiers are sitting near Iraqi Captain Baker and his soldiers from the 5th Iraqi Army Division, while Iraqi soldiers exhume the bodies of murdered civilians.
http://www.michaelyon-online.c.....art-ii.htm
In “Bless the Beasts and Children,” the soldiers of C-Company were introduced to readers thus:
http://www.michaelyon-online.c.....ildren.htm
On 29 June, American and Iraqi soldiers were again fighting side-by-side as soldiers from Charley Company 1-12 CAV—led by Captain Clayton Combs—and Iraqi soldiers from the 5th IA, closed in on a village on the outskirts of Baqubah. The village had the apparent misfortune of being located near a main road—about 3.5 miles from FOB Warhorse—that al Qaeda liked to bomb. Al Qaeda had taken over the village. As Iraqi and American soldiers moved in, they came under light contact; but the bombs planted in the roads (and maybe in the houses) were the real threat.
Newsflash dumbass: YOU pointing out SMART and sane moves by Reichart will not get dipshitdarcy elected.
Planned Parenthood\’s latest annual report reveals it made $902.8 million dollars from 2005-2006
Jim Sedlak, who heads a Planned Parenthood watchdog group, says Planned Parenthood again took in more money than it needed to operate. It reported \”excess of revenue of expenses\” of $55.8 million for the fiscal year.
\”This marks the 34th year in a row that Planned Parenthood has reported \”excess revenue\” — otherwise known as profit,\” Sedlak said. \”Over the years, Planned Parenthood has reported total profits of over $700 million. It has amassed a treasure chest of assets worth $839.8 million.\”
I do believe $902.8 million dollars would pay for quite a few birth control pills… of course, that may cut down on the baby-killing profit from the 264,943 abortions it did in that same time frame.
Sedlak estimates that about $112.6 million, or 32.5 percent of the income its facilities generate, comes from doing abortions.
Planned Parenthood generates income from fees charged by its businesses, donations from corporations, foundations and individuals, and taxpayer funds obtained from the state and federal government.
I thought you ASSHOLES wanted the government OUT of the bedroom… or is that only when you are assfucking each other.
Keep my taxes OFF the instruments of death known collectively as Planned Parenthood.
And try to justify subsidizing a company with PROFITS 55.8 MILLION fucking dollars…. oh gee, does that not qualify as BIG BUSINESS that you fuckers love to hate?
You tootsies are a might cornholefused.
Goldy,
Actually, the GOP wants more poor people. Somebody has to clip their lawns, change their kids’ diapers, and cook their meals, and it had better be cheap, by god.
Only their services (you know, ripping people off, outsourcing jobs, clipping coupons, and turning government into a crony perpetuating circle jerk) have economic value.
Hairspray Dave is there for them.
Weather Service reported that the rain we got on Friday 7/19/07 was a record for that day.
Is that “proof” of “global warming”?
Gullible fucking idiots…
Hey Goldy – Clear something up for me…
Is that what Reichert voted against?
http://www.hyscience.com/FetusHeadonSide.JPG
Who kind of fucking monster could be against that?
FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF WINGNUTTERY, IT WAS ABOUT CHEAP LABOR.
THE MORE UNPLANNED BIRTHS, THE CHEAPER THE LABOR. WINGNUTS LOVE IT!
I’d like to know why LiarFuckingCantwell and “NoRocketScientist” Murray voted with the terrorist lobby to expose American citizens to retaliation by mooslim terrorists if we report them for planning to fucking murder us.
http://www.senate.gov/legislat.....vote=00261
Why do you guys elect people who think terrorism against innocent people is OK?
Hey Limpdick… release my posts….
Are you afraid to debate me?
re 1: Maybe you should read some Mickey Spillane if you like that kind of narrative style.
“I felt the turtlehead push its way to the surface and I was thinking, “Wow, if I get shot now I’ll suely shit in my pants and then people will think I was scared being shot at>
But not me. I know I’m invincible.
You’ve got to think like that if you want to survive this inferno of hell that the uninitiated still call: IRAQ!”
Howzat, chump?
Wow #4 is off his meds today.
Wont be posting again until I get the new Harry Potter read. A guy has to have his priorities
Well I’m off to get the new Harry Potter. No more comments for a day or two.
As usual, Klake if full of bullshit. Snopes come had the info that the “new fines” were a hoax over two weeks ago. Way to go, Minister of Disinformation.
I have been told that poling in the 8th shows that Marcy Bruner still has problem actually campaigning IN the 8th and that she still thinks that she is running against President Bush. I have also heard that the IAFF (AFL-CIO) continues to support Cong. Reichert (Oh wait, I didn’t just hear that, that last bit is 100% fact).
re 9: That all depends on what you mean by “poling”. (hehehehehe)
What if Tricky Dick decides to attack Iran when Bush is having his bunghole inspected?
Food for thought…
Well.
The stench of the Bush Crime Fambly will infest many semi-innocent Republicans, including Haircut Dave, to the extent that this next election will be a sea change. Those of us old enough to remember the Watergate fallout will see new records.
The evil, perma-political, greedy, profligate, plotting, conniving, pseudo-Christian, deadly, sinful, prevaricating, surging nature of these bums will long pollute the Republican Party. Enough that I actually feel sorry for guys like Richard Lugar and the old-style honest Republicans.
Hey, is it warm enough for you global warming religious nuts. hehehehehe And to think it is global warming season to boot. hahahahaha You liberals are such looooosers you are on the wrong side of the weather. hehehhehehehe
And it looks like it’s time to dial up the monthly contribution to Planned Parenthood.
Thanks, 4.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/2.....-aronowitz
The Virginity Mystique
Her book incited hate mail and even death threats; Shalit was compared to everything from the Nazis to the Taliban. Now she has penned a sequel, Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It’s Not Bad to Be Good, which tracks a purportedly growing movement of women who are fed up with our society’s hypersexualization of girls.
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Too bad you libs wont teach that in the public scewels. We would all be better off with less liberals around.
re 16: Well. I’m up for it. Are you?
I mean, you are only 28% of the population.
Go for it.
I’ve been waiting for this all my life. I am like a bow that is strung taut with an arrow aimed at your heart.
“My aim is true.” Elvis Costello
I wonder how much money the GOP will pour into the 8th this time to save Dumbshit Dave’s seat….. It is amazing he can even find the capitol building.
Congress.org ranks him as the 419th most powerful congressperson. Wooooooooo……
Imagine how much more representation the 8th would have if they elected Darcy. I will bet you she was so smart in school that the Reichert types were picking on her at recess.
So here’s the Publican view. We should spend taxpayer’s money to stop women from having abortions. But we SHOULD NOT spend taxpayer’s money to help women with pre-natal or post-natal care. In other words, who gives a fuck if the kid dies from lack of medical attention, just don’t abort him before he’s born and we’re cool with that.
HYPOCRITES!
Publicans don’t want to spend money on birth control, but they’ll spend 1000 times that making sure women don’t have abortions. You have to admire the complete lack of logic in the GOP mind.
re 20: It is mighty curious.
This Begins Now
“I can no longer live with the constant unrelenting rage and righteous indignation inspired by watching the freedoms of my friends, family, and self being devoured by a growing totalitarian administration. I have not been silent nor have many of my fellow Americans, but the darkness still closes around us as we scream at it. We have stood our ground upon our soapboxes and still our freedoms flee.”
re 22: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/19/152926/408
Too bad that traitor Klake’s mother didn’t have the good sense to abort that cowardly, baby-raping piece of shit. The world would be better for it.
Why start a war with Iran? Let’s start screaming for Cheney to attack Saudi Arabia.
Well, it’s about bloody time for Naral to stand up for freedom. Good to see them doing their jobs.
“Publicans don’t want to spend money on birth control, but they’ll spend 1000 times that making sure women don’t have abortions. You have to admire the complete lack of logic in the GOP mind.”
Remember that they’re not “pro-life”, but “anti-choice”. A woman has the right to use contraception, and she has the right to abortion. Both are her choices. They want to take both of her essential freedoms away. It makes perfect sense, once you define it properly. Hence then-Rep. DeLay’s stopping the bill that would have ended forced abortions in the Marianas, and the Religious Right’s noncomplaining about his vile action. Abortions are just fine with this crowd, so long as they’re NOT the woman’s choice.
It’s a question of resource allocation:
“Actually, the GOP wants more poor people. Somebody has to clip their lawns, change their kids’ diapers, and cook their meals, and it had better be cheap, by god.”
Tom DeLay was recently shown, by documentary film-maker Max Blumenthal, speaking to exactly this point: we “need” illegal immigrants because safe, legal abortion has removed our native source of cheaply exploitable labor. These people don’t even pretend to care about the welfare of their fellow human beings; the rest of us are just resources for their use. Hence, we have anti-choice Senators getting diapered by their whores: the woman is just a convenience, to be ordered like a take-out pizza. (And if we don’t produce enough poor women, and we provide legitimate economic opportunities for the women we do raise, that makes the price of diapers higher for powerful wackos. See how it all fits together?)
I didn’t see “birth control” as a right bestowed by the constitution. Where was that?
I did see “freedom of speech, religion, assembly, etc” but not “birth control”. This is America. Anyone can go get an extra job and earn money for their own birth control needs. This is silly.
Good lord, doesn’t this blog have an moderator? I would swing by more often than once a quarter if I didn’t have to wade through all the misspelled, syntax-challenged, hate filled nonsense that is allowed here. Try banning the trolls. You might get more traffic.