Some sort of bug has recently crawled up national Republicans asses. That bug? The vagina.
Apparently the GOP, in their infinite wisdom, has decided that the way to win back an increasingly turned-off to their shenanigans electorate is to start sticking their hands, feet, heads, ears, nose, eyes, toes into women's vaginas.
In the past week, we have had the GOP (along with Catholic bishops) freaking out about contraception as if we had suddenly returned to 1950
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72833.htmlhttp://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57376154/mcconnell-contraceptive-issue-will-not-go-away/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/obama-birth-control-rule-homeless-veterans_n_1274120.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhwzGs1MbAc
Not content enough with simply putting out press releases and appearing on Fox News to talk about how contraceptive use will destroy our nation, The Great Investigator Darrell Issa is holding a meeting today to discuss contraceptive use. How many women has he invited to this hearing? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Okay, well, what about people who support the use of contraceptives and the new regulation? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh man you're killing me here!
The lead witness is the Most Reverend William E. Lori, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty. Judging from Lori and the rest of the witness list, it’s obvious that Issa has posed what he considers to be a rhetorical question and lined up nine like-minded rhetoricians to answer it anyway. None of the religious groups supportive of the Obama administration will be heard from.
Eight out of nine of Issa’s witnesses are Orthodox Christian, Catholic, and evangelical, and represent Christian institutions, one of which, Belmont Abbey College, has sued HHS over the contraception requirement.
Not only did he not invite any women, but
he specifically barred women from appearing
When my staff inquired about requesting minority witnesses for this hearing, we were informed that you would allow only one. Based on your decision, we requested as our minority witness a third-year Georgetown University Law Center student named Sandra Fluke. I believed it was critical to have at least one woman at the witness table who could discuss the repercussions that denying coverage for contraceptives has on women across this country.
In response, your staff relayed that you had decided as follows:
“As the hearing is not about reproductive rights and contraception but instead about the Administration’s actions as they relate to freedom of religion and conscience, he believes that Ms. Fluke is not an appropriate witness.” [...]
Instead of inviting Ms. Fluke to testify, your staff informed us that you planned to invite a different witness who was no longer available after being informed of your decision to limit the minority to a single witness. Compounding this insult, this afternoon you added two more witnesses of your own, in violation of Committee rules requiring three days notice for witnesses called by the majority.
Phew, all this anti-women nonsense is pretty exhausting, but at least we're almost done, right? Oh you silly, child you. Of course we're not!
Just yesterday, the Virginia state congress decided that simply making regular ultrasounds necessary before performing an abortion (as other states have done) wasn't enough. NOT NEARLY! Oh no! Virginia will now
physically probe your vagina before allowing you to have an abortion.
The ultrasound legislation would constitute an unprecedented government mandate to insert vaginal ultrasonic probes into women as part of a state-ordered effort to dissuade them from terminating pregnancies, legislative opponents noted.
"We're talking about inside a woman's body," Del. Charnielle Herring, a Democrat, said in an emotional floor speech. "This is the first time, if we pass this bill, that we will be dictating a medical procedure to a physician."
The conservative Family Foundation hailed the ultrasound measure as an "update" to the state's existing informed consent laws "with the most advanced medical technology available."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/va-house-gop-muscles-abortion-curbs-15603949#.TzvPaM1lxhJ
And of course, let's not forget the Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood due to PP's ridiculously, absurdly,
ludicrously high rate of 3% of all services rendered being abortions. 3%! That's three whole times as many as 1%!
And now, finally, we are done. For now, at least. The GOP has decided an all out war on women is what will surely get them to win Congress and the White House back this year. In 2012. The year two thousand and twelve. The current year. Second millenium and twelve years. The 21st century. Putting women back in their places.
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Republicans are also blaming women in the military for being raped
And leading Republican Presidential nominee saying women shouldn't be allowed to be in the military because of...feelings
Okay now I'm done.
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She was pretty insane, by any standard.
"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
Who said that? They deserve all sorts of bad things.
Liz Trotta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wPTfDCZ1Uw
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The anchor interviewing her actually tried to offer a contradictory viewpoint to her assertion, which I appreciate because that sort of shit shouldn't be allowed to pass unchallenged anywhere. It's still shocking to me that someone with such an fervently held "blame the woman" mentality on rape could be a regular contributor to that anchor's program, however.
edit: HA! When I described the anchor as having a look that said he knew he was about to end up on a Daily Show segment because of someone else's crazy, I didn't know that it actually did end up becoming a segment.
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I fucking give up.
I believe women comprised some of the loudest voices against the womens suffrage movement back in the day. It shouldn't be too shocking.
I'm pretty sure he meant to say that their periods attract bears.
Considering how they comprise 52% of the population, women would be running this show if they had even the slightest sense of solidarity.
You know what, that will take too long. I'll be out of this state (commonwealth, whatever) before I finish.
I often wonder why the Catholic leadership is so amazingly out of touch with their constituency here in the US. To the best of my knowledge, contraception use amongst Catholic women is very similar to the amount of contraception usage amongst non-Catholic women, despite the Catholic Church being adamantly opposed to any sort of contraception other than family planning. The 98% number that was thrown into the debate recently is misleading, but when taken in context there is still compelling evidence that women largely ignore the church when it comes to this issue.
Some gigantic twatbag by the name of Liz Trotta.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/fox-news-liz-trotta-rape_n_1274018.html
Twatbag's probably too nice an insult for this piece of trash.
Also, it's possible that it hasn't been a 64% increase in assaults, but a 64% increase in reported assaults, as sexual assaults are (at least in the civilian population, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were the case in the military as well) a vastly under reported crime. For all we know based on that one statistic, the violent assault rate could've dropped, but the report rate for the remainder has skyrocketed.
Basically, there's a lot of missing information the way I see it. If those figures have been included elsewhere or incorporated into the 64% figure, I'd be curious to read more, and will stand corrected.
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If only we could just marry guys, right?
The feats of strength required of US military infantry are not so extreme that women can't do them. Women in the military already are required to do all of the physical stuff that men do in basic training. There are occasionally variations in the type of exercise performed, so if that leads to women being insufficiently prepared for front-line combat then maybe the PT regime needs to be examined, but it's not like infantry soldiers are so far out toward the limit of human capability that differences in male and female musculature are going to prevent women from doing it all, too.
Contraception use has actually been equal or higher among Catholics than Protestants for 4-5 decades. Over the last 40 years, Catholic families are now actually typically smaller (fewer children per woman) than non-Catholics in the US.
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Nice chart to figure out how honest a news source is.
Also, isn't PTSD proof that men can't handle it either? Fuck, unless you're a cyborg, living every day for years in the desert never knowing if today's the day your convoy gets turned into scrap by an IED or a bullet finds your vitals, you are going to be a little fucked up mentally regardless of your sex.
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And that collection plate is really all the church cares about.
Which is pretty much what the Pentagon said too. Modern warfare makes the concept of the "front lines" really meaningless. Women are in the military and are seeing combat because combat is everywhere in the warzone. Pretending otherwise is just going to leave female soldiers with inadequate training.
So are you gonna answer the question or.....................
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I can imagine Nightmare America where the GOP keeps winning elections, and after outlawing homosexuality, the next assault is on feminine behavior. I'm pretty sure it's possible for the GOP to invent a new hate range broader than "women and gays" that includes non-traditional males.
Are you currently in the military?
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(e.g, submarines, high-G acceleration, etc)
I no understand. Really, whose vote are they going for?
Eh, the are things to be learned from Iraq/Afghanistan but those were very asymmetrical conflicts. If we had a conventional war with, say, China... it would be completely different. That's to be expected.
Military actions (outside of the 2-3 week period it took the US to absolutely crush the Iraqi military) have been very asymmetric and are not representative of what most military expect out of another conventional war. However, you can make the case that no other country will ever try to fight the US in a conventional war as that is where our overwhelming strength is. But, that is a debate for another thread.
This is about "women can't emotionally withhold the rigors of combat" and that's complete bullshit. Santorum is an ass and the fact that he never even served yet he feels he can speak with confidence about that exacerbates the problem even more.
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I cant shake my head hard enough.....yes, why would we want to cause insurance companies, who already charge women of child bearing age AND their employers a higher premium due to the risk of pregnancy, why would we also force them to provide a preventative service at no cost, and which will very likely SAVE them money in the long run, as it is fuck expensive to have a kid and most BC costs 30$ a month..
You don't have to. Margaret Atwood already wrote The Handmaid's Tale.